St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-07-14
tions, and was framed with a view

tions, and was framed with view
to please all sections of the party.
This is evident enough to any one
who reads it, and the deception is pal
pable enough without putting Ben to
the trouble of pointing it out.
To do Ben justice, however, he's a
capital speaker but as illogical, un-
fair and sophistical as old Sophistry
himself. After the great defeated
had relieved himself, Wilson was, af-
ter much saacch dra~"ad INT" ";n,-
minutes, when about two-thirds OF the
audience left. 1t was like listening
to dissertation upon the metaphys-
les off the Fejee Islanders. The only
point he seemed to make, was this !:
" 1t needs the best man in the State
for Supreme Judge and-l am the man."
Claggett was called out and after
berating in his choicest billingsgate,
the Republican nominees, sat down
completely exhausted-regretting, no
doubt, that he could not commit the
Republican party for contempt and
demand a good round bail. Some
other small guns were brought to the
stand, when the meeting adjourned
for want of quorum.
Some rich incidents occurred in the
Convention, of which / can give but
two or three. When it was proposed
10 nominate Dodge by acclamation,
Dorr arose and asked who would
vouch for the kind and quality of his
Democracy, and was proceeding TO
say considerable on the subject, when
the demonstration in the convention
compelled him to desist. He was
Kissed down by as angry body OF
men as you ever saw. Pauncheous
George Gillaspie arose and begged
to assure his friend Dorr that Angus
tus was Sound on the goose !" On
this Dorr cowed down like whipt
cur and craw tished back by instant
ly secondiDg the nomitation of Dodge!
Perhaps he will tell us in the Herald
what is meant by Augustus Caesar
Hannibal's soundness "on the goose
Dorr, at another stage of the pro-
ceedings, made bitter and abusive
speech on the State aid question, and in
troduced an equally bitter and sweep
ing resolution in its condemnation
He was bold, confident, impudent and
overbearing, in his manner and tone
and evidently thought to commit the
convention to an endorsement of The
personal crusade which he has wageC
for months against some of the bes
men in Iowa. 4 member rose anC
said this would kill the Democracy OF
the " Missouri Slope" and moved t.
lay on the table. This motion prevail
ed most uproariously and cnthusias
tiastically, with scarce half dozer
dissenting voices. DORIS diminished
head sank at once in the sea of up
turned faces and remained hid during
the convention. Tie convention
treated him and his pct projects o.
personal spite and ambition, with
deserved contempt, and in this respect
at least, is entitled to praise.
We all expect, Of course, to see the
great vehicle of slander and lies
charged to the muzzlc from now til
after election but let it not los,
sight of State aid" nor the "goos,
question" of which Augustus Cesa
is such faithful exponent. A was
suggests that the goose" is on
State Treasury, which Gillaspie
anxious to see plucke1 again as c
old after the fashion Of himself an
Doc. Eads.
Another resolution offered in tn
Convention asserted that the DcmoC
racy of Iowa are of right entitled t
the appointment of faithful and triet
Democrat to a high position at Wash
ington. through whom the party coul'
confdentialty communicate with tn
Executive. This resolution was finaI
ly laid upon the table, when som
Democrat possessed Of more sci
respect than the rest, moved tha
nothing i'll relation to it should be ei
tered upon the minutes Of the col
vention. which, Of course, was Ca
ried. No report will, therefore, b
, given of this little episode, except tia
of which you will have exclusive us
Yours, hastily, ouls.