The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-09-17

mere playthings of political mountebanks
and are Of no avail, with intelligent, reason
ing men.
!
! GRAVEYARD WRESTLING.
We have all heard of the boy, who, Will,
passing through n graveyard, feeling hi
courage oozing out at every pore in his cor.
poreal system, commenced vigorous whis
Ting, in order to reassure himself that ther.
was really no danger to be apprehendej
from the silent inmates Of the graves arounG
him. The case of that boy is not very dis.
similar to that Of the Democratic party Of
Iowa, just at this juncturc. The leaders OIL
tho Democracy, passing over the battle
ground where they have been SO often, Of
late years, placed hors du combat, by thu
Republican party, their courage forsakes
them, bat the behests Of party require that
they should not falter even for moment
in their tracks-that the race must be run
that the motions must be gone through with
and to nerve themselves to the task of q
general reconnaissance of their political
graveyard and the hazard Of another engage
ment with their enemy, they keep up con-
tinuous, monotonous and vigorous whist
ling. It's always the same old tunes--"Pros.
poets BRIGHT" and Desertions from the
enemy" If we are to believe this grave
yard whistling Of the Democratic party
leaders, the Democratic party will triumph
this fall by majority more than double the
whole vote of the State. They overdo the
thing. They whistle all the time, and at a
very extravaganza rate. Besides that, Wa
have heard this kind of music so often-with
so many variations,-thatw we are inclined
to believe it has become kind Of second
nature to them, so that they can't even cal
culate tho chances of an engagement with
their opponents, but what their thoughts in
stan,ly revert to their last passage throus Ii
their political graveyard, and uvohntarily
they commence vigorous whis'ling Of
! "those same old tunes"
We venture to say, that there i not a
Democrat in the State, who prdes himself
upon his political sasacity, that believes the
Democratic party has even ghos' Of
chance of success ut the coming clecion.-
: Yet, with determination, worthy ofimita-
ton by the Republican party, the: will
"never say die" but Keep their courage
and show of hope, by vigorous "yhist-
ling," and battle on as manfully as though
their chances of success were never letter.
But, as we said before, this ruSc is capable
of being overdone, for We have noticed that
Just in proportion as the" graveyard Whist
ling" cbbed or lowed-so the lighting fuc.
tuated. That is, when the Democrat pro-
claim their prospects the brightest, th,y are
really the most doubtful, and rice re,sa.-
Again, just in proportion as the whstlug
! increases, do the leaders become reckless,
and strike out right and left, with the most
unwarranted assertions, the bodest falso-
hoods, and the most illogica. reas onins.-
They generally hazard everything hon or
honesty, hope Of reward and future pollti-
I cal prospects, just on the eve Of their cner-
ging from the graveyard.3 At tho last
bound, they generally leap without the pale
Of reason, and brandlsh their political wap-
ons in a manner lily calculated to earn FOR
them the appellatiOn of cautious tucticians.
For proof of these positions, read the De-
mocratic papers form this time until the day
of cleo ion. Along side of articles proclaim
ing that daily accessons IRE made to tie
Democratic party, and that daily dcsertiors
are taking place in the Republican ranks,
you will fnd articles, containing the mott
startling ftlse!lood., the most shameful mis-
representations, aud the most unfair rea-
son!ng. Fal!accs will be assumed for facts
4--fctlon for hstory-and on these two as
Isumptous all their arguments will be based,
i their invective fashioned and their denun-
Citations coined. To such desperate meas
ures, have the Democracy already resorted,
hence the aforesaid "whistling," and hence,
the conclusion, which We maintain is legiti-
matcly deduced, that, day by day the Demo
cratic chances of success-ncver very goo!
are "growins beautifully less" and will
shortly vanish into thin air, and the Demo
cratic party resolve itself into nolhingness
/ after he election.