The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-28
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THE NEGRO EXODUS.

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Wheeling. ". Va
THE NEGRO EXODUS.
Letters from wendell Phillips and VIII
liam Lloyd Garrison.
The following letters were read at tn,
relief meeting held In Cooper Institute
New York, on the sd instant:
LETTER FROM WENDELL PHILLIPS.
April 81, 1879.
GESTIEHRN-1 am exceedingly sorry
that | can not be with you on next Wed
nesday evening. My health Is not such a
70 allow OF t. have no words to describe
what consider the importance OF your
meeting.
Only two paths are open to the colored
man OF the South. One Is to resist and
protect themselves against intolerable CD.
preston by arms; the other Is 10 leave,
one-halt Of them, their homes, and teach
their oppressors Justice by the severe les.
son OF suffering. Leave the tyrauts and
bullies to till their own soil or starye
while they do nothing but wrong and rob
their laborers. Without laborers the
southern acres are worth nothing. Even
The southerner will come to his senses, OF
II he never had any senses, obtain some
when he Is starved. / trust the North
Will, as In Kansas days, organize and help
open channels and contribute means for q
large emigration from the States ruled BY
thieves and cut.throats, who know no
means Of getting their bread except by
robbing their neighbors.
Yours respectfully,
WENDELL PHILLIPS.
Messrs. George T. Downing and others.
LETTER FROM WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON.
BosroN, April %, 1870.
George r. DOlcning:
DEAR Sir: lam glad to see that pup
lie nesting is to be held at Cooper Insti.
tute on Wednesday evening next, in aid
Of the colored refugees, who, in utter des-
titution, are seeking homes in the West.
wish ! were able to accept the invitation
OF the Committee OF Arrangements, to be
present and participate in the proceedings;
but can only send an inadquate expression
OF my views and feelings respecting this
most affecting exodus. Seltprompted as
q movement, it tells its own story OF years
Of unrequited toll, merciless exaction, and
persistent brutality Of treatment; Of blast
ed hopes and broken spirits in their sew
eral localities where the victims were
born and raised, and to which they
tenaciously chung until longer endur-
ance became intolerable; OF houses
invaded and made desolate by arm
ed bandits claiming that they alone
shall decide what shall be the laws, and
who the Lawmakers Of personal and polit-
ical rights ruthlesSly Cloven down, OF con-
stitutonal guarantees set at naught, and
furnishing the pretext for the perpetra-
ton OF all manner OF atrocities, and, final.
ly, OF the complete ascendency in that
douhlY accursed section Of the unaltered
and exultant rebel spirit over the Federal
Government, over the American Constitu-
ton and flag, the much Wanted policy Of
Cancellation" to the contrary notwith.
standing. Thank God, that admonitory
events have put an end to that infurated
billing and cooling" with the fierce bird
OF prey, and that even the blindest are be.
ginning TO perceive and confess that the
policy Aforesaid was simply casting pearls
TO swine. The experiment has proved
signally disastrous in all its bearings.
Thespectacle OF thousands OF haltnaked,
empty-handed, despairing men, women
and children, fleeing as Tor their lives from
one part oil the country to another, and
preferring 10 risk starvation and death by
the way rather than remain where they
naturally belong, is one calculated to move
plying Heaven, and to awaken all that is
sympathetic and generous in the human
heart. Their claims for immediate Chart.
able relief are equally just and imperative,
and 1t is most gratifying to perceive In all
directions disposition to minister to the
wants OF these poor outcasts. By nothing
that they have done, on the score OF idle
ness, dissipation or disorderly conduct,
have they brought this suffering and ex'
posture upon themselves. On the contrary,
they have been the only industrious, unof'
Tending, law.abiding and loyal portion oil
the population in that section, with but
few exceptions, and yet theirssafety is on
ly in flight!
But, gracious God! is this widespread.
ing escapement from uncomfortable wrong
and outrage to be treated as simply fur
nlshing an occasion for the exercise Of q
benevolent spirit toward our suffering fel
low-creatureS? II they are deserving OIL
the deepest eommiseration, what shall be
said Of those by whom they have been
peeled, melted out and trodden under
toot?" II there is scope for tender pity
on the one hand, is there not also for in
tense moral indignation on the other? Nc
such stress Of circumstances should have
been possible under the American Gov
eminent; nor could ithave occurred II We
had had such Government worthy OF it
name, its pretensions and its claims t
universal allegiance. But so far al
the South is concerned it is practi'
cally non.existent in the matter OF SO
curing 'slife, liberty and the pursuit o.
happiness" to all who dwell on its soil a
q natural and lawful right. There con
spiracy and usurpation successfully beal
away. In all the late rebel States Their
scarcely exists a single legitimateState I'D
ministration; .tor no elections have been
permitted without being controlled NOR
or less by fraud, intimidation and lawless
ness. The two Senators from South
Carolina at Washington, Hampton ant
Butler, are occupying seats TO which the!
were not honestly elected, and their face
should become crimson every time the,
enter the Senate Chamber. II they hai
their deserts, instead OF presenting thei
brazan visages in the Capitol, Hampton
would be in the Pentitentiary, ant
Hamburg Massacre" Butler lying Il
q grave Of intamy, according a
crimes are adiudged and punished il
q civilized community. The politica
party now timidly claiming to be right
FULLY In the ascendant in both houses G
Congress owes lts supremacy solely to tn
support Of q 'Isolid s6Eth,' made such b
terrorism, fraud and muFdsrous ViolepcG
and by that "solid South" 1t is ruled as al
liectly as was ever plantation slave unde
the lash Of q slaye.driyer. It is cleal
therefore, that the battle Of liberty an
equal rights is to be fought over again, ne
in party sense in the ordinary use