The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-08-24
LOUIS o. CowAN,
VOLUME XVI.
Mlistellalleoas.
For the Union and Journal.
FAIRrIELp, WAYNE Co.,
Egypt, ILL.,, Aug. 10th 1860.

Ny DEAR Sir You "would like to live
in the west," have no doubt OF it, and c.
pecially do believe you would like to- live
in Egypt, Notwithstanding the hard name 1t
has received; for finer section ofcountry
never saw in my life. think il far sur
passes Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa or
Missouri in many respects; there is a sufhcien.
cy Of timber, the prairies Of rich, rolling
nature, and fine fruit country; the pairics
look like vast flower garden, and black
berries between the woodland and prarie in
their season are more numerous than the
blue-berrics on the plains Of WATERFORD and
as frui, country it is c1celled by none !;
peaches are now at your own price. IL
seemed matter OF surprise to me that so
beautiful region should bc so long over
looked; hut it is thus explained; the first
settlers were the"poor whits," from the
Slave States, only shade above the ne
gro, and they produced very poor imprcs'
sion upon entcrprisins emigrants; but they
have given way before the intelligent Quaker
from Penns, lvania, the phlegmatic New
Yorker, and the restless Yankee, and these
together with the excellent school laws ofthe
State, give an entire different aspect to the
country, and now enterprise and thrift show
their legitimate fruits in the noble farms and
beautiful villages that gem the land. The
wheat and fruit will be good average crop.
but the dry weather Of late is running the
corn, and it must DO light.
Ibelieve this is a very healthy country,
and in my opinion the greater part OF the
sickness isproduced by oyereating. With
respect to politics, we are undergoing an en-
tire revolution; this you well know has
always been the Sebastopol of Democracy,
but the sceptcr is fast departing, and next
November, Egypt will rollup the Republican
list Us il was never done before; Of course the
Republicans will not ont number the Demo-
crats, but they will givca vote for Lincoln
and Hamlin, sufficiently large to give them
handsome majority in this State, over both
wings Of the Democracy with the Bell party
thrown in. In Egypt the Republican vote
will be next November, ten fold greater than
in sc, as few facts will plainly show; in
this county where Fremont received l2G
votes, by actual count, there are now iSs,
and "still they come :" in an adjoining codnty
which in sc gave Fremont FIVE votes there are
now 800 Republicans firm and true; and in
a neighboring town where one year ago there
were only three Republicans, there are now
thirty.two, and this is about the way it will
he throughout Southern Illinois. l have met
with only two Of the Breckinridsc Disunion
Party in this region, and they will not be in
the party after they get the census taken
the Republicans are confident ofsuccess, and
the like in enthusiasm you never saw. have
attended several meetings Of both parties,
AMI their mode of speaking and discussion is
as different as the principles for which they
contend. At "a Democratic meeting q short
time ago, one of the speakers commenced by
saying that ''the surest way for the Democ-
racy to remain triumphant was to demolish
the pest-holcs Of Abolitionism, school houses,
and clear out the young corporals, the school
masters" this is a literal fact, and there
was more truth in the argument than
they often get in one speech; but we
have no fears for success, let the Republicans
do as well everywhere as the Republicans of
Egypt, and victory will perch upon the
banner Of Liberty.
That you may know something OF the
efforts the Democracy are making to force
nigyerism upon tho Republicans, will show
you the means to which they resort, Rre-
publcans were holding meeting and some
Of the Democrats in this county got an old
cart, put some rails ON it, attached flag to
it bearing the inscription, 'Weare all equal,
and then gave negro four dollars to drive it
into town and cheer for Lincoln; it had
good effect for there were three Democrats,
that there and then said they would no
longer belong to party that was compelled
to resort to 50 low tricks for success. In fact
il would astonish you to SEQ the measures
they adopt to make everybody Democrats, but
their iniquities are too bare-faeed and the
honest masses will endure it no longer, the
Repablisans in this State are vigorously at
work, and next November will show glori.
Gus result. The general news you get from
the papers, and these little incidents have
related because they tell though they escape
publicity. p's' Knight.