The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-10-04
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orders from Head Quarters, your Repor.
ter wendsd, his way TO the classic shades
Of Pennsylvania Hall, 10 enjoy the "tesst
of reason end Aow Of SOUL to be served
up BY G. RoR1ck, Esq, for the benefit
Of the faithful. The citizens came rush.
ing in by ones and twos until the spacious
hall was crowded (in s. ots). The num-
Der Of real simou,pur unterri6ed aud
uuwashed Democracy present was vari.
ously estimated at from Al to Awe
put it at the former number but the lat
ter is perhaps not too high. Shortly
after our arrival, the meeting was called
to order by Mr.. Piat', who introduced
to the assembly G. Rorick, Esq, Of Jones
county. Rorick looked At the crowd
aud the crowd looked at Rorick-though
in the opinion Of your Reporter they
were neither Of them much to look at.
Rorick having finished his survey Of the
audience, drew himself up to his full
height aud said, "Fellow Citizens"-and
took drink Of water. Now we consider
that . good opening. It is a remark to
which no ono can take exception. It is
Democratic-it shows that c. Rorick,
Esq, Of Jones Co., is one of the peoples
men. You observe that he brings him.
self down to the level Of common folks
and talks just az if there was no great
difference between them. And we would
most respectfully suggest to him that if,
on all future occasions he would bring
his speech to a close at that ;oint, it
YOU Id be much better for his reputation
as we'll as for his respiratory organs
which must certainly suffer from his tire.
mendous excrsions to make himself aud
ible to the most remote corners Of the
room. Having wiped his mouth he pro.
ceeded to make the remark that she sup.
posed the people did not expect him to
make much OF a speech as he was an old
farmer aud not qualified to make sn in.
teresting Speech" which was certainly
the truth, the whole trutl., aud ubou,
the only truth that he told in the course
OF the evening. 9. Rorick, Esq is uot
what would be called howery speaker,
n,r yet logical one. But what he
lacked 10 logic he made up in length,
aud When, as often happened, he warmed
up with tho subject aud raising his voice
to the highest pitch he SCARED on the
wings Of Fancy into the aerial heights
--bctore the glowing burst Of cloqueDcu
was properly tapered of the necessary
'de"s would all escape him, aud then th.
power with which he would pronounce
tnose darkly suggestive words, "Asd 80
Firth" was tremendous. lie does not
appear to Re highly educated u,an-but
ne IL certainly very independent QUE
lie owns no allegiance to yrammars or
dictionaries, and uses such phrases as
''tur to 20, "ior TO have" .'sit 10 do, ="
! 'them measures was" with a sum /r I'D
that shows him to be II genuine Equator
| Sovereign. But his pronunclai,a" al tn.
/ great principle was the feature ui the
evening. lie calls it Popular Soy rem
ity, With ta"y on the second sy,iabla
that cannot be represented On paper -
The first time he made use of the term,
our legal friend, John, brought dows his
heavy boots with a crash On the Aour,
aud the rest vi the Democrats followed
him with will, aud the way the broyan,
cla;tercd must have made Doc and Mac
tremble for the safety of the drugs down
below. We have heard the KING.
English murdered often but we neve,
heard man torture it SO inhuluaply be
fore xii ing it.
We could not discover that he made
point in all his speech, but We will ex
anime some Of his assertions. ~
lie started out by saying that til,
question before the people Was, whether
the Union should be dissolved or main
tained-shortly after he said that, eth.
Union is already dissolved" aud bcfor,
he finished he Informed US that "the on
y way 70 prevent the dissolution Of thi.
glorious Union is to elect Stephen A
Douglas President Tremendous ap
plause ought TO haze come in here, bu,
We regret to state that majority Of The
Democrats had gone home by this time
so that the applause was confined to the
lawyer in the linen coat and gentleman
from the Emerald Isle After stating
the question rs ubove Mr. Rorick assert.
ed that Alexander Hamilton formed the
Federal party-that he believed that the
rich aud aristocratic should hold the
reins OF Government and take care Of tie
poor, who were not capable Of self.gov-
ernment He then proceeded to villify
Hamilton as much as bis limited intel
lect would permit him to do. This spec.
tacle Of psttifogging stump speaker
heaping apprubrous epithsts upon the
name Of Alexander Hamilton, W O was
for years the private secretary Of Wash.
ington and whom Washington called one
Of the greatest statesmen Of the age. was
simply disgusting. The drift Of his re-.
marks at about this time, as near as We
could make out was, that the Douglas
Democracy had always governed this
country. In trying to show this he said.
among other things, that when Wash
inston was elected there was no opposi
ton party, while the truth is that the.
Federal party was IN existence 1t that
time. Having disposed Of Hamilton and
passed over Washington's Admini.tra.