Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-06-11
Correspondence Of the neraid.)
LETTER FROM MARYLAND,
roiities of the Southern Negroes-GrRntb before
Greeiey-The Administers tIoa Sup
ported by the Blacks.


Mr.. EDITOR Since the colorec
people of the Southern States have
attained to the position of American
citizens, very general feeling of re
spect has been awakened TOWARD
them on the part of the whites, ant
both the great political parties of the
day have left no stone unturned tt
secure their influence in the Presi-
dental election next November. Sc
tar the Republican party has secured
a large share Of the colored votes
and colored influence, and the ques
ton naturally arises as to the future
course Of our colored friends in their
political association with the great
parties of the land. From all we car
gather. in regard to the present stat
us of the blacks, the conclusion ID
inevitable that this class of our citi-
zens will still adhere to the party
now in power, for the reason tina,
the present Administration will not
be likely to curtail their political
rights OF throw any barrier in the
way of their continued intellectual
and social advancement. AS time
goes on, our people are learning tina,
blacks are as shrewd and long he esd
ed as the Anglo-Saxons, and will adj
here to that party which has shown
them the greatest favor and done the
most for their social and political
Improvement. While Horace Gree
ley has the good will and sincere
well-wishes of the cOlored voters ia
the South, but few of them can be
brought to believe that any change
ia the national administration will
make their condition any better; and
having tried General Grant for four
years and found him true to the col
ored interest, there is no probability
of any great falling off as the result or
any infection which might other,
wise occur in the colored population
of our country.
There is a mortal dread on the part
of the blacks of Democratic mis-rule
as many of them suppose that the
election of a Democratic President
would be equivalent to remandine
them back into servitude thous-
and times more uncomfortable than
anything in all their previous history
Already initiative steps have been
taken in Baltimore for colored mass
meetings, with design to impart in
formation to the blacks, and to en-.
gage colored speakers to canvass not
only Maryland but other States in
favor of Grants recollection. By not
q few it is thought even Maryland,
so long under Democratic mis-rule,
may be carried for the Administra.
ton in November, provided the coll
ored people have a chance to register
and then cast their ballots as their
better judgments may dictate. Bal
timore is the hot-bed Of Secession,
and nearly all the registers are hos
tile to colored rights; and no effort
will be left unemployed to intimidate
and prevent an honest expression Of
sentiment on the day of election
Yet, we may hope that law and or
der will maintain such supremacy
over the masses as to insure equal
rights to all irrespective of race or
color.
AS to our white population of dem
ocratic proclivities, any course is
ready TO be adopted by them to in
sure the defeat of Grant and hence
Greeley aud Brown are looked upon
as the most suitable agents to de-
stroy the present administration, and
transfer the national power into the
hands of the Democratic party. But
few, however, have much hope of the
Liberal party's winning in the APP
preaching race. as Grant has the in
side track and will no doubt outstrip
all competitors as gloriously as in
the election of 1868. AS far as I've
been able to discern the signs of the
times politically, the common people
have no faith in Greeley as states,
man tho all look upon him as one
of the ablest editors in the country
The contest promises to be most ex-
citing, but let the friends of freedom
stand firm though the heavens fall
and await in light the day that shall
bring the shout of victory.
CLERIcUs.
MAINLAND May IS, 1917.