Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-27
Letter from Washington.
lFRoM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON, D. c., April "a, 1871.
THE NEW DISTRICT GOVERNMENT AND OTHER
MATTERS.
The recent overwhelming republican victory
here is a notable thing for Washington in more
ways than the obvious one. 1t shows in the
first place, continued increase of loyal senti-
ment, quality very much lacking hitherto
among the business men hereabouts. 1t is, of
course, true, that a good many of the white
votes cast for Gen. Chapman, were given from
| purely material and selfish reasons. Business
men were afraid of the antagonism which has
been aroused against this city throughout the
north and west,-a feeling whose origin is more
due to the rebel and pro-SOuthern sentiment sup
posed to dominate here than to anything else.
| But it is victory nevertheless to see the men
refer TO voting alongside the colored laborers
who work on the streets.
There is another fact that is worth notice, so
far as the interest of Washington is concerned.
The democratic paper here howls loudly over
the fact that considerable number of persons
employed in and about the departments
registered and voted at the recent election. How
many there were do not know; the democratic
organ says two thousand, probably doubling the
dose. But they were fairly justified in it'll
mean the clerks who voted. A large number
have lived here for years, own property, and
actually have no other homes or residences
Partly because of the fiction of state influence
and partly because of an indifference and even
positive dislike their part to the hitherto pre-
dominating social influences prevailing here,
these persons have never been interested in the
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the district. 1t is therefore a decided gain for
the federal metropolis that so large and intelli-
gent class of residents should assume the re-
| sponsibilites of active citizenship.
For myself, / think the district may be con-
| graduated on another fact and that is that the
colored citizens stood so true and worked so
manfuly for the success of the republican party.
| There is no doubt in my mind that the original
intention of those who projected the territorial
| organization was to swamp party lines and es-
| pecally relegate the colored man back as far as
possible to the condition of political non-eutity
| in which he lived so long. 1t was move of the
eminently "respectabe" Eblockheads, aided by
shrewed spectators and money-bags who saw
that the closer the corporation the richer would
be the pickings. Thanks to the clear sense of
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Cooke, this overslaughing of the republican
party and of two-thirds of its voters, has been
prevented. Even as it stands the colored voters
comprising two-thirds of the total, have re-
ceived the most meagre recognition, while they
: have done large share of the work performed.
But, putting all this aside the victory is Ger.
tainly one We have reason to be proud of, and
one which greatly benefits the community.
"cARPET-BAGGERs WHERE THE RESIDENTS
COME FROM.
There was q good deal said about carpet
baggers in the canvass, The justice of the
sDeer may be seen when the census returns are
examined, and it is seen how essentially this
city is made up of "carpet-baggers."
The total population is 1O9,199, divided as
follows: Natives of United States, whites,
60,05s; colored, 1891; Indians, 10.
OF the native total the numbers claiming this
district as birthplace, were as follows: 81 $3.50
whites; 1O761 colored. Virginia claims the
maternity of 5591 white, IA ,263 colored; Mary
land, 1920 white, 9272 colored; making a total
OF 1911 whites and %, 535 colored for the two
I states Immediately adjacent to this district. OF
the total population about eight-eevenths or
! 1887, are either born here or in the two con-
uguous states. Of the colored portion. only
1895 are from other states, and the natiyities of
that number embrace thirty states, while the
) whites claim as birthplaces, every state
and every territory, for that matter.
except Arizona Of the American whites
2S,10S were born out of the dis.
trict; 1887 claim nativity, other than Mary.
land and Virginia. Add to this total the ,757
of foreign birth, and it will be seen that at least
one-sixth, or 1890, are "carpet baggers," as
such enterprising citizens are usually termed
Of the 1887 natives born elsewhere than in
the district, Maryland or Virginia, New York
claims 3943, Pennsylvania S6O1, Ohio SS4, and
the New England states 252S, two-hfths of the
i latter being from Massachusetts. About one.
e third of the colored residents who are not ma
e uves OF the district or contiguous states, are
II rom northern and western states. Of the for.
elgn born residents British America claims 299,
England 1875, Ireland 694s, Scotland 299, Ger
many 4l3S. The balance are from thirty-seyen
N countries, including Africa, the East Indies, Ma
u iayan Archipelago, China and Australia. Near.
" ly every nationality at all connected with civil.
I, cation and its influences is represented bero
q, and doubt if in that respect even New York
e, can be counted more cosmopolitan. The cbargs
D. of carpet bagging" is therefore peculiarly in
e. appropriate
IS FRIENDLY PARAGRAPH.
lie It's perhaps sudden transition from natvi
t. ties to sculpture and yotary thereof but ma
ii be excused in a correspondent anxious 10 &c
ut away from politics. Your Boston correspondent
Of in recent visit here and letter about it, mer
tons visit to Miss Winnie Ream's studio
be have not hitherto been an admirer of Mis-
" Resm as an artist, aud certainly have kept my