The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-15
MISSOURI.
The Feeling in st Louis, at Jefferson City and
in tho Intsrier-An Ola Ex-slave Stamping
h on tho Levee- The Negroes in Town
and Countrywide General Result
Prophesed as Good for Greeley.

ST. LOUIS August IL, 1877.
Missouri was famous during the war for the in
decision Of its people upon all national questions
They did not possess in the minds Of the residents
of States further South, the dignity Of being
"Secesh," while the Kansas free State folks
called them "Butternuts," as much in token
of their supposed Southern pr0clivties as
in derlson Of their bark stained home
spun. The battle Of Lexington was fought
and won here by Muligan, while the Kansas Sixth
constituted provost guard to prevent rebelious
rsings in the city from which I write. The popu-
lation is no more homogeneous in politics than In
nationality or birth. The State was, however,
strongly democratic In undertow, and the senti-
ment thus generated perhaps conduced as
much as any other cause to the formation
OF the present liberal republican move
ment, which was born here. have
conversed with people Of every shade OF politics
and all social conditions here, and find that the
liberal movement still exerts q strong influence
upon their course of action. The colored vote, too
is not here 80 solid for Grant, thus seeming par
take of the almost universal disintegration Of SEN
timent. *r..-,. ,s--! ..t-,sss~sS
THE coLoRED FOLKS on THE LEvEE.
All along the levee the coored men, who are
carriers, stevedores and loafers, congregate in
front Of the German and Irish beer saloons and &C.
casionally talk politics. Passing along towards the
vandailia ferry boat few days since observed
colored man Of perhaps sixty five years of age adj
dressing motley group Of freedmen who had come
up from "down the river" on one of the freighting
steamboats,. 'Now. lookee hea, nigger,n sold he to
who was not altogether Of African descent, but
who had an athletic form and q cunning leer upon
by no means pretty face 'you tink you's gwine
to make heap by lungein' round for de President,
don't YET Spose you tink you's
GwINE TO GRAB A GUBERMENT oFFICEp
Now, ole man Greeley what's runnin' for de
President, knew of dat ole man fore you was
bawn was runaway Niger once, was sure,
and dat ole man lives up norf in what dey call New
York. and de way he used to shovel out de clos and
de fodder and de whole hans full OBJ bits it would
just make you turn clean white nigger,it Just
would. Now dis Genial Grant what your haludin
too so frekently was no whar dat time.
reckon he wasn't Jest porned yit. Use an old man,
niger. was slave when your iader was chile;
reckon and know what's what. Use gwlne to
guv my ticket to de man what counts de Greeley
votes, is" The old man cast scornful glance at
bling gait, and gancing from side to side as he
went. lie was evidently ''llberal republican"
AT THE HOTELS IN ST. LOUIS
At the Southern and the Planters House 1t would
be fair to expect that the great share Of the guests
were advocates OF Greeley's election, and notwith
standing that the former hotel swings to the breeze
banner bearing the inscription, "Grant ana VIII
son headquarters" found them so. In the parlors
silent census gathered facts showing that about
eighty per cent would vote for their old aboitionist
enemy. pr0miscuous canvass about town gave
IS result about seventy per cent In favor OF Mr..
Greeley. -
IN THE COUNTRY DISTRICTS
1t Is claimed that the popular vote VIII De npOut
the same but this doubtful 1t Is universally ad-
mitted that In the country the negroes are antago
nstic TO those In the cities through petty jeaouses
and feuds, to such an extent that THIS cause alone
will make them vote the Greeley ticket with una
nnity in exact proportion to that with which the
"town" colOred men vote for Grant. IL Is likely
that traditional feeling OF submissive respect for
former masters also obtains widely here, though 1t
Is little commented upon.
JEFFERSON CITY THE CAPITAL.
lazy, struggling town, high up on n blum, AT
the base OF which the muddy Missouri bends about
Is Jefferson City. The Capitol stands out against
the sky, with its pillars and dome OF dirty lime
stone and below IL, also on blum, but with an In
tervening ravine. stands the executive Man.
SiOn,n built OF brick, with white stone facngs and
bases and marble steps. 1t was built during the
present Gubernatorial term and is occupied by
Governor d. Gratz Brown. The town IL scattered
over preciptOus hills and down In stony gullies,
and Is anything but an interesting or busy place.
The negroes have Hooked here from the country and
about eighty-fve per cent OF them will vote for
Grant, though the county Will 90 democratic.
There Is but one paper herethe PEOPLES tribune
which Is q Greeley and Brown organ. II bitterly
opposed the latter named gentleman In his contest
for the governorshp; but, strange to say with all
the faults It then found with the candidate the
the republican press was not OF them. In fact,
the editor claims thorough acquaintance with the
Governors habits, and that In all his intercourse
with him he never knew him to imbibe anything
ardent. or course the democrats here promise an
immense majority for their coalition candidate.