The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-08-21
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CASSAFoLIs, MICH, Angus. 70.
Yesterday Was = great day for Cs,s
county. More than 1000 citizens Of
lhla aud The RSlghbOFInE eouhtIsI a..
Sembled upon the shores Of Birch Lnks
10 commemorate the abolition Of nlnVS.
~ In the West Indian IslAnds. John
u. LAngston, OF OHIO, the oolorSd law
yer and orator, WAS the csntEs Of RliFaa.
ton 70 the large company that liSISned
lntantly 70 his Grafton toF moFO than ! n
hour and half. Bat 10 tie 1tFabSsE
who came with Someihtng Of doubt a.
% tne success! OF The negro, and intent
only upon criticism, this meeting was
an unlocked for success; and the order
q thiDGl IN the surrounding country,
Ne SAIiaiaeioTy solution OF . question
that % many has bsen OomeWhaI prob.
lOmRtleal.
A foil third Of this multitude we're
The representative Of BTaOs that, until
reeently, have INST only seoru, dsfision,
and oppression, aud hFSn vet express.
ln language and habit, the IND uOSeS OF
long HuboTdlnAtlon. Within q radius
Of ten miles Of thIH gathering placs they
are the occupants or owners Of lands or
houses that would b cEedltablO 10 any
FQEal community. Thirty years ago,
these dubky men, with their wives and
ohlldFOn, were attracted lhithOF bV thelF
Quaker HiSndS, and they have wrought
In the heavy forests tEat SklFt these
lovely pEaTi0s, Until they are the own.
eTs OF many Thousands Of acFes'of tie
iAiTent land In Cas- county,
In the township OF CALVIN they ara
possessed Of nearly one.half the real
estate, and pay little leSa than half The
taxes. They have established A nnm.
Der OF excellent schools Conducted bv
cDl0fed teachers. The building OF tWo
tine churuhss-MOthodIsG and BapIIst-
In I hS best proof that they have NOT
neglected moral and religions culture.
Fhsy have good Instructors In inStru.
mental and vocal music, and support n
hns brass band. We found here sew.
eTRl men OF liberal culture from ObeF.
lin aud HlllAdAle Colleges, and one
from our OWR State UniVsrstty. These
young men are engaged In the prasljcs
OF medicine, the mechanic arts. and in
the dry goods trade, They own and
run Ateam SAW mills and steam lhrssh.
Ing MACHINES; thBY are manufacturing
grain cradles and TRkes, growing supes
rloF live stock, CulIiVaLinR fruits and
producing hundreds Of acres OF the
finest grain. They are not merely an
Initiative people, but ingenious, SELF
RELIANT positive and progressive, and
VIII Dear favorable comparison with
their white nsighbOrs In all the ltgitI-
mate relations OF life. Merchants and
necnGnics through all this region bear
lhs plRheaL testimony 10 their worth
anu pTomptneah in business atTairs.
Daring three weeks visit In this part
OF the country, your correspondent has
JAILED to detect the first Instance Of
IIIenesa or loateriam among them,
They purchase lands, clear away dense
forests, Sdild homes and highways and
churches, subscribe for nsWspH pers,
magazines, and railroads; educate iheiF
children, sing the sweet songs OF labor.
love, and home, aud worship God with
an evident consciousness that these ara
as much the aims aud purposes Of their
life as OF their falF.hairsd Saxon neigh.
bors; and not subject Of wonder or
aurpriae TO the many who have doubted
their ability for BeIi,sustenRnce.
Tho Quaker patronage they have re-.
celved, has doubtless stimulated to
something OF this Industry and ann.
cess; but In the main, they have mad
died their own canoe and for the Innst
part up stream Denied social and
political standing, aud general attend
Hnce upon the churches and schools.
they have come up through an entire
age Of prejudice and prescription 10 a
position that Is 10 be envIed bV MANY
who are deemed their superiors, No
sophlstry, no logic, not the seyeresL
analysis OF the life they have led. or
lead to-day In this community. will dis.
cover to US any peculiar or external
cause FOR Its present good standing.
This outward prosperity 10 simply the
development OF what Is In this ,pSople.
The past and present OF the colony will
convince any unprecedented observer
that the negro IL quite capable OF caring
for himself. The negro OF this settle.
nent Is an emigraut from Ohio. Iudl.
ana, Virginia, and the CarOllnas, and
thousands of the readers OF the Tribune.
who are unaware Of the presence OF
such q community within the bounds
Of thait beautiful peninsula, only YES.
terday might have seen and heard this
dusky emigrant, his wife and child,
expressing more elegant manners and
speaking a pursr language than may be
found among thousands Of the whites
In the States from which they came.