The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-07-11
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THE FOURTH AT BUCklNG-
HAM.
Nix. EplroR !:

1he FOurtn Oh July SeeWS w HAVE UeS"
celebrated this year with n, unanimity
heretofore unparalleled in our annals
We hear Of celebrations, this year, at
every county seat and at many other
places. This general observation OF the
day, speaks volumns in proof Of the 10y
ali,y Of the people.
Among the places where the people
turned out, en- mass, to vcneratc the
day and the cause, was Buckingham,
where the inhabitants of that town and
Perry, united, as is usual for and com.
mendable in them. No discord MARI
ed the harmony that was expected
The arrangements by competent COM
mittce were all that could have been
desired. Pleasure beamcd in every
countenancc, if may except few
Southern sympathisers from a neighbor-
ing town, who were decidedly opposed
to taking the oath Of allegiance, aud
finding their company not agreeable, re-
tired.
At tenso clock the procession formed
and were soon after joined by the dele
cations from Crystal, Howard and 9th
or towns. The procession under the
able management Of II. &. Green, Mar
shall, and his efficient aids, w. Z. Read
and NJ. L. Seamans, were paraded Tito
y compact body, when d. Cornell, Jr,
Esq, III a short and appropriate speech
welcomed the strangers. Rcsuming the
line OF march, the procession repaired
to the grove, where the meeting was
held. J. I. Ames the president OF the
day, opened the meeting with short
speech. Squire Council then admins
tered the oath to support the constitu-
ton Of the U. S. nearly all uniting in
the impressive ceremony. Three times
three cheers for the constitution and
the laws, were given with will that
made the welkin ring, after which the
"Star Sranglcd Bannes' was sung by
the Glec Club.
The first speaker was the lion. J.
Dysart, our able Senator, and from the
close attention paid by the meeting and
the repeated cheering | judge that it
was the right kind, Here let me say
that owing to a misunderstanding there
were more speakers than there was
time for all to do themselves Justice.
Mr.. Dysart understanding that stran-
gers were prescn. generously waived
his prepared speech, aud his remarks
were entirly impromtu. He was follow
ed by I. $. Free Of Iowa city. Dinner
was now announced. The company
formed line and headed by the band,
marched to the table. The table itself
was a sight for thousand hungry
stomachs, that filled them with pleas
ing sensations about to be realized
Mr.. Editor we wish you had been there
to have seen it, as we know you appre-
ciate we'll loaded table ride July 4th
1856 and then you could have impart-
ed instruction to the committee that
got up the famous apology for free
dinner on the 9th Of last September at
Toledo; but then perhaps we expect too
much from Toledo, Tor we must remem-
Der that it is too near Buckingham ever
to do much. Suffice to say that one
thousand people were filed to safety &,
there were abundancc:lett. After din
ner Judge Tranor Of Vinton spoke in
his eloquent impressive manner. lie
also denied himself the qualification Of
delivering his prepared speech, and
made way for Mr.. Curtis Of Waterloo.
/ will not attempt to follow Mr.. Curtis
in his able argument. Suffice to say,
that it was an able scholarly produe ton;
repletc with sound argument; able ex-
position of the questions at issue, and
noble appeals for the Union. Mr.. G.
is an able man, free and impressive
speaker, and, as an orator, has scarcely
a superior, SO far as my acquaintance
goes, in the State of Iowa.
Although the hour was late for those
who came from distance, yet he held
large portion of the audience, spell
bound for an hour and half The SER
vices were intersperscd with songs from
the Glee Club and music by our martial
band, whose superior drums were man.
ufactueed at Buckingham.
The Wolf Greek Guards, Capt. Smith,
were out in full numbers, and in their
new uniform, made good appearance.
They have perfected themselves in drill
in an astonishing degree, that speaks
well for them. They are noble and
hardy set of young men, who are not