The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-08-29
Our Facilities.

Our Facilities. IL
That our friends "out west" may know
that we can take care Of their grain, their
teams and themselves we beg to report at
this suspicious time that at McGregor there
are now not less than % grain ware houses,
that steam tug will constantly ply with
barges to the Depot in the grain trade ex-
clusively, that our Bluff street is now SO
widened and the warehouses so improved
that it will be almost impossible ITO choke
up" with teams as was done last fail, that
we have Nine Hotels in operation many of
them Of the very largest class in accommo-
dation for man and team. We have (alrea-
dy) about 90 produce buyers as sharp after
each other as members of opposite political
parties. We have THIRTY-EIGHr Stores,
two-thirds of which arc first-class, have
large stocks and do a liberal jobbing trade
with the intcrior-in addition to these there
are Grocery stores and Retailers by the
dozen; two Auction stores; three or more
Agricultural Implement stores four Black
smith & Wagon shops; ten Lumber yards;
two Butcher shops; two Bakeries four
Millinerys; five Tailor shops; three Ha:-
ness shops; four Shoe shops; one Marble,
yard; two Paint shops; two Barber shops;
one Tannery two Saw-mills. one Planning
mill; one Foundry; two Printing offices;
one Book Bindery; two Banks; three
Churches; one Livery stable; one Soap fac
tory; two Billiard saloons; three or four
good restaurants and legion of small Lager
entertainments. . or .-.- 5~~a
Added to these facilities we have PEG.
pie with more of the natural "gct up" in
them than any equal number of humans on
the globe. Vide the opinion of "7ransient''
in this days Times.
Now bring along your Produce, lay in
your Fall supplies of Merchandise and
Lumber, subscribe for the Times if you
want safe market record and don't think it
wicked to laugh occasionally may yorr
days be long in the land and your happy
spirits finally wing their fight to "Dixsic ~
..... For the Times
Political Discussion. ."..
Last Saturday evening the political clubs
had an unusually animated discussion at
Mozart Hall, through their representatives,
for the occasion-John Stoneman ESQ.,. in
behalf of the Democrats and w. L. Calk-
ms Of the Republicans. .s s.. .... ...u
The speech of Mr.. Stoneman was IN able
effort, and instead Of taking up his time by
defending the record of Stephen A. Doug
las--as the Republican speakers have tried
to force Democratic speakers to do-hc
demonstrated, beyond the possibility Of
doubt, that the Republican party owes it's
origin to the old abolition element of the
Northern States and that it is essentially
sectional, proscriptive and abolition in it's
tendencies. and revolutionary in its charac-
ter. The Republicans WINGED terribly as
he proved, from their own authorities, that
the distinctive feature which has marked
their career and whch constitutes their vi
tality, is an uncompromising hostility and
opposition to the principles and measures of
the dominant party of the Union,-not
having any settled policy of their own in
regard to measures Of great national impor-
lance.
Mr.. Calkins, in his reply, plead guilty to
the charge of abolitionism, but threw HIM
self upon the mercy of the Court by offer
ing, in extenuation, the respectabilHy Of the
abolition party. He desired the privilege
of defining, for himself, the term "Aboli-
tionist," which was generously granted
and as he referred to Noah Webster, Mr.
Stoneman kindly assisted the gentleman in
his unpleasant dilemma by bringing forward
a precedent in the person of Helper, (who
quotes the same lexicographer) thus show
ing him that he (Mr Calkins) occupied pre-
cisely the same position that the notorious
Helper does, viz:
I'm this extraordinary crisis Of affairs,
no man can be a true patriot without first
becoming an abolitionist A freesoiler is
only a tadpole in an advanced state Of trans
formation an abolitionist is the full and
perfectly developed frog"
The speakers INDUCED pretty freely in
sarcasm, but each followed his line of argu.
ment very closely. was somewhat anus
ed at Mr.. Calkins' style of logic; one Of
the premises he took was rather quaint,
than otherwise; he reasoned thus: off"
said he, Eat the adoption Of the Federal
Constitution there were twelve slaveholding
States and one non-slaveholding, and no,o
there arc eighteen free States and fifteen
slave States-at that ratio of the increasing
of abolition sentiments, how
long will it take the Democratic party, by
pcrsisting in their denunciations of aboli-
tionism, to elect President" Here, it
will readily be seen, is a beautiful syllo-
gism; and as the conclusion to be dednced
from the two propositions, constituting the
premises, is to be obtained mathe,ratically,
when figured cut, it will be as authentic as
a dying sinners confession.
think it must be pretty generally con-
coded that the d Democracy Of McGregor are
40 X" if the respective parties continue to
be represented as they were last Saturday
evening. TRANSIENT.
IT HuRrs.-I The union of Douglas and
Bell men is q rough affair for our opponents.
The New York Times says the Republicans
will have to fight hard to save the State for