The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-10-04

4 contributor to the columns of the Louis
vile Courier-Journal over the signature of
Citizen" discloscs condition of affairs in
connection with the approaching election in
this state which is simply blood-curdling in
its concentrated horrors. 1t has reference to
the colored man and voter, and the frightful
diabolsm of the conspiracy is sufficient to
appall the stoutest African heart. 1t Is well
known to every observant Kentuckian that
an appreciable diminution of the colored
population has occurred in the last few weeks
within the limits ofthat state, and that many
of these patriotic and sympathetic people, in
response to the Macedonian cry of "come
and help US, that has. plaintively issued
from the Republican Threats of this city,
have hastily packed valise and thronged
over in scattering squads to the Indiana side
to be ready with their ballots on the 10th of
October. About the time of the Hayes and
Wheeler reunion, an invitation was extended
to them from the central committee, and
many Of them came over to share in the fes-
tivities of the day and receive the applause
to which their deeds of patriotism and valor
during the civil war so well entitled them.
Few, if any, of these immortal veterans have
returned, and the inquiry is whispered from
lip to lip, where are they? The solution of
the matter as given by the writer is con-
tanned in an answer of two words, and is re-
plete with all that is horrible and revolving.
The answer is, Medical colleges got EN-"
The number of these institutions throughout
the great Northwest has been frequently a
matter of surprised comment, and the diff
Guilty of obtaining the requisite number of
bodies for the agreeable process of dissection
and anatomical demonstration, has been a
source of perplexity and Inconvenience to the
learned faculties who have them in charge.
A bonus of ten dollars for "A good healthy
corpse has frequently been offered by the
Jealous student of medicine, and in some
towns, associations have been formed for the
enlightened and profitable business of body
snatching. The superiority of the colored
man over the white man for the uses of the
ulS>ttbllG itblc- IL Mtii u III tthSi ptittNh-
lars has long been recognized by the demon
strator of anatomy and the ease with which
the course of important muscles and
vessels are traced out on the surface of his
cuticle with chalk has rendered him quite a
prize to the industrious student. That some
collision exists between these institutions
of medical learning and the Republican state
central committee of Indiana, there is every
reason to apprehend, and the activity dis
played about the back doors and alleys of the
medical colleges in this city, should
be full of admonition and warning
To the strange eOlored man who drifts about
the streets, or who contemplates change of
residence from Kentucky to Indiana. The
expense of the colonization and transpor;a-
ton of voters is immense, and the Republic
can party has already been subjected to- the
burden once during the present year. Un-
less some method is devised to pay expenses,
il will entail financial ruin on them, and a
party driven to such extremity will stop at
nothing. After the election. these devoted
men will be useless for political purposes,
and they are strangers and unknown north |
of the river. The medical schools are in |
active and successful operation, and their |
emissaries throng every town. The infer |
ferences are too terrific to be drawn. We |
only say to the misguided men, trust not the /
seductive promises Of the Republican agents. !
1t will lead only to your being immured
until election in an Indianapolis cellar, and |
then your posterity, if you have any, can
come and gaze on your cuticle, all stuffed ,
and shining, through the glass doors of the
museum of the College of Phys-
clans and Surgeons.