Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-10-13
III STANDARD.
CORRESPONDENTS OF THE STANDARD.
NKw YoRx, Oct 4 1850

NKw YoRx, Oct 4 1850
To the Editor Of The Standard,
Last night, all New York was afoot-and all New
York includes the pcpalous suburbs OF Brooxlyn'
Jersey City,~&c Ito witness a black Republican, ue,
monstratioa which had been trumPeted Tor GAYS ana
weeks previously, through the organs OF tnat par
ty It was to lie grand exhibition on nepnoHc1h
STRENGTH At least thirty thousand Wide Awakes
we've to paradc with torches, banners, music and
fireworks through she principal th1roughfareS Of
this metropois; in short it was to be the most I'M
oosing procession, in every respect, which the ex-
citement loving New Workers. had ever witnessed.
Sucb was the announcement and great was the ex-
pectation Who would not 60 to see TT Night
herself invited us with her coudess, starlit sky,
and seft. warm.tinted moonlight The air was mo-
tcnless and balmy as il it were July, and not the
season when "leaves Saee'ther time to fall. What
will not our sightseeing population flock to look at
from Kossuth or the wooy horse, to the Prince OF
Wales? OF course all turned out in high good
humor with ourselves and everybody and in mood
to enjoy the promised amusement.
You can form some idea of the appearance which
even an inconsiderab.e body of torchmen would
present at distance. Looking up along Broadway
the advancing procession looked like river OF lre
rolling slowy down, possibly for never saw one,
like river of molten lava from some volcano. The
efect.wss undoubtedly fine; this winding snake OF
moving fire contrasting with the DARK background,
its fiery nostrilS volumes of rockets and Roman can
dies. Such was it at distance. On closer acquain-
lance it certainly did not improve The door OF the
monster was not pleasant 1t was an ingenious
compound of fish-oil and turpentine, puzzing the
unwilling snfer to tell which predominated; and
the smoke, or what might be termed the exhaatlon
from the animals body, was abominable.
But aside from the effect of the torches, the pro-
cession was failure In point of numbers, it fell
far short of what was promised and exPected-so
much the better for our noses Instead OF thirty
thousand there were but ten; men, women, children
and niggers, all told Out of that number deduct
one-haf from country towns in New England, leay-
ing five thousand for New York and suburbs. VI
those five thousand at least twenty-five hundred
were actually hired at q dollar, and eren t,cO dol
lars head. That leaves twenty-five hundred Wide
Awakes out of population Of at least million and
a half And this after so much boasting!
The morning papers give various estimates in
keeping of course with their political feelings The
Tribune says 10000; the Times Is, 900; the World
$4,000 and odd; the Daily Netos 1000; but the
Herald gives the odicQl figures and makes the total
10000 and odd. The Courier and Enquirer, in its
enthusiasm, runs up to probably" 10000! The
Herald says further, that to say there were 1000
voters would be giving very liberal allowance. 1t
is a Gerry liberal allowance. As far as could Judge,
the majority were boys and very young men, of
which class by the way, it first intended the
organization should be exclusively composed.
In regard to hiring men TO turn out you need
have no doubt about it. have it from the most re-
liable authority and the most enthusiastic republi
can will not dare deny it.
There is great deal too much notice taken of
this Wide Awake organization; it is silly affair,
and, from its material, can no. possibly have any
political influence noticeable feature in the pro-
cesson last night was the absence of enthusiasm
the part both of processionsts and bystanders Here
and there along the route there were a few faint
cheers, and numbers of ladies in windows and bal
comics waved their handkerchief probably for the
fun of the thing and under the excitement of the
crowd and the music In fact the paucity of num-
bers on the part of the New York Wide Awakes
strongly bears out my assertion that there no
enthusiasm and that the grand demonstration was
a failure; for there must certainly be more than
$500 in this city and vincnity, and yet do not
aggerate when say there were more than that
number of actual members of the organization in the
procession last night
Rynders is working hard to get up Democratic
demonstration to take place after the presidential
election. / am very much afraid he has chosen the
wrong time; for, after all, republicansm is almost
omnipotent in New York.
FIGARO.