Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1839-08-01
e7,.rTrT.S ACCOUNT OF PRESIDENT VAN
Ben pTREN's VISIT TO NEW YORK.
From the New York Hyad Of July 3.

,rho Triunphal Entry OF His Democratic Ma
issty. Martin van Buren,, into New York.
Yesterday was great day great day in
,oa1, GREAT day for democracy, and drnkoc
1no,. ondaristocracy, and mobocracy, and fun
ocracy, and all the branches OF that iacetlouS
Csra;Iy There was much in the proceedings
,b,t was amusing--much that was instructive
much that was pleasing thai was i'm.
oosinp-much that was nonsenslcal-and much
tbo, was really ridiculous. Still it was, in ev-
arv sense of the term, triumphal entry, and
!, would he worse than foolish to attempt to
denv the fact. 1t was an extraordinary scene,
tho most so since the visit Of General Jackson
n this CITY; and the description we gave of it
Yesterday in advance, correspondent precisely
with the realities, as they occurred during the
day.
It was high day for the President, who was
almost killed with kindness, and dust, and rough
crasps. and sweat, and bad smells! 1t was a
bgh day for the wings, who laughed in their
sleeve. and looked wise, aud silly, and sensible,
and savage, by turns; and lost no opportunity
to curse and rail at the Undertook cabbage
seller! 1t was a high day for the locoiocos who
were washed and shaved, for once, and comior-
boots and brooches, and who drank, and shou-
ted, and sweated and swore, and roared, and
ran, ard yelled, and kicked up their heels, and
threw up their greasy caps like so many mad
devils let loose from Pandemonum 1t was a
high day for the lovely young girls and beauti
IuI women of this glorious city, who were all,
Yesterday, for four hours, locolocos, to a man;
and who smiled, and bent their beautiful necks,
and looked bewitchng from their windows,
and waved white handkerchefs, and did all
manner of delightful things 1t was high
day for the loaiers of the press, who were run
ming in all directions TO get peep at his Re-
publican Highness, that they might abuse him
the next day for his bad looks and want Of con
descension to them! 1t was high day for the
thieves and pickpockets, for by some most I'M
accountable means, almost every ocoloco had
money in his greasy breeches pocket on this &C.
casion, besides having clean shirt on his back!
1t was high day for the liquor sellers and dis
tors, a majority Of whom were wings and ;,
who drank his Democratic Majesty's health So
often with their customers, that they injured
their own 1t was high day for the angels
who rejoice over one sinner that repenteth, and
who watch the souls and bodies of beautiful
above all it was high day Ohough not hol-
day. for the devil, "Auld Coots' himself, who
superintendent the whole programme ofopera-
tons in prOpria persona, ard distributed judi
cIous number of young devils throughout the
procession, TO increase the noise and confusion,
keep mischief ahoat, give a spice to the party,
and play the devil with the vacciliating souls
and clean shirts of every sinner in the squad.
In short the whole affair was conceived, con.
Quoted, and carried out upon the republican
principle
''-Vanity's the spice life
That gives it all its flavor,
Early in the morning about 80 or 80 Of the
Young Mems Commitee-some Of them posi-
sesslng good sense, and some Of them great
asses-hired, begged, and borrowed horses
enough, including those they owned, to mount
every one of them; and they washed and shaw
ed IN hurry, boted their breakfasts, and
crossed the river to Newark, for the partly pat |
Flotlc, partly proud, partly selfish, and, to
considerable extent, commendable motive, OF
eescorting his Republican Majesty to Jersey
city This was done by the young men; and
those who acted from excellent motives, OF
course were rewarded by their own reflections
IN bed at night, and didn't care for their torn
panlaloons, dirty shirts, dirty jackets, and
dreadful headaches which they obtained as
reward for their exertons. In the interim, all
the loaiers, and worthy tradesmen, and idle
fellows, and good citizens, and ridiculous cox
COMBS ana mice young men" that make up the
various corps and companies ofciizen soldiers
~ inns Guy, were busy buttoning up their bree-
ches' fastening their straps, buckling on their
alnoor' Nhogs IN armor,) and fixing their hints
anu traps 10 pass muster in the course of the
morning; AT as early an hour as any of them,
;ne rowdles and raggamuffins, without either
i I or principle in the community, were
,leSPe,aleiy hard at work--dtnking his excel
,oncy health in damnabe drains, in all the
sen thousand rum hotels in the city. All the
I"l'ao!e and beautiful wives, and sisters, and
uaughters, of those who had any hand in the do
lngs OF the day were bundled out Of bed by
sunrise, 20 boil the coffee, and cut the bread and
butter for breakfast; and some few, we are sor-
~ 70 say, mad to black the boots of the black
guards VINO were too idle to do their own dirty
WORK some forty or fifty very sweet and en-
chanting girls were taking our advice and
brushing the dew off the grass of the Battery
with their fairy feet before The pestilence nasscd
over It, In short, this same visit Of his Serene
Republican Majesty, Martin Van Buren,, made |,
1t least 100000 Unlocking men and handsome