The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-08

the past two days has been, with avery large.
class Of people, .andssome of them of6ceholdsra
and influential politicians, the pugiGstic densoa-
stration near Bnfalo Of two gladiators of seine
celebrity in the,ring- The chances of viotosy,
the physical condition of the combatants, the
amount of money pending upon the result,
the locality eEi the fight, the means to- be.
employed in outwitting the officers of thslaw
(whs do not seem to have been especially vigil
lanD, were all duly discussed beforehand with
as much gravity as the San dnan boundary
question or the Anglo-Frenchn difficulty with
the Central Flowery Kingdsm. When. the
eVsntful day Of thefght (Thursaay) arrived, the
anxiety of ths .bslligerently disposed postion Of
the public was intense. Wagers to q. large
amount were made, and the result was looked
for with as much interest as The issue Of an i'm
pOrtant election. Indeed, the growing interest
in these pagilistic displays has its origin in a
great degree in their political character. The
victor in q. well contested prize fight becomes an
important power at once. He controls a GER
tain amount Of muscle which is at the service
Of the political faction which will pay the high
est price for that physical influence which out
whips all other considerations at the primary
meeting and the polls. This state of things has
been growing from bad to worse during the past
few years, and 1t is not confined to the metropo-
lis. The prize fighters have made the weight
of their fists felt in all the large cities, and in
some cases have brought the moral influence Of
powder and ball and cold steel to the aid Of
their muscular developments.
1t is quite evident from these indications that
the prize fighters of this counAry are to be lis
governing classes in due course Of time, if they
are not SO already. Before them the mental
power of the nation must Iecede. The most
profound statesman must give way to the hard
est hitter; the quickest debater is outgeneralled
by the liveliest bruiser. Witness the late con-
vention at Syracuse, where democratic princi-
pies were enforced straight from the shout
der" and new mode of moving the previous
question, by knocking the presiding officer of
from the platform, was initiated. In order, we
presume, to place the aodus operaadi of this
new school Of politics before the public, the
Sachems of Tammany have appointed special
committee to investigate all the circumstances
of the prize fight at Syracuse, with power to
take testimony as TO how the mnsclcmen came
to be at the salt works, who brought them
there, on whose behalf they acted, and what
were their specific instructions.
If this investigation is made in a thorough
and Straightforward manner, the public will
have an opportunity to gain some very valua-
bic Information as to the weight size and
strength Of its real rulers. We hope that tho
committee will hare all the fighting men I'M as
witnesses, and put them through rigid exami-
nation. Let us know the impelliag motives
that took the gladiators to Syracuse for vul-
gar row, when there was to be such a splendid
professional display at Canada so very soon Of
ter the convention. 1t must have seemed very
small business to the shouder-hittcrs, this bull,