Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-11-07
The Boston Torch-Light Procession

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accounts, must have been splendid affair
indced-perhaps more 80 than any thing of
the kind which has taken place during the
cam paign. The journal occupies nearly
page in descriptions of the banners, trans
parencies, and political devices which were
brought forward to show the enthusiasm of
the people for Freedom and Fremont Tho
procession was six miles long. The caval-
cade contained by actual count over one
thousand horses. Very many of the riders
bore in their hands beautiful American flags,
with Fremont and Dayton" on them -
1t was beyond question one of the finest dis
plays of horscmen ever seen in Boston
10000 persons were in the procession. De.
legations were present from other places,
under appropriate banners and marshalls.
Almost the entire route of this mammoth
procession was rendered nearly as light as day
by the incessant discharge of fireworks, not
only from the ranks of the procession itself,
but from the buildings on both sides of tho
streets, every window and balcony of which
were crowded with smiling faces, beaming
through mimic snow storm of waving hand
kerchiefs
OF the numerous tablcaus represented in
the procession were No. ., representing
"KANsAs, FAIR DOMAIN or LIBERTY AND
INDUSTRY.
In the centre was a female figure, holding
in either hand branches of the olive and the
palm, and on either side of her horns of
plenty" pouring forth of their abundance
the rich products of the field. On one side
was the inscription quoted above. and on the
other " Peace hath her Victories as well as
War" On her forehead the female wore a
gittering star. Beneath was a representa-
tion of the fertile fields of Kansas in their ma
tive richness and luxuriance. In the fore
ground, the plow and other implements of
agriculture. In the back ground, the huns
Bile cottage of the settler, with his little ones
at play beneath the shadow of the trees his
cattle reclining upon the banks of the beau
tiful stream, on which was seen the steam.
boat gliding gracefully along In each corner
of the transparency was a star. The whole
design was beautiful.
Tabeau No. 3 came next, and represented
the
" BoRpER RuFFIAs MErHoD OF MAKING
STATE"
In the front was seen q murderous looking
border rufhan armed to the teeth, having
ballot box from which he was scattering the
free State votes, like tho leaves of autumn,
and substituting in their place n handful of
those of the RufIians. In the background
was represented the hanging to tree of
free State man who had dared to exercise the
right of suffrage and vote for free Kansas
At the other corner was the Place of voting
in possession of the ruffians, one of whom
Gus work. Motto Consequence of the
Kansas Nebraska Act"
No. :, entitled
" CHAINS Nor ALONE FOR THE BLACK MAN"
The painting represented John Brown and
his companions arrested by the United States
troops, chained together like galley slaves,
and driven on foot before company OF Uni
ted States horsemen, who were hurrying their
prisoners along as they would have driven q
herd Of buHalocs. The motto was, " Free
men conquered, not subdued." This paint
ing was very fine, and attracted much atten-
ton.
One OF the most beautiful tableaux had an
inscription over it
" "JEssiE"
But that was needless, for the painting
told its own story. In the centre of piece
OF ornamental scroll work was a portrait of
the fair Jessie. On either side was cherub
attending on her, and their faces beamed with
delight at the pleasant mission in which they
were engaged while all around and beneath
was ornamented with scroll work. The mot
to was-"All honor to her whose hands set
the glorious example of free labor to the
women of California The fair sex along
the route were most enthusiastic in the ex-
preston of their delight at this picture, and
manifested it in the waving of handkcrchiefs
and the clapping of hands while the sterner
sex, from the youth of a dozen years to the
gray haired veteran, testified their delight by
repeated and stentorian cheers for Jessie"
Another represented
"Gov. GEARY AS one EYED JusrIcE,'"
sitting on platform with one eye bandaged,
holding to pillar, on which was fastened
red flag. In his hand he held a scroll, on
which was " Writs of arrest for Treason. -
On the base of the pedestal was " Gov Geary
as One Eyed Justice. The notices were
Justice used to be represented as blind
Frank Pierce and Gov. Geary have discovered
that she has one good eye