Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-04
Col. Perry Carson Upon the Future
Of the COlOred People.

doubtless will continue to be said about emf
grafton of the eolored people of this country
who are are now dissatisfied with affairs exist
ing in various localities, yet, many erroneous
impressions have taken hold Of the minds
of persons to whom this..Subject of emigration
enthusiastically suggests itself, which l will
Grafton of the benefits that will undoubtedly
follow any such experiment will abundently
controvert the adverse opinion alluded to. l
G eW hat ask ARE sse Gesu t. Of
my personal experience. What, Mr.. Editor,
in Gods name l ask is more deplor-
the the colored people in most portions Of this
country? What nature is not awakened to an
expression of pity when contemplating the
s9aad and sSsis
whatever to the physical degeneracy which
seems to be pursuing us with fearful. ia
tally? Some neWspapers that are supposed
the .colOred people venture in the wildness
of their rankings to suggest a remedy for ali
these evils in the inevitable survival of the
| ftteSt:' that IL we cannot stand uD unaS-
| sisted we deserve to fall unprotected - assum-
ing to argue that the effort to stand UP will so
| enlargen our views and develop consciousness
of our relationship to our more favored white
brother, that those energies which are not de-
| MED to us, but (which do lay dormant" will
| grow into. active, imperative demands upon
these faculties will secure to us all those crea-
| ture comforts we are now so much in need Of
| Others have found for us the - EldoradO'' in
far distant Cline where the breathings of
death are waited upon every breeze like he
| alluring OdOr of the fatal upas-in a land
whose history is blank page, whose clilna-
| as mystical and cOnjectural as the authorship
of Ossian. What in the name of all the divin-
tiles that ever graced NEUROLOGICAL lore is
there seductive in this picture? Certainly il is
not as inviting even as
| DULUTH,
land II. you know, has the credit of history
or nv mott
or Peru. REPATRIATION is often necessity of
| the Individual. would not for the world in
| Slnuate that some sections of our country have
become so politically. and it may be morally,
| rotten that any change whatever might be an
| Improvement in the condition of the emigrant
even though he exchange home in a land
| where God has bestowed SO many blessings
| for a very short lifetime in climate 50 hot so
unhealthy that man with the greatest diff
Guilty ekes out precarious livelihood.
| WHO OPPOSE A CHANGE.
| 1he class teat oppose any change at all. are
those whose occupation is. of an entaiIed
character, such as superintendents 81 of
| governmental "LayatOrleS.h etc. etc, posi-
tons held 10y the father and descending to
| the son; flUnkeyS Tor the S0IOns OF the nation
and those who lather and shave, tizzle um
bum These creatures, satisfied with an
occasional cast-otf suit of some kind patron, a
| lew pennies to play policy" condemn and
denounce ANYBODY, be he ever SO worthy,
| VINO daiss to point upward and onward. To
| these no plan to alleviate our diStresseS can
| ever appear practicable. No. they are the
| ndcnine Ilat SrlndS out our poor pitlable
| boot blacks, neWSbOyS and corner lOaferS
| Theirs the influence that degradeS our man
| mood: that shapes our poverty: that over
rides ambition and keeps US slaves indeed.
| Another class nearly escaped nv attention
| namely: they who smell blood afar Off whose
| liberties are held by such an underlined tenure
On some sections undeniably true) that should
stevens, Lamar, Hill \ Co. resume in 1880 they
| are Done gone sure" The outlook is not as
satis1ylngy serene as MANY of us would like
| 10 see 1t, but as sure as
| (and we all know he did. Just so sure am |
| that the next administration will be repubj-
| can, not only as applied to the election of a
republican President, but also to both branches
| OF Congress: Whether the republican party
Is successful or not, does not alter the neceS-
| sity for this change of situation as coptem.
plated. The want of vitality that marks our
commercial relations with foreign countries,
| our nome Industries, etc, that distinguished
| economists Fave talked SO much about but
! ialiea TO suggest an appropriate remedy for.
| is as materially detrimental to our interests
as to the interests OF the whole people The
| re-eStabliShment of this vital energy we must
assist in. Our well being and personal safety
depend upon our ability to become a pro
duclng people. The revenues of government
to the utmost to sustain the lives of the hungry
poor who cT9Wc our cities and towns. Day
after day adds to the strength of this unprofit
] aDle class until before long
| THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNISM
viii became so difficult to restrain that our
homes may become scenes of bloodshed and
|
! Gan we have ever Known. truly believe ali
OF this can be averted by removing the super
1lGouS population to agricultural districts,
ing ourselves. Now what are the actual in
dueementS to go to the west-for instance,
sout t, Kansas It has one Of the most de.
slraDSe climates in the United StateS--the win
ters are short, dry and pleasant, with but lit
tle rain or snow. The grass is green in the
forests and on the .prairies until midWinter
Cattle and horses often roam at large during
the entire winter without additional feed OF
care. During the summer there is always a
e0ol, refreshing breeze which makes even the
are the finest in the country, having a self
fertilizing subsOil which is inexhaustible,
Mext to Texas Kansas is the leading stock
grown In this country can be grown there;
building, material and fuel are cheap: lands
can can De obtained at the lowest figures and on
homestead act, and family consisting of
four persons can be transported from this
point IT.. to Central Kansas for sum not exceed
1t is said that in Kansas doctors seldom
practice, dentists do not find profitable
employment, and as to boards of health or,
rical, this is a truth that cal be established by
s;taustlcs that the death rate in that state
lands free for the asking, climate the purest in
the world, the cost of migration within the
Teaeh Oh the poorest what in the name Of com
'iioi' SShoC uOitlS OuI people DICkI w lLlOut
any allusiOn to the danger and cost of a vow
age by sea to Liberia, does that afeetionatc
climate offer as many advantages as can be
found anywhere in our own sunny land?
PERRY Fl. CARSON.
CHURCH OFFICERS ELECTED.-At an ad-
1Ourned meeting of the Church of the Re
deemer (R. E.) held last evening, Bishop
Cheneyin the chair, the following officers were
eiected Tor the ensuing year: WardenS-H E.
Rockwell, w. +. Siiney. Vestry-Captain w.
n Brown, Sackett Duryee, j. G.. Gibson l.. r.
Holmead Samuel Smith. Parish Councfl-H
+. Rockwell, Samuel Smith. Delegates to the
General Council, which meets at Newark n
D., Samuel Smith, with Captain w. H. Brown
as alternate.
THE CASE OF DETECTIVE BELL.-Yesterday
afternoon the hearing of the case of g. S. Bell
arrested here on Tuesday last on a warrant
based on requisitiOn from Texas, where he is
charged with murder, was resumed before
Judge Cartier on habeas corpus. After ar
guments by Mr.. LamOn for the petitioner
tBelD and Mr.. Willard for the state Judge
Cartier took the paper, stating that he IN
tended to take into consideration the charac
ter OF the man TO ue entrusted WIN the charge
OF this prisoner, If sent back: he would take
care that he was mo Jail bird" He Woul d
give his decisien at o'clock on Monday.
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