The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-08-01
The New. Henry Clay Dean.

The New. Henry Cay Dean.
The Bobtails had another meeting on Mon
day night last. IL Was announced that the
Henry Clay Dean, was to give one
Of his unrivaled, outlAndish performances.
OF course large crowd gathered to sec his
monkey shines and his butfoonery, and hear
HE concentrated essence Of lackguardism.
Soon after the FIRE was lighted, Wslling |
got up in the wagon and stated that Mr..
Ewing, of lllinois, Was present and would
speak. After faint calls for Ewing, young
man got up, opened his mouth very wide,
showed good set Of teeth and proceeded to
speak. He blaxsd away against the Black
~ be called them, and was
proving, apparently to his own satisfaction,
that they were Abolisionists and in favor OF
negro equality, political and SCOTS, when
certain Democrats got tired Of him and be-
gan to call for Dean. Some DRIED stake
him down !" "hs don't know how to speak,"
"wonder how he found his way across the
rivers" "didn't believe he'd ever find bic way
back again." DO. Discouraged by frequent
interruptions, he finally subsidized.
Then the crowd looked with eager expect
alton for the Reverend Dean. They wanted
him to mount the wagon. But no Reverend
appeared. A voice, ~ OF one talking, was
family heard near Austin's front door
There was arush and pressure Of the crowd
that way, and Dean was seen standing on
the pavement, with book in hand, Indignantly
refusing to mount stand. Clsgett and 9TH
ers urged and entreated, but Dean was mad
because Ewing had been allowed to speak,
and he srouldnt get up. So he made several
Efforts to begin bis speech, but every tim,
Vas stopped by cries Of ''wagon," "wagon.'
An Irishman called ont, ssget up on th,
wagon, where we can all see and hear YOU
The Reverend Dean replied "Shnt up yo'
dirty scoundrell Ifyou'll come in here, III
fog you and oil the dirty blackguards jus
like you." This Was damper to the Irish
man and his friends. But stlll the noise an
confusion kept up and increased. The Rev
ersnd charged it oil on the Black Republi
oans, and at last, when he thought he ha
made enough capitAlin this way, be mounte
table under Austin's brilliant gas-ligh'
where the Reverend Spouter could be see
In oil lite disgusting and hideous propor
tions.
For three hours the Reverend Black guar
proceeded to pour forth the most extraord
nary fanfaronade Of disgusting profanity ar
irrsverence, lies, balderdAsh and black guar
ism ever hoard since the sun began to shin
To use one Of his expressions, ii must ha
astonished the devil and his comrades.
would be impossible for US, without shor
hand notes, to give any details Of the speed
even II We could permit such ribaldry TO 81
our columns.
His line Of argument, il it could be call
argument, Was to charge upon the Repub
cans doctrines that they do not believe, til
assert that those doctrines are opposed
the Constitution, and then wind up with
hiEhfalutin challenge to disprove Whist
had said. Thus he asserted that Sswsl
who furnished brains for the party, Was Z
posed to the Fugitive Slave Law. Thereto
oil Republicans were opposed to it, =
therefore they were opposed to the Consti,
tion, and wanted TO destroy the Govcrnme
By way Of proof, be read . clause from |
Ordinance Of 'S7, which, be said, was vi
ten BY Tom. Jefferson, providing for the
clamation Of fugitive slaves. He assert
repeatedly that Tom. Jefferson wrote tho
disanes Of '87, when every body but 81
ignoramuses - Dean and certain Doct
knows that it was drawn up BY Nathan Da
and passed when Jefferson was In Europe
The Reverend Backyard asserted Il
Ben Franklin and George Washington
up sns TaEitive Slave i.w OF '5s, anu ii
he contrasted their patriotism and gbil
with those Of the seven by nine editors I
lawyers Of this day. And he declared,
tones that might have been heard about /
miles, that the fame and memory Of Wa
ington would last "long after every bla
hearted Republican was dead, damned Z
forgotten, and the worms had devoured th
hsart-strings, and were fighting for Ii
sye-balls, and their children had squandel
their estates, and the devil had got th
souls"
He spent much time In trying 10 show Il
The Republicans opposed the admission
any more slave Statss, and that, thereto
they violotsd tho Constitution. What !
his proof With grand flourish be :,
thas clause which says; ssNsw States d
- adnisted." 20. "Now," be said, .
yoa -, 4 does not ~ mo new III
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