St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-09-13
From the Cedar Falls Gazette Of September 7th.
THE FREEMEN OF THE CEDAR VALLEY
FOR HONEST OLD ABE"
5000 PEOPLE IN COUNCIL !!
FOR 60 He
GREAT ENTHUSIASM:

Yesterday, the sixth day of Septem,
Der. 1860, was a day long to he re-
mcmbcrcd by the Republicans Of the
Cedar Valley. On account of issuing
our paper in about six hours after the
close of the meeting last evening, we
are not enabled to indulge in any un
necessary prcliminaries, and can only
give mere abstract.
The day which dawncd rather hazy,
in the opinion Of many, indicated rain.
but all these representations proved
false, as the day turned out to be one
of those pleasant, cloudy days, neither
too hot nor too cold-in fact just such
a day as was desired.
At an early hour our streets began
to fill up with arrivals from the sur
rounding country, and look which way
YOU would, you conld see the bone
and sinew of the land rolling in, III
big teams and little teams, on horse
back and on foot in fact the practice
seemed to be. "roll in tumble in, any
way to get in only make certain Of
icing ON hand and i'll time.
The first REGULAR delegation which
arrived was the st. Charles Re
ruLIicao Club, from st. Charles City,
| FIoyd county In the procession they
! had two larTc WAGONS drawn hy four
horses carh and they were accom-.
panied hv band Of music. This Club
| had some fine banners. bearing the
J L.,
Black Democracy :" Lincoln and
Hamlin, the PEOPLES Choice y A
Free Press and Free Homes for Free
Men :, Lincoln and Hamlin." When
it is considered that st. Charles City
is fifty miles distant from this place
il is vcrv apparent that our st. Charles
friends deserve a great deal of credit
for the Iarrc and crcditable display
thew made. They camped ont during
the night of Wednesday, having til,
tents and other convcnicnccs neccssa
ry to such an event. They were &C
+ companicl by our friend, 4. B. F. Hill
d,eth editor of the Intellgcncer, tn,
LARGEST paper in the Cedar Valley, AN,
one of the best. Three cheers and ;
tiger for the St. Charles Republican
Club,
About 10 o'clock a large delegation
from Bremen county arrived, consist
ing of some twenty teams, one 81
horse and several four horse, and e,
. erv wagon filed to overAowing. Thi
delegation also had some fine devices
t A large portrait of Lincoln, helongin
= to the Waverly Republican Club WI,
, excellent. 1t was life size, and goo
n Judges pronounced it very accurat,
= il was painted bv an artist rcsdin
4 at Iowa City On the reverse of tn
1 nor,rait was the following " We cal
J. whether slavery is voted up or down
# They had large National banner, il
scribed with the names of the cand
v dates.
:, Soon after the above, came II
Il Bntler county representatives., cor
o prisinr delegations from New Har
q. ford Willoumhby. and Butler Centr
These came in altogether, and the
If made a grand display. The Ne
h. U,rtfordi,rs were preceded by 81
20 horse team driven by our staun,
pnnnhI;c,n friend James Roebrour
~ Arpnn1 his WAGON box were Il
" mamas of the ihirtv.tbree State
IS E,mow;nr this was a Aa1-boat sor
W. ls or % feet in lcnotb drawn by S
~, =, horSas n this thev were enSar