The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-01-23
CORRESPONDENCE.
NV YoRK. january n ia

New YoRK, January H. 1898
DEAN Sin The time was within my memory
when the cares Of state troubled not the Dock Wo.
loper's repose
The unaedged politicians Of that day knew not
the slumbsring fires Of patriotism, which, like the
Goals OF Ena, snmbered within the breast Of the
race OF Woopers; and, although the cause ofegHaHtv
and L0eoJOeoism has gained so powerful phalanx
by the accession Of these allies, yet must be
periniited 70 mourn over the metamorphosis Of
This hitherto quiet and happy race into the turbu-
lent foes Of monopoly and the credit system.
When boy, Il constituted large portion of nv
holiday amusements on Pinxier Poss CAyi,tu,os
and NeD Year, TO visit the old ly or Rear mork,i,
where the Communipaw or Long Island Africans
danced to the merry tunes Of "possnar ON 4, Gum
tree" or "he Bt1ek Joke !" and It would have done
your heart good TO see the admiring array Of Dock
Holopcrs, who encrcled these Ebony he-CsLae,
and who so loved to heart ring Of their hobnaied
heels echo from the pavements. And the laugh Of
the sable performers, when the boys threw the pen.
mics in their hats-such lqHgA-waugh waugh,
waugh its melody stltingles in my ears like the
well remembered bray of the old dustmans Jack n
Happy Wollopers they knew not thai their liber.
ties and immunities were in danger, until Frances
Wright-of blessed memorable Eve, impaired the
new light information lake Pleiades lost from the
sky are those sparkling hours; nor will the Dock
Wollopers or myself be ever enabled to arrest them
in their flight At the period first alluded to, the
Dock Wollopers were melancholy and gentle
manlke," and with Jacques could moralise on " the
beetle that We tread upon"
But now-nous arons change tout celia.
Poetical imnginings and sentimental reflections
are superseded BY those fcrcer passions which mi
mister at the altar of Locofocosm Not that the
Wolloper has entirely lost his original amiabilily
During the day, while the sun Eliminates our
hemisphere, the Dock Wolloper is still musing
animal.
At this period the friends Of the credit system
may meet in the Park unmoested The Wollop-
ers would scarcely muster courage TO raise hiss
But let the evening shadows descend, and the tribe
are ready for violent movements. Now may be
heard the note of preparation at the Military Hail.
Bowery. Like the picturesque looking Lazzaroni
of Naples, one by one they come to the rescue Of
their lost libertes;" and their dark looks and ex-
cited eye balls fash defiance on the foe. Since their
reception at Tammany Hall, they all pay a visit 10
their first love-Mililary Hall in the Bowery-and
march with huZZas and shouts to the Wigwam, and
wo betde the foes of the Sub-trcasury system who
are found at head quarters. 1t is known TO the in
iliated, that several bank officers were struggled
into the late meeting at Tammany Hall; but 1t ap-
pears that the jolly Dock Wollopers, who huzzaed
for the down with the banks" resolutions,
aware of the fact that these "arstocrats" were ver
table bank men, until just as the meeting adjourned.
AT this period of the leaders recognized the
owner of half bank descending the steps 10 the
street, and Immediately the lrhOop was shouted
In an instant five hundred Wolopers were in full
chase of the unlucky monopolist," who, although
he had sicall0ped all the resolutions, voted mad
Missile by the sovereign Wollopers. The chase
continued with unequal results from street TO street.
the bankite now gaining on his pursuers-and anon
the foremost of the tribe nearing his game, until the
new Exchange offered an asylum in which the
alarmed Loco-foco monopolist was safely ensconced
How long he remained is not known, but as he has
since appeared in WaIlstreet, it is fair TO suppose
that no harm came of the race.