The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-12-15
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New YORK, December H.,
The Red Republicans were 10 have had o
mock funeral yesterday In honor. of Rossel and
the Communist chief. executed In France by
the laundering Thiers government. The
cataialque had. been rugged up, the sections
had been summoned, and New York was pre-
pared for an extraordinary display. But the
police authorities, for fear that the demonstra..
tlou might provoke disturbance, 1t would
seem, notified the chief Of the Internationale
that the parade could not lake pace. Super
intendent Ke!so must have been apprehen-
slye that his order might be derided, for he
ordered twelve hundred policemen with SER
Vice clubs. no belIs," to take possession Of the
proposed rendezvous Of the Reds, In front of
The Cooper institute, and called upon Major
General Shaler for assistance. Four regiments,
one OF Them being the Seventh, were de. allied
lor duty. Notwithstanding the warning, few
Of The hoitest-headed OF the mourners assem-
b!ed and attempted to uniurl banner, but
they were inconlinenty seized and marched
of 10 the lookup.
1t may be imagined the Reds ore red with
rage. They not only charge he action Of the
police to the Vaccinations OF 'lhis misera-
ble American arlstocracy, which shrinks from
having Fifth Avenue profaued by an ultra
Democratic procession, which sees It's own
downfall In the rise of the laborlnS classes,
and looks with intense hostility on any ex-
hlbillon Of their strength and INTENT but
they have telegraphed 10 Governor Hoffman,
In Albany, for protection, and have received
the rather illogical response lin view OF the
18th of July affair." that 1.-THE law places the
whole matter In the hands Of the police nu-
thoritles" They submit, of course, to the
law, but have resolved to make the display on
Christmas day. This put-back, and the nolo-
riety 1t hps given an affair that might, natural
IL, have been trivial In its character, Is Just
what the reddest Red should have prayed Ior;
for now the public interest will be doubled
and uuadrupled, and the display will be the
feature of the Christmas celebration.
The Reds have the advantage Of the author
tiles in the controversy. The affair Of the
18th OF July settled the abstract right Of any
society, political or otherwise, TO parade In
lhe streets of New York. Superintendent
ground that it was calculated to provoke u
breach of the peace, and Governor Hoffman
interferpd and laid down the principle that,
as the law now stands, the Orangemen ha ! q
right to The streets, and should be protected
by tine full strength OF the State. Public Opin.
ion sustained him. The 1nternationalisls de-
mand The same recognition, and it is denied
10 LneIn. lNHL IHey pIopOseu W usc olluuil,
they hold, makes no difference, for it Is noto-
rlolls that every Sabbath the streets OF New
York are flied with public funerals and pro-
cpssOns OF societies, accompanied by bands
playing lively secular music. They explain
that Sundays and holidays ore the only days
on which they can conveniently make their
demonstrations, as they are mostly workiug
men, and cannot afford TO lose their time on
week days.
Considering our theoretical contempt for
European royalty, ollr people have exhibited o
rather eXtravagan interest the past three days
i'm The fale oil Tie Prince OF Wales. Ever since
the cable telegrams were posted on the news
panpr bulletins That The Prince was worse, the
current talk has been hardly anything else
than abont him. His irregular habits Of lite
have been very generally discussed, and
everybody, except Mr.. Sothern, the "Lord
Duudrear," OF Nblo's Garden. (who was III
teryewed OH The subject by q newspaper re-
porterO comedies that 1t Is because his censll-
luton is Impaired by dissipation that he finds
40 much trouble Ia getting over the crisis safe
ly. The news OF the Princes danger,
depressing British consols as it did,
startled the gold market in Broad street,
and sent gold up nearly one per
cent, cleaning out large number Of
Hshorlsn Speculation is rife as to the cOnse-
uueuces that would follow fatal result to the
sickness. Mr.. Clews, the eminent English
banker of Wall street, thinks 1t would accee-
rate the downfall of the monarchy Queen
Victoria wopld be still further iucapacitalGd
from public business by the calamity. She
would be forced TO abdicate, the child Of seven
years of are would become king, and The un-
popular Duke OF Cambridge, who is suspected