The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-07-09

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| have been landed at.Wyandotte. None
of them hayc money TO carry them fur.
I ther West, or to purchase tile where
withal to supply their most urgent ne.
cessities for fool or shelter. But few
of them are sufficiently protected from
tho inclemcncy OF, the weather, and Oil
account Of exposure, want Of proper
food, care and medicine, they suffer Sc
vcrely, and u terrible mortality, affects
them. Large numbers have died, and
at least five per cent. of the Whole num-
Der are sick with pneumonia and xiii
dred complaints. In q wora,, oyer. a
thousand pailpers have within q brief
space Of time been thrown into Il town
of about five thousand people, who arc
unable to properly provide for their
wants. These people are possessed of
the most, visionary ideas concerning
what they must confront by coming to
Kansas. Their sole idea seems to be to
get West where government lands can
be occupied, but they are wholly dcsti-
tute Of means to improve 1t or to sustain
themselves until they can cultivate a
crop. Go where they will in Kansas,
they must be provided and cared for or
they will perish. We have reliable in-
formation that thousands more are COM
ing. If so, the situation will soon be a
VERY serious one for the de1uded, help
less and ignorant negroes who are thus
blindly rushing to Kansas, and 4 NIGH
! ty burden will be thrown upon orr Deo-
nln frhavn Sc NOT en- Il ,c-,,,
farm labor to give, employment to such
a mass of people. They must become
virtually public charge upon the COM
munitfcs where they may Happen to be
cast. In view Of this state Of facts we,
the undersigned. citizens of Wyan-
dotte, Kansas, denounce those who are
encouraging these people to come to
Kansas rs really their worst enemies,
whatever their intentions may be- We
call upon Humane and rejecting peo-
pie everywhere to use their best efforts
to check this most disastrous movement
on the part of the negro population of
the Southwest, and to correct the utter
~ abaseless and visionary ideas con-
corning what is before the negro immi-
grant in Kansas, which seems to have
taken hold on the minds of the thou
sands who are leaving their Southern
homes. We further say that the senti-
Tments of this protest aud memorial are
those of the people of Kansas without
regard to party; and we request papers
throughout the country to publisll this.
our protest and warning. Is .4l
Signed:J. S. Stockton, Mayor of Wy
andottc Ant. Kuhls, Catholic priest;
Y..J. Lane; r. e. Cabe, Probate Judge;
N. Cree, attorney; James S. Gibson,
County attorney; William Albright.
Deputy County Treasurer; s. Perkins,
County. Commissioner; E. R Emmons,
County Clerk; W. Fl. Ryus, Sheriff; G.
H.Miller, Superintendent Institution
for the .Blind;J. s. Clark, Register. of
Deeds; II. NJ. Northup, banker; George
w. Belts, Clerk ofDistrict Court; J.A.
Hale, City. attorney. r. B. Armstrong,
member Of the Kansus Legislature;
p. J.. Buesche, merchant; S. F. Math-
er, druggist: 3. Judd, ex-senator; /. B.
Sharp, attorney; F. B. Anderson, JUS
tice Of the PEACE; W.P. Brush, school
teacher; III. J.sArmstrohg, route agent;
c. Hams, ex-Mayor; G. P. Nelson, ex-
Senator; l.. Cook, councilman; A. Ca
ley, Times reporter; G.tW. Bishop, and
many others. ..
Mr.. INGALLs-The great majority
Of. those names are obdurate, indura
ted Democrats, Into whose head you
could not, drive the slightest idea Of
justice to the negro with beetle
and wedge.
Mr.. Vest should like 10 ask
the Senator from Kansas if the May.
or Of Wyandotte is not a Republican
Of the strictest sort?'
Mr.. IsaAL rs: am not going TO-
select names.
Mr.. VEST All! That is the sort
Of Republican argument we hear here
every day. | assert that that paper
is is signed BY the leading Republicans
of the town Of Wyandotte, in the
gentlcman's own State.
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Two boxes OF. clothing. coming
from the charitable Of Boston and
Chicago arrived there for distribu-
ton. I have seen in my Western
life upon the plains the cayotes as
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they tore each other in attempting to
get at the carcass of a fresh slaught-
cred buffalo; / have heard the shrieks
Of famished wolves, but I never ex-
pect to see anything again like what
took place then when these negroes