The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-07-28
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Ishas been announced for weeks that the
DousIasi,es Of this Couaty would have .
mass meeting At Crescent, 10 vie with IL not
excel, the RePaslicsa me.;ins at Glen.
uood. EssrJ appliances that insenuit.
eoaIa devise, uas rssortsd 70 ia order to
make a spia-gs. aud create terrific ssn'a-
ton. Early in the morning, in ths language
Of The Immortal JAsEz. .'s solitary horse
nan might haze been seen xeailng has way
over the vas: praiEies,r seeking with fori"Fn
hope, g fragmeas Of the once grand Demo-
cratic party.
Shortly afs.r, sxo or three wagons, LOAF
Cd with vhi.key and drawn By ghost Ike
! aaadrapsd., n ghs hare been seen sra~hns
( .aziI7 aloag ;hs winding way towards 'hs
/ far famsd City ofCrescsns. Arriving there
they were greeted with the most enthusiastic
.houss that ever went up from ha!-scofe
Of drought stricken men. The order Of
exercises ws., ir.s--txsnty rounds Of tan
-ls. leg xhi.ker, in honor Of their Devotion
20 old kin, earn. Seeond-swsniy addition
ROUNDS # old rye, out OF respect to Inc
{ distinguished speakers. Third--t~en'y
more round. drank, with great hilari'y aud
cheer, for Douglas.
/ By thu. time tn. immense gathering Of
twenty staIwars men, thought themselves
! in good trim f1s yelling '.hurrah Tor Doug
a.r' The distinguished speaker-, however,
/ though. tina. 'as drinking iistie did insoIi-
cate the brain--by drinking deep they
/ p,iahi sober il asaiu"- hence q few more
rounds we're given, and, in order to inspire
them with patriotic sentiments, an anvil was
placed beneath their dropping flag, and a
few rounds ired, in order TO wake up the
few who had unfortunately fallen asleep.
Among those tina. repo.sd 10 the arms OF
Morpheus, was the eel like secretary In
expectancy.
The speakers, however, wisely concluded
thu, they could be fred up more efecsually
b. old rye, than the booming anvil. After
another round amid great appiauss--some
one yelled cut "Speakers are ready ~ an :
forthxith general rush was me-, for the
Hall. Gsnl. Jackson sas chosen Pre.i.
Dent am:d storm of applause, and DR..
Farmer elected Secretary. Deafeuing
shouts.l Bus from slme cause or other
perhaps .'wea mite" too much Of Gin
the Doc. declined the proHersd honor,
and Lord SELsoS--a Bell Everett man, and
hero Of the hai-storn on Poney creek, vas
substituted.
Or. FAaSEs was then placed as Chair.
man Of Committee on Resolu,ions-which
honor no also declined for similar reasons,
no doubt.
However, a committee was ut last selected
who rstirsd 10 - remote corner Of the room
said corner ahording ample distance from
the crowd Cor the committee to cogitats
wiGhou, disturbance. During their absence
our worthy Sheriff made very loud, pat.
riotie and pathetic speech lowing tho par
alel a. bssweea himself and the l,t,le giant,
repeating his own name eleven times, and
that Of D0CGLAs twenty-five times. lie
concluded bis remarks with a significant hin,
that ii was time to liqaor-an observation
which did great credit to the kindness OF h 5
heart, and winch, also, promised tho crowd
something not quite so dry as the remarks
which had preceded this las. we!ltimed
pint.
After h9uoriag, the crowd again met
resolutions read, and again adjourned to
liquor. (Se.awing sensation among the
saysreigns frnm the rural dis.Eiess.l
The immense crowd again gathered TO
sesher. by this time there had been evil
dent additions to the crowd which sat sway
ing Ike many bulrushes before tempest |!
Mr.. CRAWFORD took the stand-amid u fell
Of delight and opened his mouth, Hong
continued applause, and unmistakahs esl
dcucss of intense adRsjrdtioal and forth
with Issued from their fountains a torrent
Of e'equenes which seemed to be FULLY
appreciated by an approaching audience
HIS words 1t Iessnea leog,h and laundering sosnd
aaas & ghe satlRi rus,ics rsag'd auaud,
! Avn stifl hey sas'd, aad stii the scoaas- grew
! That sSs srsaA Asa@ sAou1a carry 81 HE knsrr'
| Mr.. CRAWFORD. at the close Of his classic
/ speech, drew up bis commanding person to
It's most commanding proportions and utter
ed, with the voice of .,entor, the name Of
-SrSraEx 4. DarcL.s and then h,.
eiessriug asme Of eloquesce expired, amid
perfect tornado Of hats, handserchisfs,
I wells, screams serssches, and every variety
/ ~ noise Of which the human voice i, capable
--remnding one Of geological garden Of
cats, dass, tigers, ROSTERS, elephants, hogs,
balls, horses, crows, hawks, IN oesins birds,
robins, owls. laaas, geese, hens. goslinss,
iaesa.ses. parrots, aad all other thing. that
/ utter strange noises.
! Adjourned again to liquor after some
!. rec rounds, the crowd again staggered to
I their places. when cid ASH took the stand.
B @sN' @Na NJ tssfar asE sFdNBiEBk HiAlhsF, tArs
ported BsTeg.x Verne for the Pre.ide.ey
and Toa PsENE fss the Vles Presidency.
His vas tAs speech Of the occasion. and
it il be regretted that our space will no,
permit us to give il 10 detail "a, some future
time perhaps. We mar. Sa!kce il to say.
that j; elected the mast marked applause Of
aay sivea on tAis seeasioa. Wen room
oaly for hs spa,srorhs to tn. porcl.s
esavecssioa which bad just adjourned to
l:guer. Il VAS all ssataiasd ia these words
--"Way d. sas aaa,hsa rage, asI the pee
pie imagine vaia ;a.nssS'
IiQasr fer tbs sus time vas dispensed
~ish, While ear fslisw-risFen, iadse L,x:-
xxs, nsoseedsa to vraasanes the heneiic,;oa
IN sArss wsr4s--. aajsarssd to Liqasr,
size de-"
sT Edmund Sarke, Of the Concord u.
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