Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-05-01
SATURDAY, MAY lsr, 1883.
GLeor:Y REFLECTIONS OF A DIsUEItN Or
ESE.

GLeor:Y REFLECTIONS OF DIsUHItE Or
Ten.
Black Repulicanism may we'll shout an
exulting pecan. Connecticut has followed
hard upon New Hampshire, and gone VIII
d rush against slavery; while unklndest
cut of all. ST. Louis, a Southern CITY OF a
Southern State, has. al its recent munich
pal election, reiterated its seml-abohtion
sentiments by the election of the Free
Democratic ticket Truly, the Kansas
measure has proved DISASTROUS blow to
the South. Intended, as Its advocates
proclaimed, to settle the the question OF
slavery, and quiet agitation, it has gener-
ated renewed discord, streangl hened free
soil. and hopelessIy divided the only party
thnt claimed AZ odor OF nationality.
We are afraid that these Spring cleo
lions are porteDts Of gloomier tidings here.
after We apprehend that Pennsylvania
and Illinois, which by unrivalled tact and
unwesried exettions were saved IN 1855,
from falling iuto Free soil quagnire, will
return to their walIow, and that before the
expiration of the present year every non
slavehoIdmg State in the Union, with the
possible exception OF California, will rally
nn6er the victorious standard of Black he
nuhlicanistn. The South hen will he in
q certain and absolute minority and may
yainly lock to the North for sympathy or
succor. When that period arrives, We
shall be glad to learn Of those wlo are coz
tinuailo DINING into our ears Their devo'
tiou TO the Union, what course they pro-.
pose to pursue! Shall We submit, and
trust to the Justice or the mercy OF the
Northern Anti-Slavery men, for the pres
ervalion OF our rights Shall we, remain
in the Union until an opportunity is pre-
scented of finally testing their repeated AS
surances that 10 more Slave States shall
be admitted? Or shall we make Prepafa-.
tions for crisis that seems inevitable, ard
taking our stand upon principle put forth
our firm resolve TO resist any overt act OF
AGGRESSION? The time is not far distant
when these questions may be pertinenty
asked In the interim let the Southern
Nationalist resolve them at their leisure,
for an answer Will be shortly req lred.
WHAT WISCONSIN OFFERS TO THE IMMI
eRAT1oN.-A Western correspondent OF
the New York Herald presents, in a nut
shell the superiority of oar-State over ali
other Western regions:
The great rush Of emigration just at
present appears to be for Kansas, Nebras-
ka, Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin. Having
visited these Territories | can speak from
knowledge aud experieece in regard to
their present and future. | ain DESTROYS
of stating through your columns my opin-
ion as TO which of these Territories or
States emf Grants, particularly those of the
Notrhern States aud who are practical far
rners, will, taking all circumstances into
consideration, find ii most to sheir atsvan
tage to settle III. I
Wisconsin Is my choice, for the follow
fng reasons: Fist, good water, a healthy
climate, plenty of wood, all kinds Of grain
and fruit grow in abundance, an intelligent
population, railroads traversing all parts Of
the State, and a home market at almost
every door, 1t is interpreted with lakes
and streams, aod with fish and game
The time is not far distant which will wit
ness the value of all the middle portion of
that State at fifty dollars aud upwards for
an aeres
The pineries are supposed to be less in
value than the prairies and oak openings.
This is not SO at present. There are lands
there now that cannot be urchased for
two hundred dollars per acre. There are
now more than three thousand shingle
makers, lumbcrmen and others in these
dense forest, and if single maker, with
his machine cannot make twenty dollars
per day and drink his quart OF whisky, he
wont work. The shinsIe makers frequent
ly pay five TO eight dollars for a single
tree"
ORsINI's FAMlLY--H.s WIFR AND
DAUeHrERs.-The Paris correspondent of
the Boston Courier writes thus:
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