The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-09-21
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

w ASdlN0ION ~. ~ ;, O6pC 10, 1910.
CGz0red Visitors from tbeSouth- Dunn
PiGtt on the Ran1page-"A Political
Bzat1azer or q Political Cq'i7ne" -"Be
assured that Ohio and Indiana are
oars. ]"
Visits Of large parties Of colored
people from the South are, in this day
Of expanded liberty secured by the
triumph OF Republicanism, quite frequent.
Washington has now the same interest
Tor the enfranchised slave that it has for
the anglo-saxon. The shackles having
been stricken from his limbs, freedom Of
thought and action having been secur-
ed for him, and the ballot having been
placed in his hand, the former bondman
looks upon the Capital of his country
and its improvement with as great soic-
itude as any citizen in all this broad
land.
The recent arrival and subsequent
promenading through the city of party
of colored people, male and female, from
Stanton and Charlottes vile, Va, num :
boring four or five hundred, reminded
US Of a scene in Washington, which was
witnessed by the writer some years be-
tore the late war. The contrast between
then and nov, then under Democratic
but now Ender Republican AGmTnlsGra-
ton, is so striking that we refer to it {.
Then revolt Of two or three hundred
slaves, on plantations few miles south
of Washington. took place, when the
poor fellows, driven to desperation by
the tyranny Of cruel masters, sought to
secure their liberty. They armed them
selves with scythes, and other farming
implements, and marched in a BODY to
the North, seeking escape from bondage.
They were met few miles north of
Washington, by an organized military
force Of white men, were fired upon,
many were wounded, and al were over
come and captured. A long rope was
procured, and those able TO walk were
tied in couples to il, the rope being con-
nected to wagon in front, in which
were placed the. wounded, and all under
q strong guard of task-maste1s on horse
back. This cavalcade marched down
Pennsylvania avenue in the middle Of
hot summers day, the wounded being
exposed to the rays of the sun. A more
pitiahle sight scarcely ever met the eye
of man.
Now, the contrast In this day, thanks
to the Inauguration of the Republican
party, we have large bodies of this same
race visiting the Capital Of the Nation,
dressed IN their holiday attire, laughing
and happy in tbeir freedom. orderly and
well-behaved in their department, and
there is none to modest or "te make them
afraid" Who would desire that these
people should be remanded TO Democrats
ic serfdom? Let the liberty-loYing white
man see to it that they be not.
We had just returned from listening to
an eloquent discourse. after which "the
visitors from other States" had been
invited to take part in "iubilee
meeting" which followed, when the
following disgraceful and un-called-for
ebullition of drunken spleen and vitupe !
ration was placed before us. We say
for we believe &c gentleman.
sober, would descend to such vulgarity. |
It is in keeping, however, with much
else that has appeared in Dunn Piatt'S
Capital:
1The 1ll-bred, ill-ted, beggarly mob
hat drifts into Washington daily on !
rs return from the Centennial to its
Western home. is about the severest
criticism on our nations prosperity and
,ur national breeding ever suffered by
IN all-wise Providence to live, or allow
ID by sensible generation to thread the
paths of life, a mementp of the smallness
If humanity. When we say the average
centennial visitor is meaner than dead
log rolled in tan bark, We are doing a
gross injustice to the dog, ard fail utter
y to convey the genuine character of
his strange class OF people. Rude,
iirty, mean and hungry, an army ofstarv-
d grasshoppers would be balm ofGllead
n their stead. They Gerry their proven ]
Ter in their pockets, eat it on the curb
tones, and leave the city when their
arder plays out. +"
Upon inquiry we learn that Of the