The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-04-04
The Poor African.

negroes towards the State OF kansas ana
che aoer bsockheaJs Of editors n the North,
who Imagine themselves s.asesmea' are ae-
siycrsnT t!idarlic lectures thFougn SHY ed,-
aorials unou tho philosophy OF this negro
: hev,r. TO the land peopiea by the villainous
: q sro,,,nsu.sartckegs." Tbese foolish phi
,osonsers are wrong In their premises
wrong, Of course, in fheir conclusions, aud,
above all. wroag IN aaeir arguments aad
s,rsu,as IN their pretan&ed humanity. They
are nil the tirxe true"so the principles, we
!. NAV, outrage the wwrd by applying 1t 10
them, OF their ancestors--the slaVe~sfaaers
npo., the 'fayb seas---of not caring bat dis
sster happens prossded 1t does not happen
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Notn,Gser wi,A has caused tho cnlsra-
zion OF the Africans 10 the western section
about Ransas, sef course the absurd ano
beart,css .New'Slor Tribune and the equally
esi,jy New York Times, OF Anglican per-
.suas,on, wouldsdo what they a.e doing
attribute the movement 10 southern cruelty.
Exactly! Thxt is the never-fa'hng expia-
a,a,ion OF .taese merely yindHtiFe news
papers... 81. ~. .t]
1t has, bee., alas too often iilastratcdthat
the mca,fcr s,ortion OF the Caucasian race IS
ever readyssp use the inferior r1ces for the
purpose Embarrassing the troubles anam!
aries OF those Of the Caucasian Taee to which
they maybe opposed. Thus It was m the
day OF the West India massacre. The En-
eylisb uud ySrcnch enemies OF tue Span1ards
engineered that massacre until brought TO
its. eliminating point, and then caused it to
burst uYsn the Spaniards with bloody
si,hrenzs which shocked the civilized world,
and to this day standsas oneef the greatest
ahorross en- the history Of mankind.
Aud 80 our dear bypocrftical friends OF
the NORTH are now disposed to help, along
ANYTHING that may tend to Fix upon the
South any stain or cruelty that may help TO
.9safford the pretext IN hearts that are already
suficiestly tired with prejudice TO Vtsit
1spon the South their yindictire policies.
It Tia the cruelty OF the South that has
driven the poor African of. Therefore we
-shonld be visited with increased perseci-
dion and political priyafion. There mustpe
more supervisors to overlook us, and moro
restraints by soldlery TO hold us in check.
:, Yet, it must be remembered BY these
Africans that the process OF rightlnS them
and delivering them from the assumed
yrsngs from which they suffer must not be
s,erm tsted 10 interfere with the order aud
pesee Of such a people as those OF Kansas,
State which, was settled chiefly from the
New England States. 80, -, .'''
Here aye quote as directly to the point the
pithy remarks OF that eminent hypocrite
amongst philauthropists, the ,grantivc 1Ti-
bunc. 1t says:,.:., =. ... 80. -.,
aAlas for their hopes the West has no
place for them. White men equipped with
.s,iperlor brains and encrgy.and accustomed
to the rigors OF northern climate tBeboid
New England bere!), have hard time
makinga start in a new country like Kan
-eas unless they have capital TO begin with.
Some VI the coIored emigrants may find
employment on farms, 0ut Je1o Kan
saS farmers can undertake. to sup.
bort qohoIc family TO get the tqOor
OF one man. Probably most OF the
emigrants will bitterly regret tue hasty
stem they iiave taken. 1t may be, however.
that good will come out OF the movement,
il not 10 the poor wanderers themselves.
The planters. who have lost the. hands that
were their sole dependence for making
.crop--for there is no surplus labor in the
mississippi Valley will realize that 1t is Tor
their interest to make the blacks conterted,
and may create public sentiment tbnt~will
demand better treatment for the bone and
.sinew Of the SOUTH" .. .I.I. ..i'r i
{. Could there be a better display OF heart
.lessness and srced7 An evil is confessed.
Cruelty is'alleged.' And what is the rene
.dys Nothing, save that the sufferers must
return to their prosecutors, who are inform
ed Tint it is their interest to be more kind to
the oppressed! Oh, yes; anything save i'm
posing the burihen of charity and humanity
upon those sharp people "who had hard
time" to start Gin new country like Kan
sas," and can't "support whole family to
get the labor OF one man." But at toe same
time 1t is ,cminently just and easy for any
body in the South to do that same thing.
90, Now: it Is useless to multiply quotations
from these yipdictive and blind guides
-t&he above shows them out and OUT: They
sss5 ! indeed. and make great fuss it,
sfhpt the negroes declared, upon setting out
~zlpss theirrhegira, that they wanted Ito be
1.dEeusd like white folks" That, they as
xsrped, showed that they had been treated
crn,elty.is And whit sort Of treatment is Of
1es,sd; 20 those same blacks fleeingato Kan
sas ar 10. any northern region? Why, THAT
they acspnot q expect, without money,4to
take root id Kansas, and that They
eanDot expect Kansas farmer from down
East 10 surpert wholeiamily for he labor
OF one man. The negro found out this rule
in domesticae1snonty nearsas hundred years
ago, when The north ern man, who stole him
from Africa andbro,sght him to the inhos-
'pitabie cline Of New England, sold him to
the South in order to ,eetdd Of supporting
him, because be eisuld n OF support himself
The poor black ia hoping to be q treated
like white man" Shy going to country
ss,:tied BIZ the North, Guds hrs great mistake.
Tse Iribans communicates this icy inior-
u,a.ionl 1t is not well Settled what sort OF
treatment white man eoaid expect at the
ha sas Of the North; but tue Tribune leaves
sittte. encouragement to the African that
he wi y get, any such treatment as he hoped
for or. Indeed, any better treatment than
Is award I'd to the white man under che di-
rection Of the bitter preiudices and ire
nressib,e Sc Nshness OF those who. control
In the North. ~ ~ &.A:| 7 ;,
And now we take occasion to say ttat oil
the sensational Nix Of these northern and
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