Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-07-30
MARYLAND CORRESPONDENCE.


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MARYLAND CORRESPONDENCE.
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s0nai aud Otherwise.
The political skies are evidently
Frightening fora glorious Administra-
ton victory. Our friends in the
west, very naturally entertain some
fears with regard to the vote of the
colored population in the South but /
am satisfied from present appearan-
ces, that Grant will secure nine tenthS
of this class of voters, while losing
but slightly on the popular vote
among the Republicans generally.
This election is going to test the firm
ness of colored voters, and up to this
time no deep laid schemes by willy
conservative politicians, have been
able to move the blacks from their
adherence to the friends of free speech
aud universal suffrage.
Much rejoicing has lately occurred
10 Baltimore over the detection of
Mr. Sanders, the only colored Presi-
dental elector in Maryland, who has
withdrawn from the Republican par
ty and taken the stump for Greeley
and pro-slavery Democracy. Mr..
Sanders is colored gentleman from
the Eastern shore. and has hitherto
exercised considerable influence over
the blacks, but have yet to hear of
any converts from the colored ranks
to swell the tide hoped to be created
by his withdrawal. Our colored
brethren are wonderfully afraid of
anything that looks like Democracy,
as the experience of the last rs ears
with the leaders of this party in their
efforts to keep the blacks in everlast-
ing servitude has created a fear,
which Greeley or an angel from heav-
ell could not at present remove.
The fable of of the cat in the heap of
meal never had more significant il
lustration than in the case of our COL
ored voters, who can read stripes, i'm
prisonment, slave blocks, chains and
death in the party now striving to
obtain political supremacy over tho
American people.
Heaven and earth are now moved TO
carry North Carolina against Grant,
expecting that in case of victory the
whole black population will wheel
into line, and the entire south will
cast an undivided vote for the New
Departure" There is God who
still reigns in heaven and overrules
the mad plans and visionary schemes
Of wicked men, and herein is the fu-
turc hope of the American nation.
In that Divine Being we have the
most unbOundcd confidence, and we
greatly err if the time has yet come
for the enemies of law and order to
overturn and destroy those benign
institutions brought into being by
the moral sense and religious con-
victions of the liberty-loving people
of our American Union. Since a
former communication our city has
witnessed large gathering of Blacks
who spent the day, (June 6th) in
celebrating the anniversary OF Mary
lands emancipation. While the Re-
bellion was still confident of success,
by very great effort, the friends of
human freedom succeeded in obtain
ing a general election on the issue Of
emancipation, and by few hundred
votes only. Maryland for the first
time took her place alongside Ohio,
Penn.an her sister free states. This
occurred think in 1864, and since
then this great emancipation victory
has been annually observed by whites
and blacks as one of the most memo.
rable events. On the occasion to
which have referred, the whole
country swarmed with negroes, men,
women, and children; on horseback,
on foot, in carts, wagons and chaises;
accompanied by number of colored
companies, with martial music and
horse companies preceded by coIored
bands of music, reminding one of
some triumphal scene in the palmy
days of Greece and Rome. Orators,
black as JET discoursed eloquently to
the Heterogeneous crowd followed by
John Mosehead Esq, of the Custom
House, Baltimore, and Hon. Geo. w
Sands, one of the presidential elect
ors, resident of our city.
Everything passed off in the most
satisfactory manner-the crowd
maintained their sObriety and self re-
spect in most commendable style.
The feelings of the blacks ran high
for Grant, and when the telegraph
brought the intelligence to the
throng whom Mr.. Sands was just
| then addressing, that the Philadelphia
convention had given her unanimous
voice for the recollection of the hero
of hundred battles, the great crowd
made the forest ring with loud ac-
claim; closing with the old.fashioned
Doxology. The readers Of the Her
aid must remember that the blacks
are religiously inclined people ADD
they firmly believe their freedom was
obtained in answer. to prayer; and
no marvel, if a large religious eie-
ment should predominant in all the
political movements in which they
are at present concerned; Sambo and
Dinah alike get shouting happy over
political and religious victories, not
stopping to inquire whether a soul is
converted to Christianity or confirm
ed in the great political party of
freedom. In either case old men and