The daily gazette., 1877-07-13
EXODUS TO AFRICA.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA NEGROES PRO
Il POSING TO LEAVE FOR THEIR
Ilet-..t NATIVE LAND. .5l 3lJ

CHARLBsToN, July 10.-The negroes
are alive at present with anticipations Of
a return to their ancestral juDgles. Ever
since the last election the popular senti-
mcnt among them has been in favor Of an
exodus to Africa. Here, lately the senti7
ment, has taken definite shape, and or
ganized efforts are being made to obtain
assistance from the, Liberiap and Amerf
| can Governments to assist in furnishing
vessels to transport the emigrants. An
agency has been established in this city
lpurporting TO be branch Of the ColonIz-
alton, Society Of philadelphia, at which
the emigrants enroll themselves and pay
their fees to- defray preliminary expenses
Some of the colored churches have taken
up the matter, and, in one of them every
mem Der has signified his or her intention
to accompany their pastor. Every
idle negro is loud in his assertion.
81 am gwine on de .fust ship which
starts.n l.4r, 49,. ...r
On the 4th of July the negroes held a
mass meeting on the Battery green in this
city for the propagation of their emigra-
ton policy. There were from ten to
fifteen tht osand coiofed persons IN atten-
dance. Every speaker who addressed
them spoke favorably of the exodus ex-
cept white missionary from Vermont
who was scarcely allowed to proceed after
he was found to dissent from the popular
idea. The meeting determined to adopt
the old Jewish precedent and send two
men to spy out the land. Accordingly an
assessment of nickel was levied upon
each poll for that purpose, and collected
on the spot. apu ~ = .lia6
The Battery is beautiful spot, cover
ed with grass and regularly shaded by oak
ttrees. Over the heads of the nations
wards foated the beautiful flag Of the
Union. On the green sward they were
gathered in groups of one or two hundred
enjoying their peculiar dance ot-"Tula,
Lula Lu." They we're so intent on this
enjoyment that they paiu little attention
to the.speakers, except to throw in the
nickel, and thus copfirm their readiness
for their expedition. As strolled among
4 these crowds of happy beings, could not
4 refrain from asking sedate old negro
"Is this better than Liberiaw The OLD
man answ cred, 'Boss, dis is berry nice
but dey say we must go back to our peo-
ole's hoine." q =
The propagandists tell the negroes that
Africa has golden shore, upon whose
beach old Ocean daily throws the golden
sands she digs from the deep sea. Dia.
monds are said TO pave the rivulets. Breac
grows on the trees. Meat runs wild IL
the woods, and one elephant will suffice
a whole family for a year. Monkeys
nurse the babies while the mother rides
ina golden chariot drawn by white os
triches. fiU
The less credulous and more industri
Gus people are told that cotton and rice
lgrow without replantihg, SO that two
crops are gathered each year; that coffee
is perennial, and only requires picking
and sacking, and then in few years the,
Twill all be as richas their old master,
we're before the war.
Il The most intelligent are appealed t.
upon social principles. They are tolt
they may stay among the white people |
thousand years and they never will be
anything more than "niggers," and !
they go to Africa among their own peo
pie their superior intelligence will sool
give them place and position in thei
fatherland; they will be kings andqueen
lords and ladies, among people whom
they will elevate by their association.
a Major Delany, the first black field oi
Z ficer of the late war, who has explore
a considerable portion of the promise,
d land, takes philosophical view Of tn
matter. He says he begins to realiz
that slavery was great clvilizing process
4 to the African race; that they wer
\ brought to America, Christianizing il
bondage, and are now able to return t
y Christianize the old folks at home. III
I sees trouble in the fact that those VII
are most willing to go now are thos
2 who are unable tp communicate eithe
: m raj or rel'g GUS culture to the African
d and he thinks those who are able so to
will likely desire to remain in this Stat
He fagors partial emigration of superb
or intelligence, so that the pioneers ma
become practical missionaries. Aftel
terward he thinks general exodus ma
be effected.
Ol My own experience among the colore
+ people leads me to believe that the mos
5l iptAll lliuanf ara fhnsa who ara mO9t In eal