The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1879-05-06


try to another. and preferring 10 risk
starvation and death by the way rather
than remain where they naturally be-
long, is one calculated 10 move plying
heaven, aud TO awaken all that is SYM
pathetic and generous in tho human
! heart. Their claims for immediate
charitable relief are equally just and
imperative, and il Is most gratifying 10
perceive in all directions disposition
TO minister 10 the wants Of these poor
outcasts. BY nothing that they have
done on the score of idleness, dissipa-
tion, or disorderly conduct, have they
brought this suffering aud exposure
upon themselves. On the contrary,
they have been the only industrious,
unofIending, law-abiding. and loyal
portion Of the population ia that sec
tion, with but few exceptions, and yet
their safety is only in fligbtl
But what of the four millions OF col
ored people in the entire south? Their
exilement Is a question not to be seri-
ously entertained for a moment either
IA desirable or possible event. The
American Government IL but q mock
aTy, and deserves to DO overthrown. IL
they are left without protection as
sheep Ia the midst OF wolves. II the
nation, having decreed their emancipa-
ton and invested them under the Con-
stitution with all the rights Of citizen
shin, can neither devise nor find way
10 vind.cate their manhood, then its
acts have been farcial, and the local
usurpation of contemplate body OF
aristocratic factionists is more than a
match for the loyalty and strength Of
tho American people; and II is they
who are as efieotually "bulldozed" aud
ruled by the Shotgun" policy ss the
colored people themselves.
Let the edict 90 forth, trumpet
tongued, that there shall be a speedy
end pat to tins bloody misrule: that no
disorganizing southern theory OF State
rights shall defantly dominate the
federal government, to the nilyersion
Of the Constitution; that the million of
colored citizens at the south, now I'M
der ban and virtually disfranchised,
shall be put in the safe enjoyment of
their rights; shall freely vote and be
fairly represented just where they are
located; and let the rallying cry be
heard from the Atlantic TO the Pacific
coast, Liberty and equal rights for all
and forever, wherever the lot OF man
Is cast within our broad domains.
WENDELL PHILLIPS.
To the same meeting Wendell Phil.
lips wrote az follows:
81 am exceedingly sorry that j can
not be with you next Wednesday even
ing. Ny health is not such a. 10 al
low it, ] have no words TO describe
what consider the Importance Of your
meeting.
Only two paths are open 10 the col
ored man of the South. One is 10 re-
sist and protect themselves against in
tolerable oppression by arms; the 9TH
er il 10 leave one-hslf of them. their
homes, and teach their oppressors JUS
tlce by the severe lesson of suffering.
Leave the tyrants and bullies 10 till
their own soil or starye while they do
nothing but wrong and rob their labor
ers. Without labOrers tho Southern
acres are worth nothing. Even the
Southerner will come To his senses, or,
II he never had any senses, obtain some
when he is starved. trust the North
will, ~ in Kansas days, organize and
help open channels and contribute
means ior large emigration from
Sthtes ruled by thieves and cut-throats
who know no means OF getting their
bread except by robbing their neigh.
bOrs.
CAPTAIN c. II. TANDT.
A. the same meeting Captain &. II.
Teudy, OF st. Louis, said that 5000
negroes had arrived ia ST. Louis IN
single week from the plantations Of the
South. IL would draw tears to any eye
10 see these forlorn, penniless, ragged
creatures, and hear them, in their own
simple language, bless God that they
had escaped from the violence, extor
tion, the murder aud the oppression OF
their former masters. The first lot
that came slept Oh the wharf al night
and had 10 breakfast in the morning;
but in the midst OF such destituiIon
they were happy to- have got away
BY dint OF persuasion he succeeded in
obtaining in oil about geo, from
fund left by will 10 such purposes. 80
relieve their immediate wants. But
they kept coming, and some more Ell.
cient means OF providing FOR them had
to be devised. With this end in view
lac went 90 Washington aud tried 10 en-
erick Douglass. Mr.. Douglass disap.
all quarters of the hall. and did not
see exactly what could be DONE
Kisses. He advised the negroes 81
stay where they were. Kisses. Mr.
! Tandy asked him why he did not stay
there himself. Laughter. He met
with similar reception az the White
I i. 4. l. A. -.
Conkling. he found a helping hand
! Applaufe Mr.. Tandy said he bad
twenty-two affidavits from these ref
uRees. which would show the state Of
affairs down there. He had seen store
bills rendered 10 colored men charging
90 cents for plug OF tobacco, $3.50
for a gallon OF molasses, Is cents n
pound for bacon, Sl.5 a bushel for
corn, and so on, showing the nature
and extent OF the e1tortion practioed
Land was rented az three times its val.
ne. One of these refugees worked a
place one year, raised three
bales OF cotton, got his supplies at the
store, and when the day Of settlement
came was SiG2 in debt. Henry Jack
son, Is years old, OF Carroll Parish La,
deposed in one Of these afiidavits that
he raised ten bales Of cotton the year
before last on shares, and never got
cent for H. lie brought suit and lost
his case. Then the white people ad-
vised him 90 sell his horse and try
again. tie said no; he would sell his
horse and get money 20 pay has way
North. lie had seen colored people |
shot for political reasons. The white
people came down 10 the boat when
they were going. and tried 10 frighteu
tho captain so he wouldn't take them.
They were armed with pistols. Thom
as Wallace. Of Warren county, Miss,
depOsed that a club OF thirty members
had been formed ia that comfy 10 kill
the negroes Who wanted to get away.
They went 10 the house Of negro az
Grand Calf, who vas getting ready 90
leave, 10 kill him. But he escaped,
and they TOOK his wife, who was in =
delicate condition, hanged her tu q
tree, aud she died there. Before she
expired she was delivered OF an infant,
which fell many feet 10 the ground and
was crushed.
From the Champion. A,ehisou. Kan.
TIE CoLohED nErU0Krs.
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