Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-09-15


that it was an sssoc,s alton equal 70 the Aasons
or "Old Settlers"-hesrd them assert that Its
neral influence vas such that young men
Joining it would tLersfrom derive immense
benefit. l, sir. after mature dsibssation, con-
cludsd to attend their drill.
approached the Waksry. lit would not be
right 20 Say armory.) with the soiemo feelings
cue may be supposed to have when about to
be initiated into the mysteries Of the Sons Of
Malta. You see thought that was about to
view the working Of . machine, (patent Sc
cured) for making Presideuts.
| The first glance at the "internal arrange
nents" somewhat disconnected my solemn feel
| ing the reason you will soon perceive.
Cong ,ering my inclination to leave, start
ed for seat At the other end of the Wskery.-
The seat was finally reached, after tacking
about dozen times to avoid huge puddlss OF
tobacco juice. BY this time they had cou'-
neocsd to drill la order that might con-
fortably observe operations, l lit q cigar. That
cir. was prime cigar. and cost five cents. Just
~ was beginning to appreciate its excellen.
cies. wide Awake approached and inform.
ed me that smoking was not allowed Sir,
that man was very large, he had whiskers cut
in the Nv. A." style, and TO complete his Zero
cious appearance he had a coal scuttls on his
hesd, aud glazed carriage apron around his
shoulders.
discrsetiy threw my cigar Uut Of the win.
dow. thought would watch my savage
friend. With the utmost urbsnity hs approach.
ed a German voter. who was smoking very TO-
| ferior fifteen cent tobacco.
Mr. Editor. l fu iy expected that he would
request that German voter not to smoke, but.
sir, the savage Nv. A. crmpimented him on
tns color o. his "meerschaum." Sir, appeal
to the American people to rise up in their una
issty, and at the b .llot box overthrow party
which countensnces such injustice. Having
considered the foregoing incident in all its
bearings. have come to the conc usion that
the savage Nv. A." perceived from my hon
est countenance that l could not be q Re.
publican, and therefore sought revenge by ex-
,ingushing my cigar. Aud now, sir. l will
|
Upon the a,or of the Wakery stood about
seventy members some had on the coal
.cuttle, etc, aud some did not.
About one-fourth were under twenty on e
wears OF age word 10 regard to these in.
teresting youths. Thew are able to bear q
torch, aud at present that is all tho Repub-
| licans want. BIT the enthusiasm is so great
that some ofthese boys will be strongly tempt.
! I'd to vote at election. In order t. succeed
they are assiduously c1tivating their beard. iu
order that they may appear like men. Guano
| 10 applied to persuade the reluctaCt hair to
| come out.
Some may succeed in passing themselves
off as voters. but others are 20 very small that
their mothers probably spanked them and
put them to bed when they returned from
drill. The voters Of the Club didn't make the
han dsomest looking set you ever saw. The
Captain 10 an intelligent gentleman, but
couldn't make his company understand the
difficult movements of left wheel and "righ,
about face" He was assisted by several lieu
tenants who carried brooms,icks hooked from
their wives, two Of them must have obtained
theirs elsewhere. as they are not old enough
TO have wives.)
The privates had sticks with small Amer
can flags on the end. The company became
mcst wonderfully mixed up. notwishsts ndine
the efforts of the bro,m.ticks to preserve or
der. The command was given to "ordeI
| ~ fo1l Ebo hat
ted by . bushel of potatoes rolling dowl
stairs. one by one.
The command was given to "ground arms.
and then, sir, seventy American flags " ere lait
On the dirty floor Of that Wakery.
l couldn't help thinking that II this party
came into power they would forever lay low
the flag to which We all look with pride. Ow
ing to the difference 10 the lengths Of legs j,
was impossible for the company to keep step
The consequence was that they kept tt cad
ing on each others heels. aud their moral quail
tiles we're finely exhibited by hard swearing
They performed sundsy svolutious which
strongly reminded one Of q country dancing
school just opened. NV attention was here ar
Ieeteu ny = t"u, W0uiy u9uTo s1ooosuS J" tue
ranks. He bore such striking resemblance,
to th. portraits Of Lincoln, that thought i
must be that Lincoln was there. innoceotiy
asked friend Why more enthusiasm wssn'l
displayed He told me that the gentleu. NJ
name was Long John. that although hardly
equal to Lincoln. yet he was shining light il
his party, and held an important Office in tn,
city Of Davenport.
lie further informed me that Long Johns in
dienstion having been aroused by the staut
which Mayor Caldwell had taken, he had JUS
joined the "Wids Awakss." aud that his in
fuence and example had brought many into
ranks While gazing iu admiration st Tn,
: graceful gsmbols of Long John. heard it an
nounced that the drill vas ended.
As was leaving an adoescent Republican
apologising for the bad drill said to me: "Thsr,
are some new recruits. they hardly know v the
right hand from their left.
The youth not having savage appearance
; l told him that vas about the average knowl
edge Of members of the Republican party. Ii,
seemed to think this an insinuation, and left
From this account Of the Nv. as" drill
every one can draw their own conclusions
mine is that the most unmitigated Of al hun
huge 10 the company Of 'Wiie Awakes"
Yours truly, Bell MrrAL
p. 8. As left l saw the savage Nv. A
looking for that civ.r threw out If ths vin.