The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1862-07-17
DEMOCRACY


appointing delegates to their State
Congressional and Judicial conventions
and for mutually manufacturing and
pouring out little oil Of consolation
on their diseased heads, which have
been afflicted with grievous sores, since
the administration Of their pct, James
Buchanan.
Whatever is humorous in the human
lear, AID has failed to be provoked by
Sands Circus, Chr,stie's Minstrels,
Artemus Ward, or Mrs. Darlington, was
efftctnaliy called oua Wy this council in
their tiauntings and tlonnaerings, pro
yiaed one could forget for the time
being the dangers Of our country.
The prelininaries being arranged, the
delegates chosen aud to the patriotic
the nsusea,ing resolutions gnlphed down
then came the class meeting Ct the
! faithful. This was meat for the poor
man, and feast for the fat one.
! The chairman entertained the audience
for awhile with his belief in the virtues
Of Democracy and tl.eir efficacy in
healing all poli,iasl disorders. Gonsi
lering that what he said cam, from a
Democrat, and that it was merely intro
ductory it was very well received for all
that it was worth.
Then came rural youth, who too
could testify Of ali that was great, good
and noble in that cxdnisitely virtuo"s
party the Democracy. liz was de-
cidedly spread Eagle in his remarks and
cxhor'ed the brethren to cfaithfnlto the
end, aud hoped that they would only get
started right, that some bell wcthcr
would lead Of and then they would he
anrc Of ,ic'ory. Oh! Jones, Oh I! Ma
honey! Oh Dean where arc you; Why
arc yon not here to the rescue?
II. took his seat amid consider able
humping, and his self satisfied appear
ance gave tho assurance that he had
been relieved If not blessed.
THEM succeeded calls for the l,cv.-
and for Pap, but the majority being for
Pap he took the floor. Ills lecriny eye
compressed but smiling lips and protrad-
ing corporosity denoted that he was
"chuck' full, and rejoiced at the oppor-
tunity for let off. }c was rich, in his
element, had got the most inportan,
members Of his family around him, and
now he could give them some good IN
enlargement and wholesome advice.
So after infinitely surveying the crowd,
and granting them the same privilege he
commenced. Wasn't very well (anl
never is unless he has got a speech pre-
parody didn't expect to speak to the
Democracy to-day but would let that
pop ont which came nprcrmost in his
mind. So he commenced by saying
that the Denoc- acy, wac the only party
that had ever satisfied the people, and
cndeavore.l 10 elucidate by ennmerating
the successive administrations, com
,nencing at john Adams. lie followed
them up with sort OF heller skclter
regularity until he &C. down to Taylcrs
when he jumped of, knowing full well
that he was approaching James Blu
chanan's administration, that awful
whirlpool that has engn'phed the Demo.
.cracv. His tangent then. was that he
had heard whispered that there was
lodge Of the Knights Of the Golden
Circle in the county, who held their
meetings in the timber west Of town, and
he would like to know something about
it, the object Of which was to snee, At
the idea and lull suspicion. We don't
doubt him iii the least that he would
like to know something about it if he
does not already. After assuring the
audience again that he was not we'll and
did not expect to make speach, he
sat down, none the worse for wear amid
a certain amount Of rumbling. for him
self and the Rev. Who ne 1t took the
floor. Like the previous speaker he
had not prepared speech and had a
| superabundancc Of love for his country
in fact was almost burned up with it.:
had Inherited it from his father, was
always a democrat and always expected
to be, cautioned his sou in the army to
beware, or, from present indications in
Congress, he would be fighting for the
woody heads: and that idea was per
fectly excrutiating. Yes this thing Of
doing anything that::might adverten,ly
or inadvertently result in any benefit 70
the slave, is what the Democracy be-
moan and lament over; this is what
underlies their spirit offaultfnding with
the present Congress see even the late