Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-10-05
Wide Awake Demsns,ra.isn In New York.

Wide Awake Demenstratien In New York
The great Republican Wide Awake demonstra-
ton took place in New York on Wednesday nipbt
1t is admitted to have been an imposinp affair
though falling far below, in immensely OF mum.
bers, what bad been claimed for 1t The Tribune
talked OF thirtyt to forty thousand men parading In
to pass given point. The actuality fell far below
this- The Journal Of Commerce estimates the
NUMBER In the procession at from seven to eight
thousand; the Herald puts II down, from actual
count, at ten Thousand seven hundred and one:
the Times at twelve thousand; and the World at
thirteen thousand six hundred and fifty. The
World says:
Last evening the grand parade of Wide Awakes
which had been so long sur le tapis. took place.
and TO the evident satisfaction Of all the ad herens
Of the Republican party. That 1t was well de-
signed well managed, and well carried out to the
end, no one will gainsay. II wal, without doubt,
the greatest political display ever gotten up In
this city, or even In the country, not excepting
the splendid demonstrations Of 1910 and Isi4.
their drill and queer uniforms, added not little
to the spectacle; while the light Of over thirteen
thousand torches made a coxp Doll that has sell
dom, If ever, been witnessed by the citizens of
Though the procession proper presented a brill
liant coup tad, the almost total absence of any
other demonstrations was quite noticeable All
along Broadway, with the exception of the three
republican headquarters, and a single dry-goods
store, there Were no buildings illuminated or
hung with any kind Of decorations. On the other
side Of the city, the Tribune office gaily orna-
mented with colored lanterns and gIobular trans
parencies, and the notorious Lindenmuler dis
played IN front of his establishment few flags
and portraits on bunting, and let of handsome
fireworks Nor was the enthusiasm Of the spec
tators what might have been expected Cheers
We're Charity given, and as for any great outburst
OF applause, there was but little w hen opposite
the 81 Nicholas the procession was family bssed,
cheered the Wide-Awakes The spectators who
filled the sidewalks along the route, seemed to
regard themselves more as spectators than synpa-
thizers, though they refused not to applaud any
feature that CHANGED to please their fancy.
The Herald says:
So far as the metropolis Is concerned, the Wide
Awake game In hardly worth the candle The
Republican Committee gave us a good show,
highways and byways, and brought forth the
sick, the lame. the halt, and the blind, and bv
means OF uniforms, lanterns, torches music, and
from the theatres and the negro minstreIs They
gratifed their own vanity, pleased the ladies'
tickled the children and gave the street loungers
something to look at and talk about-otherwise
the Wide Awake parade amounted to nothing.
AS for any political effect that may have been
hoped for from this affair the Wide Awakes NAV
as well have been fast asleep. The voters of the
city OF New York are against Sewardism in the
proportion Of at least three to one, and no such
nonsense as midnight parades of small bows and
abolitonists from the rural districts will gain
one vote FOR Lincoln and Hamln. so the Wide
and money.
The Times, amid much fine writing SAYS:
Down broadway swept the cleaning tide, all
the iluminatons on each side Of it, In store-fronts
Intellectual rush It's under the supreme brjiII,nrv
OF the onward waves Of light. From many thous.
and windows, and from the balconies of all the
chief hotels spectators Of all ages and both sexes
looked down as in dream on the crimson pillows
beneath them. Shrin and quick were the words
OF command, quickly, and silently obeyed. End
les appeared the ever unfolding links of the
growing chain, and varied beyond the powers of
pen to describe were the movements and iery com.
bnatons Of men in the ranks Of the disci plined
Wide-Awakes They kept admirable time to the
ment, such airs as ''Hail Columbia. ;, yankee.
Doodle, y and popular melodies from "Normap
appearing those most in vogue with the directors
In charge OF this part of the entertainments
Nothing printable with leaden types and black
Ink could convey the impression given to the be-
holder looking up and down Broadway from the
81. Nicholas, over the main entrance The full
glnous canopy overhanging the procession had
beneath IT eleven or twelve thousand torches of
many colors, each blazing like a star. At regular
intervals along the line of march rocket batteries
and Roman candles sent up .glittering streams Of
fire, these lights casting sudden and strange tInts
Of red, green, yellow blue and white effnlyence
over the male and female faces set aud packed i'm
each window, like pictures in a frame.
The Tribune Is Of course in the heroics:
As early as 5h O'Clock those companies that
were set down first in the order of march braan
to prepare. The club.rooms were crowded with
citizens and invited guests and every SPOT that
was starting place or headquarters had its own
thtong Of impatient torch-bearers long before sun
down. At the usual time the accommoda att no sun
abdicated, and left the field to his rivals who
forthwith hurried TO their respective ststiops
Bands Of music were heard in every direction,
and from every quarter the soldiers Of the torch
came trooping to the rallying point The Fifth
Avenue Hotel was the centre from which radiatad
In every direction the long lines OF uniformed
men. Every street was lined on both sides and
all the avenues Were til Ionged. The hotel itself
presented sight OF rare beauty-brillantly
lighted from roof to basement not per ha rs special
ly In honor Of the occasion, but because every
room had Its bevy Of delighted gazers Every
window was filed with ladies' Those of them
who were wise had attirrd themselves in full eve
ming dress, because the light was quite as irving
to the costume and complexion as the NEST brit.
liant light OF the opera and because the audience
was one before which any lady mig ht be proud
to look her best. The huge palace Of white nar
ble brilliantly illuminated ( ON within, and
fairly bathrd In rich yellow light from without
seemed the fairy palace Of the Arabian tale, cut
from single crystal, peopIed by beings of more
Than mortal beauty, who Were gazing from the
enchanted and enchanting scene below
The giee clubs struck mp occasionally their tell.
ing campaign songs, and when the rolling chorus
was taken up by hundreds Of voices tue effect
was wonderfully fine. Before the signal was
given ior the lighting up, the various delegations
filled the streets In black and strange groups or
wound along the thoroughfares In long, black,
torsuous lines, disappearing nto the distance like
huge winding serPents. Suddenly at the sound
OF the grand salute Of thirty-three guns that was
fred from ths adjacent Park, most wopdron.
transformation took place. The long streets.
hitherto only dimiy lighted by the occasional
Kicker OF the cooperation gas, became radiant
with thousands Of blazing torches and the scene
was instantly changed from darkness to glori Gus
light The lighting up was not more instantane-
Gus than it was universal-it was not the work OF
one section, or delegation or division only, but
thousands at the same instant gave FIERY y}taIitv
70 the hitherto unborn blazes each bore upon his
shoulder Street after street. as far as the dazzied
eye could comprehend, in a single instant emerged
from darkness into new and fiery splendor.
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