Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-04-30
Yelmout Chrumiflr.
st. clairsville, Ohio, April so, 1868.
coIored Immigration into ohio.

CoiOreu lmm1grdJlon luto Onio.
The Legislature, by resolution, directed
the Auditor Of State, through the County
Auditors, and Township Assessors, to re.
port the number Of colored persons who
have come into Ohio since tho commence-
ment Of the war, or for the two years ending
the first Of March, 1863. The Auditor has
Just made his report to the Legislature.
from which 1t appears that 1884 colored
persons, ofsll ages, and from NIL other
States and countries have come into Ohio
in the two years.
And strange as II may seem, one third Of
the whole number are reported from Meigs
County! Is this mistake in adding the
figures Of the Assessors Of our county2 We
had supposed from the desperate stories
we have seen in Democratic papers from
other points, that the State was, in fact,
being overrun with negroes. For instance,
the Democratic organ Of Monroe county has
been fairly frantic over the ''black wave"
that was overwhelming that county To
read that Journal one would think that every
white man had been thrown permanently
out Of employment and that the negroes
were doing all the work and leaving all the
white men to starve, and that unless the
rushing food" of negroes wero stopped,
either by law or mobs, the white men of the
county would be compelled to move to some
other country. We really did suppose that
old Monroe was being overrun. But what
is the fact? Why there have just nine col
ored peoole, including the babies invaded
the terror stricken county Of Monroe! This
IN the official list certified to by the Demo.
cratic Auditor Of that Democratic county,
It spikes that gun.
But how is it in the great Democratic
county of Fairfield. Would anybody who
reads the Lancaster Eagle, or DR.. Olds'
speeches ever suspect that there were less
than ten thousand colored fugitives thcre?--
Well, that is the number in Fairfed--leav.
ing off the thousands. The Democratic Au
ditor Of Fairfield, after inspecting every ba,
by to find visible admixturc" reports
just 10 as the sum total Of the mighty swarm
Of negroes, of all ages and sexes, who have
taken the bread out Of the mouths of the
white men OF that county.
Noble county, is another of the oppressed
Districts, so terrible has been the 'food Of
negroes" into Noble county, that it justified,
in the estimation Of her Democracy. q rev.
Olution of the Government Well, Noble
county reports just three colored persons, as
having come into the county in two years.
But enough The report show, that the
pressure Of Slavery and the confusion oil
the war have driven some colored people
temporarily into this State. Bat il will be
seen that their Numbers do not average
moro than one to each Township. And
yet for the purpose Of making poltica
capital out Of the prejudice against On un
fortunate racc, desperate demngoeues viii
blister their souls with falsehood, and
through tho ianaticism of the ignorant and
besotted would let loose upon these helples.
fugitives, the brutality ofunreasoning mobs
We are glad the report has been made. II
will give oil who desire to look Mt the mat
ter with the calmness of reason, n stoppe,
10 the mouths OF those who would deceive
the unsiispecting.
Let Slavery cease in the South, and there
would be no more emigration Of negroes to
the North, and those now hero would return
TO their friends, and the climate which suits
them better than this. - Pomeroy Telc
graph