The weekly Louisianian., 1872-12-07
EMIGRATION FROM GEORGIA.

| EMlGkATlUN FkvM GEOkGlA.;
Not only are ,colored men in
Georgia packing up to leave that
treason-ridden State, b'1t the poor,
down-trodden loyal whites are be-
coming convinced that there is no
hope for o better future for them
under the rebel government Of the
Empire State Of the South, and are
consequently seeking homes in the
West and Southwest.
The colored people are active,
and agents for them will be sent in
to the West to select homesteads,
and to make necessary preparations
for a large exodus Of the bone bnd
sinew Of the State whose cruelties
and expressions, have made it
necessary for the seeking of re-
fuge elsewhere. Emigration can
only result in a benefit to the COL
ored people. In the Territories they
will be free, and the time now in
part spent in attempting to elude
the vengeance Of Ku-Klux- -Klans of
chivalrous Georgians, can be who'll
ly devoted to the bettering Of their
condition, without fear of molesta-
ton. Tho land settled upon by tho
emigrant will be his own, the profits
accruing from energetic labor will
fill his Golfers, his children can be
educated in peace, and he loses
nothing Of his American citizenship
by the removal to the plains.
By emigration the colored man
has every thing to gain and nothing
to lose. The losers will be- those
who deserve whatever deprivations
may follow the fight of the labor
ing portion of the State. We are
more than gratificd to see the de-
termination of colored people to
settle upon the public lands, and
to build themselves up in wealth
and intelligence. Let them sec to
it that the school house be a prom
lent and well patronized institution
in their midst; let them understand
that it will be more profitable in
the end to educate their children
than will be the little work they
can perform during the interval
between the ages Of five and twelve.
We known that Hon. jeff Long,
who seems to be the prime mover
in the emigration scheme in tho
State Of Georgia, is an earnest and
enterprising man, and we congratu-
late upon the success he has already
attained in awakening a. feeling of
enterprise among the colored people
If Georgia. We hope within the
space of a year to chronicle the
success Of q very large settlement of
,olored people upon the plains.
The following, from the Macon
Union, is one Of many incentives
or the laborers Of the banner rebel
State Of Georgia to look for homes
elsewhere:
A most diabolical murder was
committed in Jasper county last
week by one William Baxter,
;olored man named Moses Hutch
MS being the victim.
Moses Hutchins and his wife
we're hired to work for Baxter. The
wife of Hutchins was carrying din
Ter to the hands in the cotton field.
md when some distance from tho
louse was met and assaulted by
Baxter who had an ak. He used
he handle Of the ak, and was beat
ng her with it. Her cries attract
d her husband from the field
1here he was at work. When he
anne upon the scene, instead Of
leaving the assaillant Of his
1ife to the ground, he begged with
Il the humility of a slave, for his
7ife. This only exasperated the
owardly woman beater, and he
rent to the house, got his gun and
eturned and deliberately shot.
dutchins through the heart.
The county authorities arrested
3axter, and . justice Of the peace
leard the case and discharged him.
This is a fair example of the pro-
ection citizens Of Georgia are af-
orded under the laws Of the State,
nd it being case out OF the reach
i United States laws, there is no
edress, or punishment Of q white
avage for the killing Of d negro.
Since writing the aboya wa horn
hat q negro was taken fom his