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"A RUINED PEACE DEMOCRAT!!!" |
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Harper's Weekly |
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October 15, 1864 |
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“Four years of misrule by a
corrupt party have brought our
country to the very verge of
ruin …… The inevitable re-
sults of Mr. Lincoln's re-elec-
tion must be the utter disintegra-
tion of our whole political and
social system.”—Speech of Au-
gust Belmont, Chairman of the
Democratic National Committee,
at the Chicago Convention, August
29, 1864.
“The equipage at Newport which throws all others into the shade is that
of Mr. Belmont, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. It con-
sists of a low barouche drawn by four elegant, fiery thoroughbreds, with
postillions mounted on the left or near horse of each pair. Two footmen in
extreme livery are suspended from a high seat on the back of the car-
riage. The men are peculiarly well formed, having been selected and
trained in Europe with especial reference to their build and the size of
their calves; their livery is imported at a cost of $1000 a suit. The horses
are valued at $25,000, the carriage at $5000, and the harness and other
trappings at $3000. The stables of the Democratic Chairman are said to
contain some forty horses, valued at from $1000 to $8000 each.”—Letter
from Newport, in the New York Evening Post, August 26, 1864.
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