Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-07-13
EDITORIAL Correspondence.
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New York, July 9th. 1868. !
The convention 10 At loggsrheads. Tbs
battle il in the distance. An sxcsllsnt
platform Vas reported and adopted this
morning. and then with much anxiety the
began in good earnest The
frst two or three ballots were compliment.
AIRY shots hi,her and yon, which amounted
TO nothing except . moiety Of glory among
the recipients, to which they are all vel
come. The succeeding ballots were ind'-
ca,ive OF Pendle.on's real strengthen the
presen,-on the one side, and very scat
teriug fire on tho other. At three O'Clock
the convention adjourned to meet to-mor-
row morning. Now, the very fact III"
those delegates who are opposed to Ps'o's'
toa are unable TO concentrate their streog'"
upon snv other man, 10 rather encouraging
tn the friends Of the candidate Of the Nortn-
~.e,eru Democracy. There viii b some
heavy work done between this and to-mor-
rev morning.
Politics ssids-tbis morning. We paid
visit to the unsxplossd regioes Of New
York That Broadway eessti-
su.es the city proper. Wealth and poverty
are strangely mixed il Gotham. Leave
Rrosdwsy and step but one street out Of
shst great golden csrssnt Of wealth. and
yonr feet, in the words Of holy writ. take
fasti a upon hell" Broadway 10 al tu-
multi, glitter and glory many Of those
streets ,hst thread her close by are the hab'
sations Of squalcr--ths dsns Of darkness
where the foot Of The stranger stands %
slippsry places and humanity ws.lows
deep in the stagnant psels q iutauy. The
stronger or rs.idsut Who bravsly tsAvsssss
this great highway Of msmmoo that begins
At the battery and il gradually reaching up
toward. tho north pole. has no idea Of The
city a, a whole. II il The bright. the gilt
tcring, the glorious part Of the picture
che concentrated essence Of commercial
greatness and power grand mercantile
battlefield Of tho Wsatssn Hemisphere,
upon which fortunes are won and lost every
day in tho week, asd every week In the
ysar. Other streets there are high up In
tho commercial scale. but they all pay trib-
ute To Broadway. Now Ncw York belle
would elevate Der nose to very expressive
angle should her dear papa bring her home
the best dress in tho worli-ifft happened
a. have been bought in the Bowery. She
couldn't endure such q humiliation. The
richest silks, the costliest diamonds ont OF
the Bowery would be insufieuabls. They
would drag her down both in her own est
nation and the estimation other friends. -
80 in other matters. TO great extent, Thu
feeling prcdoninstes, and % Broadway
the great fashion mart, EFFORTS tribute frsu
the other streets. Her goods At retail ar
twenty. thirty aud fifty per cont higher Il
pr,csthau the goods Of another street for pre-
s,s.iy the same quality, end In this way Oh
sxtos:s frssh tribute from the other streets
She 10 iuDperiAl-ths others have 10 bow
Bot DO not the other strests-ev.n the loW
est demand and obtain tribute from brigh
Brosdway-and the arcstocratic avenues
Yes indeed. Tho tribute Of poverty, mi )
cry aud WOO. Tho Iherehcnt who sue
cumbes in broadway has to take a stel
down the ladder down, down, and-why
YOU can dive into the purllcus Of F,v
Points today aud lind men aud women To-
who once counted thor gold by the bushel
and moved in the most polished circles
These BY streets that environ Broadwa,
arc constantly reaching their Shiny hand
into this overgorged avenue Of trade an,
fashion, and with claws of iron draggin,
them down-the merchant in HIS day q
vlgor. aud the young man-and ave, tn
young woman too-are snatched as tribut,
from high position and purity into IN
very slums Of ioutest degradation an,
vice. Down among these unsxplorcd re
gions-rcgiOns whore tho foot Of fash;o,
never deisns 10 tread, 10 mad,
err way this morning. Yos
You may have hoard that Five Points and
vicinity have been somewhat purified
Possibly. but II yen would see filth, squa
lor, degradation. and wretchsdnsss dscket
out to the last dsgres Of human endurance
60 down there and witness the high ear
n,val Of rags, vsrmin. aud pollution OIL
person, mind and morals How do the,
al hve-thsse thousands that are cram
med and jsmmsd into these psstiferous
close ohoksd dsnse Ask Of the win,
whence Il eouslh and whittier Il eoeth
Tasy seen 70 live and thrive 10 their pol
latioa-svsa - others DO In aflusuce, an
It 10 one Of the mysteries, almost pa,
dnding out.
Thess great market placss-ths Fulto
and the washiosten, and sshsrs, where !
the people 90 to get their meat aud veg
tables. are among The interesting sight,
You pass oil the way through these place
ssd Il sssms - though there was gran
master Of ell the assb. Ash, fswl, vegetable,
ruit-all the sdibles Of land and waite
we're hsldisg grand muster in thoss place,
Al the zones ere appreciated By the
predusts-ths ocean, the river, The prairi,
pempss. the hacisndas, garden, frog.pon,
oil send in their contributions BY wagon, b
rail and By water to cater to the taste an
inwsrdIy fsstify these mortal frames. Hel
are orange and lemons, figs, raisins an
pine spples by the cargo Rare ripe peact
ss' pears and luscious grapes, even at til
carry ss>son. A nice orange ct Taylor
costs aquarssr. lite mate in Fulton mark,
costs ten ecnts--the odd Hf,..n !. -,
ute 10 Broadway and goes in on .cco.r, ,
plate giass. serves china. solid silver
ermo0s rents and other articles Of s,,,,
lou can get lemonade at Delmouico
fos shs modest sum Of thirty cents or
Falsos market for Ave. So it goes. wi
sasss: lts net the money that makes
happg aasa oil and what's the use Of eat;,
. ssfsvaessy shsrt-eaks il Faltea mark
stall Sos eAssa eeats vhsa - can get
q Tsy1osb fse dollar : Sseh il Ii
Thsss-ssesths Of what " occupy and CO