Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1864-08-04
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Ths rsoepsiou accorded By she rscrta
70 thss gAllank and pat<igtse BsyG 5o11lks
sise of NJ sscond DistYfuk. yess6fdsy Il
6rossssskss Grove, sixhs nsi4ea from shs
sity, On the ColsrAin pake, ID . tsssinon
ial sf seprosai Tor kis ccuYss In Con
gresss vas q ne4t large and enthusiastic
gashering, and e~inesd In the cieaxssi
Eaannsr ths feeling Of favor and ccnH.
iazscs whicA his bsaxiag has inspired. =
Ths ciseamstanees undsg which the snesa-
lag was held, were vssy unpsopitious for
8 large assembly. IsEss II tie country
where farmers are psyinE $S o day fer
asld hands, and ID xasI0f snch . diafanes
gFom shs city, ,wh ich aside from the In
ssnse heal, rendsxsd n inaccessible TO th<
Iarge aaaas Of the pssrle. Yet despite
u shsss disAdyamtMges ft wxa one cf Asns
aaess ooansfy meetings va havu ever. at
isndeds and wzs rssasFkahls For the spis-
i, enthusiasm and numbers Of th0ss
present. IL win leave its impress upon
lhs politics of the country. for in its as
pssss IL Is more national than local, and
: . moss signiheaat sign Of the times.
One of the most disssaseful aad isfam-
ous insalss, worthy only Of exalted igae-
rance and impudsnos, was observed upen
the premises OF 6eorge d. Dixons Esq.,
On the road to ths msssins. and II created
The most intense ana a.aing indignation.
An ealgy was saspsnded 10 . tras IN irons
sf hia sssidsnsey bearing the name ei
aAleck Longa Ak la head. Soms Oh the
paassgs hy want in, saa ssasshing dosn
he s3gy, tsfs il insa pisces. Is mas with
dilkoaity that the DsmRcrssy oeald be Pa
szainsd fren doing fsrthss damags 10
ths premises.
The sssad In the gxowe whsgs the meet
Ing was held was haadsamsly.gssttsn up.
Abova was q banner bearing tho iasoxipt
ton q @Psacs and Stass Righss.n On The
banksf the plasfoEm we're likeaassss ef
George Washingsons an Eagls bearing
the olive branch, and The signsrs of the
Declaration of Independence, ia the act
Of appending their names 10 that inskru-
nent. Several national flags, groups Of
stars, wreaths and boqasss OK flowers,
syarkreens, de-, trimmed the platform
Immediately in front ware
ssats Tor the audience.
aoakTS0 sEsszoS.
The organiaation was effected By the
Of the Rev. Geege M. Maley
~ President. and the selection Of The fol-
lowing Vice Presidenss, " iillsm Phillips,
Robert Adams, Joseph Durreil, Nicholas
Hoeifsr, Samuel Bena, Esquire Sedan,
Patrick Ovens, N, Harris, aud r. l..
Stout, of Hamilton county, and DR.. DC
lvaiae, of Butler eoaaEy. Also ths fol-
Eowing Secretaries, George 2. Hoeaer, A.
Durrsu, and b. @. RoAner, of Hamilton
county, and Edward - Dalton, of But
Ter county. .EF s ga
On motion, tia PEegidant wss anthor-
Ized TO appoint oonsaittse OF 6ve apoa
The Chairman selected the
eeliowing genslamsns hi. Millex, Francis
SeifeTt, Stephan Bsrnss, Oliver Brown,
and DIR. e. III. Johasanz
The Convention thss organised, mo-
ssou 70 adjourn for one hoax to dinner
prevailed and the asssing sook . Rsesss.
a#s AgTERsoox sEss1ox.
At tive O'Clock shs nesting reasssza.
bied in greater numbers, and was called
TO order By the President, who offered al
prayer 10 The Most High to
blsss as ss . people in this our naEional
calamity, in which the loss OK human
Fife had become 50 fearfully great. He
invoked the Divine blessing upon the sol
diers who have been wounded, who are
In prisons, In hospitals and camps, and
arc dying far from home and friends
God bless the widows and orphans made
By this wicked and osasl var, and may 6
kind ProEiasnos grasiously smile upon
our Talers as Washington, and upon ths
military commanders oil over she conn
try, snd may shs day be FASTENED when
all strife shah end and peaes again bisss
oar eoansry. May the Lord deliver as
from the iron rule Of asspotisn, and may
the time come when men shall not be
robbed Of their hirkhrighty which was be-
Queashsd to no by the fathers Of i7T6.--
He then isvoksd the Divine blessing ap.
ca our Congrcssman, Mr. Long, and clos
ed By ga iav0sasioa for the rasrEn Of shs
haIeyan Days.
Aasio By Haiasps Band, ''Ths ssal
spAaglsd Basasz.s
sYxxcw or IN. coRgY,
The Hea. Villas DosTy then deliver,
ID the follawing reception spseeAy whisf
was iatariaxded with frsqasns lead and
rapsaross spplaase;
FKxxxxE Axp Fam DAuoHYEYs oy ONO
lii xss snsinsnsly ID 10 invoke the bless.
iag Of God on this scene. as is seldom
there u sueh uaisa Of hosssnly and
saEthiy sisssings--a faulslsss day aud
such an ssgsaaae6 assemhiy. We are a..
ssmbasa % do honor 10 our wexthy repre-.
sentative By d public reception; and I an
tbs organ oil the constituency who ar
bsas ssxa@sly sn shis dafy, ana who or.
dsxed na 70 speak surrounded by thess
snsblsms@ here srs she STARS and stsipea
--thirsssn-- sd thirteen as they wen
sAEough the ssvolusisn. Bas hsre Hoas'
an inscription over my head which IL th,
key note Of this gras,d occasion, stpess'
and for State Righssl's The last ten syl
lablss sxpaasn alike the victory and th'
instisusions Of eur sssAers. ssass Righs
ID the vital spark Of the Federal systan
Ito sxsinguish which u to dsssroy is.--
ID IL shs an nssssrsi creed. tsPeacs'f N III
dsvice OF heaven itself, and IL shewhits
winged and dsye4syed angels preside ev
"a such ssanes, tAey would feel shas the,
might alumksr among thaar fellows .
morsals asleep when the day is donss--
Bat % tha ecoasion itssif:
sRzEaow-O -Osrxsss: We come to do Our
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