The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-02
re 1N1lSseal En1portance ef Prize

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i Some very WORTHY people marvel in theil
cloisters IL ihc imporsr zee New York Journal.
give to the great prize light, and at the gres
space The various ronads Oil III the Journals
lfthese wot .hy but rather blind men, will ouly
peep out of their cIOieter windows, they viii sec
] that The Journals are right, and that they are
wrong vi thsir mAryelling.
I The reason why this Importance ~ given Ia
New York 10 the Prize Fighters,--the Bruisers,
and the men VI the Ring, arises from the fact
that they arc the creators OF the Government
tho suJstrarsm upon which Judges even, are
made, Members Of Congress, Stale Legislators
, and the City Government. They run the " Pri'
mary Machine, and !, is The Primary Machine
that makes nominations, and IL il nominations
that make Elections. The Primary Machine Il
the creation OF the Bruisers. because il IL the
Bruises Of Society alone, that at u miscalled
Primary Election, can dive off and beat of,
and box of, the non-fghung members Of the
Primary Eleciion.'to have votes counted as
desired.
The importance Of Bruiser IL the eye OF the
Federal Government 10 seen in the fact that
while a huge paw hod carrier can earn only 81
per day, or an honest carpenter his 81 30, "lhe
Benicia Boy receives an appointment under
Collector Scbell, worth ii 800 per year,-abont
- per day,-with only some three fours'
work to do, and that very easy. Now Collec-
tor Scheil is the creature Of the President of
the United States; and if Collector Schell did
not appoint Brusers and Boxers to run the Pr-
mary machine, the appointment would not be
satisfactory 20 the Federal Government, and he
would be removed.
Another illustration Of the social and polit-
ical importance OF Bruiser, is seen in the
case OF the once plain Billy Muiligan, now
William Mulligan, Esq. Mulligan was driv-
en-, our readers will remember, from San
Francisco in the general uprising OF society
there. Finding one of the Vigilance Commit
tee OF San Francisco here ia New York. he beat
him, and the beaten man made an appeal to the
New York telected) Courts, for redress, but
thus far in VAN. The las; day he Was TO be be-
fore the Courts, he was of at the Prize Fight.
and j. thus by one OF the correspondents, de-
scribed:
"Round Morrisscys plume were gathered
Nulligan, who in bis pea. green kids and Rus
sian leather long boots, looked the Beau Brum.
mel OF the Ring; Dad Cunningham, Barney
Aaron, Peterson, and various othek brilliant
fstic knights"
A King of France once sad,-" L,Etat c'est
mol BUY Mnisigan can say, The kourts of
New York-that's L." lie may be tried some
day, after the election, but not till then. and
that then depends ON circumstanc or il tried.
the Democratic Governor, if elected, may be in
party duty bound to pardon him. We have
seen him making nomination for CONGRESS in
the lower part OF the city. We have seen him
get oil in Court one day ostcnsibly to attend q
(" Primary that nigbt,--whers fighting was
only prevented by the nasniiiccnce OF his fists.
or the reputa ion Of his prowess
The Primary Meetings." so in mockery
called, are VIGOROUSLY in the hands. and under
the control, Of "Bruisers," and Boxers and
'koughs, and Suckers" and ''Strikers The
money to pay them comes from the 800, co.,
600 OF the Federal Government, or the SO
100000 OF the city, from the numerous Repub-
can created "Gommissions" OF the city, such
As Emigration" Park" "Police," &c, 6c-
The BruIsers and the Boxers live idle, doing
lothing, on these immense expenditures,
he regulation OF "the Machine" sometimes
,aled the Primary meeting.
Wen, now then, is ID astonishing that we
ave prominence 10 everything connected with
hese peopies-ior they make Judges, Govern
'fs, and even Presidents. Is it not az much |
'ur duty to society to report them, as he best |
ermon OF the Rev. DIR. Bethune? A. Govern |
hent Is the highest OF all earthly things. and |
MY secondary to religion-ought not every |
Movement OF the Morrisseys, and the Billy Nal |
sans, and the Benicia Boys, to be chrpniclsd. |
lst as We chronicle the movements of tie Pres |
lent of the United States, or the decisions of |
ne Chief Justice of the United States? Should
e not be derect to society, if we omitted one
mill, one round" or one 'punch homer
he ruling Powers of the State, are. in all
ountries entitled to the highest consideration
ad attention Of the Journalists, and the Jour
thst, therefore, gives the Brusers such CON
deratiGa here.-N Y Express