The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-10-20

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with their section when their state went
out" and hate Radicalism worse than sin
and Satan. There are q few "carpet bag
gers there, who if the statements of their
enemies are to be credited, arethe most
unmltigatcd Yanks on the continent
and sustain the most oxtrayagant opinions
entertained here of our northern impu-
dence, rapacity and scoundrelism. They
look like sharp, prompt business men,
and rather honest for so i'll a reputation.
BIT the negro is the feature of the
place and is there in his glory. Sambo
and Cesar are there and so the old spec
|tacled divine, stewards, cooks, walters
you hive met time and again on steam
boats and sleeping cars, aud new kind
of colored man simple and without either
pomp or sevility, theproduct OF the times
| perhaps, and this new life of freedom.
You wonder how the negro can have
come to put on so we'll i'm so short a time,
the usual habits and air of the legislator.
The graceful pastures which immemorial
usage prpscfiBes lin legislative halls, of
head and arms akitnbo and heels on
deskor chairs elt,dking at the prospect"
the careless handling of the daily paper,
the saunter and strut in the aisles and
lobby, these fellows have acquired with
marvellous success Many were engaged
In that usual resource offhe tired legisla-
tor, writing their constituents, and some
locked not alittle as if they were prac
tising the art of penmanstip. To do
them Justice however, there was look of
interest and intelli gence in the proceed
fings, of acquaintance with parliamentary
rules, of manly department, which wins
commendation from friends and foes. 1t
/ is conceded by their opponents that they
have conducted themselves with much
credit, and but for " the Raids might be
tolerated as legislators. Brady, the black
carpet bag lawyer from Boston, is spoken
of as the best parliamentary as he is
one of the best speakers in either house.
Campbell, an CID preacher, is one of the
ablest members in the legislsture Quite
number looked though as if they didn't
know much about it and it was
amusing to watch the African reveal
himself, now and then, in the quick
yociferous sympathy manifested when
any OF their number made hit, and the
whitening hiss and look Of adherence
wnen some unfortunate one Numbered
and Jailed. counted twenty-one in the
House end four in the Senate. These
are elected by the counties near the
GulG, in one of which there are 1000
negroes to 40 white men.
Whatever the construction of this
Legislature, it is obvious that it has lostIits
iniuerce in the community and is power
less for good. s.
Happily for the people the hour is at
hand for a new expression OF their wants
and needs through the old republican
remedy for all gIievances-the ballot box
In this Legislature are found the rep
resentatives of the various social elements
Of the STATE, in the conf1;ct of whose
sentiments and interests arise the OBJ
stacles to the return of quiet and pros
perity.
There ere th old slooe holders, many of
them origin"t secessionists, disappointed
because defeated, hopeless and ruined.
Criminal as we know them to have been,
and confident as we may be that the ruin
they brought on themselves will be COM
pcnsated for by many advantages to
future generations, 1t is not in human
nature to look upon them without senti-
meats OF pity rather than of reproach-
without the wish even, to relieve them
or all unnecessary endorsements in the
solution of the great economical and
social questions they are SO interested in
solving. We may pardon some passion
ate expressions when we consider the per-
sonal sacrifices which they have been call
ed to make. In counties where the negro
population is 1000 to 40 white men, there
are some sharp points about the practi-
cal workings OF the new system which |
entitle the men who have to endure
them, to some forbearance in our judg-
meDts on oheir conduct.
Many OF these men probably cherish |
the hope that some future Democratic
administration will restore all things,
but the majority are less sanguine and
are studying hard to see how they can
accommodate themselves to the new
situation. They all seem to me much less
vind;ctive than has been represented
and IL driven 10 acts of violence as re-
ported, have been actuated much more
by real fear OF the negroes and an APP
prehension OF their complete demoraliza-
ton as laborers, than by any sentimental
hostility to them and their friends.
The planters in the northern part of
the state had small plantations and few |,
negroes They constitute the majority
of the white population are generally
robusr, active, law abiding, sensible body
of men, who were never very tenacious
of slavery appreciated many of ifs evils;
are not very sorry over its abolition, and
quite hopefully accept the situation.
This class have furnished to the present