Louisiana capitolian., 1879-07-19
ANOTHER KANSAS ISLANDER.

his headlong march to strange land,
but to show the flop this delectable
executive has lately taken and the
dirty, contemplate pretext seized
upon by him to manufacture political
capital. He first promised the dar-
kies support and protection ina proc
lamation, but now intimates that too
great u rush into his doIniDions will
"eventually bring about, an opposl-
ton to their locating there"
The whole of his last pronuncia-
mento is very cunningly devised, but
not sufficiently so to disguise its base
purpose. The ordinary means of
engendering the political alprejudices of
a party Or individual is perhaps legit-
innate, if we accept the usual GUS
tom as guide, but when applied to
the ignorance and poverty of delu-
ded race the effort is a subject for rid
icule and denunciation. 1t is vile,
illiberal and puritanical.
Gov. St. John was applied to by a
self-constituted agent for information
as to the best locality and most prac-
ticable means of settling the darkies
in Kansas. He replied with charac-
teristic urbanity, giving as he was in
duty bound, the difficulties and OBJ
stacles to such movement Of general
immigration on the part of the dar-
kies-denying the fallacious story
that the government gave them "for-
ty acres and a mule to tend it and a
years supply of proyislons;" that
they were entitled to no more rights
or immunities than the white immi-
grant, and that they must pay GER
tain amount of cash to secure the ne
cessary titles to pre-empted lands,
which cost from one to five dollars
per acre, according to value.
This sweet scented Radical Govern
or did not stop here, however. He
must 60 further and make q covert
political attack upon our people, for
what he graciously pleases to denom-
mate "mistreatment of the negroes"
and an Infringement of their consti-
tutional rights. He also alleges that
the farmers of the South charge them
twenty-five cents per pound for
bacon, twenty-five cents a yard for
siX-cent domestic, and one dollar
and twenty-five cents q gallon for
thirty-cent mOlasses. Even were
these charges true, the Governor of
Kansas would have no excuse or pal
liation for converting into politics
the self-inflicted domestic troubles of
the colored people. But there is no
shadow of foundation for the allega-
tion-in short, the pious Governor of
Kansas lies!
There have been extremes where
low water ard rlinous navigation
necessarily carried the price of pro-
visions up to the most exorbitant fig
ures but such cases were very un-
frequent. AS an instance, we cite
the experience of the people of North
east Texas and those living along the
meanderings of Red River during the
winter of 1928. At one period du-
ring that winter it was almost impos-
sible to get meat, -four or any kind
ofprovisions, for which the South de-
pended upon the West, for love or
money. Indeed, we have known a
barrel Of -four to sell for thirty five
dollars in, Titus county, Texas, and
the purchaser considered it favor at
that price. Every thing else sold at
proportionately high rates. One of
the prime causes was the low stage
Of water, it requiring upwards of a
month for the lightest draught steam
boats to pull over the numerous bars
from the mouth of Red River up to
Shreveport; and there was no other
means Of transportation to Jefferson,
railroad facilities being at that time
unopened.
There was another cause: The
merchants and people might have
prepared themselves for the cmergen-
cy, but the memorable financial crisis
then prevailing had so depressed bus
mess that such a provision was an
utter impossibility.
In the face of all his slander, vitu-
peration and political buncombe, this
lovely scion Of radicalism and partizan
vampire presumes to offer the South
ern farmer little advice concerning
their future dealings with the darkey.
Such remarkable demonstrations of
pious zeal our people despise, and
will treat the matter with deserved
contempt. Conceived in iniquity and
offered in corruption, the object is SO
transparent that no thinking man can
fail to detect it. The Governor of
Kansas will be applied to when our
people desire his sanity advice.
! Here in orr midst we have several