Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-06-09

From ice l0dt0sn.us.
ANprusg rLur 90 TsE FEDaE,I. Loco Foco;
.V~o7rp-No cut ihg following letter with u.s. pc
fcan the Great Nesiru. IA Federal Loc-oco y
newspaper Published Vt NcW Oseats
w extract irom the +" Tunes of YESTERDAY. the
hlluw ing letter irutn ;ir. Ns,hclas. atc OF MIR Seua.
iors in Congress describing . most d-gnavcial and out
r1gc"us socno in w.shtigtvn. ct The people reflect
ga what they are bringing uFssl tsrmselVCs IA The sap
port of an abIitost9 for The Prcsilcncy. The signs
ace rrren'oas-lct ihe South look to It's safety.
NAsHiNGrnN Cry. May RI.
We had Yesterday a most extraordinary and disgust
ius chamc,er here About ) o'clock. between thirty
aud hnry carts. allied with nrgro. =. with a fall compii-
.nento i slack niarshals. mounted 81 korsebark. parad>d
up and down Pennsylvania Avenue. This od.ous
pageant with the words Hard Cider" held up CON-
spicuously 10 view, passed undis,urhed. We have
had several highly exciting party pruccssions among
,he people OF this District lis winter. and are un The
eve 80 thc siud.ously gotten up parade M Bali!morc=,
Dat one would scarcely have expected, that in n slave
budding city. the authorities would have tolerated ssch
an exhibition. | wouli hat You and every other ciii-
zen of Luusian,. coulI have witnessed. us | did. this
scene. - well calculated TO crafty the muauos, and 10
awaken deep reflections, m save holders.
Very res ,ectiuIly,
RoBr CARTER NICHOLAS.
We can scarcely fnd words To express. with popri.
ETY., the surprise aud Indignation the aboNe lc;icr has
produced. We see II IN all the Fr,lcrd Loco Foco
papers of New Orleans. and roudcd also in the col
unns oithc Richmond i~."Qrirer. whose editor has Just
learnt, 10y the Nly of Louisiana. that there WAS such n
negro IHoccssirn IN the city of Washington on The -
ol My! fut II II had been a pruccssJrn 81 the char
acior gwen 20 Il by hir. NiCholas. why his the Globe
suffered n Whole month 10 e.. ~c without noticing IT
VIC are surprised at THIS publirniiun ur M. Nicholas.
because II proves that he hes cihcr been impose ugnn.
or that he has wanioily nldc uu +" assault urba truth"
VIII u be credited that the Procession which Mr.
Nicholas has undertaken to father "a, GA tbe Opposition.
wasa Foderul loco Fucu negro procession, got up cud
pad for on, Of some Government onlolumen;S. Tor the
purpose OF ridicuiing our then approaching National
ConvCnuotrof Young Mem Vet sIch. wc arc fully
assured. It was; a ha7A Mod Federal Loco Foco bur.
lcsqnc. conceived 1s sn'h. known and remarked upUu
as such nj Ihc time, and broken up ia disgmce as such.
The heed, the marshal'oi the whole affair. was a no;o-
rons Federal white Loco POGO IN GCOrge,owu, and he
II was who superintendent - egrc>s from that riuce 4.
IL was. ~ l. trac, a proccssIun of ,hirty or forty carts
filled with negroes aud boys, with red Il ps and white
lscnrtS, aud q something ia front labelled "hird cider.
And what bruueht up the rear \ flag, n We WIRE
informed al the time, bearing the name of Martin Van
Burnt Aud dI Hot MIR. Nicholas hear that. that flag
MAS demolished 10y a gallant young Republican heiu.c
the procession reached the heart ui the 81 v. and that
lhe white rng-lcadsr, sat upon his horse the while
AFRAID TO interfere io pruisct his hireiIng Loco Fuco
negro standard beorerl Did he noI kRuw that the hcr-
SOS and negroes were scattered in every direction. and
one of their carts dashed in pieces! II Is not strange
ihNt circumstances of such general nuiorieiy sholld TAIL
10 reach the ears OF Mr.. Nicholas! MIR. n letter i,
dated May J aud Mr.. Allen, IA his speech al Bll:.
more, May 4. alluded 10 Tins = clions Iagcani," when
lac spoke of " mock p~aTndics. Epi Up at the expense OF
some governmental cmulumCnIS." Aud yet Mr.. Mich.
olis and hls Federal Locp Foco editors would make The
peepic II the South believe that this movement was
Identified with Gen. HARRISON, a Senator of The
United : aies. attributing an infamous Federal loco
foco negro muckery. insticaicd and paid for by his own
friends. to the Opposition. and endcavoring 10 draw
an inference Ihereirufn that the negro and the Harrison
Interests are IDENTICAL This Is hcyoRl endurance.
: We irist the Harri~ont committees ia the District will
set the facts before The public IN u prnper light, ii
nj What we have 10 say should prove insufficient. We
trust The Opposition papers in Louisiafn viii show zap
ths most neiarcc1s plot, 10 The people of that State.
Having. since We commenced this article. learnt The
name oi the young gentleman who captured the flag
from tAc Loco FOco Federal negro crew, aS wc have
above minated, We addressed htm a note. requesting
a hrici accOun:of The aiiir - far a. nc was acquainted
with ~ and received fro him the folloVIn nag reply,
which we take tire berry TO publish with has name
THOMAS ALLEN, Esd.
SrE--l received youI uole n few nomcnjs MO. and
hasten 10 answer it, In reply ~ yong request To bein-
formed OF the facts relative To ny having +" torn down
the nag OF the negro procession which paTadcI parl
of the length Of Pennsylvania Avenue. some weeks
ago, ! have la stale that about g o'clOck, after leaving
the Globe Office. where 1 am employed, in company
with some of the gentlemen attached To Ile office, our
attention was attracted Io n moving mass venting
down the Avenue from the Presidents square, with
banners, DC. We al first supposed II was a dclcga-
ton from soinc OF lc upper counties of Maryland, pass
- '"''AEh wv 10y WI NNAA wy " 'f 'hf'iA'tt
COuvcniiOn---lnd 10 have a heller view of The process
sion, We crossed 10 the south side of the Avenue, al
the corner OF 18Th STREET. As the crowd came nearer.
II was perceived To be a procession OK black people, in
carts with banners, BE 10 the number of50 or 50.
The first cart contained a barrel. with the words
+" Hard Cider marked on the head and two Blacks
ia the earl, occasionally cianked their TN cups together
as II IN the act OF drinking. As The process..n passed.
varIous Remarks were made by The gentlemen who had
accompanied ne FINN tic G'obc office, as To the nature
aud intent Of the parade; we. however, came % the
conclusion. that II was gotten up ET The purpose Of IN.
duc'ng fhc strangers tcre, IN the city. AMI members OF
ConTcss, TO believe that the negroes at the District
wore IN favor OF General Harrison. and that he was
an abalIIonisiAor FOR The purpose of rdiculns the
Wing COnycHtionnbout to assemble.
IA the last cart was passing. over which waved The
Ameucnn flag, bearing The motto M. Van Buren,.
1871, on It's folds lclr tiutI could stand u longer
II struck me a. beng a mockcry Of al that was rirhI
aud deccnf-so ] jumped snio the cart and tore down
IL Gag. when a collection Of Young men. and others
aided IA breaking ap aud scattering The procession, OF
which neither heard nor thought Of more.
Very respectfully,
Your Obcdicnf servant.
GEO. OROUARD.
Washington Cry. May ~, 1910.