St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-10-11
Great Republican Demonstration!
MASS CONVENTION and BARBECUE
AT BRADFORD, IOWA.
nnn SSESTRF.EDs
5000 PEOPLE ASSEMBLED.

The largest and most enthusiastic
political meeting ever held in the
Cedar River Valley was assembled
at Bradford, Chickasaw county, on
Wednesday, the 10th inst
At an early hour delegations began
to pour in from the surrounding coun-
ties, until, before twelve o'clock, the
town seemed completely filled with
people, men, women and children
who had turned out en- masSe to attend
the Barbecue prepared by the people
of Bradford and vicinity, and to take
council together upon the great politi-
cal issues of the day
The several delegations were brought
into town in fine style, escorted by the
Bradford Republican Club, mounted on
large fiat boat, fitted up with an
upper deck" on which were seated
a band of martial music over which
0oatcd the stars and stripcs-thc
whole drawn by team of thirty-six
oxen. This institution was named
The Homestead The Marshals
were James Mitchell, f. \. Haskell,
Harlow Walton and Henry Baker
The Bremen County delegation came
in with thirty-five teams, under the
direction of Charles Kinney, Q. C.
Harrington and \. Showaltcr as Mar
shals. With this delegation was a
4-horsc wagon, containing thirteen
little girls, representing the thirteen
original States. Over them hoated O
national flag, on which was marked
"l7TG," This delegation also carried
q well-executcd portrait of Lincoln
encircled with the inscription, lin
coin & Hamlin and Victory" Their,
were several national flags inscribed
with "Lincoln & Hamlin," but the
grandcst feature was large wagon
drawn by six horses, in which were
seated 33 young ladies, each wearing
the name Of one of the States of the
Union, while another lady, and she
the faircst of them all, had an outside
position, and wore badge on which
was marked "kansas-thcy will not
let me in" Surrounding this wagon
was the following:
While Empires star TO Springfield points,
| To gladden. all the West,
The brightest If the galaxy
Fu,lt, straight to Abrams breast
Westward the car Of empire takes its way.
Our girl, link Oh to lincoln
Their mothcs we're for Clay.
The Nashua delegation had ten
wagons, one Of which bore q 4-sided
banner, inscribed as follows Equal
Rights-Free Territory-An honest
Observation-Disclosures and Veto
ry" There were other banners, in
scribed as follows Lincoln & Ham
lin-the Peoples Choice !" AS Re
publicans, our highest ambition is to
resolve this government to its legiti-
mate purpose, the good of the people y
Lincoln & Hamlin and Victory )"
November 9th, lS6O-Abc Lincoln,
Columbia's hope and her chi!dren's
friend )" on the reverse, NASHUA has
the intelligence to see the right, and
the nobility to pursue it,"
Floyd County delegation, under the
Marshalship of S. 0. Page, had forty
wagons, several Of them drawn by
six horses, and displayed quite a num-
Der of flags, banners and devices.
This delegation was accompanied by
the St. Charles band of martial music.
On two Of their wagons, one from ST.
Charles and another from Floyd, were
tall masts, from which hoated large
and beautiful l. S flags, each inscrib.
ed with the names of Lincoln & Ham
lin. On another wagon was an cffigy
of Douglas with two faces, one for the
North and one for the South, and ban
ners with extracts from Douglas
speeches, as follows : NORTH hold
that the people of a territory may in
troduce or exclude Slavery, just as
they please :" " South-There is just
as much obligation on the part of a
territorial Legislature to protect slaves
as every other species of property"
The poor, decripit effigy wore on its
back the words Popular Sovereign
ty." The whole thing created intense
merriment on the whole route. The
various other inscriptions On flags and
banners were Riverton Farm ers are
coming :" lturrah for Honest Old
Abe :" " \ free press aud flee home!
for free men )" Floyd Republican
Club :" a banner on which was a car
feature Of Douglas and numerous
inscriptions of Lincoln & Iamlin."
Ghickasaw township, under the
Marshalship of Dr. Troy. came in with
an immense wagon, drawn by fifty
eight oxen, all bearing little flags, and
on the wagon were l20 men, over
whose heads foated q large national