St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-07-12


call from the Republican Central Com
mittee of the 4Oth Senatorial District
of Iowa, Mass Convention was held
in St. Charles City, for the purpose of
ratifying the nominations Of Lincoln
and Hamlin, for President and Vice
President and the Republican State
and Congressional nominations.
The Marslals appointed for the &C.
cason we're early on hand, mounted
on their gayly caparisoned chargers,
and soon the st. Charles Republican
Club were assembled in procession,
headed by a band of music, for the
purpose Of doing escort duty to the
several delegations of the District.
Proceeding to the open prairie upon
the west side Of the river, they there
met delegations from Chickasaw coun-
ty, Mitchell county, Ccrro Gordo coun-
ty, and various towns Of Floyd coun-
ty, assembled to the number of about
fifteen hundred. Precisely at eleven
o'clock, agrecably to programme, the
procession began to move ; the seve-
raj bands playing Hail Columbia"
"Yankee Doodle" and other national
airs and numerous flags and banners
waving in the air Such n glorious
scene was never before witnessed i'm
Northern Iowa, nor had it entered the
hearts of our people to conceive of
sight so beautiful, so grand and so i'm
posing as was this procession.
The vehicles of all descriptions were
loaded full Of men, women and chill
dren, who had come from their homes,
their farms, their workshops and their
offices, to honor the occasion, and to
ratify the Republican nominations and
proclaim Republican principles. The
procession was a mile and half long,
and occupied three fourths of an hour
in passing given point. AS they
came into town, handkcrchiefs waved
from every window and cheer after
cheer rent the air. Arriving opposite
the post Office building, where paint
ed cloth had been put up with the
words Democratic Club Room" on
it, the procession halted and gave
Three cheers for Lincoln and Ham.
lin," and "Three groans for the split
Democracy" The procession passed
on, and after passing around the Pub
lie Square and through various streets
of the town, returned to the Square,
and after giving three cheers and a
tiger, dispersed for dinner.
Nearly two hundred flags and ban
ncrs of every conceivable style, size,
shape and design, gave brilliancy and
beauty TO the scene. The various flag
STATS, the public and private buildings,
the horses, oxen and dogs, wagons,
carriages, &C., &C., all were decorated
with banners of one kind or another.
Among these we noticed a banner from
Mitchell county painted with border
of rails, and having in the centre
beetle or maui, axes, wedges, &C., and
beneath them the words, The Coat of
Arms of an Honest Man" The dele
cation from Rivcrton township carried
a banner beautifully decorated, insert
bed on one side with the words--"The
Rivcrton Farmers are Coming" and
on the reverse "Hurrah for Honest
Old Abe !" The st. Charles Republi-
can Club carried a banner inscribed
with the name of the Club, and be-
meath it We maui the Black Democ-
racy"- the reverse, Lincoln &
Hamlin, the Peoples Choice"
The Iateiligeneer Office flung out
magnificent United States flag from
the top Of the building, and in the
procession one of its printing presses
was mounted upon large wagon
drawn by four spanking grays, with
that inimitable whip, John Ferguson,
for reinsman. Each horse bore flag;
the stars and stripes Aoated above the
press the editor in chief carried a
banner bearing the words, A Free
Press and Free Homes for Free Men,"
and on the reverse, Lincoln & Ham
lin" Throughout the entire circuit of
the procession the press was in opera.
tion-two of the printers being rugged
with their Office aprons and caps, and
busily engaged in striking off the
Resolutions adopted at the Chicago
Convention, headed, Republican Plat
form, The Peoples Creed, Free Terri
tory for Free Men" and distributing
the same to the crowd, who eagerly
grasped them as they were flung out
among them.
The fonr-horse team Of T. B. c, |
Wright, in the st. Charles dclega-
ton, attracted much attention. The
horses were noble bays, each rode by
lad dressed in white and carrying
a flag, while flags and banners deco
rated the entire equipage. Prominent
upon the drivers seat sat Mr.. WIS
large mastiff dog, tricked out in the
gay paraphernalia of the occasion.
Some dozens of Mr.. Wright's family
and friends were seated in this
vehicle.
The Rock Grove delegation bore a
banner inscribed on one side, "Down
with Slavery, Up with the Tariff Out
with the Snags, In for a Homestead,