The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1879-04-19
The Exodus to Kansas.

recently enftanchised colored people
Of tho South. They arc also thu
creatures Of impulse and readily con
trolled by appeals to their passions
These facts have been clearly demon
strated by the influence gained among
them, 6,st, by tho INSCRIPTIONS car
pet-bagge's, and later, BY ambitious
and unprincipled sca'awas'. This This
latter class, aided By prominent color
ed politicians and fauaticsl re'igi"n'
ists. have made tho result Of tho late
State election and the overthrow Of
Radicalism in Louisiana, the occasion
| to once moro impose upon the cred
ulity and appeal to tho passions Of
the colored race. Defeated in their
schemes, disappointed in their aims,
they have assidoouslZ eodeavored to
impress upon tho minds Of the blacks
that Louisiana was no safe abiding
place for them, their stay was franght
with danger, and a new Ell Dorado
was open to them within the confines
Of Kansas. Under their manipul.,
ton the exodus began and has steadi.
y continued towards this new land
Of promise. Natchitoches parish has
sufered to some extent from this
Kansas fever, but not "A great as in
other parishes. =, g..
Without discussing this subject IN
e1tenso, = few practical ideas on It
will not be amiss. The colored race
AZ mass, are natives Of the South,
are adapted tn the climate, are aeri-
culturalists BY education, and under.
stand the feelings and motives Of the
whites, who, by the way, are more
friendly disposed towards them than
any people among whom they Qay
immigrste. Now they propose to
abandon all these and their homes,
take up their Psnates or household
Gods, and migrate ts an unknown
land, among an unknown people. to
cold and inhosplable climate. Will
the change improve their condition!
Will tho new Ell Dorado prove a land
Of milk and honey to these deluded
people? We imagine not. They
will find 10 Kansas an uufrieudly PEG.
p|y-nay, even now At Wyandotte,
where some Of these immigrants have
located, Indignation meetings have
been held to drive them forth-they
will discover, q severe and rigorons
climate, requiring thrift, energy and
continued industry in order to gain a
Subsistence, Qualities which the ma.
jority Of the race do not possess) and
other almost insurmountable difiicul.
ties, which only perseverance,, indom.
initable energy and pluck can over
come. Such being the case their exc.
dus will prove not . blessing, bot
rather . misfortune to them. -
Already most dolorus accounts
come back from those who have
reached Kansas. They arc without
money or friends. The objects Of
charity, they are begging for means
to return to their old homes. They
did not find the promised lands and
homes which they were led to believe
awaited them 10 Ksusas, and tho re-
alisation of their hopes has turned
into . veritable igSis fatsss. Every
species Of Indictment 10 held ont,
every kind Of alluriog device manu-
featured to lead these people to de.
cert their homes. 10 this parish re-
ports arc circulated that a Committee
10 New Orleans IL furnishing tho
needed funds for their transportation.
It i we'll known who arc the authors
Of these reports. Il is undoubtedly
the work Of such men % Blunt, Low.
., aud their white eoufrsres, who
thus imagine that they can wreak
vengeance and expend their impo.
tent rase and fury upon our planters
and white citiseps, BY taking away
tho agricultural laborers. Uufortu.
uately for that dslectabls tribe, the
eolored people here arc not disposed
. desert present comforts for ''.ills
they know not off, bat are working
ssslous'y, suersssieally and cheerful.
y on tho fa,ns, and 10 the growing
80. ibhSp etils's L. - - -
csupp'ias ri ii .7e4es!e.s.5e -, mos
We olose lhis article with the, fel.
lowing recent, and appropriate eels.
gan from ,Wishington 70 tho n. Y.
0s 'ssslan na,Ga Is htgia3si n;sg
That tbe enigrasts hsve bssn bun.
beggsd = ieoneedsd. That they arc
flying from political parsscution 10
ridicoled. Republicans, even, admit
that. The emigra6tt' destitute condi.
ton, the promise Of -better things In
Ksasas, and the indacemepts Of rsi).