"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 



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