Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-04-17
Howl OF TnE DEMAGoGUEs.

HOWL OF THE DEMAGOGUEs.
The exodus of the colored people from
certain portions Of Louisiana and Missis-
sippi il seized upon by the advocates Of the
~bloody shirt " campaigns as a pretext to
viIify the South, and to revive sectional
tsalousy snd hatred, by charging that it is
doe 10 the a~bridgement Of their rights as
oitisens by the authorities Of these States,
and to the cruelty practiced by planters.
Those arguments are intended to influence
the popular prejudice, and thereby aid the
Republican cause in the coming Presiden-
tisl struggle. The exodus is really princi-
pally due to two cause.-the devices OF col
ored agents, hired by the various transport
tation companies that are interested in
Kansas lands and in the emigration carry
ing trade, and the dread entertained by the
colored people Of Louisiana themselves in
regard to the possible action of the coming
Constitutional Convention in that State.
The agents employed by tho transportation
companies belong to the smooth-tongued,
oily class, trained under the auspices of the
Freedmen's Bureau, and who afterwards
learned the whole art of making the worse
appear the better during the reign Of the
sa~rpet-baggers They seem to have per-
suAded the poor ignorant people on the
plantations that it is the fixed purpose Of
the Constitutional Convention to re-enslave
them, and their only possible escape from
slavery is to emigrate to free Kansas"
Ex-Governor Pinchback, writing from
Madison parish, La, under date of March
II, says that he has been surprised at the
extent Of the emigration, and that he has
seen 500 people embark in one day from a
single landing. The emigration is sponta-
neous, the colored people paying their own
way, he says, and adds Numerous rea-
sons are alleged for this remarkable exo-
dus but. SO far as l have been able to
learn, the real cause is an apprehension OF
underlined danger in the near future. They
religiously believe that the constitutional
convention bodies them no good that it
has been called for the express purpose Of
abridging their rights and liberties, and
they ARE fleeing from the wrath to come
They are absolutely panic-stricken. Every
road leading to the river is filled with
wagons loaded with plumber and families,
who seem to think that anywhere is better
than here. There is no doubt in my mind
that this movement has assumed formida-
BILE shape, and, unless some means is de-
vised to arrest it, this portion Of the State
will soon be entirely d~epopulated of its
lab0ring classes" SO far, the number Of
negroes who have arrived in st. Louis, on
their way to, Kansas, does not exceed {, 1000,
snd IL probably not more than 4,00o-re-
ports varying-and these chiefly from ac-
sessible points on the Mississippi in the
Louisiana cotton region and in Missis-
sippi. The general opinion is that the
movement will soon cease, sdry up"
the current excitement, just as the Azor
movement to Africa in South Carolina
ceased last year. Blu there are competent
observers who contend that the negroes
are in . great panic, tho result in part Of
Sensational stories circulated amongst
them for . purpose by the agents Of trans
portation companies and other interested
concerns, and that this panic, which is
spreading widely. will end in a rush of the
~able-bodied freedmen to escape from the
South. 1t is said that they are persuaded
that the whites are contemplating a general
massacre Of their race next fall, after the
crops are gathered las if no more crops
would ever be wanted}, and every effort
made to keep them from leaving strength
ems this impression and redoubles their de-
sire 10 get away. If this should be SO, the
result can hardly fail to be disastrous to
this unfortunate people, and the persons
who are encouraging this thing may have
much more to answer for thar they dream
Of just now. One thing is certain: If
the negroes do leave the South in such
numbers a. to cause q real scarcity of labor
In the cotton and sugar regions, it will not
DO long before their places will be supplied
by importations Of tho hated Mongolians.
Coolie labor has already been tried success
fully in Louisiana in the culture of rice
and sugar zane.
The Rev. DIR. De LaMatyr is anxious to
issue IN almost unlimited amount Of paper
money, in order ito give the people relief
by the construction Of public works." The
Boston Journal kindly suggests that the
climate Of this country could be greatly
improved by opening a channel for the
Gulf stream through Alaska from the Pa
cifc to the Arctic ocean. This would give
employment to q million Of men for just
IS long - they might be willing to accept
their pay in irredeemable paper currency.
The Reverend Greenbacker should retire to
his study and think over the Journals sug-
gestion for q couple Of years.
DURING 1878 the total amount of salt
sold in the United States was 1862, 658
barrels, Of which 3,075, 533 were imported.
About / 1856, 600 were made in the Saginaw
district Of Michigan, about 1,434, 900 in the
Syracuse district of New York, $50, 900 in
Ohio and Virginia, and the rest at other
The imported salt chiefly comes
from Liverpool, but Trapani in Sicily,
Cadiz in Spain, Hyeres in France, and
Turks Island and Curacao in the West
Indies furnish a large quantity. AS the
manufacture yeaily increases, the
imports naturally decrease.
The London Nens says that the Bank
~ Franco has raeenflv plaee1 an invisible