The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-03-27

intense Ignorance is supposed to exist, and
aver that there IL not oolored man in q
million that has the least idea of getting q
mule and forty acres Of land By going to
Kansas. SIlch language is the base.r jsrgon,
gotten up Tor the purpose Of throwing dust
% the eyes Of the white people Of The coun-
Try, and concesliug she true reasons that
have nsceszitaied this Kansas emigration.
There are tens Of thou aHds of colored
people m different parts OF the South; yes,
men with wives and children, who are try
Ing to exc out an existence on twenty five
cents day, and pay rent out OF it. / could
nsrrste other facts that might curdle the
blood OF brutes, if they possessed an ounce
OF sympathy; but il would be useless to do
80, as it is very evident that the North and
South have shaken hands over the negro,
and they are determined to credit nothing
said about his grievances, unless it suits
them. 80 far as the colored people going
TO Kansas j. concerned, they have a right
10 go If they wish. Not one colored to
thousand whites 90, for nesrly every train
into Kansas, her from the East or North,
Is crowded with white men, women and
children, thousands Of whom cannot speak
the English language.
As Tor the mule and forty acres OF land,
about which 70 much has been said for the
last ten or twelve years, the Southern negro
has not expec ted il in the lowest or most H.
literate circles for eight years to my knowl-
edge. When | was oh plain in the army
il was common thing for white soldiers
especially to tell the colorsd people, both
in Grants and ShermaD's armies, that
when the war is over We intend to Gu, up
L. 4
rum1r went abroad in all parts Of the
South, az d parties at the early stage Of re-
construction revived 1t, and put a mule in
with the land, in order to get them astir in
political matt-rs. As they knew that The
negro OF the South wanted land more than
anything on earth ito his honor be it said),
such report would have tslism anic
effect upon all who could be induced TO
believe ii, sud, for a while, many did believe
it, but this ceiusion hzs long since been
di-sipated.
But after all, if the negro Of the South
(for ! am one did look for the forty acres
you must admit he looked for 10 more
than be hsd right to look for God will
punish this nation for turning five millions
Of human beiHgs out 10 stsrve and die
Wilhout foot If land or dollar & com
meEce life with, sf'er resping the fruits of
their labor Tor nearly three hundred wears
Now, alter being treated with the bsse.t OF
treschery upon record By the nation We
have ever bren loy.l TO, deserted in every
way ard in'everything in a NJ amer III at has
no Psrellei in history. you tell us that
action by the State Government may be
Necessary 10 end H." A | understand it,
the State Government NAV have 10 lesi-late
to keep negroes out Of Kansas. But | have
this to say, from my knowledge of such
legislation IN the past, "a gathered from
reading the history of nations: Woe be to
this country, when it 20 far furge,s itseif as
20 insUgurate that kind of Legislation; for
once start IT, and it will end In the utter
annihilstion of al our institutions, and the
restriction Of human liberties will have no
end I'LL revolution we.ps the land like
an avalanche of death.
| am very truly, II. VI. Turner.
Philadelphia, March II, 1879.
In reply TO Mr.. Turner, The Record says:
The Record did not exp. CT the legislature
OF X 'nsas TO attempt any such lesi-lation
as M Turner pirates about. Such legisla
lion would be inoUe-stive because uDcpn-ti-
The authorities of Kansas ought,
however, 10 tske some appropriate action
for tn. benefit OF poor Drgroes who are
crowd. : into that State under a misapPre-
hensil Of what i in store for them.