The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-06-06


Like the movement recently set on foot In
south Carolina 70 colonixe large bodies Of
The black population in Liberia a opening
better Held for their labor and ! surcr
prospect Of social elevation, the scheme OF
emigration from Louisiana, Mississippi, and
destined TO failure, because II il agsinst
natural laws: The chief sufferer Is to Be the
poor deluded negro, whose limited infelli-
gence does not permit him 10 apprehend the
dimculties TO be confronted In changing his
old home for ruder climate, where to live
AZ All he must compete with = superior class
OF labor, which Is hardy, enterprising. self.
reliant and ihrifty-qualities in which the
colored man, unfortunately, il deficient.
outside the South the negro Is hardly
known As farmer, in the sense that is IA
miliar In the great West, where he il now
tempted 70 go to contend with a young and
vigorous population, accustomed 10 the use
Of labor saving machine ~ and 10 ali the i'm
proved methods OF agriculture. He knows
now 10 raise cotton, rice, sugar and tobacco.
In the slow ways which descended from his
forefathers. and be knows little else. Ger
tainiy his knowledge Is Of the most primi-
tive sort, and BY no means adapted to 4
change which must leave him Comparatively
helpless and entirely dependent on cold
charity.
However well disposed the people OF Kan
sas and the Northwest may be, they are In
no condition At this time TO have throw up
on them thousands Of idle blacks who will
herd In the cities and towns, and, Ultimate
~, for the want Of steady employment, be-
come serious burden on the communities
where they may settle down. We see what
they are IN the cities Of the East, and the
forms OF occupation whereby they subsist.
Al washington one-third Of the population
! coloreu, drawn there sbnofmally BY the
operations OF the Ring seven or eight years
ago. X i well known fact that these blacks
Will mol 20 into the country for regular farm
work, but prefer 10 exc out precarious ex-
istence In the city. As necessary conse-
quence, crime is largely increased, and the
courts are crowded with prosecutions for
larceny, burglary, murder, assaults and in
fanticde, which last crime has become
sh0ckingly common.
More than this, the death rate OF the coll
orcd population at the capital Is nearly dou-
Die that Of the white, though hospitals and
charities for their benefit are literally pro-
vided by Congress. This condition Of things
exists right under the eyes Of Mr.. Window
and other .philanthropic men who have in
stigated the exodus from the South. as 4
means or helping the despeate Republican
cause, by holding IL up ~ proof Of their
charges Of oppression Of the negro.
Since the close Of the civil war the black
zeal managers. He was organized by the
Freedmen's Bureau as part Of the machine
for carrying elections under the reconstruct
ton acts; and then followed the Freedman's
Bank, originally started forthe best objects,
and intended to encourage thrift among
people naturally careless and extravagant,
with safeguards TO protect their savings;
but Ring Of thieves At Washington seized
j. and induced Republican Congress to
change the law, so that they might steal the
earnings Of the freedmen.
And now, without preparation or provi-
sion OF any kind, they are tempted to leave
the homes OF their childhood and the labor
10 which they are accustomed. under the
persuasion Of getting land for nothing, and
opportunities TO better their condition.
credulous and ignorant, former experience
n deception counts for nothing with them.
Carried away by sudden impulse and de-
usion, they do not stop to seek information,
,r 20 count the cost Of an adventure which
. likely to be followed by the most serious
consequences for all who have embarked in
T. Thousands will suffer from this cruel
mposture Immediately, and in the end other
thousands will become indirect victims Of
PARTISAN scheme, disguised ~ . movement
4 philanthropy.