Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-01-17

comprou.se-disaIion Rspubk0as tSek plss
lsn evening About one hundred people ifou
Dsvsuport were there-and the Board Of S.
! rsvsiscys-every member of vhISA vss tDsd
Vice Presidents -thsssbp nskins The bsse .
Of vhst outside timber there .vas prsssni
We have seen larger and more snsAusiasli
gatherings at the Court Heuss. when opl,
called OF TO IolEiaAts Rspablissa Tsustss
and CoDsiatles.
| Tie meeting vas called 70 order. asd Jshl
Co.Inr. the stereo.yped convention chairman
was called to preside. Chsrlsy Eldridgs (P
u aspirsnt,l sDd Geo. g. Arndt we're ssns'
- Secretaries. The messing then went int.
nominating Vice Pfeddshts. and to give th,
farce The appearance Of . eoanty eonvsntiop
the members Of tLs Board .: Sapsrvisess, vh<
hsppsned e be in town, we're, with one ol
Two sxcef sioDs. constituted v. Pc; N feet
some Of them who we're MT there, we're %
pointed. FssrLg lest some one Of them nigh,
be lett out ~ ls cold. HatbsA moved that The
entire board be elevated 70 that petition at one
lick. The friends Of Z. s. Aowrsy. the Demo.
cratic membss, ,sbjsetsd 70 thaa degrading
him, 50 the motion Was not pnt
A CosiDittee u IL We then sappoistsd 10
drat re.oiuti- MS. expressive Of the sense
Of the meeting. and Jssob Weaver. Mas
ter Edwin Russell. Price. Leake. Shesey. Cur
ley. Thompson, and other isadisg politicians
we're se1t upon tha, important mission.
HaLbell was called on for . speech and de-
clined---uncommon thing for Hubbsll; Col.
Roes. (supervsoi) was called upon. but thought
He cosldn't do justice = the subjsst; q. W..
Ellie vas called, and he came. Aouating the
platform he took position and commenced
uncorking tho yials Of wrath. which he pro-
ceedsd 70 pour ont upon the South with ell
the bitterness CT tone and expression which
he could master Crimination, villi6cation,
malsdiction. f.rious invective, snathsmss,
and urqaa,iiied denuncistion was poured forth
upon the South and her institutions. The
harrsngue was far from breathing any spirit
Of conclusive or harmony, bat was something
after the order OF PHILIPPE. Garrison aud the
other fellow who keeps open place Of
Sunday amuse;nent over in Brooklyn. He 10
Agsinst compromise, dead Get against 'South-
ern aggression" powerful on nisgers. . pr.
feet spittre on the gunpow and cold steel
alternative and curative question. some pas
ssses were patriotic. but they we're. 20 hid.
den amorg elimination and dsggers. that it
wss difficult as well - dangerous 70 get st
them
Taking hia seat the resolutions we're called
up. They were very commonplace concsp.
tons-ten in number-of the Chicago Plat.
form per uasion. no compromiss, no concession
stripe full OF words without any. meaning
They are What might have been expected from
such men Pra,iog Of great 6dsi'ty to tho
laws; boastiig Of a death grip upon the Con.
stitution, they were and sre-vhen interpreted
strictly, can be made to mean nothing more
than disunion sentiments.
As a necessary step to the passage. Hiram
Price was called upon to expatiats. OF course
he supported the resolutions, Int his remarks
were not confined to them. OF that portion
WHICH diFuurA W tnc ~ CoSoS COtSOASsOu VI ~
tional rnat;sre, we must sAy that his speech !
was worthy Of all praise. Almost every word
was the breathing If pure patriotism-inborn
love Of union and harmony. and in tone and
manner giving the lie direct to the spirit Of the
DO compromise portion Of the resolutions. He
spoke not a word OF bitterness or invietive, but
in a manner almost unexceptionsble.
Hubb.ll eonc.sdsd to speak. His harraagus
was highly eharacteristic-frothy. brawling |
and as i'll conc iyed as its author.
Mr. GurieY addressed the people sfsw mo-
msnts in well t,ned spesch-considering the |
subject. H. was carefully listened to, and no
doubt pleased those whs aympathissd with the |
disunion aIirit Of the resolutiona
Lieut. Gov. Rnsch took the boards by speeial |
invitation. He introduced the poultry again |
In bic last au.paign speech in THE city last |
Fall he left of while diseussng ''breiris shiek |
ems setting NIT their veets on the vencs." Ne |
glsctipg to inform HE audience last evening % |
to what The fate Of "does shickens )" he
switched off and introduced . "vat, ,durkey. !"
IOS WhiSu "c "ho a"o WOItuy cuolTWe0 Was 70
"blay init euchre for" Rusch 10 evidentlv
more on thcpoultry line than he is ON the
Union.
Jacob Weaver was next called forth. HE
theme sas the Union. and never .spoks MAJ
- he spoke; never WAS there addresssd to
the Uuicp more frantic; more HEARTFELT.
soultreathed apostropbe than on that oees-
sitn. We canno, say there was not drv
eye in the assemhly-thers might have been. |
His words we're like - slsssgie sssrene l~
loose In the meetng-coursing through the ar
tsriss; contracting the mussles absut the i.vs
and fingers; causing every heart to Leap vitb
. sureha.gs Of patriotic blood. Eloquenee ~
burning language 90 gloviag cad psephetie
- don't often hear. and though opposed 70 "
politically, We can but admire the prsr.cseee.
ing patriotism so diaintersstsdly developed in
the man.
OF course the resolutions passed how could
they help it.
Meeting adjourned; the country is savsd.
s)sseo much labor is lost 49, ssfag
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