Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-15

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"The above items were furnished by an
emigrant who had settled in Great Bend,
and he was very anxious TO have our peO-
pie emigrate, but said it was not the place
for a man who had no money. Schools
and school facilities are good, and pOlit-
ically there is no better State for cOlOTed
people than Kansas.
at is not advisable, however, for anyone
to 20 to Kansas with a less amount than
the above named sum at his command,
with any hope Of lettering his temporal
condition. Such is the advice Of those
who have spent some time in the country
aud base their advice upon experience.
Many who left Tennessee last winter with
the intention to 90 to South Kansas, stop
ped in St. Louis for want Ofmeans, intending
TO get labor and proceed TO Kansas, but there
was no labor that they could get, and from
cold and other exposure they took the
smallpox and died. Others went as far as
Kansas City with the same intention, and
there in a more deplOrabie condition than
they were at home they became objects of
public charity. This is the inevitable re-
suit, when people leave their homes, IN
prepared, for a new country. Let Us
guard against this absurdity, that "a man
need have nothing but what Is necessary
TO pay his way there Kansas, though a
fine country with good laws, soil, climate,
etc, is like all other new countries, and
persons going there, 10 succeed, must have
means sufficient to enable them to make
the first crop. Very respectfully, etc,
an. A. NAPIER"
The report was adopted by the Commits
siOners and discussed at the maSs-meeting,
which was attended by q vast crowd.
The Lincoln Guards and Edgefeld IT.
fant Home Guards, cOlOred military COM
panies of Edgefeld, marched to the grove,
headed by the Excelsior COrnet Band.
The meeting was opened about II O'Clock
with prayer by Rev. A. Horn, Of Ma ,hvilie.
A. Mcclure Was elected Chairman and
w. A. SizemOre Secretary.
Calls were made for II. a. Napier, who
spoke for nearly an hour reciting the facts
contained in his report.
TONE OF THE SPEECHES.
He strongly supported the opinion that
it was useless for cOlored people to think Of
going to Kansas, unless they were pre-
pared with sufficient means to keep them
out Of the depths Of real starvation. If
the eOlOred people had money and would
apply it to the proper use, it would be ad-
visable for them to 60, but if they did not
have it they would be just as well of in
Tennessee as anywhere.
Elder FrieTsOn, cOlOred, Of Columbia,
made lengthy speech, mainly in response
t. Napier. He al o adv SD the nsgrCe3 10
Danish TIE idea from their minds that they
could go to Kansas, and settle without any
money, but by practicing some economy
they could soon lay up 500, which would
be sufficient amount for them TO emigrate
upon, and take possession Of 100 acres Of
land set apart by the Government, besides
paying their expenses there, and then they
would have enough left to keep them in a
good condition until they had improved
their lands and raised their crops.
he admitted that every law breaker
should be punished and every fugitive from
justice should be apprehended, and in re-
ferring 70 the lynching Of WOOdsOn, at
MurfreesbOrO, he said that it was almost
impossible for the cOlo.ed race TO live
peaccably where mob violence was resort
ed to 50 often. The colofed people might
as well live in a land of grasshOppers as 10
have their lives taken without the OppOr-
tunity OF a fair trial before a jury Of their
country.
When FriersOR concluded his speech he