St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-08-30
Correspondence of the st, Charlie. city n,tyIrsrnccr
Bic Democratic FiZZlc.
RocKroRn, Aug. 23, 1850.

RocKroRn Aug. 80, 1850.
To the Edaor of The Htctiigfnov:
DEAR SIR thinking you would
wish to know how politics prosper on
this side Of the County, you must know
that the Democrats called mass
meeting" for this place on Saturday af-
tcrnoon and evening last. Notices
and acquisitions had been sent to the
various Townships, and every cxcr
ton used to muster strong force q:
nay, after much and anxious consid-
Grafton, ardent groans and hcaving
signs, our Postmaster, here, actually
hoistcd a banner, bearing the insig-
MIA of Douglas and Johnson although
it is rumorcd that should -. b." cut
off, or threaten to cut off, his head, he
will plead -- as an excuse.
Well, the cvcntful day arrived, and
although three teams were waiting
here during the whole day, and al
though the orators, Moses Congcr and
Il. \. Mathews, Esqrs., were to cnli-
ven the hearts and enlightcn the eyes
and minds Of the masses, the afternoon
wore on, and nary an orator was to
be found Moses was not forthcom-
ing, and X. \. was seen crossing the
river in hot haste while ever and anon
came the refrain
oh, Jordan am hard road to trahcl"
But evening came, and it was then
announced that Moses had come also
| repaired to the School House. There
Rockford, Flood Creek, Marble Rock,
Mason City, st. Charles, Floyd Centre,
were all in solemn cOnclavc assembled:
and, ooh, yc gods, and little fishes
summed up they were twenty-five
Democratic voters, speakers included
No wonder the speaker waxcd wroth
at a wicked Republican who laughed,
and thought he must be dishonest from
wearing a smile on his countenance.
The orator was NJ. Congcr, Esq; II.
\. could not face the music. The
orator proceeded to state that Slave.
ry was legacy left them from Great
Britain, but in all the States where
Slavery had been abolished it had
been done by the Democratic party
for they had held the rcins of Govern
mcnt since the Revolution. They cs-
tablishcd the Constitution in 1890
Every American citizen did then and
does now consider Slavery an evil
They put a clause in that Constitution
prohibiting the importation of slaves
after certain date; this did not please
a certain party of disloyalists and alb
olitionists who then, as now, were
traitors to their country and, al
though the soil was red with Amcr.
can blood, were yet feeding the enemy
and this knot of traitors was led by
hear it, oh We gods led by Bcnia-
min Franklin Moses then passed on.
giving us definition of the Douglas
platform. The Douglas Democrats
believed in leaving Slavery to the PEG,
| pie Of a territory, allowing them to
say whether they would have Slavery
or not else what was the use of
Congress passing an organic act !?
But they, Congress, had no power to
interfere with Slavery in q territory
Thus proving, ! suppose, that Con
gross could delegate power it did
not possess. Then Moses passed on
to notice of Abraham Lincoln.
Whoever had heard of him till the
Chicago Convention met? True he
had been to Congress, but that was
all. Noses was here reminded of the
Senatorial campaign in Illinois. All,
well, he had forgotten that but then
Lincoln was never spoken of for the
Presidency. lie was then reminded
of the course pursued by the Chicago
Press and Tribune, the leading Re
publican paper of the Northwest.
All, well, Lincoln had voted against
supplies for the American army in
Mexico. He was corrected here.
1t amt lie, nuthcr Extracts from
Forncy's Press were read Moses
said the evening was getting late, and
he had not come there to make a
speech, and ingloriously and suddenly
wound up
Il. n. Mathews then slowly and sol
EMMY arose. lie said this was not a
meeting for discussion, but a regular
meeting of the Democratic Club. 4
Democrat then moved we adjourn.
The motion was put, and the Chair
man then said it was no matter whcth-
or it was carried or not. The meeting
was adjourned. Then the Democratic
masses" arose and departed, and
have not since been visible.
VIM. Little, Esq, was Immediately
called to the Chair, and after a stir
ring Republican speech from WILDER
force p. Gaylord, Esq, three cheers
were given for Lincoln and Iamlin,
and the meeting dispersed. CATO.
England is undergoing another of
her periodical spasms of French
phobia. The cause of its development
was speech of Premier Palmcrston
in behalf of an increase of the nation
al delenccs requiring an appropriation
of some millions of pounds. To show
the necessity for this great outlay,