. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. "Presidential electioneering in New York—torchlight procession of the M'Clellan party," from The Illustrated London News, October 15, 1864. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONEERING IN NEW YORK [Excerpt from The Illustrated London Mews, London, England, October 15, 1864.] We have engraved two sketches by Mr. C. D. Shanly, of New York, who explains their subjects in the following passage from his letter, dated the i8th ult.:— "On the night before last there was another tremendous demonstration here in favour of M'Clellan and Pendleton for th
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. "Presidential electioneering in New York—torchlight procession of the M'Clellan party," from The Illustrated London News, October 15, 1864. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONEERING IN NEW YORK [Excerpt from The Illustrated London Mews, London, England, October 15, 1864.] We have engraved two sketches by Mr. C. D. Shanly, of New York, who explains their subjects in the following passage from his letter, dated the i8th ult.:— "On the night before last there was another tremendous demonstration here in favour of M'Clellan and Pendleton for the presidency and vice-presidency of the United States, respectively. The railings which surround the Park of Union-square (the park is a circle within the square) were hung everywhere with coloured lanterns, and the ten stands erected for the speakers of the night were similarly illuminated. The cannon seemed to be louder, and the fireworks more brilliant and complicated, than I remember to have heard and seen at any similar celebration here. There was an endless torchlight pro- cession of the M'Clellanites belonging to the several wards of the city; and the torches, every now and then, discharged globes of fire and showers of sparks into the air. All was a blaze of many-coloured light, contrast- ing finely with the cold splendour of the moon, which rose up very bright and clear while the scene was at its height. Conspicuous in the procession were a number of large waggons, draped with the national flag and hung BULLETIN 24 1 : CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs
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