The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-12-31
Washington.
Correspondence OF the Herald !

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WASHINGTON, Dec q, 1874
The Inauguration Ball The Ladies-Theiy Posi-
ton Defned-The Fires md the Tens, aMd The
Tens and the Fires.
DEAR GENERAL;-
There is the veritable old Harry to pay in regard
of that Inauguration ball, 4th March next The
democratic associations the fves, and the aris-
tocracy, at the head Of the ten dollar concern, are
at open war The associations assume that thew
bore theIbrunt Of the fight and are entitled 10 the
glory Of the triumph-that IS is high enough-that
the $40 affair was originated by office-hoders who
were fence men during the battle, and jumped over
at the turn Of the tide, shouting hosannahs for
Polk and Dallas, and they further say that before
ten days shall elapse the position Of the two per,ies
(the fves and the tens) for the ball will be fairly
understood. Very goodbye go for the fives from
sympathy-we incline TO the tens (if lsgitimatel
for the sake Of an unparalleled exhibition of La
Polka, beauty, grandeur and maghihcence, and
thesewe understand are to be the order Of the day.
What next!
The fives take exception to our declaration that
if the tens go ahead, said iives will have
to advertise Tor ladies. We open our Jacket
TO the knife IN this assertion, sure enough. But
what IS the far construction II is his: Iha, the
ladies' in these matters are rather arstocratc-hat
they are ambitious, and properly SO, of belonging
to the first circle and they believe further very
naturally, that the $40 concern will be little more
and e bon ton-and that, consequently, the fves
will find themselves in the vocative. What plain
case it appears them that the fives will have to adj
vertise for ladies' for the two three thousand men
that will be present.
/ The Association boys cannot impeach our serious
preference. Don't we belong to 'em? Didn't we
narrowly escape crucifixon in the cause OF Polk
aud Dallas last summer IN the very front OF the
battle; and didn't we stump it about right among
the bone and snew of the country-and tramp
| round and circulate the docnmens--and speechfy
ia the woods, IN the schoolhouses-and fight like
wolf once or twice, Tor Polk and Dallas. To be
sure we did We go Tor the fives; but If the tens
can show a clean deed, we 60 Tor fair play; and
persist that II the tens persist, there will be
not only an inconsistent division among the de-
mocracy-of the exclusives and the genuine re-
| pubcans; but that the tens will take from
| the fws many desirable stars; and this we
should regret, from our inability 10 share the
/ gIorles OF both balls, or participate with the
| tens, where our highest honor would be that
we were "poor, hut respectable" Heart and
soul we 60 for the fves but we want to have the
| ladies' with us-we want no arstocracy in the mat
ter, or they gone unless II can be proved, de-
cared, and understood that the ives are alone the
/ orthodox party, while the tens wings in dis
guse; and then the ladies' who wish to get their
beaux into ofce, or TO retain them in Office, to
ne in favor at the White House, or to be consider
ed at all as advocates OF an Independent Treasury
| or Annexation, will come up 10 man in behalf Of
| the tives to the disadvantage Of the tens.
| II there Is not some compromise between the
| lives and the tens before ten days, there will be a
clear division. The tens, we understand, had a
-ct,"s night, bnt The result is not known TO us
| The numerous wings on their list IRE particularly
| obnoxious TO the fives. Finally. we hear that the
lives have secured house full If the most be aui-
ful ladies' in the Union, all friends Of annexation
| md all opposed 10 the te ms the tens, we think
will hang out the white flag, if the fives are dis.
| Greet W.