The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-09-15
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that has spoken in this ceuaty. n this last
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maa. and that 10 an that there j. Of t. ..s. s.
Dean closed The meeting. I did not hear hin;
batpf one thing yon may b very certain. the
Democracy win moi have him 70 speak IN Keo-
kuk again, il they can. .help II. ~ as4s,.sg,8,
The Repablicans vosld Rks 70 have him speak
every week, except Cor the eontaminating inau-
encs Of his valgariy and blasphemy ep The
rising generation snins 4sd.o KEoEuK-
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w al LEo4, Isws, sepk 4sh, 1850.
En-. HAWK Ere: We had. On Frid1y and Sat-
srday lask, political discussioa bstweea Curtis
and Cole, Of which I wish TO ny few werdas
Col. Curtis had bsen through this cosaty and
had spoken twice before, but TO su,all crowds,
and he therefore did not seem 70 make any eaort
at speech-making; and he has been Considered
BY his political opponents and BY some Of his
friends, who we're mot veil acquainted with him,
- being but an ordinary speaker, thssgh agosd,
practical man. On the contrary, NJ. Cole had
been here and nadea speech last season, without
any opposition, and il was said II did not hear
him) that he made very pretty spsech And
the Democratic press had 20 paffsd Mr.. Cole that
the impression had obtained, shat he was the
great speaker of the West; . kind Of political
Ajax; and the Democrats csaadeaaly sxpeesed,
while many Republicans feared that ths Colonel
would get used up in the discassion; but the time
arrived, and goodly number Of the cifissns Of
tho eosnty were present Nr. Coleopensd with
bis speech Of one hoar, and be made very pcee-
~, ingenious speech, carefully avoiding, howev-
er, the maiuissues Of The day; speuding maeh Of
his time in attacking the Col. personally On his
railroad policy, &c. When Cob had concluded
and the Col. rose to reply, the Democrats looked
exaltant, and the Republicans anxious ~ 70 Aheq
result The Col. comnenced in slow, but dis
tinct manner, and ~ be progressed be warmed
with his Subject and by the time be had spoken
fifteen minutes the Democrats were conplssely
chop-Sallen and the Republicans rejoicing, while
the Col, with that true eloquences consequent
upon feeling the justness Of his cause and the inn
portance Of the work before him, filled his hour
and hall. hrst in vindicatng himself successful
ly from the attacks Cole had made upon hisrail-
road policy, and then dealing such blows to the
latter day Democracy as they will not soon for
get in this county. heard prominent Demo.
crst say, since the discussion that Curtis handled
the subject exceedingly well-that he (the DEM
ocratl had never looked at the subject in that
light before-it was new idea, and he thought
it lookedright In Short the Col. was complete
ly triumphant. When Cole rejoined in his half
hour speech, he did not attempt to answer the
greater portion of the Coils arguments, but
lodged about; told anecdotes; quoted Helper,
&C., much to the amusement of both parties, but
not much to their edifcation. The next day
they spoke at Decatur City. where the result
was ifpossib!c, still more satisfactory to the Re-
publicans and dishearteniDg to the Democrats,
Curtis having the conclusion, when he frequent
ly brought down the house in applause; mot by
telling anecdotes, but by the mastery manner in
which he contrasted Republcanism with patent
Democracy, and showed the superiority Of Re-
publican principles.
The Republican cause will lose nothing through
here by means Of the two candidates speaking to-
gether, but on the contrary will gain by it. The
Oceola Band was present at both places, to en-
liven US with its excellent music. We will re-
duce the Democratic majority one hundred at
this election, in this stronghold Of Democracy in
Decatur county. LEON. z