The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-04-22
DupED NEGRO EMIeRANTs.
The Cruel Deception BY which
they were 1ured TO = =
iess M Kansas.
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baltimore SUM- a3
The st. Louis Christian Adpocate
quotes from tho st. Louis Presbyte-
ridn q circular, copies. of which are
said to have been extensively distrlb-
uted in Mississippi and Louisiana.
This circular, which Is indorsed
"strlctly private,' Is dated from the
"Ofiicc OF Colored Colonization Soci-
ETY., Topeka, Kansas, Feb. 2, 1877
and Is headed "Attention Colored
Menl" 1t goes on TO say that aYour
brethren and friends throughout the
North have observed with painful
solicitude the outrages heaped upon
you by your rebel masters, and are
doing all they can 10 alleviate your
miseries and provide for your future
happiness and prosperity. President
Hayes, by his iniquitous Southern
policy, has deserted you, while the
Democrats, who now have control of
Congress, will seek to enslave, you If
you remain in the South, and 10 pro-,
tect You from their designs the colo
nizati0n society has been organized
by the Government to provide land
for each bead Of o family, which will
be given in bodies of l60 acres gratu-
itouslys This land is located in the
best portion of Kansas, in close prox-
Unity to Topeka, aud is very produc-
tive. Here there are no distinctions
in society; all are on an equality.
Leave the land of oppression aud
come to free Kansae. Lycurgus P.
Jones, President. Show this circular
10 mono but colorcd men and keep its
contents a secret" 1t Is almost i'm
possible TO believe that such q cruel
piece Of deception as this could be
practiced upon the poor, harmless,
ignorant people-a bar3arity worse
by far than the most atrocious of the
outrages attributed to the "bull-
dozers'- '-bnt the evidence that the
colored people have been designedly
duped 10 growing stronger from day
to day. The Advocate quotes the
PresbyterJan further as averring that
"some Of the poor creatures'' have
discovered how grossly they hase
been deceived, and shave written 10
their white friends In the South ask
ing help to return. All of them will
be similarly enlightened when they
reach their journeys end " The st.
Louis Globe Democrat, good Repub-
lican authority, also reports that
some ofthe victims of the Kansas fe-
yer are very sick Of It already, and
are logging TO 60 home again. Three
OF them returned to their former res
licences In Madison parish, La, q few
days ago, thu, means having been fur
nished them by their laIe employers.
These denied that they had been i'll
treated In Louisiana, and said that
they habitually voted the Republican
| ticket without molestaiion. These
men had voluntarily called on a firm
! OF St Louis cotton brokers and ask
cd 10 have their passages. paid for the
horneward voyage. They said they
had no particular reason for leaving
th o South except that they'd "hearn
tell" of Kansas, and cas- all de people
twas talkh2 about c6nin,," they 'jest
bundled up their things aud come
along" They had been sick ever
siace they came to st. Louis, and
were very eager to got back. One Of
them said he meant to "warn all dc
folks" against turning their faces up
the river and looking for Kansas
When he was home, he said, II had q
nice garden, fourteen hogs, mules
plow, aud everything and could lay
down at my ease and enjoy tho water
| | drank. But 1 went North, and
here, hoinesick and nigh distracted.
Folks In the North don't want you
niggahs, and don't you CO." There
ia indeed proof that "folks in the
4 North" do not want the colored emf.
grants. At a. meeting recently held
In Wyandotte, KS. where there are
twelve hundred of these expatriated
freedmen, destitute and suffering, II
was declared aud resolved that th,
community was not able to take care
OF the emigrants any longer and the
State authorities were called upor
for aid. Ofcoursc there are no Gov
ernment lands in any accessful section
for these people to take up, and the
claim of the "Colorcd Colonization
Society" of Topeka that quarter sec,
lions of good soil are in it's contro
for gratuitous distribution in clos
proximity to that cityis as uttcrl.
! false as all the other statements mad
. Ia the circular.