The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-28

| where they will In Kansas, they must DO pro.
yided and cared for or they will perish we
are coming. II 50. the situation will sgof, be- 9
very serious one for the deluded. helpless and
Ignorant negroes who are thus blin1d1y ruhsning
| to Kansas and q mighty burden Will pc thrown
upon our people There Is not sufficient do
1nand for farm labor to give employment to
such mass q, people. They must become
ties where they may happen to be cast
In view 81 this state OF facts we, the under
signed citizens OF Wyanao.te i Kansas, az,
to come to Kansas as really their worst enemies
whatever their Intentions may be. We call upon
use their 1n st Efforts to check this most dlsas
trous movement on the part OF the negro popu-
lation OF ths Southwest. and to correct the ut
what is before the negro immigrant In Kansas,
WHICH seems to have taken hold on the minds
Of the thousands who are leaving their South
| ern homes We further say that the sentiments
Of this protest and memorial are those OF the
people Of Kansas, without regard to party; and
we request PAPERS throughout the country to
| publish this. our protest and warning.
Kuhls, Catholic priest: Y. j, Lane: Il. b. Cabs.
bsen ooay so o5ss Wam 1 hs
a1 ss1 fsslg Plke s
f ky"s sheii G. Miller ge saper Ya9 in
deeds: Fl: N. Northup. banker; George ". Belts.
Gfoth VI a. CAbB stAlOI
r. B. Armstrong. member OF Kansas Lngista-
'ure; D. L.. Buesche, merchant; 8. r, Mather.
3 SHARP
NJ. g. Louther: W. r. Blush. school teaeher; Il.
J.. Alden attorney; q, Bpraa ne: Byron Sherry,
attorney: FL. j. Armstrong. route agent; 9.
Nelson, ex- Eenntor; L. Cook. councilman: FL.
T. Sawyer: Gottlieb Knipfer; D, =. Young. far
nme a. oasg e. pBsSoD a g. Maeo
Mr.. Ingalls-The great majority OF those
names are obdurate, indurated Democrats,
into whose head you could not drive the
slightest idea of Justice to the negro with a
beetle and wedge.
from Kansas II the mayor Of Wyandotte Is
not Republican OF the strictest sort2
Mr.. Ingalls, am not going to select
names
Mr.. Vest-Ah! That Is the sort of Repub-
lcan argument we hear here every day.
assert that that paper Is signed by the lead
ing Republicans Of the town OF Wyandotte,
Ia the gentleman's own State.
Two boxes Of clothing coming from the
there for distribution. | have seen In my
Western life upon the plains the cayotes as
they tore each other In attem pting to get at
the carcass Of a fresh-slanghtered buffalo:
have heard the shrieks Of furnished wolves,
but never expect to see anything again like
what took place then when these negroes
gathered around these boxes and clam
ored for the distribution. screaming and
yelling that they were entitled to those
goods, that the government of the United
States had sent them there for distribution.
The poor, miserable, ignorant, semi barba-
rous creatures had been taught to believe
that this government had stretched out Its
arm to carry them to Kansas and that they
we're indeed what the Republican party has
long proclaimed them In imagination to boz
the wards OF the nation. And they have been
wardsl The Freedmans Bunk is standing
monument Of that wardship. The Republf-
can party never recOllects them except OF an
election or when 1t chooses to use them for
political examples In order to set off the
bloody picture of the Southern bravo with
his bow1e-knife in his boot and his double-
barreled shotgun on each shoulder and ten
sfx-shoOters stuck In his belt. Then only
does our colored friend and brother come to
the front.
Sir, without the negro the Radical play
would be Hamlet with the character Of
Hamlet left out; no one would parade him
here. The exodus has come because the fuel
on which the fire of civil hate has been fed
was fast being exhausted; 1t was necessary
to get up something else upon which to fire
the Northern heart and champion the truly
loyal to the polls In 1880, and for that purpose
these poor, miserable, degraded creatures
were dragged from their homes In the Sunny