The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1879-05-06
THE EXODUS.
WHAT Is SAID OF 1T NORTH AND
SOUTH, EAST AND WEST.
A GROWING QUESTION THAT
WILL NOT DOWN ar THE
BIDDING OF POL
ITICIANs.
ItIs the ola Struggle Tor 8read aud
HutteE aud Inaiienabls
flights.

tas Oia sef ah
HutteE aud Inaiiennbls
uights.
From the New orleans Times
TIE oAUsR.
The ISSUE between the Times aud thl
Democrat ia IA 10 the measures needle,
to check this exodus and prevent re
ourrencs of the movement. Speaking
generally, We do not believe the usua
political expedients will avail; that pol
iticians can say OF do anything TO stay
the departure OF these negroes who
have determined 10 leave the State. -
The remedy must be sought and ap
piled by the planters. Nor do We thint
newspaper can now render any as
sistancs TO the planters TO prevent the
flight OF the blacks. except by discus.
sing the subject, as We said, truth
fully, frankly. and dispassionGtely."
IL will not do 10 shut our eyes 10 thr
real situation. II We sit by idly dream
ing, il will be too late when We are
awakened by tho clsmors OF our owl
people here ia New Orleans, who viii
be reduced 10 starvation by the cessa
ton OF production. There is no polit
ical wisdom in deceiying ourselves al
this crisis. lt seems TO US, therefore
mere folly, nay. almost criminal folly
to attempt to explain the flight OF
thousands Of laborers whose material
condition hss been relatively comfort.
able, by the suppositiOn that they ere
enticed away by land lobbers or rail.
road agents In Kansas. The migration
of race Of people born upon and at
tsched 10 the soil could not DO deter
mined by 80 slight a cause.
The New York Herald, which cannot
be said to be partisan sheet. in re-
cent number. prints several letters
from st. Louis and from Kansas, writ.
ten by correspondents sent out to as
certain the true situation OF the ne
gross who have already gone west. -
The letter from 81. Louis mentions
that up 10 April 10, 5000 elnigrants
had arrived in that city. all but 800 OF
! whom had been forwarded 10 Kansas.
/ Another letter from LeAyenworth do
scribes the efforts Of the correspond.
ent 10 learn the causes OF this extra.
ordinary hegira, as he terms il. He
1 found that all sorts Of rumors were
anoat; that il was reported that land
agents aud railroad ticket agents, and
other unscrupulous" men had been al
work among them ia the south; that
they had been offered all sorts Of ia.
ducements and oil that. But" the
Heralds correspondent says. "the
white man who believes that these
blacks have been fooled by any such
stun as that is a great deal worse fool.
ed than any Of the freedmen. III con.
clusion he says:
IL have talked with hundreds OF
them, aud have yet 10 find the first
man who lid not thoroughly under.
stand himself. The movement is head.
ed and managed by shrewd minds. -
The head men among them, though
blacks, are not fools by any means
and all hands are aotuated by one well.
! defined, fixed purpose, which is 10 get
ont Of the South. A large portion oi
them are comparatively indifferent as
to where they 60, whether they settle
in Kansas. Canada, or Alaska, but they
are united aud determined upon one
point, and that is they cannot aud will
no. live in the South.
There is no use in attempting % ig.
more the action Of the convention OF
I colorel leaders which was ia session IN
| New Orleans few DAYS ago. What
! they said is calculated 20 make a deep
impression upon the country, aud how
! ever much We may despise certain re.
/ gro politicians who forced themselves
I into the body, but Who were ignored,
We have no doubt but that the address
\ which was adopted expresses the com.
! plants, and fears, and apprehension
\ OF their race and the real explanation
\ oi the eXodus. To remove any inst
cause Of complaint, 10 eradicate such
fears and apprehensions. is the prob
lem before the wise and temperate peO-
! pie VI this State.
IT II so REPCBLIcAS SCHEME
/ Fr.n iho Cincinnati Commercial
"Thi: whole exodus scheme j. pieCc O.
/ scolndiellsm. The monsters who are Rt the
I bottom % IL know perfectly well what they
arc about They have Tor their object the
I ialsincatlon u the nert census.
] The exodus scheme j. census movement
purelY. The negro i 10 DC used as the Re
\ publicans have always used him. as so much
\ iuel 20 fan the fame OF sectional strife aud
hate. regardless Of bis fate
Asa trick Il Is the worst yet; hase-born,
| black hearted piece Of barbarons cruelty.
| which every villain who supports Il. knows
/ 20 De Infamous and .nhuman.
These paragraphs are not taken from
the Okalona organ Of ultra South
/ ern Democracy, but from the
columns of the Louisville Courier
/ Journal, q newspaper that has had
credit for intelligent supervision -
/ There is n flavor ia them Of something
stronger than sherry or champagne. -
Perhaps the editor. having relieved his
I feelings, will now be able 10 bring his
intellect 10 bear upon the subject.
The exodus Of the negroes is not n
census movement. nor is il instigated by
Republicans. What object ia to be
gained by fAlsiiying the ceususr There
is no apprehension felt either in the
west or north as TO the result OF tho
decennial enumeration. IL will tell
it's own story OF their growth In popu-
lntiou and wealth, and il will give no
uneasiness IL the South is able 10 make
as good showing Of prosperity. And
why should Republicans be interested
in promoting the migration OF the
| freedmen into StAte already az solid
! for them, la proportion 20 population,
as Kentucky is solid for Democracy
Why should they engage IN carrying
Goals 10 Newcastle?
The fact ~ this migration is due 10
the location Of several prosperous col.
onies OF freedmen in Southwestern
Kansas, the result Of the clearhealed.
ness Of a colored man who has, for ten
years past, advised the cOlored people
% let politics alone. and lookout out
for themselves homes in localities
where they will be free from the preiu.
dices and passions Of a class who have
not grown out of the idea that the ne
gr1 was foreordained to be the property
Of somebody.
The movement Is one Of the lcgiti.
mate results OF the shotgun and bull
dozing policy that has prevailsd in
Mississippi and LOUISIANA, and 20 O
greater or less extent, according b. Do.
/ liticsl exigencies, in other southern
States. We do not find that the freed.
men ia Kentucky who are more reason
ably treated. are affected by the mania
10 migrate 10 Kansas, nor. indeed does
IL appear 10 any extent in any of the
old border States, though all roads are
7 open 10 the freedmen. and Republican
I Influences, u such were the cause Of
7 the movement, could be brought 90
bear upon them moro effectiveiy than