The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-10-04
The Great Douglas FiZZ!c at
Agency City!
Ye Fl. Clean Dean, Snubbed /!

The Douglas Democrats of this county
particularly of Centre and Agency Town,
ships, feeling deeply cut and chagrinned al
the triumphant success of the monster Re,
publican demonstration, recently held at
Agency City, resolved that they would dem,
onstrate. Thursday last was the day APP
pointed, which was duly announced by the
circulating of posters" far and wide, and
by word Of MOUTH both loud and strong,
by the unco gvde, for the ''immenso" gather
ing If the unwashcd.
From the extraordinary effort put forth
to drum up crowd, the Republicans them
selves expected lin number) a respectable
meeting. Bat, at the appointed hour fer The
assembling of the 'immense procession "
which was to be headed by ".fpe hundred
InoinciJles," who were to parade our streets
previous TO their departure for Agency, some
half dozen wagons, only, were to be seen in
this Immense proccssion;" while the five
hundred Invincibles' were all comfortably
a'ed IN the toco. front ,cagons, and went out
Of town-funcral stylc--without music
''Not drum heard,'
while the remaining. four teams were endcav-
oring to "get up loads for they were under
lay-having been previously engaged for
the Immense occasion!
We are informed by good authority that,
all told, not to exceed one hundred left here
this Immense procession;" while others
variously estimated at from G5 to 70
what a fall was there, my countrymen''
1t is also stated that this Immense pro-
ccss!on'' grew beautifully less at and be
low the b. & NJ. r. r. r. depot as the wiser
portion of the company, by this time, were
apprised Of The utter failure of their demon
stration, and concluded to more profftably
occupy their time, so they turned in'-on the
keokuk girrade,--an example which would
have become the remaining few, had tkoy
chosen the better part
ooh, consistency thou art jewell"
But the dilapidated and struined band of red
and gray shirts we're determined to "make a
spoon, or spoil horn;" the officers, the
while, cheering the tagging and ''bare- footed
| pAalanX with all the assurances of an Gun
bounded reinforcement" on their arrival in
the city (Agency y and that the sympathy,
which would naturally be drawn from the
"immense' gathering, and particularly from
their Reverend" leader (Dcan,) in his
sympathetic style, would amply repay their
unftuittul toll. And they solaced themselves
with
| ''IIurrah for Glorious Nominees,
Iurrah, Hurrah!" &C.
The above song was in press at the time;
and, being written for the occasion, advance
sheets were issued for the use of the Sim
mense" procession. Those not supplied will
please call at, or address "Invincible Head
quarter" Pumroy's Block, where the eau
thor will be happy to fill orders, at publish
ers prices.
Having arrived at the city, the "mmensJ"
procession was received by like little squad
Of Democrats, and Immediately formed into
line, and commanded to "forwarl march !"
member Of the band counted them, while
they were unsuccessfully attempting to imi-
tate movement in the Wide Awake drill,
and the sum total Of their "Invincible" pro-
ccssion, after they were all raked into rank,
was just G93. While the entire crowd, Re-
publicans included, were estimated By a Dem
ocr"t at 500 pe0pIe' Does that smell like
a Democratic victory? The number at the
Republican demonstration, which they en-
deavored to eclips, was safely estimated at
FIVE THOUSAND!
The Agency Democrats were much in
censed at their "smal turnout" and gave
vent to their inward wrath, by openly de-
claring that they would hereafter treat the
other portion of their party as they had been
treated-"stay at home on like occasions
elsewhere While others thought it "an
Insult to the speakers"
''Iit for tat"
Comment on the speeches is unnecessary;
suffice to say, the whole proceeding was
spirited, and the "Reverend' conducted
himself in his usual ungallant, unargumen-
tative and indecent style.
To say the best of it, the meeting was an
other ''gr'rd Democratic fzzlc-not to be
blamed upon one portion of the county more
than anotherit being general fzzle, in
every rerpect.