The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-10-01
PENNSYLVANIA.
POLITICS in POTTSvILLE
Schuylkill County for
Buckalew.
The Greeley Electoral Ticket
in Doubt.
THE REPUBLICAN STRENGTH

THE REPUBLICAN STRENGTH
n Close Contest In the Black Country
views or Opposing observation-disclosures,
etrouse and ScOdeld. and Grantism,
Liberalism and Selhsm-POttsville's
Population and Politics-Schuylkin
County Rallying to Backalew, hut Not
Safc for Grcclcy-Estimatcd Republican
Strength.
PoTTsvILLE, Pa, Sept. q, 1872.
After traversing over an aggregated area OF
twelve hundred miles in Pennsylvania halted here
to-day for the purpose Of ascertaining how much
finer the political lines were drawn among the
miners than in other parts Of the State had been
told the bitterness was most intense In this strong
hold Of reform, and / was prepared for
nothing less than actual hostties among the
aeaIers In black diamonds, for the least
addition 10 the excitement In other regions
must inevitably lead TO innumerablc fsti-
car wars, and, perhaps, more serious matters,
u steps are not taken to guard against them.
failed to discover any indications Of riotous ma
ture during my perigrinatons this evening, though
was compulsory listener to several very nasty
buldog-like dialogues. On taking the train for
POttsvlle this afternoon encountered w. Forten,
che Philadelphia cOored orator, and an electOr on
the Grant ticket. FOrtcn first gave me the idea OF
the ferceness with which his party intended to
push the fight In the coal regions, and II possible
upset the calculations 80 carefully made by the
men in the liberal ranks. He knew, OF course, to
what length his instructions were to be carried,
and, as Forten Is one Of the most firm believers
IN that divine inspiration which led the whole
cOlOred race by irresistible force to do ex-
actly what they have done, and what In fact
daoti m (snna
Grant and the republican party-and that the same
holy influence directs him in speaking the truth,
was scarcely at liberty to doubt his statement.
Another reason why paid attention to him was
that he has gone into this land OF fire and smoke
70 "wOrk up" the workngmen, and tonight and
tomorrow the administration henchmen are to as
tOnish the natives Of Reading, Berks county, by an
exhibition OF the glory OF republicansm as against
any other tenets Knowing that ut the time was
talking with FOrten
CARL sCHURz AND GOVERNOR HOFFMAN
were dong their best to convince these self-same
people OF Reading that republicanism was the very
last thing they ought to think OF, while liberalism
with It's land of promise in view was available as
the only true panacea for the ills Of down
trodden people, endeavored to put two
wa mssea what saraiy asorereS ter
ribie country is thisl Was there ever such state
how awful to think of what all these great men
might have to do II General Grant should declare
Tor despotism and place himself at the helm OF
While Forten was lamenting that the liberals had
not thrown out bait to catch the coored vote an
other great man rolled into our car In the person OF
the hero OF straight0utis m, Bourbonsm and self
ism In the burly person OF Alfred Scofeld. He
ewOre at the cOlored orator, took an immense
quantity OF icewater, then turned to friend and
alleged they mad just adjourned meeting of
.straigntonts" OF nearly Two hundred, positively;
0ir
IatOn Of 2,000 had taken down the Greeley nag
and hoisted the insignia OF Charles O'Conor; that
Schuykiil along with the rest, and II he didn't find
every acknowledged son or JefIersonian princi.
or Duncan and ScO6eld he w0nlo vote for Hart
rant In October and vote against Greeley in No.
vemser ! scarcely understand how the world
could progress without such additions as this
deiphia. Scarcely had / settled myself comfort
6 havoc that might possibly emanate from from the
flaming nrebrands Of scoded and Forten, when In
rushed Carl Schurz, accompanied by
Ex-CoNGREssMAN srRousr.
and large deputation, who, as informed yon by
senator to the gaze OF the vulgar the dumpy exCon
gressman with nose and face now more than ever
s"ggesye Of the ex Emperor Napoleon and som
hlmself by my side. Assuming the gravity Of an
self ont until he hal reduced my sitting space to
about twelve inches, he told me, with all the dignity
u
his district; that everything was lovely and the
venson high, and that If didn't believe 1t could
sas 60 and for "a sS
could only see II; but mat the HERALD HERALD
livered himself OF this astounding information, the
old wet" who by the way, was anything but
per position as chairman OF the schurz Committee
OF Reception. Colonel Mcclure was next brought
out from some nook in another car, where he had
nj n w VIC IN lrst In
editor Of the A'nrs Journal With all this expert
ence in SO short time, beholding SO much OF OPP
POttsville with such group was not conducive to
. good digesti0n and they say when miner kills
or i've ven miles then engages to work in coal pit
until he acquires the prOverbial dark semi circle
under his eyes, after which he considers he has
end OF the matter. Not even a whitewashed ver-
dict to comfort ones friends
POTTsvILLE's POPULATION AND PECUIIARITIES
Pottsvie cannot well be termed q representative
town OF the coal regions II has the appearance OF
Druids, but spoiled BY an attempt or attempts to
transform It from the original design to something
good deal worse; You can break your toes, black
Il have no doubt this Is the gratuitous manner in
which the street cleaning is done) before you have
very fairly need travel no further in this direc-
tion. The population is what Jefferson would
are the old.time Germans who ' have ave never never
ceased TO love their Niedtr Deutsch origin,
bnt who seldom leave their smutty halls and
mountain deflles. Then there the hard
shell, hard cased Engshmen, the real bone and
sinew, the John Bull proper, who enter into the
coal trade here and remain In 1t all their lives
their chief source Of amusement being politics and
the games OF skill and strength on the river and
neighb0ring mountain. There are also here great
Dumber OF hard-wOrking and hard-drinking CatIO-
Tic Irishmen, whose spiritual wants arc more fire.
quenily supplied from the decanter than the altar.
Lastly come the old, aboriginal, natnral.born low
II 10 principally from these Jour classes that the
votes are dSawn. There are also a few Norwegians
and Danes, bot they have beep uniformly republic
66f. The Germana and Irish have becii DEM
1Sratic while meny OF the English and
republican ticket ooTy Se ed sSe So'e% ,nsss
classes s as rule OF the lowest description; they
are intelligent workers perhaps but withal men OF
low instincts, greatly given to indulgence p ami.