The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-04-29
THE SOUTH KENTucklAN.
ADvERr1srNa RATES.
WASHINGTON.
MAsmlseros, D. C., April a6lh.

W AohiNuioNj ~ VI hPtN @vs'
Ed. South Kentuckian:
One topic considerably discussed
here of late Is the exodus OF negroes
from some portions Of the South 10
Kansas aud other western States.
II has doubtless been instigated by
designIng persons, and will work In
Jury 10 three classes---to the Southern
planter, who will lose the labor no
needs; TO the black emigrant himself
whose condition, aftur his migration,
will be yorec than before, and TO tho
western settler, to whom the influx
viii be an unmitigated nuisanrc. In
Kansas, which seems to bo the pres
ent object of this migration, there 10
no market whatever for the kind OF
labor for which these negroes are fit.
Ninety y-nine to the hundred Of Kansas
farmers are owners OF but l60 to 800
acres OF land and do oil their own
work. II 10 safe to cay that not ono
in fifty OF these quick-moving, alert
aud hard working men would have
the average negro around and in tho
way at any price. Those who en-
ploy labor at all III the region north
Of Arkansas, do not want the unskill-
cd kind. They arc men who use
steam plows, who plant and cultivate
with horses and drills, who reap and
thresh with machinery, and who
want laborcrs Of an entirely different
sort from the ignorant negroes who
are focking thither. These will in
eyitably settle In the towns, where
they will liudtllo Il, squalor and lazi-
ness, aud will really be burden on
the community. The only place
where they are needed, or where they
will be productive, sclf-sustaininK
and useful, 10 on the southern planta-
tions, where they are used to tho
kind of work required. They arc
altogether, too dull and lazy 10 suit
Yankee farmers. II Senator Vim
dom gets fifteen or twenty thousand
negroes Into Minnesota he will be apt
10 yet more curscs than thanks from
his constituents; but IL hu will tako
few thousand out Of Washington
the people here, who now have them
TO support, will certainly not COM
ulain OF colonizinr Them In tile States
Of Indiana, Ohio and New York in
sufliciemt numbers 10 carry these
States next yesr.is a scheme worthy
Of its organizations. The late Sena-
tor Morto,, was ll,c inventor of this
method CT CARRYING elections, and
ma,lo n toiernbly successful in a few
instances where his personal for
tunes were concerned. To carry a
presidential election in that way,
however. ,nny prove an expensivs
and troublesome undertaking. Il
would certainly seem that Il q
moor. isnorant blacks had been
dupcd FAR enough and long enough
In carrying out the schemes Of un-
principlcd Radical politicians. a3
No. very long ago Senator SauIs.
bury leyeied a Senate resolution at
John Sherman. asking about the re-
funding Of the national debt and tho
amount OF public money deposited In
national banks since March, 1877.
An abstract of Johu's reply has been
published. and. as nearly as common
people car, understand II. he has care.
lfullv flodyed tho very poiut Mt which
tho rcsoIutiop aimed. He describcs.
with great and superfluous clcarness,
e,be manner IN which tho national
banks are used "A public depositories.
receiving and usinr internal revenue
collections until The Government haa
need Of them. giving proper security
for the same. and SO forth. But, al
though no Give, the names Of a great
many banks, with the average amount
of Government deposits which they
carry. the First National bank OF
New York Ia not mentioned. Whence
Il is inferred that John has found
somewhere a loopholc IN the Scnato-
Trial inouiry which let's him out ON
the main subject for tho present.
The cases which he cites are wholly
unlike the case in Question. These
soyernm entail dcpositories use Gov
ernment money free of expense. and
deposit bonds with the national
Treasu ry as security, on which they
draw interest Perhaps this is ait
right. But Johns pet bank draws
interest on ,wo sets Of bonds at tho
same time, one of which stands as se-
curity for the other. Now, there arc
some people who believe this is not
right, especially as that bank has, In
a lew months, cleared nearly twice
as much money ne its CAPITA, Of s6OO,-
900 amounts 10. Now that Mr.. Sher-
mans report is found TO contain no
mention of this case, the former we'll.
grounded conclusion is strengthened
that there is something IN this direc-
zion which he wishes particulariy 10
conceal. And this Is precisely what
Mr.. John Sherman should not be
permitted to do. The whole facts
are demanded and must DO had.