Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-06-23
LETTER FROM COLORADO.

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seen on the great trunk lines, one would
suppose the entire eastern population
was moving on toward the West. The
question often comes unbidden, "where
do all this people come from and where
are they going?" However extensive
the negro exodus may be, it is hardly
noticeable beside the innumerable COM
pany of whites pressing on to Texas,
Kansas, Colorado, and other western
points.
1t is true that many negroes are find
ing homes in Kansas; and when that
state is full, Colorado stands officially
with open arms to welcome all who may
desire to find home among her grand
mountains, or on her fertile plains.
While passing through Kansas, your
correspondent saw and conversed with
many of the fleeing blacks; they were
mostly from Mississippi and Louisiana.
but all told the same story of abuse and
hardship of perils by night and by day
of beatings, intimidation and murder.
One old man met in the city of Atchison,
said he had come eighteen hundred
miles, and though told of buffalo, and
wolves, and freezing snow, he acas not
going back. An intelligent looking ne
gro of middle age, said he 'fned de
publican profession in Co." but he had
not voted since rs. "Why % Goods
truff mus be tole. FRS da freaten,
den da beat and den da shoot" He had
found friends in Atchison, and said the
colored people were all we'll used in
Kansas. One company of eight stopped
at way station on the Central Branch
of the Union Pacific that evening the
ladies of the Congregational church were
giving and ice-cream and strawberry
festival. They sent down and invited
the eight negroes to the church, and treat
ed them to all they wished. The poor
creatures wondered if they were in a
new world. How we'll this people are
provided with funds is not known. One
woman who seemed to understand her
business, | saw with roll of greenbacks
larger than she could clasp. That these
poor colored people are subject to the
fangs of the same old tiger, is evident
from the frequent out,cropping of senti-
ment from the far South. An ex-colonel
of the G. S. A. said on Decoration day
: at Louisville: al lay my hand upon my
heart and lift my eyes to God. and in
the name of this vast assemblage, avow
: that this homage is in honor of martyrs
of liberty who died for the right, and
= gave their lives for the defense OF
0 the truth; and for the verify of this
L reply, confidently appeal to God and
history" From all such foolish over.
flow may the rising generation of the
! South be delivered for while the young
y listen to such harangues about "mar.
e tyrs," and liberty" we must expect
Is them to grow up hostile to the national
% government.
D. The people of the West, so far as my
. observation goes, are looking TOWARD
= John Sherman, as the coming man fol
+ our next president. There is, however
. universally very warm feeling TOWARD
10 Senator Edmunds. While he is no
y even spoken of by the press as available
% the people are watching with intens
% interest and satisfaction his masterl,
!" course in the Senate. A gentleman sait
10 in this city last week, that Edmund
, would be acceptable to the whole coun
- try, and while he was from small stat
~ sure to go republican, his influence il
New York, Ohio, and the West wa
&c equal to that of resident" Som
9 there are who consider his chance
:, - for the second place on the tickle
~ as almost certain. Sure it is, that tn
y readers of the MONITOR, will be glad t
20 learn that their favorite senator is he'll
e in high esteem throughout the land; fo
it is not putting it too strong to say
u that. as touching ability, he is heartily
." accorded the brightest place in the ma
70 tional legislature.
Is In my next will tell you something
d about Colorado, and what she offers tn
~ miner, invalid and tourist. w II. II.
VI LATER.-The railroad war betwee
y the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, an
~ the Denver and Rio Grand Railwa..
he Companies is most intnse. All tele
~ graph lines to this city have been cut
49, Armed men hold the depot. The A.,
~ g. S. Fe. have a fort made by lining
III freight car with ssnd bags.
ne Yesterday the reservoir which supple
u the city with water gave away, and W
y, are suffering 8 water famine. W. H. H.
To-
;ef THE CRep PRospEcTs. recen
no reports from the West are of characte
err to relieve the serious apprehensions c
nd last week. as to the damage inflicted b
:: the frsst and the drouth upon the whea
~ and sther grain crops. From Minnese
ne ia. IN particular. the reports of deplol