St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-08-01

heartily indorsc the acts of the present Admir-
istratiou ia putting down armed rebellion
believing it the solemn duty of all true patri
OTIS, OF whatever former political names, I
sustain the Government by the pledge
Their lives, their fortunes and sacred honor !,
Tor ITS defence; and believing that any at
tempt at this time to organize u new. or hir
political party, under the name of " Fusio
or Lnion,' or any other captivating title,
ineXpedient and unc;tllcd for.
Resolced, That it is incxpcdicnt and unwisc
If not positively injurious, to organize an
new political party in Floyd county ut til
present time.
He then read something more whicl
he called a minority report, but O
which no notice was taken.
Mr.. Wallace, of Marble Rock, NOV
ed the adoption of the majority report
which motion was seconded and thcr
amended so as to act upon one rcso
luton at time. The first one wa.
promptly adopted, and when the sec
ond one was read the building actual
ly shook to its foundation with tn,
applause of the multitude.
Mr.. Gaylord now pitched in =
but, instead Of speaking to the rcsoIu
ton, he took for his text the 81. Charlie
Intdlisenoer, for which unparliamcnta
ry act he was called to order. I"
have been slandcrcd and lied about,
said he. "That paper has stigma
tized me and my friend Wilbur, for il
says, show us O fusionist and We
will show you an office seeker I am
fusionist, but whoever calls me an
office seeker libels mc-the statement
is false as h-ll! l am Republican
| am willing to take in all Democrats
who love their country; but l shall
only take them IN on proJation." (Ucre
Stowe looked daggcrs, and several
other Democrats said, "Then we
don't go in.")
Mr.. Wilbur arose to oppose the res
olution, but his voice was husky and
feeble. All the brarado shown in his
opening speech had vanished, and he
soon subsidized. He managed to say,
there is no Democratic party now
it was all absorbed in patriotism"
"Ies there is a Democratic party"
shouted John Mahara. This exclama.
ton brought down the house, and
taken in connection with the fact that
a county convention had just been
held in this town, wherein Judge
Wiltse was chairman, and G. II. Has
kell, Secretary, and where d. d. W.
Carver, our late Breckenridge Post
master, was elected delegate to the
Mahony State Convention, and Gre
dcntials furnished him, with power to
cast the full vote of Floyd county
all these facts-lcd several gentle
men to believe that Mr.. Wilbur might
possibly be mistaken.
The resolution was advocated by
w. II. Johnson Of Marble Rock, and
Il. w. Humphrey of st. Charles, and
was adopted with only ten dissenting
votes.
1t was now moved that the remain.
der OF the resolutions DO adopted in Q
body, and urgent calls were made fol-
Mr.. Hildrcth.
Hitherto Mr.. Hildreth had been q
quiet spectator Of the scene, but lie
now arose, and, after paying his re-
spects to Mr.. Wilbur. Mr.. Stowe and
Mr.. Gaylord, gave a succinct history
Of the fusion movement. lie then
spoke of the various efforts on the
part Of the Republicans to meet Dem
ocrats on patriotic ground, both in
Floyd county and in the General AS
sembly, and showed that in all these
efforts the liberality of the Republic
cans had been abused and their conf
dence betrayed, and that at length
they had no alternative but to rely
upon their own distinctive organiza-
ton for efficiently affording aid and
support to the Government in this
trying hour of our country's peril.
The audience cheered and called for
the question, when the resolutions
were adopted-there being but one
negative vote. The enthusiasm was
tremendous, and the convention ad-
journed with three cheers for the I'm
ion and the Constitution.
Thus died, in st. Charles City, on
Saturday, July 9th, 1861, that lille
gitimate bantling yclept Fusion. Re
quleseat IN pace.