Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-10-04

tremendous roar like that of distant thunder, or
young earthquake just rising from an unearhy sleep.
| We met a friend whose countenance expressed con-
siderable CONSERVATION. Now were sHperstltious,
said he, 81 should certainly imagine that the day OF
judgment was at hand!' Hc stopt speaking-so DID
not stop the noise and shouting There! there
again by heavens it is an earthquake! NO yes
Another general shout" as Casslus says
do believe that these applauses are Tor some new
trumphs that ara gained by LocoFocos:
We moved on until we reached dlngy wooden
building near the corner of Broom street. dignineu oy
the high sounding title of the Military ana Ctpu
Hail." though the behavior of those within its walls
was any thing but civH their appearance any ,hing
but military, albeit they were bostererousiy eeh'-
gerent.
Descending dirty stoop, and passing portal that
looked an entrance to the cave Of some modern
| Hecate, crossed room filled with worthless whose
drunkcnlsh dead eyes in maucn sorrow looked like
the sun of an Indian summer morning rising through
fog twice as large and ten times as red they ought
to have been. Half suffocated and sickened with the
fumes of filthy cigars long mines, porter and punch
emanating from the mouths of these "mighty men
in Gotham, we assembled sundry flights OF worn out
wooden stairs, guided solely by s,entorlan sounds
from greasy throats and leather lungs, and enter
ed a room having any thing buta
"Ncely sanded aeor.v
the fumes issuing from which were far more strong
Within was scene that for richness and rioous-
ness stands unrivaed in the history of modern row.
| dyism. 1t might be
at reasured up among the things noisy p
| All sorts and all sizes were there-all ages and
| complexions grades and shades, from
| Snowy white TO ssoty"
! Almost. Not that mean seriously to assert
| there were any negroes present oh no the Loco
Focos, SO far from having reached that pitch ofrefne
neat, are opposed to any approximang 10 amalgama-
ton, as Their proceedings show but there weredyers
and sundry souls that assemblage whose bodies I'M
qucstonably beokened them belonging 70 the body
Of" Great unwashed" and whose faces enabled them
to figure as fit representatives of that superb society
called IN courtesy the Great Unshayen." Locofo-
cos detest all shayers Shirts the most all of them
had substitutes for shirts but few of these
were guliless of the abomnati0n of soap water and
the wash tub.
The room as entered would have put the peo-
pie OF Babel TO the blush; the day of Penacost when
the Apostles spoke with cloven tongues each in a
different dialect wasn't aprmng to the prime
spirits of this prmest OF all parties; for here
dviduals spoke in halfa dozen different diaectssorne
spoke in as many keys--not few, 1--WE presume from
having slept on the Battery all night, and left the
gate open) scroeched as though they had caught
cold on the top of another and truly spoke base
treble and truly terrible tone.
We were never pr eseni at a meeting Of the Neapo-
Titan LaSzar0ni, Italian Carbonar; the German Hhl-
minati, the French Inturiati or the st. Giles Loa-
ferati but one meeting Of the llustrious Locofocoai
of New York. is richer in rioting rowdyism, and
incongrpous Incidents than the whole of the above
combined
Shades Of MassaneIlo Robespierrs Danton Ma
rat and Black Billy Waters hide your diminished
heads" whilst we detail the dongs of the determin
cd democratic Locofoco al the Grill and Military
Hall on Monday night.
! The meeting was opened by Ming, who read the
minutes ofthe last meeting Of the Equal Rights
Party, TO the uproarlous satisfaction of the motley
group then and there assembled.
As soon as he had done some one rose and beg
ged 10 submit to them certain pledges purpertinr TO
be given by the candidates recently nominated by
Slam, Bang Cram Hunt, Wilder, Brown, Black and
Jim Crow, with Job Haskell the charcoal man,
brlngng up the tail Of the Locofocos with his cart.
BY these pledges they bound themselves, body and
soul, (be il understood and provided always, If they
elecied to advocate and vote and over again
for all and every measure, good, bad and Indifferent
that can claim for paternity the "Equa Rights Par
ty,' or "Locofocos," to repeal the mortgage and
suspension acts, and peradvcnture in the progress of
Improvement TO burn all mortgage and title deeds
| and suspend all mortgagees
AT this stage Of the proceedings, gentleman with
ventilation gossamer hat, and neck minus
stock, a Ia Byron but remarkably black, Jumped on
chair, an wished 10 know what meant by the
suspension act" He, for one objected 10 person
ates and invldoIs vi,uperations, and he had no
doubt that many more illnsinous ocofocos were
similarly sitlated 10 himself in relation TO this very
remark
This produced tickling sensation IN and around a
great many thrcais, and considerable coughing and
wheeling was heard FROM all parts Of the room.
The speaker proceeded 10 state that ameng other
! pledges the pedgcrs pledged themselves
! "No pawnbreker would mt lend nothing on an, y
| shouted n s'eaioran throat.
most unoren,al roar Of laughter followed this
| burst, when another eiockoss and shircss gentle
man rose TO remark that he objected TO the word
pledge being employed in any OF The public proceed
ngs or documents Of the focqfocos: personalities
and illusions 10 poverty however poetca they might
bc) must be avoded-he had all his | ~ objected 10
pledges, when money might be obtained by any other
means
The speaker went 10 say that their represent "a
| tyes, If elected, would immed ately knock down
Locefoco.-I object 10 any more knocking wn
| we had too mSch Of that at Tammany Hall the
other night IL knock down any man that makes
use of the remark.
Speakr.-He begged pardon Of the last po,serfai
speaker and forcibic reasonsrhe meant 10 say that
the gentlemen intended 10 knock up
Locofoco Il object 10 that phrase.
.Spooker.-Woll lhtn, they would knock TO the
devil tie state PRISON monopoly
L9r.foco.--Yes, and the state prison itself; that
wos'd be actin, like friends indeed"
'hey ~ould de- all they could to help Van Buren, to
turn Every thing into silver and gold
Lorgoco -Nhat have we to do with silver and
gold. say as the Scripture saws "silvcr and god
have nore! nor any am I likely 10 have
| Another unshavcn, shlrlless gcsueman Objected 10
the reading the Scrpturesfor his own part he did
believe in the Scriptures, and he wnsn't asha med TO
Own IT, The Scriptures were part and parcel Of the
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