The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-09-01
MADISON STATION, ALA.,C
Aug. IA, 1869.

AAADlbON DTATlONe Ala
Aug. IA, 1869.
COUSIN GEORGE 81 believe am delin-
quent In my correspondence with you, so /
win place this letter to my credit. Times
being dull everywhere, you cannot expect
very startling news from any sOucce, so l
will proceed to give such local items and
common events, relative to this portion of
Southland, as may be at my disposal.
First. Peace and harmony now reign
here almost UnbrOken. Around Decatur
they have been doing little killing this
Summer, the last tragic act being in the
shooting of q man named hoy, by one na-
med Collins. This transpired On election
day, both men were radical asPirsnta to
office, Hoy has long been 4 curse 10 tins
community, having even broken faith with
the negroes who elected him to the LegiB!
lAture, under promise of forty acres Of
land and mule. Elections were held here
the first Tuesday in August and generally
passed on quietly, the polls in most pre-
cincts being guarded by U. s. Regulars,
which things by The, way, are no more q
necessity here than in Stark county, Ohio.
They appear needful in but one respect,
that e., 70 allow fraudulent votes cast for
radical candidates who only maintain q
foOthOld here through military sASiStance.
To explain what mean by fraudulent Vo-
ting, is to say that squads of negroes hay
ing voted at one precinct would repair to
another and vote again. The drive.wheel
of this nIggsr voting being the 'lUnion
League" This distract slReted Demo-
cratic Representative by 9 small maj joFity,
also g Democratic Congressman. Men
here talk but little of politics, and the dis
position il everywhere manifested to dis
card sectional snimosity, and eudeaYor to
recuperste what was deFsststed by war;
There was meyer In the world 8 people
more shamefully misrepresented than the
people of North Alabama; instead Of be-
ing midnight cut-thrCats, they are warm
hearted community, whose greatest weak
ness has been superabundant generosity
They are tar more ipdHlgent to the negroes
than we yankees can lnd It in oHr natures
to be. The prevailing opinion 4, that the
negroes, when Left to follow their own in
clinations, and thrown upon their own re-
sources, must inevitably become, as a race
upon this continent, extinct. This theory
Is very apparent, when comparing the
present censns with that of the days OF
negro slavery; also comparing the NOR
tality list now with that of the past, among
luC daL4C AACoC dooCANAOA6 ok
verified by all intelligent men of the South.
The heat of summer Asrs compares with
that of your locality. The cotton crop is
An average yield corn viii generally be
good, and considering the manner Of pian-
ting and cultivation, the wonder is, thsi
they make q corn crop ct AL. When
wheat is sown in our style 1t yields profit
ably, although very little of that kind Ot
haAa fosrVs hass,n
considered deep plowing.
This Is indeed fine country, but undel
the present system of labor il Is surprising
thati can lay claim TO any Importance
whatever. Throughout the North the opin
ion prevails that labor is entirely ,R1bserTi
ent to. capital, that capital controls and
grinds labor to death, Here it is just tbs
reverse; labor dictates exclusively, AnC
very poor labor ct that, Indeed, 50 Uncef
tain and unreliable is labor when secured
that there IL the strongest disposition OF
the part of planters to Introduce the Chi
nese immigration movement, or rather Il
assist the movement, and introduce tn
Chinese labor. While many others op
Poae the design that mixture OF n0grOO
and Radical Carpet Baggers Is bad enOugl
without further aduiterating with con
| glomeratiOn OF Mongolisns. They VIII
oppose this contend that the only road :
reconstruction is through the immigratIO
of intelligent white labOrers, mechanic
and business men. There is now in 3
the South hearty welcome extended, an
announcement given all honest, usefI
people, Who come with view to perma
neuce. There Is st present no other fiel
in the world presenting the Inducements
enterprise, capital and industry as Il
Southern States. For instance, there
the city of Huntsville, the metropolis
| North Alabama, with . population of 65C
is destitute of almost every branch of mai
ufacture. The railroad has there feul
dry and machine shop, which Is about Il
only thing of importance in the manufs
turing line. HEVing coal in great abul
dance, close proximity 20 the best ire
mining district in the United States, So
J rounded by q country as rich as the Nil
T / Building material IN abundance, imestol
and timber, and lastly, being no where 81
r passed in beauty of scenery; all the
3 give it superior advantages to attract car
ital and enterprise. Real estate is adva
cling rapidly in price, yet there are ma
opportunities still open to profitable inve.
. ment Here are congenisl climate, go
water facilities, coed stock, farm u
fruit country. Peach trees grow wild
: great profusion, and as soon as this neg
d labor, or, rather, negro Incidence, is /
s perceded by honest industry, AlaeaI
. will be as in years gone by-a peri
r Eden.
This State would now receive, and e
4 ploy at remuneratIVe wages, one hundI
! H thousand good laboring men, and as ma
p working women.
i w. B. n
III P. SIN my enthusiastic comments
I: Alabama I forgot to say thRt We are
y moderate health, although not the best,
,f we are undergoing the process of accliI
Ie ton. The country in general healthy
y Should you feel that my letter would be
} interest to folks generally, you are at
: erfy to publish it, although did not VI
!, 1t with that purpose in view. Hop
! : that you are all well, and that you '
II 1 send me Democrat occasionally, cl
rs with love to family and well wishes to
/. In q few weeks intend going to W
d chester, Tenn, Emerieh's and Zerl
q live there. 1t is 40 miles from here.
y Should have said the county eleC
A. Representatives and district Democr
8, Congressman ~ Z W. y. q