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The Negro Exodus.
A HEARTLESS SCHEME TO SWIM
DIE TIE FREEDMAN.
WHO IS LYCURGUS T. JONES!
Facts that Account for the Emigration
Movement.
Tennessee Negroes Leaving.
NrM InrS Irrnid.

Tennessee Negroes Leaving.
.Nrr York U"ratd.
WAsIIISGTOH, April r., lS79.
Who Is LycurguS i. Jones? The Topeka
Commonwealth for April o. received here by
Mr.. Ryan, Il republican representative from
Arkansas. contains tho following r%ircuinr.
which il believed In Topeka to have been
largely distributed In some Southern lOcali.
tics by persons whom the Commonwealth de-
nOunceS NJ swlnIlers:
THE CIRCULAR.
[Strictiy privatc.l
ATTENTION, tOIOtED MEN!
OFFICE OF COLOKED COLONfZATlOS SOCIETY
Topeka. KAN, Feb. ,. 1879.
Your brethren and friends throughout tho
North have observed with painful solicitndc
the outragcs hcnpcd upon you by your rebel
masters, and urc doing all they can TO a!levi-
atc your miscrlcs and provide for your future
happiness and prosperity. President Hayes
by his iniquitous Southern policy, has desert
cd you, while the dcinocratS.. who now have
control Of Congress. will seek to rc-enslavc
you If You roulain in the South. and to pro-
tcct you from their designs the Colonization
Society has been organized by the govern
mcnt To provide land for each head of II fini-
ly, which will be given In bodies Of lGU acres
g~ratuitOusiy. This land Is located in the best
portion Of Kansas, in close proximity to To-
peka. and Is very productive. Here there Is
no distinction In society. all are on an equal
ity. Leave the land Of oppression and come
TO free Kansas.
I.YGURGrS p. JONES, President.
SHOW this circular to none but colored men
and keep It's contents Il secret.
WHAT A KANSAS JOURNAL SAYS.
The Commonwealth which Is ~ republican
Journal, has been trying to discover tho au-
thor Of this circular, but SO far In vain. IT
says
There could be but one object in sending
such an infamous document broadcast
through the ignorant blacks Of the South,
that Is to make money for tho scndrrs ut the
expense Of their victims, and, 1t Is Said-tlIc
truth of the statement is not yet verified AZ
to this city, hOwcrer-tllat some OF the par
ties engaged in this wholesale exodus scheme
nave been getting small amounts from the
cUlOrCu rmiHrlntS as fees for Information and
instructions us to how their claims against
the government for the promised farms
should be prosecuted. In -. Louis, this game
hns been pl ycd with considerable success
and in II lesser degree along the rmnd ctwce
here and there. so that II the scheme Is allow
cd to progress In the next two weeks rs IT has
In the last two we will not only have our city
full Of rolOrcd people who are strangers 10 our
cliInutc and modes Of farming. but they will
all have been dcfruud"d in the coming. 1t
will, therefore,, be we'll for the authorities to
look closely intu the matter, and II any one Is
found tamperIng with those whO ARE already
here or who arc still TO come deal with them
rs the law provides. Tho railroad companies,
too, should he on the lookout for these swim
hlClF, VI III Ilf may thh " 'h'
from the transportation of the drludrd pcO.
pic. the effect Of the fraud will rebound upon
them with 81 double force rs accessories, In n
hammer, to It."
OPPOSITION TO THE E~MIGEATION.
Kansas Representatives here say that the
blacks will not he welcomed In their STATE,
and 1t is already evident that the negro migri.
ton may meet With n serious check from the
people OF northwestern states. II Is u pity
thai this should be 50. for the Southern ne
grOcS are In many respects II very admirable
I~aloring rnpulatiOn-quict. dOcilc, easily con.
tented, not much given to drink, and in kind
and considerable hands valuable To the com.
muniIirS in which they may settle. Instead
OF raShIy rejecting them tn" wid"-awakr far.
mcrS Of Kansas and tO!0ral0 would do well
to organize themselves for tho reception Of all
who come to them and divide them around as
farm hands and house servants. Settled in
masses they would not do well ut once and
might easily prove Il burden to the cnmmii-
nifty, but Property received and distributed
among the farming population ms lahorer-
and servants they would prove IN important
accession To the population OF such States as
Kansas and Colorado, AMI even Nebraska.