Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-19
THE EXODUS.
Hundreds OF Negroes from the South
Continue to Pour into st. Louis,
Notwithstanding the Fact Is
Made Apparent that it is
Political Dodge,
that
The People of Kansas are Already Com
planning Of the Matter, and that the
Rasealities OF Senator WINDOWS
Pals is Laid Bare by Re-
publican Papers.

ST. LOUIS, April I8.-A number of promi-
| nent colored men here have organized a So
| ciely called the Colored immigration aid as
| sociation, and elected J. Milton Turner presi-
dent, and Albert Burgess secretary. The as
| ISOLATION has been incorporated, and it is de.
| signed to make it permanent. Its object, as
stated In its constitution, is to raise funds for
/ the establishment of colored colonies, and
| to aid the immigration of colored men from
| the southern S ates to other sections of the
Union. Its board of directors is not yet
com pleted, but it will embrace some of the
most active and responsible colored men in
the city. 1t will have an advisory board of
white men, and several prominent and infu-
entail gentlemen have promised 10 act in
that capacity. Between three and four hun
dred more refugees arrived here this week,
and the reliet committee ia doing all in their
power to relieve their wants and forward
them to their destination.
THE NEW ORLEANS CONVENTION.
NEW ORLEANS, April 18.-In the conEen-
ton of colored people the committee on adj
dress reported, among other things, dis
parity in the matter of population, as between
the white and colored people in the Red river
parishes, there being two colored to one
white man. The point was made that if the
negroes were given their rights they would
carry the elections; the colored people, how
ever, proposed to emigrate and settle where
they would be free from shotguns. The ad-
dress touched on emigration, but made no
definite suggestions. A resolution to emf
CRATE, and asking the aid of the north, pro-
voked discussion, which led to some con-
fusion. Adjourned till tomorrow.
LETTER FROM KANSAS EMIGRANT.
Below we give, Uerbatim ct Hteratin, let
ter directed to "Mrs. Mary Peercern, Bovina,
Kinds county, Mississippi, care John Flex
Stierne." Malinda Harris, the writer of the
letter, lett Mr.. Robert Moss place, in Kinds
county, to 60 to Kansas, and is well known
In Warren and Kinds counties Mary Pier
son, to whom the letter is addressed, is Mr..
Fieckenstein's cook. Mr.. Fleckensteln is a
merchant at Bovina, in Warren county. We
are thus particular about the matter because
we want the colored people to know that the
genuineness of the letter cannot be disputed.
However, they know the Herald will not de-
ceive them, and we have only to add that the
letter Is in our office. open to the inspection
of any one:
WYAEDoTTE KAs., April 6, 1879
Dear Sister Mary Percein Write you few lines TO
weell am Just tolibe weel don't like the country
a tall II yon doing we'll don't you Break up don't
now no Body could not Pull me a way look for me
next fall for just as soon as 1 get hold enough
fall expeck live with you while don't you forget
to Pray Pray for me for / kneed Prayers Write
truly - ''' - '~- '''' '- MiEfNDA 1 HARRIS. ISIS
WHAT A KANSAS JOURNAL SAYS
The Commonwealth, which is Republican |
Journal has been trying te- elisa4.-N- Al.-A -
says: A if1fe-oc3as~.A Oe but one object IN |
sending such an Infamous document broad |
cast through the ignorant blacks of the |
south, that is to make money for the senders |
at the expense OF their victims, and, it Is said |
the truth of the statement Is not yet verl- |
fed as to this city, however-that some OF |
the parties engaged In this wholesale exodus |
scheme have been getting small amounts |
e. 70 info
nation and instructions as to how their |
claims against the government for the prom |
Used farms should be prosecuted. In st. |
Louis this game has been played with con- |
siderable success and in lesser degree along |
the road between here and there, so that If the |
scheme is allowed to progress In the next |
two weeks as it has in the last two we will
not only have our city full of colored people,
who are strangers to our climate and modes
of farming, but they will all have been de-
frauded in the coming. 1t will, therefore,
be well for the authorities to look closely into
the matter, and if any one is found tamper-
ing with those Who are already here or who
are still to come deal with them as the law
provides, The railroad companies, too,
should be ON the lookout for those swindlers,
for, while they may make pittance from the
transportation Of the deluded people, the eff
feet of the fraud will rebound upon them
with double force as accessories. in man
ueEJ W IT,
OPPOSITION TO THE EMIGRATION.
Washington special to New York Herald:
Kansas representatives here say that the
blacks will not be welcomed In their State,
and it is already evident that the negro
migration may meet with serious check
from the people of northwestern States. 1t
is pity that this should be so, for the south
ern negroes are in many respects very adj
mirable laboring populatlon-quiet, docile,
easily contented, not much given to drink,
and in kind and considerate hands valuable
t9 the communities in which they may set
lie. Instead of rashly rejecting them the
wide-awake farmers of Kansas and Colorado
would do well to organize themselves for the
reception of all who come to them, and
divide them around as farm hands and house
servants. Settled in masses they would not
| do well at once, and might easily prove
| burden to the community, but properly re-
ceived and distributed among tie farming
population as labcrers and servants, they
| would prove an important accession 10 the
population of such States as Kansas and
| Colorado, and even Nebraska.