The New York herald., 1871-11-07

Il was q sight indeed 70 see some pooI
%nSS'n onnd ooDyO,Sn forth his pro
abors Of Jimmy o'Brien. This is the season, too.
or drunksra is Tor the time v nvcssea With the re-
spect That hedges round freeman on the eve OF per-
blt;ers the proprietor Of the mill or his deputy,
the bartender. dispensed pure political doctrine al
liquor store @ keepers and employees are directly
character 70 crowd Of thirsty reprobstes. whom In
ordinary times they would scarcely tolerate In their
fav0rltes In the race.
Ton vere uve,,er THE ins STREETS - .
Of the sidewalks were spangleo with
sossr s0ns scrdss sm,ps the countless banners that
nsre forth h ran,Cr 1e ana avenues seemed
the advertising wagonA with their changing bells,
numbered along at quicker pace, and more noisily
Then there was the ceaseless nurrync to to ana mo
q the emlssarles Of the various factions.
tns re1,snrsoS 1sus Seen many mistakes made In
been otherwise with hundred and nfty thousand
votersY Great was the tribuaton Of certain voters
- nn1 tnnt tnelr names had been taken down
Wrongly or had been mslald altogether; and the
vlgnance and industry Of the agents or the Commit.
been skipped, and boasts are maue that
political bias Of every voter down on the record.
Yesterday these lists were again overhaued anu
analyzed and scrutinized aud revised. until the
Every man, too yestsrday-at least eli but q few
men VINO drone away their lives In langud indo-
canyasser The nrst saIutaiIon between q couple OF
friends was invariably !
''Wny, OF course" was the inevitable reply
And then followed elaborate review OF tne merits
0i tne candidates penteonsly besprnkled with nm
OF the other LinRer as you walked along ana listen
70 one Of these specimen confabulati0ns, ana y0u
tae minds OF the average voters one the world
are dlyney good, while the other hair are little short
Thus were the
PULSES or THE BODY PoLrrYc
stIred ana raised even In the daytime ~ the ap-
and even through the wee smS' hours, the the '. poii
tribuing the Duncnes OF ballots 10 their respective
parttsans white the counsels OF the moguls
absorbing than ever. Rumors Sew through the the
ar on Dusy wing. and no matter how wild and i'm
prSoaoie s1sy were they had at least the intended
y seeon as 9RSs %s .nss sSns
however aDsurdly inconsistent ana unlikely, is ab-
solutely impossi6leq No matter how solemn mas
been the pledge OF fealty, no matter how decided
awavs Inc risk Of '.fop over at the last nom moment
and OF the formation Of ''Drilliantly new and
been distributed IN gallons while the sun was vet to
be seen IL may be guessed that the consumption at
nigns M might have Deen reckoned IN barrels. One OF
see ward politician going through the groggerles
OF his ward on the night before election and doing
the usual treat to all hands round ais fashionable
vestments and blazing diamonds and attendant fol-
lowing OF ObsequiOnS parasites-WhO would
imagine that the prosperity OF which
these are the gltterlng and conspicuous
signs was largely built up on the votes OF the mis-
cradle lOalers who gather round him in Interested
loyalty, drink his health at his own expense and
pledge themselves with drunken prOfusl0n or In
distinct rhetoric to his support IN the fight OF the
morrow. Wealth and the refinement thar wealth
brings must indeed contrast strangely in The mind
OF one possessing 1t upon these terms with the
squaltd figures in the background whom he mas ca
t0led or bullicd into giving 1t 10 bim One can
imagine the successful politician as 0t Ia Z he
makes his escape from his friends after nights
continuous hard drinking ana shaking Of dirty
hands ana loud talking OF lnsncere verbiage, NUT
terlng to himself
"rhanK God, It only comes once Year,
Apart altogether from the moral degradation of |
lie such as this, the hard, distaseful hideousiy
dtsayreeable taskwork OF tile canvass ia dear
purchase money to pay for the prize OF chance to
Or few stray thousands or millions as the case
may be.
Thus the city lived through It's annual carnival
d excitement and hustle and agtation and at last
tired men went home. to snatch short nighUs
'ieeD ana dream OF the morrow. Many, however.
we're forced to stay up the entire night bustly
counting tickets and arranging matters generally
Long pelore dayoreak while these lines were being
printed OIL, the carpenters, Doubtless arrived at
me nc, various polling places and put up the boxes
excitement and noise 81 election day the masses Of
the citizens OF New YORK al last wake mp to finally
express their Will about the desunies OF the city.