Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 10
PUNCHINELLO, Vol. I, Issue 10
SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1870.
PUBLISHED BY THE
PUNCHINELLO PUBLISHING COMPANY,
83 NASSAU STREET, NEW-YORK.
A CONSISTENT LEAGUE.
Immediately upon McFarland's acquittal, the Union League of Philadelphiadetermined to give a grand ball. And they did it. And, what is more,they intend to do it every time the majesty of any kind of Union isvindicated. Except, of course, the union of the "Iron interest" and thepublic good.
One of the most valuable and instructive features of this ball was, thegrand opportunity it offered to the members of the League to show theirrespect and affection for the spirit of the Fifteenth Amendment,Accordingly, they invited a large number of colored ladies andgentlemen, and the accursed spirit of caste was completely exorcised bythe exercises of the evening. The halls were grandly decorated withblackberry and gooseberry bushes, and other rare plants; sumptuousfountains squirted high great streams of XX ale and gin-and-milk;enormous piles of panned oysters, lobster salad, Charlotte Russe, andrice-pudding blocked up half the doorways, while within the dancing hallthe merriment was kept up grandly. The ball was opened by a grandCross-match waltz in which Hon. MORTON MCMICHAEL and Mrs. DINAH J--N;GEORGE H. BOKER and Miss CHLOE P--T--N; WILLIAM D. KELLEY and Aunty Di.LU-V-I-A-N; A. BORIE and Miss E. G--N; Gen. TYNDALE and Miss MAY OR--TY,and several other distinguished couples twirled their fantastic toes inthe most reckless abandon. Virginia reels, Ole Kentucky break-downs,and other characteristic dances diversified the ordinary Terpsichoreanprogramme, and the dancing was kept up to a late hour. It was trulygratifying to every consistent supporter of the enfranchisement of theAfrican race, to see such gentlemen as Senator REVELS, FREDERICKDOUGLASS, Mr. PURVIS, and other prominent colored citizens, in the hallsof this patriotic and thoroughly American Society. The members of theLeague were evidently of the opinion that it would be a most flagrantshame, on an occasion of this kind, for them to deny to their coloredfellow citizens the rights and privileges that they are so anxious shallbe accorded them by every one else; and, while they do not believe thatthey are bound to invite any one--black or white--to their privatereunions on account of political considerations, they do not attempt todeny that, on an occasion of this kind--a celebration in fact of thesuccess of a political party--it would be most shameful to ostracize thevery citizens for whom that party labored and conquered. Therefore itwas that they so warmly welcomed, within their gorgeous halls, theircolored fellow-citizens, and by so doing won for themselves theapprobation of every consistent American. It was one of the mostaffecting sights of the evening to see these gentlemen of the League,nobly trampling under their feet all base considerations of color andc