The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-11-01
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Mn EDITOR 1T occurred to ME that |
the readers Of the AdCcrttscr would feel
an interest 10 hearing how the great
Democratic Mass Convention came off in
this place last Thursday, Oct. rs The
% h~-.fifnl-thc sun arose in
its usual gorgeous splendor, and the
faithful Of our town felt very sanguine
Of general ouspouring of the unterrifcd,
as posters had been stuck up all over the
county for weeks, that Rev. Henry Clay
Dean and Judge Lefingwell would be
here and address the Democracy. About
half after ten o. clock the old guards made
their appearance from the south Of town
They hailed from the famous little town
of Rochester, coming up main stree,
in long procession, composed Of two lum
Der wagons and one platform buggy
The delegation seemed to be living
Squotter Sorereigrs and gave one or t~o
feeble cheers. The other procession
came from Red Oak aud Mechanicsville,
aud had one or two teams more than the
Rochester delegation, having overtaken
couple Of grain teams going to market
They come like mourners over the late
battles of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and lndi-
ana There was no music in their souls
and worse yet; when they were inform
cd that the ideal of Democracy had not
come, and would not come-that he was
sent as missionary to the State of Miss
ouri, at twenty dollars per day, to preach
the beauteous doctrine Of Squaster !Souer
eiynty to the poor miserable heather in
that region, aud therefore he could moi
come. Judge Lefingwell came not
At about , clock p. NJ, the convention
was convened at the east front of thu
Court House, with stirring strains from
the fife aud drum, playing as nearly a.
the writer could guess, the tune Cpl
bet fifty dollars on the bobtailed horse
, who'll bet on the grey" The house wa,
then called to order Chat is outside Of
the house, Chairman elected and 3
nomination made for Clerk Candidates
being scarce, j. X. Snyder was nomina.
ted by reclamation.
The Col then introdnced .Jrdro
Thayer, Of Muscatiue, who, by the way,
is very pleasant, genteel, affable looking
man, however We were little inclined a,
first to believe that the Judge was dis
. posed to turn up his nasal appendage in
disgust at the smallness of the crowd be
/ fore him, but soon learned our mistake
The Judge proposed to discuss the issueI
between the two great parties here in tn
+ North, he said that there was, in reality
but one issue between the Republican,
aud Democrats, and that was the question
, of Slavery extension, and there he plant
ed himself on the Douglas premises, ad
. ding nothing new, but as usual stating
: a proposition that the people are Popular
Sovereigus in the States and Territories
alike, and then arguing principle never
denied by any one--th.t the people ar.
capable Of self government He stated
tina. the Republicans were trying to max.
an issue With them on the Homestead
bill, because their platform had no plank
in it on that measure. He declared that
it was unfair, because the Democratic
party was a great party and it could not
be expected that every important meas
ure would be put in their platform-no
the Democratic party was in favor of 4
Homestead Law-had been for many
years striving sedulously for one, he for.
got to let the people know that they have
had for years Democratic House and
Senate, and that that measure has Away.
been defeated by the Democracy, no, no.
that might open the eyes of tho blind
He next took up the record of s. A.
Douglas, and drew the contrast between
his and tho Republican candidate for
Vice President (Mr. Hamlin,) on the
Homestead bill-dsclaring that MIR. Lin
coin had no record on it. l regret to say
that the Judge vas equally uufair-for
be misrepresented the true position Of
Douglas and Hamlin, stating that Mr..
Douglas had always been . warm sup
porter of the measure, while Mr. Ham
lin was always opposed to it and voted
against the measure up to last winter,
when he did vote for the bill once or
twice and then bolted from the Republi.
cans, "Went back to his FIRST love and
voted against it." Now think it would
have been honest in the Judge to have
told what kind of bill Mr.. Hamln did
refuse to support, but that is only anoth-
er exhibition of the dishonesty Of the
Dem cratic &umpers. / WAITED patient.
y to hear the Judge give the record Of
Herschel V. Johnaon, but nary q time.
Reader, he absolutely forgot him, don't
blame him much, do you! The next
thing the Judge took up was book-yes
book, and said the Republican party en-.