Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-07-13
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Maryland Correspondence.

1 MR. LOVER Inc lanueQ pOlIcy
lof Maryland has been one Of the
great draw backs, To her past social
and financial Importance. Her great
efforts has been to maintain land.
aristocracy, thus dividing her people
| into two great classes-the rich and
poor-and virtually cutting off all
hope from the latter class, OF tenn
poral prosperity and social position.
I Under the old slavescracy, few
monopolized the farming interests
and held all official positions, from a
constable up to that of President. -
A poor white man was. much below
an ordinary negro : and no greater
disgrace could attach to the farmer
than to be compelled to work for a
living for none but the. mud stlts OF
society, ever condescended to gain
their bread by the sweat of their
brow. A rich land owner did not
employ poor whites; they were
beneath his notice; none but darkies
We're good enough to till acistocratic
soil, and. do the biddidg of our lords
'of the manor born" Young men.
Of wealthy parentage, knew nothing
but fox hunting, and social gather,
ings, where love matches were the
order Of the day, and where both
ladies add gentleman whiled away.
their time in drinking wine amid
revelry and mirth. The morals of
Southern young men are of rather a
low order, while many of our South
ern ladies don't have an exalted
opinion of chaste and refined life as
in more Northern portions of our
country. Drinking to excess, ia
contemporaries, which aim est every.
country store keeps ardent spirits
and deals ittout with a lavish hand.
l am sorry that such fact should
be recorded to the dishonor of our
Southern people; but truth should
ever be spoken. ifithe heavens fall.
Before the war it was almost impos-
sible for awedd az to occur without
drunkenness, characterizing some of
the party, generally beginning with
the bridegroom himself. In num-
Der of instances, where the writer
oficiated as the clergyman of the 90.
casion, the bridegroom was SO drunk
as hardly TO know what response to
make in the marriage ceremonies;
and young ladies came at last to ex-
poet a wine bidding husband, if they
succeeded in getting one at ALL
Necessity has changed the aspect of
affairs somewhat, since the close of,
the war, as labor has become little
more honorable since ssCuffy''A has
taken to farming on his own hook
Industrious habits beget those of
temperance and economy, and South
ern views in regard to labor, are uns
dergoing most fortunate and happy
change. Public sentiment will soon
frown down whisky selling by re,
spec table people; and asin the North
and West, the traffic will be confined
to such characters as Kit Burn and
Patrick O'Flanagan. To q sift our
churches of this abominable traffic,
ill require great deal of moral
leroism, for this is one of. the great
obstacles to the success of the gospel
throughout the entire South. Faith.
full christian effort, will have it's i'm
iuence; and the West rigid disciplin,
will at last cure this evil that seems
to have been the counterpart of our
late system Of American slavery
Your readers may ask, why remain
in land where the habits and modes
Of thought of the people, are SO diff
ferent from one raised and educated
in the great and expansive West p
The question is easily answered. -
No more beautiful or healthful coun.
try can be found than Maryland J; it's
climate, is mild and invigorating its
soil can be made as prodnctive as the
prairies of J Wisconsin; its water is
clear and sparkling; its rivers abound
with the finest quality of fish. Fruit
is everywhere abundant, and the
people are naturally among the most
hospitable on the face of the earth.
In q moral point of view, ours is as
much missionary ground as the
regions in the extreme North- w est;
while we have money advantages
here, which our missionaries know
nothing of, on the borders of civilza4
ton. / hAoa aat - aeliafsqo la83a
ProspectiveIy, Maryland stands at
the head of all the Southern states.
The national capitol is within her
domain, and great cities are bound
to be the principal markets of the
country, for all time to come. Balti.
more is in central intercourse with
the countries of the old world her
decks are grooming beneath the pros
ducts of custom and Southern lands /;
her ships are engaged in commercial
pursuits with the most distant ma
tions. On the, whole, we know of
no state whore labor is better re.
warded, and where the prospective
advantages are greater for financial
and social progress. Glorious.
Md, June 2sth, 1869.
IA ETW.. c. Strong, the Secretary of