The New York herald., 1844-07-18
Rochester.
Correspondence Of the Herald.l


ROCHESTER, July ], 1874
| The Great Whig Catherine g-BttG Goonery and Coon.
cry in Ertatics-Practical Den,agoguism-An
Tsras-P Prohibitory 7ari6s-Gouernor Se,card,
and other Small and Large Potatoes
| The annals of electioneering warfare furnish no
example equal to the great Whig gathering exhibit.
ed in this city on Saturday last The hard cider
reveries Of lS4O were completely thrown into the
shade and if the spirit Of old anti-masonic Mon
roe animates every other section Of the State sure
enough the people 'are risin' for Harry Clay and
Frelinghuysen." For month past, the whole
county has been raked and scraped, and every
coon poked out of his hole to swell the exhibition.
Old and young, blind and halt. men and maldens,
little girls and less boys, white coens and black,
| blue coons and grey-al, all, were there, in one
grand and imposing mass, staggering and stultlfy-
ing the poor ocos, and making each In his indivi-
dual capacity look like "death upon the pale horse"
Mr. Dawson, the editor Of the Clay Bugle, was
highpriest, master OF ceremonies, and every thing
else upon the OCCASION Il was truly dramatic
affair; but whether it will turn out comedy or
| tragedy, must let the month OF November unfold.
He (Mr. d boasts of 10 900 persons, alias Wings,
being present; but that for him is small matter,
seeing there are only about 5000 voters OF that kid
ney in the wholecountry. But hasten to describe,
| # description be possible. the exhibition itself
About ten O'Clock, A. M, the cortege began to
arrive. The rendezvous was on MAN street, asyou
enter the city from the East, Every town, and
Clay Club in the county, together with the differ
ent wards were represented by delegation They
drove up in vehicles of various kinds, headed by
band OF music, and displaying flags, coons, foxes,
creapngs things, and all sorts Of devices, at once
characteristic Of their principles and embeamatc
of their political creed. Stages were erected on
wagons. drawn by SIX horses, and each trade and
occupation represented, by number OF men appa-
rently employed at there every day toll. There
were printers and type founders, coopers, carpen-
ters, and blacksmlths, shoe makers and last ma
kers, boat builders, and in fine every sort of Home
i Iindus
parade. When the muster was complete, the mar.
shals arranged the order OF the march, and
about eleven o'clock, all started, the nume-
blast, the enlivening tune of "Od Dan Tuck
err TO which of the most spirit stirring of the
Clay melodies is set. Slowly with 1.-THE pomp and
the cortege moved along traversng all the princi,
ole streets Of the city. When the bands ceased
playing, the Glee Clubs would strike up, in an ago
ny OF enthuzasm, some appropriate melody, 10 a
| still more appropriate tune, such as That Same
| Old Coon, !" Jump Jim Crow" and {" i'm Along
Josey." As each, trade passed the office OF the
Clay Bugle," shout was raised as token OF re-
spect to the presiding genius of the Festivals George
Dawson, Esq he being the originator OF this new
variety OF eleconeering clap trap This, of course
was bat giving to Caesar Caesars due. After having
fairly under way, Mr.. D. himself took his station at
the head of the printers and printers devils OF his Of
flee, and sleeves rolled up,commenced the process OF
getting out number OF the "Clay Bugle, contain
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day in old Monroe. He was inspired by the great
occasion, and composed and set up in type, at one
and the same time, the vibrations OF hls BRAIN
| (By the way, need inform you, Mr.. Editor that
according to new discovery in mental philosophy,
/ thought is but vibration OF that organ.)
Well, after showing the gaping multitude all that
to be seen, the actors in this political drama and
new species OF electioneerlng buffoonery bent their
| steps to Washington Square to hold the pow-wow
| that was to close the play. Ex-Governor Seward
and John A. Col'ier,were the chosen orators of the
day, and the former led off. Mr.. Seward posses
les (or rather ought to say now, possessed) con-
siderable reputation as speaker In this latitude
On several small occasions, and at the agricultural
fair last year, he had made rather pretty speeches
He delivered himself with ease and grace; and
although his efforts require but happy
| coocation of words, still he was esteemed
an orator, head and shoulders above the common
run. All expected a treat, and accordingly went
sadly, most sadly disappointed The ocos were
delighted, and the wings put on faces only equalled
| in length by the one exhibited by DIR. Duncan in
| the House of Representatives, as descriptive OF
| those of the whig leaders on hearing of the nom-
nation of Polk: 1t was clearly seen that all looked
upon the speech as a devilish poor affair One
Irshman, in my hearing said; "by Jasus, its faux
paux entirely. :" Another man rked-"After ALL
Bennett was rght-he is small potatoes"
Mr. S. commenced by classifying he Presiden-
tia candidates before the people for their surages,
and speaking to their several merits, he soft soaped
the abolitlonlst and lauded Mr.. Brney to the skies
Tyler, and passed Mr.. Polk with very brief notice
indeed II was best, he thought, to say little about
measures, State and national, obliquely defending
his own policy OF running the State in debt, that
her stock was nearly unsaleable in the market,
and going it strong for internal improvements on
| the high pressure system. He threw out few
very original ideas, when on this subject, in regard
TO emigrants They were a new kind OF soft soap,
but cannot take imeat presento go too far into de.
tail He then touched on home indusiry-shunned
1 = 4. AntA nj MOT nut Rnnk and dan
| the Texas Annexation; but on each and all Of the
| subjects which came under his review, he uttered
nothing new, little profitable, and not solitary
| idea worthy Of remembrance. He spoke as if his
heart was not in the work He was stiff in manner,
peurile in matter, deficient IN hnency, and total
ly devoid OF earnestness. We have scores OF
men here, on both sides, who could have disanced
him. After he had exhausted himself, and tired
/ his hearers, Mr. John A Collier followed him. He
confined himself chiefly to defence of Mr. Sc
ward and the Whg State Policy, as TO internal
| they would do-and to the Texas question, which
| ne, of course, went deal against, in any shape
They think they are making capital Of this at
the North, but for every per cent they make here,
hey losing 80 at the south, and % al the wes for
/ the people of the West, connect in some sort OF
sympathetic bond Texas and Oregon, AMI the
VIII gs in Congress opposed all action on both ques-
| tions The Hon. MIR. Hardin, of Illinois Dr.
Bacon and Mr.. Thayer, Of New York, followed in
order, and wound up the speeches, and the few
that remained seemed heartily glad when the in
Fiction over. Without seeking to exaggerate,
or down aught in malice, this part of the busi-
ness was exceedingly dull and most Improbable.
During the whole two hours Gov. Seward spoke,
not cheer was raised to give point to his wit, or
force to his argument
In the evening some 300 got together in the Clay
temple, Ct will hold thousand TO- fifteen hundred)
| and Mr.. Somebody from New York flushed the
| exercises Of the day. lie was fluent enough, but
it was words, words, words, and nothing but words
He euogized Mr.. Van Buren, and abused the locos
L inr nof mi NAT Inp m No no hnd NOR.
sonal feeling in the matter, he, like hundreds Of
other stump orators, had lost most Of his stock in
trade thereby It is, after all amusing enough, to
| hear I" them there fellows prasing the man on
whom they have been heaplng abuse, most foul
and unmitgated, for ten long years. This isa kind
| Of hypocncy which would shame Old Nick him
self.
have thus, Mr. Editor, given you briefly faith