The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-04-06

WINS tendered 10 them nftrr their STRIVING ocndi.
ton be.pme. generally known and they pull odd
through. Four yours ago n conpnny OF 300
from Nashville went to Topeka where they had
hard enough experience. They Mt length
near tho town. Many of them returned to Ten
ncssec. Another colony from Kentucky has
doing well now, although they endured grrat
hArdships FOR Il long time. There WAS in war
times stendy emigration OF colorcd persons
from Missouri and othor States further south.
into Kansas
Thssc emigration societies undoubtedly
started the tide OF travel. Exaggerated nc
counts ~ the prosperity Of the colonies hnv"
been pnsaed from mouth ~ mouth NIL through
the southern States until tho ignorant coor'I
population Imagine they have but TO go there To
become independent. The people oi Kansas
are not holding out Inducements Tor tins KIND
of emigration on the contrary, they discourage
H. ind There's Ia no particular r~Hson why iust
at this time there should bn such rush to the
State. Those who 20 there destitute. rs nre tho
cmigrnnts now pouring In, must suffer Tor
two or thrco ycHrs before they can. under Ia
y9ra6io circumslance5' , mako nr nn LYME H.
climate Is too severe for oOlOred persons who
have boon brought ny in We cotton -oearlng
Texas or the Indian Territory would seem
moro inviting places In which to settle. Indeed
thcr, las been u hcalthful emigration from the
QUIZ Stntrs TO Texas since the close OF tho war
Among recent arrivals we're thrty-three ol the
best colorcd cltia"ns of llarrOdshurg, Ky, Mer;
cor and Anderson Counties. Ihcy are DOund
for Topeka
WHAT Is SAID IN THE SOUTH.
Nrw ORLEANS. April wild accounts Of tho
moving of cOlOred men from the Northern par-
trustworthy Information would seem to indicate
thntth" number already gone Is not moro than
5000 or iOOO In some parishes. Madison in
pHrt,rular. the exodus is great. Our merchants
aud Planters do u I conceal thulr anxiety that II
may b' stopped Uuqu"stouably the prosperity
81 the State would hH greatly hurt were the
stampede continued. EN-Gov. plnchbacs. writ
ing from Delta. gives what may bo an over
drawn picture of seoucs there. lie says:
" Before leaving New Orleans heard OF the
Kansas fever among the cOlorcd people Oi this
section. bur did nut attach much importance to
IL. | wns. therefore. surprised on nearing the
Delta ferry mndug ~ hud the banks Of the
river covered with colurcd Eople aud their
! little stores Oi worldly goods. The crowd await
Ing truu-p oriatinn no this uoint was estimated
at 800. bat learn 10 was swollen 10 51O yrstrr-
day, whom the people took their departure on tho
/ -. Louis packet Grand Tower Tor hlusa'.
nDtcruple tcuturc nhout their departure was
4 permitted in hoard ihe steamer until inre WIS
/ pnid To- 81. Louis. THIS fact exploles the err
/ ronrous idea thut these people are having their
/ expenses paid 10y some outside agency. and
] that the movement IL not a spontaneous ono ON
/ their part Numerous reasons are alleged Tor
/ this remarkable exodus but. so far rs ] have
I been able To- learn. the real cause is an appre-
hension ot undrilurd danger in the near future.
lh"y rrllEiously believe that inc tonSitutlonal
I Convention hodes them no good: that u has
/ been called for the express purpose OF ahridg-
/ INK their rights and liberties. aud they are
fleeing from the wrath to come. They are
absolutely panic stricken. Every road leading
to ihc river Is filed with wagons loaded with
I lINht2Nft anu lilulllNS WHO r'flu To- luluh Nll-
I where H. better than h"re, ON my, way yester,
day to Milhken's Bend | saw a large crowd
! campcd on the landing at Duckport A still
] larger crowd awaited Transportation at MILF
kcn's Bend. There Is no doubt in my mind
| that this movement has assumed formidable
] shape md. unless some means are devised 20
/ arrest H. this portion Of the state will soon he
entirely depopuated OF lis laboring classes.
