The daily gazette., 1879-05-01
From the Phila. Telegraph, (Rep)
A TRICK AND A SNARE.

depart from the treaty Of Berlin.
From the Rhila. Telegraph, (Rsp)
A TRICK AND A SNARE
II was yesterday reported from st.
Louis, by telegraph, that several thous-
and negroes are now at different places
along the banks Of the Mississippi river
below Memphis, awaiting transportation
nOrthward, many Of whom are almost
destitute. 1t will be remembered that
the exodus Of colored people from the
extreme South began no one apparently
knew how, and at once assumed the
most gigantic proportions; 1t seemed In
fact stampede without direct or con-
trolling cause, and the most intelligent
could find no other reason for IL than the
natural longing of the negroes TO secure
elsewhere that real freedom which was
denied them In their old homes. The
only attempt that was made TO account
for their hurried and multitudinous
flight from Louisiana was that they
were informed that the Constitutional
Convention, then in session at New Or
leans, intended to work them mischief,to
escape which they determined upon flight
beyond the limits of that State. They
fed In such vast numbers, they were SO
wretchedly equipped, having left every
thing behind them, and they were 50
destitute, that their condition, when they
arrived at st. Louis and other resting
places was most forlorn and pitiable.
Public sympathy was aroused for them
all over the North, and 1t showed itself
in generous subscriptions Of money,
clothing, and supplies for their relief.
The suffering these poor people have en-
dured-men, women, and children
has been cumulative and narrowing |;
they have been hungry, sick, and home
less, unable to return or go forward to
the promised land.
Now, when the reason Is established
for the fight of the negroes from their
uncomfortable or comfortable homC s,
wherein at least they had food and shell
ter, 1t sppears to be the result Of mos.
dastardiy and cruel political trick and
snare practised upon Them by a. unscru-
pulous clique Of men as ever deluded
the ignorant or beguild the confdiDg.
The airocity Of the act can only be mea-
sured by the great suffering VIII ch 1t has
already caused and which 1t will still
further cause. The whole bad story OF
the means used to trick them from their
homes and the infamous reasons for II
are both given and applauded by no less
respectable an organ than the New York
Times, which In its issue of yesterday
contains special dispatch from Bos' on,
stating that the Principla Club, which,
has already played so important part
In inducing the colored men TO emigrate
from the South TO the West. is sending
out its tenth bulletin or tract for circu-
lation among the negroes by its agents
scattered through the Southern States"
This tract or bulletin, which has the
endorsement Of the Times, advises the
negroes ITO emigrate somewhere" awe
do not care SO much" 1t says, "where or
what part of the country you go to, but
In the name Of Heaven 60 somewhere"
And then 1t adds, "Get out Of I at built
dozed country as sOon as possible, And
before the next census shall be taken, so
that you may be counted out in Rebel
dom and In where you can go and make
your homes. Blot out your thirly-five
Congressional Representatives in the
solid South which you were not permit
ted TO choose, but which your former
masters kindly chose for you, and send
Republicans from your own new homes
in the States where no dazed President
can give them away 10 Rebels who fought
four years to destroy the republic. In
1S61-l665 you saved the republic, and
were rewarded with citizenship. In lS7t
II you saved the Republican party, and
were rewarded with disfranchisement
Now, migrate West, and save it again ir
1890, and thus heap Goals of fire upon II,
head" Upon that follows this appeal:
"1n the name OF God aud humanity, IL
the name Of Repubhcanism and equal
rights, In the name Of all you hold neal
and dear to you and your posterity, W,
pray you to leave that nest OF Rebels anC
emigrats to better land, and you car
send representatives OF your own choi o,
| TO Congress-" There is more of the sam,
sort OF alternate appeals to God ans
Heaven and Republicanism, making q
unsavory and villanOus a dish of 6ias
phemy and politics AZ was ever concocte,
BY any combination Of rascallly politica
traders.
From this tract 1t is made apparen
that this vast fight of people, starving
without clothing, shelter, or any Of th
neceasaries Of life, was brought about a
mere election trick for 1880, as mean
to lessen the census of certain Southern
Staten and to increase that of eertai
Northern States, to decrease certai
Southern representatives In Congress
and to increase Northern ones. 1t l
nothing less than an attemp, being mad
successful, to cOlonize voters on mos
gigantic scale-an offense recognized b
the law, and for which the severest per
aities are provided. But the Ordinar
cOi0ni Eer Is much more reputable scOuI
drel than the seoundrels who are colon
zing the West in this extraordinary mar
ner; for while the former pays the ira,
cling expenses of bis dupes to and fr
from their homes, these others pay notl
ing, simply beguile away tens Of thou
ands Of poor ignorant men to use an
abuse. I ..f.. -
II When we take into account the miser
and suffering that these homeless, b,
guilod wanderers have endured and aI
enduring, the enormity of the cffense
those who have tricked them from the
homes, which, whether good or bad, al
still homes, demands the most exeml
larry punishment. And 1t is all done
the name OF the Republican party Tb
1t is done by or with the conset of an
genuine Republican, who Is Republ
can for the sake Of principle, aud not
pelf Or profit, is false ~ false can be, I,
there IL no such member of tho Repu
hcan party who would not rather see
voted out Of existence In 1880 than see
succeed by any such vile and infamo
means. When newspapers of the stan
Ing OF the New York Times cOuntenan