, 1879-03-19
THE NEGRO EXODUS.

stninpo''e "t coa"red pcorle from Southern
ii"ni"tt".'".Hr" a"aa" q tho ''ne"e
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s4. ron,s. Marc,. If5..-Ihr h.r,ra nj ,crrocs
fr,n thr Smith IN routc for Kansas. vio a..
1,onts. Inns crratet3 somcth,nr ~ a scn,ottnn
1,crc srhc nrr,ynt of hoot,,oan cor,v MIA
,nnrniuc o,,roc,c,, q torro rro,sa ~ r,cn,,to T.,
, "..sscte ,, os,a a'su e. erowM u. ps1pu ~
Interested from other motives somu opportunity
TO examine into the complex ullases at lin
trouc,ncnt A nutnhrr ~ so,,,,,,rr ,n,rrhont,
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trntlc were On hand early III tlo mor'ltnE, mud
mingled with tho dusty passcngcrs to persuade
t,,ctn ia return tn Tim t,lnntntfons where thcy
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aio Wov"r ~, ,.na ,c
MAYOR WIS nleo elfculateu u then'' aha every
effort made to open their eyes to tllr rough cx.
pcs,ruce that Inevitably awaited them should
thrv conttr,c IN their rr,ir.c.
'"I' .oo .,a1. so.ns ~ ~ ,,I"a ,"", ,,,
st!oos !otce ~ pollsc WIS "'so on nana 10
look Rftcr tho horde OF scalpcEa a,la santf-cArt-
men, mostly coored, who were ready to move
the bureaco Of the Immigrants The nol,co
r,tr,1o5 ,r,,h ~, throro, ,rn.,,t,r III T.. ~.
'n.'s,eu ~. W.. ..'o sI'o.N' "".".'s ~ :" ioeH
out Tor stiarncss' anu also cndeavofluE to dis
uads them from tlclr unpromialng Journey
westward.
The ncproe. nnn.arct1 to ho ut,er,v 5c.+5t,,,,
ae nes1oes @ "pnea'ea W uo u''es,y destitute
TO be no particular taca OF purpose In the move
mcnt, cxccpt to get away from tic South, Tho
class nj nurroes inc1utle1 T.. for tho ,,,at rort
vcrv noar md ,,nosa,t ,,na rom sst ~ ,,,"n' ,'
&" way poo' ""'s 'H"o' a"' o''e' re" VI tie!"
nave ever occh OIL tlIc olahtattons ot The neigh.
bosfoods they haye Just left, md they llayc
no more, idea Of whut going to Kansas
lncans tl3an they would laye about n
across the, stYx. They do not like tho
cold weather, however, n'ld. us q coDsc-
Qucncc, considerable number who hare no
money have CONCLUDED. to accept the offer Of the
Transportation companies for freq passage, anl
they will ncc9ralngly 20 back ut tho earliest op-
portuusty. THIS number Is not very largc, how
over, al,d, according to present tntllcaslons pro-
ably considerable number OF those who haze
been tor sGVeral days living III the western part
Of tho city arc rcaty to 70 back BY this time,
and the return tile may SGT fu at any tiMe.
It Is positively stated from the West tut
there Is no detnand for this class Of immigrants
iu kansos. Reyond MI occasional farm hand Or
licslstnnn none of them Will be able tU find em-
poymcnt, anG n very fow hnv1 enough money
to start work m their own account as farmers
Their whole lie and education entirely nntlt
them for 4 useful career In kansas. Exceptional
instances there arc Of men umon9 thcsu people
who will, no doubt, get along we'll enough any
where. They llavo Travelled about the country
before, nsu knoW something besides tho art Ut
picking cotton.
The lion. Curtis Pollard, OF Mn0lson Parish,
Louisiana, was asnotg them. nu hAs bcun a
State Sc,intor, nila 4 member u ont Of their
Constitutional Conventions, nnt has little
nl,ney with him, # Is said. lie Is looking about
here, but is understood to be striking for Knit
sas.
Another negro, whose mama wo could not
learn, Is reputCd to i.nye hear1y 1000 fn cash,
which he realized by converting property lust
before starting.
111bn e. y 1ufk t.fA ~.
through fear Of violence, tic whites being
greatly i1,renscl agaItlst llin because Of fs a.
legged agitatton ai.d encouragement OF the cxo-
dls.
to 10 so by starvation. THEY are ilnprosscu
with strong determination al.d desire to ret
AMY froIn lilo South. Tile full history Of tho
development Of this feeling will probably ha
found to embrace sot,to tsd management OF, tl,u
part of Southern plauters, but mara largcly tho
power Of dscontcntcd EcGru politicians to work
upon thul1.agtnations auI pse]udlcc4 Of an ignp-
rant antt unfortunate race.
Tile exodus has undoubtedly assumcd propor-
HOW extends to very long sretcI, OF river col,t-
try. Thousands Oh lllousnHtIs have nil t1lcir
elects pfletl up OIL the lcvec waiting only for tho
boats to counu mil tuke then, away. They aro
like lock OF st,ccp. Let one start, and all liz
rest will f0llow attcr, pcll.t1cll,
III collrsu this has created alarm amonr tho
planters, likcwise among thc creditors II thc
planters In st. LOUIS But another unA ujjlIcul,
phnss uf the labor problem has to bo met. AZ.
eortllnE to Information brought ol,t in cupncc.
ttvn with this movement, .te planters t,sctj IN
uspred to 6ecome his ow nastcr nus M nI % srstcn, sug
was uuppted by which they worked the in,i,1a m
shares. This Was not s,i,3rtontiv ininWntiept.
as divide %as required between liz white ln,ll:
,oia anu eoio!ea tsiallt, 80 ifey chanEed to thy
I1ascs " " thn i'',n ~ Mea % ~ 9,aeks LOOK
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