The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-09-04

RLoonrTELp, Aug. 10Th. 1860.

BL00hFTELD, Aug. 23ths lsbUs
EDrToRs on GATE CRY: Believing that
the Republicans OF this District would like
10 know how Col. Curtis sustains himself and
party against the assaults OF the modern
"Aiax" Of the Democratic party jim canvass
ing this Congressional District in their dis
cussions, will give them statement of the
meeting held in this place yesterday.
The fugIemen of the "Bobtail" Democracy
had announced that MIR. Dole was utterly de-
molishing Curtis, that he (Cole) was INTEL
lectually giant No. of the West-no Re-
publican could stand before or beside bin
a kentuckiau, (heing q native of the State of
New Dork) on whom the mantle OF CLAW had
fallen, and who was gifted with the powers
of logic indesorihable and incomprehensihle
to the minds OF the unmitigated mud heads
of the West.
With modesty and difhdence, the Republi-
cans boisted a pole at, Ii O'Clock A. H., one
hundred and forty-seven feet high, (being
some fifty feet higher than the Douglas pole, }
and with the same modesty expected that
Sam'l. Curtis would take position in the
the discussion correspondingly above the lit
tie Yankee. his competitor. I'm this they
were not mistaken--Cole made speech
told the audience that he was in favor of the /
Homestead Bill, but did not tell them that
TIE Douglas party was in favor of it-that |
the Republicans were dsunionists-told two |
different anecdotes (thst were old and ssale,.
over some three Or four times eaoh-lauehed
heartily at his own wit--said Curtis ineffect-
1aliy tried to make fDo mouths to the Des-
nolnes river, and occupied bis hour in talk
hat was unsatisfactory to his friends and |
insnteresting to his audience; the great
'pur.saciple" OF his prototype he passed
ightly over and this is the intellectual gi-
Int of the first Congressional District of the
state Of Iowa. pretty figure he would ont
U the Congress Of the United States and a
'retty figure he does cut in ssdemolishipg''
sam. Curtis Giant No. 2, after spreading
limsef generally, took bis seat under the
most profound and oquent--silence, in the
argest audience ever assembled in Davis
ounty.
Col. Curtis then addressed the audience.
nd when / say that he sustained himself as
Statesman, and sustained bis party nobly, :
only state simple truth that il endorsed
y the the large and attentive crowd who lis
ened to his unannwerable argument.
Let the Republicans of this District be of
God cheer; the "Bobtails" may boast and
ume and fret, may laud Their candidate as
liant, but they bad better not trot him out
efore the people unlelss they are prepared
see him skinned by the Champion of the
'acic Railroad Eli.
Davis county 10 the battle ground, and the
.epublicans here will not turn their backs
the enemy; here they boast of giving
ne thousand maj ,rty, and here it requires |
Il their efforts TO get a majority at all; Da.
IS will be true TO the man, that il true to her
lterssts. The speech of Col. Curtis was
lain and logical, and at times scathinl- Q
be rank and file of the "Bobtails'' were
ado to believe that the Col. could hardly :
.lk lntelligbiy, but their surprise was only
laaled BY the discontinue (Which they wit. |
essed), OF the Cole that didn't sparkle.
In tie evening they spoke at Drakeville, !.
here Curtis made politics so hot that the :
Cole" went out fore the discussion ended.
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