The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-12-18


ssTake care Of the freedmen" was
the subject discussed in Lees Chapel
in East Portland on Sabbath even
ing, Nov. SOth, and Dec. 9Th, as we
learn from an article in the Oregon
ian Of the 10th inst, purporting to
emenate from a committee OF two,
signed Clinton Kelly and J. W.
Kern. This meeting, it seems, was
for the purpose Of establishing o
separate and distinct Hemigration
commission" mot an auxiliary to the
present State board by any means. -
This self-constituted Emigration
Commission propose to invite to the
Pacific slope only one class Of peo-
pie, and they from only certain
section Of the country. That class
is the freedmen" and that section
Of country from which they are in
vited to emigrate, is from "the far
ther South enslayedom." They say
"We do not mean that even o large
portion Of the four millions Of Freed
men should be brought to this coast;
but we do mean that for the good OF
all concerned, we should encourage
a sufficient number to come to our
coast to abundantly supersede the
necessity of China labor; for, in SO
doing it will better the condition Of
the African race in the late slave
holding States"
Now, this is disinterested benevo-
lence. That is right--don't take all,
nor even "a large portion OF the four
million Freedmen" million, or
half million would perhaps do
that would not be "a large portion"
and surely the people of that "inhu-
man realm "ths further South
cannot object to such division
The "tyranny Of their expressions"
will surely let us have half million
Freedmen. Yes, this committee in
form us, cit is our privilege and our
duty to our country, to humanity
and to God, to invite these outraged,
down-trodden Freedmen to the west
ern slope Of the North American
continent" We admit that it is
-Four privilege" but we have grave
doubts as to whether it is "our duty
to our country, to humanity, or to
God" to invite these Outraged,
down-trodden (P) Freedmen to this
country" If any of this class of
people wish to come to this coast it
is their right to do SO, and we shall
not object, but do not propose to
join in any special invitation to them
not extended to the white race
If there is any particular section Of
the country that has claims upon the
Freedmen, it is the New England
States, and when they propose to
emigrate, if we were allowed to offer
a suggestion it would be that they
go to the New England States. But
they need not emigrate OF all. Every
colored man, woman and child in
the South, able to work can find en-
ployment the year round if they
would work--but the trouble is, they
want q living without work.
This Committee Aippantly speaks
Of them, as Outraged and down
The whites of the South
have been the "outraged and down
trodden" since the close Of the late
civil war, but to suppose this Com
mittee to be informed Of such fact
would be to expect of them higher
degree of intelligence than is mani
tested in the following extract from
their report:
"If the Portland, Dalles & Salt
Lake Railroad be chartered land we
hope it willy by Congress-" &c.
We were not aware that any
bill was pending in Congress to char
Ter the P. D. q s. L. II, r.. Co., but
only to grant aid to such company
alerady chartered under the Incorpo-
ration laws Of the State Of Oregon.
The real trouble with this Com
mittee, as We look at it, is, that the
Chinese cannot become citizenS--the
negro is already citizen and voter,
and Il is the votes mot the hired
help they want.
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THE MAN ~ FOUND.
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