New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-16

tendance during scptember 1879. l.s4aa gain OF Il
EXODIS FROM NORTH CAROLINA
INTER, rLws WIN PROMINENT RrrUBiic.S>-rhh
coIorED PEOPLE NOT DRIVEN OFT BY foi'i'
cal PERSECUTION -orpREss,vE LsSDLcRD AND
TENANT LAWS.
WASHINGTON, Dee. ia TRIBUNE correspond
ont has cenvsrsed with several North Carolina
R.pnblicans ON the subject Of the coicreu
c,odus from their Stare. Representative Mar
Tin in whose district there is large
colored population. said that he has not S''
heard OF any migration from bis own district.
consider the movement" he said. " fatal mistake
on the part Of the coored people. There Is no part
of the STATE, 40 far rs l know, where the pohucai
and civil rights OF the negroes are not respected
There may be now and then an exceptional case IN
which coored man does not get fair play IN tue
Courts bat generally speaking. think the laws are
impnrtialiy administered" Colonel Martin saws
that the Landlord aud Tenant act and the roa" "a"
are somewhat oppressive. but that they "eS' 'd'"S
hard on white and colored people.
colnnel William A Smith. of Johnston County,
was formerly Representative IN Congress. lie Is q
staunSh Republican. and lives in the vicinity oil zoe
Mace where the recent movement among ire eo'oIen
Ieonc began. Colonel smith SAYS there Is no point
zeal reason IN the world why the colorei people
should migrate. lie thinks that the movement
will he not only Improbable 20 those VINO en-
gage in n. hut that if i; becomes general it viii
cause great loss to the State. Tie loss OF
each colorcd Iaborer.' he said. is direct
loss 10 the state of at least $3.50 The pe2roes are
the only laborers we have that are worth much-
They raise nearly all the crops. and do the most OF
our work. II they leave Us 10 not see no" We are
10 GET along Colonel Smith attributes TIE move
ment mainy to the activity of three nr tour c"'"I'"
politicians. and TO the efforts OF raiiroa" agents
secure business for their roads ihe'e P'"p"
have been" he SAYS, " diligently at work tot -o"c
weeks ir several counties forming eHi-rS''o''
s.,c,eties among the calored people. These soc'c-
ties appeaY 10 be of semi7secrei character Al" ~
embrace I 800 ar 1000 members Highly oooreo
repressu,aticu of the blessings that are I" pour
unon them As soon as they reach the North are made
10 the coofed people by the advocates OF Tue move
rnent aud they appear 10 be entirely carf'ei away
nv the ps,Dspecis" Colonel Smith says that, IN ms
opinion the Republicans will he able In carry NORM
Carolina next year il the colored people remain.
He has no doubt that the Republicans honestly car
ried the state in 1875. and thai they were counted
ont He explained his reasons for believing that
there will he not only far election bu, al honest
Colonel smith Is one of the largest landboldcrs
IN the state, and has great many cOiorod people
In Lis employ lie also rents Ian 10 considerable
number 81 them. He SAYS that the road law, whch
empowers the overseeIs OF highways 10 require
five years work on tho road lot less thhi 'niee
nor more than thirty days each year, or IN heu
thereof ta pay fine OF 81 day, bears nara or
the coiorcd people. but no more 30 tl"h -
does oa the poor whites. Colonel Silln sdys
that this Il Democratic law, and tha' !.
Will cost that party great many Sotts d,
the next election. Under the Landlord ana tenant
act all crops growing an rented land are, ny th'
terms OF each least uOffgaged u the owner "i ihe
land 10 toe amount of tie rent and OF any advances
made hv the owner 10 his tenant III the latter re-
moves or uses the crop before On" rent aud advances
are paid he is liable 10 a criminal prosecution ms
law is equally unacceptable Il AL icnantS, whether
white n colored bat 1t Is sad thai the latter suffer
mtre FROM the exartiOns Of the landowner than the
former do The law appears 20 h. diIcft result oI
the pernlcious system of doing business ON credit
wheel prevails generally in the South. aud which
every where leads 10 80 many abuses .
Colonel H. ". Humphrey. oi I"idsho!o. y. T.,
wealthy ratYe Republican. confirms the staieitcni
made by Colonel Smith, and adds that the colured
people of GoldsboTO have sent u trustworthy man
Wosf to look over the counry and ascertain ex.
aetly what the prospects of co0Ted immigrants Will
be, While this cOlOred man was IN Washington a
day or two ago lac showed Colonel Humphrey let-
ter which e had Just received from one at the col
ored inen " 30 to Ind lew weeks ago lhis
letter strongly discouraged further igrdtion
nj present. and advised the coloTsd people 10 re,
man in North CaIOna. Both Colonel Sinith ana
Colonel Humphrey that the coiored people nave
DONE better this veal than ever before, ana that
they are -iarsrs of the prosperity which has visited
the State ~ucc resumption took place. Although
the crops are rather short, the deficiency IL more
than restored by the higher prices obtained for cot
ton and corn.