Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-09-16
THE OFFICE SEEKERS PRoCEssIC

cheer Capt. Tyler, was a great AFFAIR." We nnrcS
an account of i, from the Tribune:
From Ire ". Y. Tiibums.
THE OFFICE SEEKERS PROCESSION.
The best farce OF the season came of Yesterday,
very much according 10 our Programme. though we
were mortified 10 find that our voluntary and ern-
tuilous advertisement of the comedy then to be
played did not succeed in bringing a greater number
together. Never did such a huge mountain bring
forth such a tiny mouse, The vaunted carriages,
each with four beautiful young ladies' dressed in
white, dwindlcd down to some old barouehcs and
wagons, containing a number Of females, whose
ages varied from five TO fftv years. An omnibus
followed, drawn by ten horses, nine OF them nppa-
rently Locofocos, aud one of them more sensible,
Tor he kicked violently 10 get out Of harness. The
omnibus itself was the same one which was used at
the lnst Spring Election TO convey the conriei pipe
layers from the Penitentiary on B~lackwell's Island
TO the Eighth Ward, TO vote the Locoloco ticket. IL
is no wonder that il was selected for this occasion.
The Tyler Cab ccmo next. The Spartan Band,
followed with a flag inscribed Free Suffrage a
style OF spelling not generally used, but apparently
preferred by these modern heroes OF Thernopylr.
Around and among these rode the Marsha.s. with
white scaris, and such a display Of workmanship
was never seen since the days OF John Gilpin. The
High Priest OF Grand Island was there, wipinc
from his face the drops OF modification that kent
oozing out as he looked az his FalstaF reg ment.
Locke rode up and down. anC seemed 10 think that
his Moon Hoax was not half as srea, a humbug as
the new creation of his active fancy. He had ar
ranged them nicely on paper, but when he called
his spirits from the Vastly deep, they would not
come, and he found himself and his brother Marsha's
almost alone in their glory. Their scanty array
marched out with downcast looks. Not a single
cheer was heard-all was silence, broken cnly by
roars of laughter as some character, more ludicrous
than the rest, showed himself. The scattered spec
tators, less than on ordinary parade calls out, kept
on a broad grin. The few respectable persons, who
had been entrapped into the barouches, seemed
heartily ashamed Of their situation. The chief suf-
ierers, however, were the gingerbread and root beer
men, who came prepared for a great run ofbusiness,
but found so small an assemblage that they had
scarcely a customer to each, and they left the Park,
erumbline bitterly at Major Dslgety for deluding
them by his nniicipatory puffs into such an unprof-
table Investment of capital.
This procession, If it merit the name, was really,
by its scantiness, and by the characters of its get
tiers up, the greatest insult that the President has
yet received. Its leaders were all men who wish
TO keep or get Custom-H offices. They had
seven good reasons for their doings, to wit the FIVE
loayes and tive fishes They have vainly tried to
make a little party capital out OF a matter in which
Loeoioeos and Wings were equally involved, bu,
the reception OF the last comedy must have convinc-
ed them that the People have too much good sense
and dlscernment to be deceived by their harlequin
bufoonery.