The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-11-23

EVIDENCES or REHARKAsLE GENIUS
That Col. DAnsrrr, Of the Bs9ss, = an
sable nan, ? no reassssble person can hare
: doubt, after hsyisg perused the many
asieh, rare and rae," gems We have eaiiased
from time TO time, from his writings Of the
pass three and one-half years, and rescued
from oblivion, By rs-publishing in the Non
parea. While We have no doubts on this
point, re feel that il Is duty We owe our
.nuneroa. readers" to keep them fully
posted 10 regard to the movements Of eccen-
tric and sashy terrestrial a. well a. heavenly
bodies. As . faithful public chronicier, We
feel bound to take cogoizancs OF all great
discoveries in literature, IS well as art-in
science a. we'll as mechanism. Besides, it
is no less a pleasure than duty 10 this case,
for the discovery which has just been per-
fecsed, Is the result Of the laborious studies
Of fellow. tounsman- less parsonage
than Col. LY.axprs W. BABBITI, late can
aidate for Supervisor Of Kane Township.
Pottawattamis County, State OF Iowa.
Heretofore, We have only claimed for Col.
B.EsrTr three .pecisii,ies, TO rii: Able
Man; 2.-Popular Favorite; 3.-Man OF
much real worth Of character. To these must
now be added another, a 4th-Man OF rare
genius Yes, most skepsical reader, BAEBirT
is Genius of a rare speeies-he has estab-
lished bis claim (and applied for paten J
to be thu, coasid red, BY having fortunately
made th. discovery that the ordinary method
Of arriving at truth and correct conclusions
by augmentation, reasoning, and anaiy-
cation of repu,cd facts, reports AMI state
men.s-may be dispensed With altogether,
api ssds whole business" concentrated and
embodied in a few choice words-judiciously
used. The Importance Of this discovery will,
of course, only befully appreciable by men
of extremely limited mental capacities
such as the discoverer Of this science, and
the ius,isators, aiders and abettcrs Of the
late Democratic riot in this city. We can
no, better e1emplify the beauty and great
utility of this new science, than BY showing
how admirably it works in the hands Of an
sable man"
10 defence Of, and as reply to, the charge
,ha. the Democratic party Of this city was
guilty Of disgraceful and riotous proceedings
on the night of the Republican Jubilee, and
that the Democratic Mayor, Sheriff, and
City Marshal stood by and witnessed the
s,ms without interfering, why, ys grea.
BAEBIrr calls US "thing'' and an ''animaP
says we get "drunk," and that We are
"liar." Now, We leave it to all candid men,
if there is not in this answer Of ys great
BAnBrrT's, q display Of genius unequalled
since the days o. the food? What profound
ness! What brillianey! VIVA. keenness Of
rep.rtee! Verify, the man who can, by
few strokes Of his pen, judiciously dash of
these four words-thing, animal, drunk,
liar-and thus prove dissraceful riot to be
not only just, but eminently proper and
harmless, is no common man, not he-he is
genius and 70 great BADsrrr is that man.
Again, by the aid Of this wonderful science,
70 great BABBsrr proves false our assertion
that the nom appearance OF the before the
names of Messrs. LIScoLS, Curtis and K. l..
DOUGLAS, was an "omission of the compost.
tor" His science is particularly lucid and
brilliant, in disposing of "The Business"
to-rit: The editor of the Nonpareii is M
.'animal," "A scaninc editor,"a 'quadrupcdn
Great BABBIrr! Wonderful SCIENCE VIVA,
remarkable evidence of fitness for Supervi-
sor and 1t. Governor!
Again-We asserted last week, that, after
the nomination of Mr.. DoUcLAss, We had not
time to distinctly set forth his multtudiDous
points of superiority over his competitor, ye
great BABBIrr, for the Office. Well, by the aid
of this new science, ye great BABBlrr most
effectua.ly disposes of this assertion Of ours,
By calling US n "sagacious ANIMAL" coupled
with the entirely original and profound
remark -"characteristic of the animal !"
Admirable science! What on addition to
the Board Of Supervisors Of Pottawattamie
County, its author would have been
After such an array Of proof, can any one
longer doubt, that BABsIrr is a Remarkable
Genius, as well an sable man." popular
favori,e," and "man Of much real worth Of
character!" We have often thought that,
the charge Of poverty Of imaginative illus
.ra,ion in our noble language had its origin
in that peculiarly American habit of orcr-
looking those expressively terso exclama-
tons so often found 10 the mouths Of those
who pay more attention to coarse and face.
tious Jests than to abs,rac, and poetic fancies
We are convinced by the writings Of ye great
BABB,rr that the charge was made by per-
sons who have never yet perused the Bug'e.
II any one yet believes the American Ian.
guags is not as expressive as that Of the
French, his skepticism can be cured by a
psrusal Of the brilliant oorruscasions and
.ciu,,lla,ions Of genius which weekly adorn
the columns Of the Bugle.
DlsUNION.
This Southern bug bear j. jus. now having
magnificent ruin the newspapers. /.
hss "erouded out everything else. 1t is all
buster and brsvado, on one side, and doubts
and conjecsures as to Elbow il viii all END, -
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