Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-06-18
The Radical Platform.
GnExT Es'rnusIAsn..

Although but brsef nntice WIS give
| On OF the meeting AZ the Court House
| lat night, At which d. Y. b. Ben
| nett. candidate On the Dsmoxatse
/ ticket fex Presidential Eieclor ct
large, was to speak, theirs was Q
Rrga aAa enthusiastic andleaea as-
SAMPLED "a much nlore respectable
meeting n point az numbers. under
the Circumstances, than was assem-
hied 20 ratzfy tlls nomination Of
Ulysses, afler fao asternpts and sew
eraf weeks or drtfnifnins 10 gst the
people out TO ratify. The large
court room ss:as vel filed with men
Of hota political parties, answllhs
Standing athe bills aanoaneing alse
meeting were MT distributed until
, qstossiay afarnussss
About 0 o'clock Dir. Bennett vas
Introduced 10 the audience by Mr.
J. G. Turk, President Of tho Dsae-
csasIc Club, ana announced inaa llis
intention ii discuss the sesarsi
planks OF the RaIic.i-Grsnt plat
form lately put up at Chicago By the
leading politicians Of tho Radical
party. After iew preliminary re-
marks as TO why he tthe speaker
had started out so early In tine e.aan-
paign, and before the Democratic
party had Nominated . candidate
aad put forth q declaration of prinei-
pies, DIR. Bennett proeeaael % this
work before him.
lie took the several piailiis In the
erde- ia which they were Published,
and beginning S'iih number one. he
IN mastery manner exposed tie
acton of the hump Congress and
the designing leaders relative To tle
southern States-ths eafraacAlse-
lneaa Of the black, anil the disfrals
chIsement OF the sokits people vi
those States object sought to be
accom- plished IN secayiug some sew
envy electoral votes 1T the point Of
the bavnas6for the nominees Of the
Chicago convention regardless OF
the proyIati1ns IF the Federal ua5lsta-
tuition, or the rights md Interests ofI
tie American pcsjp!e; aad exposed
the hypocrisy OF THE Chicago nanip-
tiasoEs In their shallow psetslaees OF
eongratulating the people on the
cont iitioa of attE.i:rs ii this country.
lis expose YES II Ell Time !, tgItafut
and Convincing
Passing to tlsssesaaI p.aas, rela-
IKE 10 tlle ques.aioa 81 u,liyeFs;d 81
irage, M. Benaots opeaatl his bat
tesies falIy upon il, ard with well
d-rec-od 5iao.a expQ@,d tie lftsaspess
gad l.ptcnahlcFess Of the position
they sought TO occupy by forcing ne
sro ssiiira &c upptIolns Portioa of ihe
llaoole cit The point ut tire bayulet,
while with TAX aud trembling they
submitted tie same proposition,
with pended knees and hypocritieal
cant, To another portion. g1'he guns
were weil directed in The assault up
on the position ths Radicals had as
s1ned behind that plank, and every
shot told with good etIect-shivef-
ing the plank 10 spIinters,
Next in order was tho third, or
liquidation plank iIere the
speaker brought his batteries toplay
with good ctfeot-,iot only knocking
their plank TO pEeces--exposia the
weaknesnf khelt ,poaition aad dris-
ing them from ii, bat actually turn
oh tlseis b iva gssns upon them and
poured forth 4 most tremendous fire
of grape, canister and sreenbacks.
He produced ample evidence OF the
chieaneFy and triekaEy by which
they had, BIZ tho introduction Of this
plank, sought to deceive the Inassss
ofthe people, and which beyond
doubt told woll upon the minds os
those present who wcre s1ptmanabess
of the ring nndin the interest OF
the bopdhogders.
Following lis plan Of attack, the
speaker continued the fire OF his bat
teglea upon each plank separately
until he literally demolished the en-
tire structure, eliciting rounds of ap-
psause from MS audience, AS the
speaker warmed with MS subject,
and hEnaght into play all his pow
eta, the audience becanas moro de-
moastrative in slaeir appreciation OF
the work he was accomplishing -
And some znsnansrs Of the Radical
parfg hscans mora aud mare resolve
under tlsa blows that were then aall-
ing shsck cad fast upon thar leaders,
aud ineonsiaansly fgesx tina sengs.
Having successfully exposed The
designs of taae Radical leaders, and
demolished their piaifarna,the speak
er turned Ms asfeaiion 70 the cor
raps and silaAinozs s6aEss paraalad
by shoss leaders selatIvsso the isssae
ofgrsnbaaas and bonds. the uasars
der Of Mrs. suTats tie sriaa 81 LEI
lersan Dayiss Ne rscnnstruetann uf
the 6apresue Court, ard nc In,-
peaehrnent nf -. Jdarn. md
sRouna Hp with . psEosa sion fos ne-
nornscy and ! Hllise nsanss envsxn
naens which aIicl III rye6f apfIlsnae