, 1860-10-31
Growth Of Republication on s1ars

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,lor1espondcnce i. r. 1adepcndentl
WAsuScToS, D. C., Oct. q, 1oGo
1should not te faithful correspondent dld
ate clcctlons-jn Pennsylvania, Ohio, end In
1iana-upon Washington and the country sur
,oundins It. Tho changes which nrc going on
u our mlLst arc Utmost miraculous. All that {
re needed was the buglc-noteor victory from
he Northern hills TO set rs On IRE with en-
,go there was one Republican In this district,
there are now one hundred. There are not
less than one thousand uDlc-bolIed Rcpubli~
can voters In 1t to-day, and In less than year
from this time that number will be more than
double.
5ien are not so bold on slave soil, as mat
ter Of course, upon the slavery question. rs
they arc In the free States, for they hare been .
obliged to be cautious for their personal safety.
But the prospect Off new order Of things not
only creates uuti-slayery sentiment, but reveals
to the eye vast deal which heretofore has
class in the border slave States begins to makr
itself felt, ind nowhere Id the Union we're tue
late Republican victories received with more
delight and enthusiasm than in Western vlr-
ginil, Mary1and, and the District Of Columbia
4 gentleman fresh fton, Western Virginia IN
non-slayehofders there are restivr under the
burdens which the slayeholding State govern
ment has imposed upon them. Slave property,
so Largely owned In the eastern part Of the
State, is not taxed, while everything the non
Shareholder possesses is levied upon, even to
his income So in Maryland. The tide Is
turning there, and Republicanism viii soon be |
a strong power In the State. One week ago |
Saturday, aud a singular sight WIS presented |
ta old Montgomery county, An outdoor Re !;
publican meeting was held-a political mass !
meeting On slave soill believe It was the
Hrat t,fR Ro1{ hall fv, Nnr1-
land The day was beautiful one, and eyery
way pleasant for such an occurrence. The
mild, Indian summer suushine-thc purple
hills and the Numbering forests. which male
mp part Of tho scenery OF the occasion, did ;
not constitute more striking picture of4uiet
....s..,,,: u acp1blicans and Democrats-the
latter ouinulnbering the former BY hundreds,
bu. thrre sus no mub. Eloquent Republican
| speeches were delivered, but there were no
| riotous interruptions; ii short, the mestins
| was perfect success. Set this down nS an
aud Virginia will be eo1nt1on enough hcTeai-
Ter. but they are wonderful events lusI now.
We'll uay Mr. Yancey open his eyes, and de-
claya the danger Of lincoln's election to be,
that it will create an antislaycTy party In the
| South.
IL Washington, the stampede from the ranks
| of tho old parties to the Republican organlzA-
ton is astonishing. At ench weekly meeting
Of thc local Republican Association, one OF two
| hundred new names arc Eccordead upon tne
books, There were men in tho Wide Awake
procession, which marched Up the avenue to
| the White House, few niget ego, who were
= part Of the angry mob which, few years
since. surrounded for three successive nights
tho National Era building, and were prevented
by the police from r:lzing 1t even with the
| ground. There arc men-our most active anu
rsilica1 Republicans now-who chased Capt
| f1,t. Nary fIrtl to
the Court House-a distance Of two miles
demanding his life at every step!
The disunion c1y is, think, nearly ended.
There is fresh shriek, however, just now, Tor
effect In the state Of New fork At the Sosenl'
ber election. There are men here all over 1ne
gscrdc in the event Of Lincoln's election, which
is now admitted Oh n1l sides to be nearly Ger
tain. The most Of this bluster is FOR political
effect, and it is encouraged by men Ai95h II
| otIIcc both from thu North and the South. II
cannot be denied that Cabinet officers lay
, Uuchanan has traitors In office all over th'
South. and has never removed one Of them
, Several Of his secretaries have patrontzed TN
most violent OF the lisunlonists, and NofthcT'
!. men like Mr.. Touccy and hr. Black nav
winkel ut the treason, hoping to gain some
: thinu bv It in the elections. That there ar
some honest disunlonists in the South is trat
t)ne Of these saw upon the Avenue the othe
iay, Hc was furious in his determination t
:, prevent the Inauguration Of Mr. Lincoln mex
J Tarch. The following conversation betwec
{ hin, and = prominent Republican here too
a1acc On that occasion:
pi,. pIne " .u ~ 1ert ho.r ran vo,t nrcycn. hi
- Inauguration - .,
!, Di5unionist.- -"With guns, Of course. u
ginia alone can spare 3, QUO ncn, all armed f6
n that purpose" ....u,,
y so cIazy project, and were at trst successful
Is ~ 3n,[11t @ a,r,;nst ron If they were nccess
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