, 1879-04-26
Difficulties Foreshadowed bv III.
Coming Vicksburg Labor
Convention.
A Sohisn1 Already Started Witt,
win Cause Much Troub,a
The Possible Necessity Of Iutroar,;,..
Chinese Labor Already ninted A.
Helief Measures by the People Of W.
y. andotte, Kan.
VlCkSBUItt3.
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sAH"f"s A'ak'tt1H !" f"t IFtoHHk
VicKsnuao, Miss, April 23,-Thc Gtyad IA.
morrow will print ctrc,'lar stgnsd by ,irh,.
out Of thtrty.fous OF the persona whose n,m..
arc appended to tic call Tor the ConycntIon y,
May s. Tho circular ts herewith given nt,ts
verbatim. '
r. t&s rfop,s or the nl..i..lpp! 1a.,<w n,
Convention to be held in v!cEst,,lr., On %,re eta
and who constitute majority Of toss Mia s,as 's,. .
tic same dealre in this 10 cnsrcc mtanprensnseeS
Of this otect and pnrpotcs which We tiayn in ssaen
Since tho beginning Of thu exodus, Il has ~.
charged throughout lo North, through thcir re-,
Journals. in argo poltica meetings. nnd il ss1s oss
us Oh account Of crne and unjust freshmen 1he.a
false md tlandcEonh charges have been s}.,S,,ss
kept before tho world by tho encmes Of out pto,
plo. p'''
Noticing that tho charges have been nrae,,,,.
1y admitted by sumo southcrn papcra md tb,,
the invitation Of sennsor Bruce 10 attend n.
Convention Inns bccu construed rs Oil eyldenrs
that the colorcd people hnye aome xrours to b.
rcdrcsscd, tho circular continues:
The undersigned 10 not IN tho least belIor. ta,.
This emigration movement taa been caused 61 IN. a.,
unjust tfoatment Of thu iaboress, and do no, ~! T..
leyo that they arc trehtcd ar ua!t with les iii,
or less Eoerally by tho planters OF thu sonth tts5
tho inbofols anywhere else fl tho world. IN h,r.
no scheme for thc!r amcioration except to CON-.
mend them TO Industry and ecpnnmy. It NH
ths poraose Of The conysation' as Ar y III ods
dred character. wo beIloyu. tho conssut,s, TO,
shout, enticavor TO al'ay tho fenn istisa shFs
n tho ignorant eoiorea people, Ind shoad IT. a.
tndcaror 10 d!spel tito le1u4ons uatlcr Which thtv
aro laeo!lpg ~ scason on Of the talss pso'uis.s i
mixing further .copcess,oas In tho difcctioa i,
which planters have been steadily Yielding. III.
reforms shonld b. n tho other direction. lSth
continuation Of laoor ana eanLtal shall bo ,enaa
cruttro 70 both; that those Gully who arc abI. u
sustaln themselves should bs tenants; tast
1nsh e fa should fs' po oSa 9S ~, u
for h1EeBt labor, and should not bo established
| Independent plantuta with everything to buy d
credit. 1t Ia due 10 such sydtem taat cur p.nt
| era have lleconc impoverished, and ous sbo:tn
I thriftlces nalcontentd.
t The circular gocs on to say that It the ezodal.
cannot be stopped by nnY honcst means, Tie
planters should try to supply the places Of lie
negroes by Importing Chinese, null continues:
In no respect Of tho case, To No bel,ssr aa
| anything be gulnod by n tcmposizlng aud hypo.
critical po!icy. fy apolngizng fur olenses fos
ahosd kept VII! oily ssgrasass .hs a1. pIst II o.;
present Byetcm. Ah0vG MI, wc depFrcatc ihe ta.s
Of drifting Into political meeting where Out ssn!
crcnee only to their affect tn distant cuuntsstt
au,onR people who arc strungera 10 Us and ~ IN.
| tercsts, Mhuac pretutliccs nro insurmonntabls md
Fsnco IN a 70 os s.
aud eolofcd. whn are III rympathy with the obEtt.i
Indicated. and al, delegates Of snNntcpalsad ION.
mercia1 bodies nrs wanted to atss1d, aud xiits
admitted to participate In tho declarations of TIT
Convention.
This circular Is signed by John Il. Voolfolk,
President Of the Vtckaburg Cotton E1ehsnse,
and fifteen others OF the signers Of the oHgrsl
| rail- Efnhtnan nf thn nrf1inni s{rncrs int1ulcr