Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-11-02
Maryland Correspondence-The Final
Overthrow of Slaveooracy- Emigra-
ton and Results.

Urpolitical sky is somewhat darl
and unpropitious, with now and thei
seintillations Of hope, which bespeal
the final triumph of republican prin
ciples over the pseudo form of de
mocracy which has disgraced ou
commonwealth for nearly quarte
of a century Modern democracy i
at last at war with itself, and hereiI
is the hope Of the American peopl,
for the coming future. In our ap
preaching State election, two demo
cratic factions, both hungry for The
loaves and fishes, are struggling fol
the supremacy, which opens the way
for the election of few republican
candidates, and the gradual return o.
Maryland to her former position a:
one of the loyal States of the Union
Under the conservative Swami dy.
nasty, not an avowed republican was
elected to office within our common.
wealth an anomaly, certainly, in
the history of state politics, since the
organization of the American nation.
From the Governor down to the most
subordinate office in the gift of the
people, all were democrats-entirely
one sided, like the handle of a potter's
jug. Present appearances indicate
that the friends of the administration
will elect "smart sprinkling" OF
loyal men, as the forerunner of the
ultimate redemption Of the entire
State. With the adoption of the
Fifteenth Amendment, the republi-
can victory will be easy, as the col
ored vote will throw the balance of
power where the loyal people have
long desired it, and where it will be
likely to remain for long years to
come. The blacks know their true
friends; though some are loosing
their appreciation of liberty, and
will sustain their old masters, but
these are exceptions and not the
general rule. The colored people in
the South cling to the republicans
as naturally as ducks take to water,
and every triumph of democracy
makes Sambo and Dinah tremble in
their very shoes, for they see in sue
cesses their reinstatement and fu-
ture degradation. The majority of
blacks will never mlngle with the
democratic party, until the general
government so etfectually ties the
hands of that party that it can new
er again trample upon the God given
rights of this unfortunate class Of
American citizens. Constant associ-
alton with the people of the South
leads me to think that the hope IS
still cherished, by large majority,
of the ultimate overthrow of the Re-
public, and the final subsection Of the
coored population to the lords and
mobiles of slaveocratic domination.
Such is human life and human infat-
uation.
1t is a most gratifying fact that
the process of disintegration is
going on, not only in Maryland, but
throughout almost every Southern
State Yankee faces and Yankee
enterprise are everywhere apparent
much to the modification of our ma
tive population, and to the joy and
gladness of scallawag and carpetbag-
gers, like unto your Maryland cor
respondent. What OF enterprise and
success are apparent in our common
wealth are, in great measure, at
tributable to our foreign born ele-
ment; for where there are no eastern
Yankees, or western clodhoppers
among us. there is utter stagnation
and despair. Your readers will
hardly believe me when | say that
within FIVE miles of Washington City
there is less apparent enterprise and
Improvement among the people, than
were seen in Lancaster and surround
| ing country seventeen years since,
when my home was in your midst
and you considered me one among
you. At that early day, the country
about Fennimore, Little Grant and
Hurricane Grove was an Eden when
compared with considerable terrific
ry lying in, and adjacent to, the
District Of Columbia. Within sight
of the National Capitol, one finds old
sedge fields, worn threadbare, with
soil 30 poor as not to grow beans,
with log cabins IS years old, doorless,
windowless, and yet often occupied
by some .contented family, without
sufficient vim and industry to pre-
vent the gray pines from growing in
the very door yard. Plenty of such
lands can be bought in Montgomery
county, ten miles from Washington,
for from SO to $50 per acre and if
the National Capitol should be re-
moved to the valley of the Mississ-
ippi, such lands could be bought at
about the usual cost of unimproved
western prairies. What our State
wants is live population, and such
is not wanted by the nabobs of the
soil, because immigration brings rad
icals, and radicals bring death to In.
dolence and democracy.
Aside from our foreign population
the blacks are the bone and sinew OF
Maryland for it is no exaggeratior
to say that they are industrious and
improveable, with zeal for educa
ton far eclipsing those "to the man
or born" Colored school houses anC
churches greet the traveller at almost
every cross roads, and agriculture
improvements are everywhere seer
when the blacks have any opportu
nifty for acting independently 0
white dictation and oppressive dom
nation. The blacks are becoming
among the most reliable portion 0
our Southern population, though bu
, few are willing to acknowledge til
; fact CLERICUs.
Maryland, Oct 22d, 1862
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