/ The entire congregations OF two OF the Lending
/ Baptist churches Of tins parish have already
| gone, and the estimate Of the number that has
! leit since ihr ovemgnt b"gan IS placed 10y inc
! Npl ito ala init ne D. 10Th "a |
THE CAUSES.
Democratic newspapers here aver that con-
! centrated effort has been made by Republicans
! that in NAtrhitoches Parish one kaford Blunt
| former political leader there, is gong IRON
place To- place urging them 10 migrate. II is
! tho Custom House officials and employees in
| this city TO pay his expenses. and that ennis
! saries are To be- despatched to other parishes
| II Is also charged that the Ant-Slavery Society
OF New York Is taking active part in the
moySme1I Many pfI5so ms t9a5 S, Rsnub e
cans who are already causing loud clamor
to be made in the Republican press that the ne
groes are fleeing for their lives. from which the
| easy deduction is made that more OF Grant .
! iron rule is needed in the South. Others think
sSI aso v s 800 ,s. S %
| One or two meetings have been held quietly.
but no especial interest has been awakened.
Trustworthy gentlemen from the parishes most
| affected say that politics do not enter into the
held out 10 the colored people there, and that
better their condition. Railroad agents
aSSS 'u SaTVess n and The pTospery
| that must come TO them in Kansas and the
been more or less talk about Kansas since the
| war. few persons starting the others have
caught the Infection. and are following. These
gentlemen say that the exodus is chiefly from
! what is known IA the oyernowcd country in
which crops have failed for two years. and la
| borcrs have boon reduced 10 restitution That
the desire 10 70 Is reaching u the parishes back
| from the river Is likewise true but an effort
| has been made to explain to the Inhabitants the
| truth about the country To which they propose
parishes that have already ION the effect Of the
! movement are Tensas. ConcOrdia. Madison.
| Caddo. Ouachita. and Natchitoches.
The POLITICIANS, OF course, are making capital
doors y aud "Ku-siax " at the TOP 81 their
| lungs Democrsis are saying that il ~ the float
tho State will be better OH when rid OF them than
| II was when they Were here. To the impartial
observer II looks As though politics had moth
ing whatever to do with 1t. The persons going
are very poor, and they seem 10 be actuated by
a desire 10 get into comfortable circumstances,
A call has been issued, signed by many promi-
nent coored cergymen. teachers and school
directors OF the eolored people OF TINS state Tor
ne9 y, 20 meet ne, IN Hsw organs ans on april
Louisiana. They say: We regard with grave
apprehension the wrongs and outrages from
the alarm which has influenced them to make a
general exodus from north Louisiana and the
puIlSutS III
REACHING INTO GEORGIA.
ATLANTA April 5.-The presence OF agents.
who arc lahoring with the coored population
to induce them 10 emigrato % Kansas. is felt
here. Few emigrants have started for
the promised land. but the leaven is
working. 1t is asserted that a semi-secret
society is at the bottom OF it all and that a gem
eral movement Is to be attempted from all parts
OF the South: The plan seems % embrace a
heglra from Alabama and lower Tennessee 10
southern Ohio and Indiana. as well As 10 Kansas
and the territories Col. +. A. Day who has re-
Gently arrived from Natchez ntimates that this
Is the programme. He is known here rs being
Interested in schemes for promoting colored
emigration. The coored folks are told that in
these distant States land is almost given away.
labor is plenty and wages are high; that the
| coored man il welcomed there. and that tho
road TO prosperity Is sure and safe. Much I'M
Business among tho class thus worked upon has
already developed itself, and it needs little to
start stampede.
WHAT is SAID IN WASHINGTON.
| WASHINGTON, April 5,-Thc coored exodus
attracts the attention of politicians here. al
though 1t is not regarded as being at all the re-
suit Of political cHusrs. That tho emiErants
have been humhugged IS conceded. That they
nre flying from political persecution is ridl-
cuied. Hrpubhcnns, even, admit that. Tho
cmisrant,' destitute condition, the promise of
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