The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-09-26
speed the Parting wards.
The-faodus of the coiored people

The-fkodus OF the cofored Peopf
from tbs Southern TO the Northern
and Western States, at first, was re-
ceived with opposition by the white
people in the South, principally be
cause they saw that it was being eu-
gineered for political reasons. but the
second view Of the movement is caus
ing many Of the leading papers and
citizens to favor the movement. This
is especially true of Kentucky, Ten
pessee, snd the border Southern States
We begin to realize that the exodus Of
the black man is really but 40 exchange
of black for white labor, and thousands
OF white men are ready and anxious TO
come and take the place of the colored
exodusers on southern farms and plan
tatious. The prejudice of white labor
against the black, or rather sgsius;
being brought in competition and
equality with them, pertains more pc
euliarly to the Northern raised work
ingman than to the Southern, and this
very prejudice has kept thousands and
thousands of white lsboring men and
women from coming into Kentucky
and other Southern States. In addi-
ton to this teeming increased white
population which We will get in ex
change, all this race conflict and strife
gill end, aud the political causes being
removed, our labor system can become
more stable aud can be depended upon.
Tho arrangement Of labor, now exist
ing, does more iban any other cause.
TO retsrd the prosperity of Kentucky
Capital which would be invested 10
land and agriculture is now deferred
from the simple fact that the labor
necessary to make farms profitable is
80 unreliable. Hi.-4.---..ss-----
causing large numbers of Southern
people to give the exodus movement a
large sympathy.
Here is the way The ST. Louis Re.
publican views the subject:
It sounds somewhat plausible that the
negro exodus from the Southern States
should have had it's origin in a desire TO
deprive those States Of their proper Con-
gressionsl representation, as it will be
fixed under the 1880 census. But the
notion is absurd. How many Of the FIVE
millions Of negroes in the Southern States
could be shipped North within year
seriously TO affect that Congressional
representation? The number would not
be worth wasting breath. For all par
ties concerned it will be much better If
the American citizen of African descent
distribute himself as much as possible
over the whole blessed region of the Uni
led States; and, considering the matter
climAtically, we should think that the
further North he goes the more ia the
country at large TO be congratulated.
II our Sout. ern friends need m ore labor
let them look in the direction of Europe,
and leave Africa mercifully aionu. We
surely baye bad enough Of il.
The Frankfort TeomaR, the capital
Democratic organ of Kentucky. says
As there is likely to be 5000, 900 i'm
migrants 10 this country in the next year,
and al from Europe, the South may have
chance 10 more than compensate for her
losses by reason of the negro exodus
All the Southern States have TO do is TO
establish i'm immigration bureaus, and invite !
the world TO como in aud settle upon their !
inexhaustiblc lands. As long ss this ac-
cursed cnmity exists between the North
and the South on account Of the negro, ii I.
will keep the country in trouble, aud il !
will be better for the South If the last one |
Of her negroes can be sent across the line. |
Let her give up her negro labor, even if |
she has TO give up her sugar and cotton, !
and wait the coming of time when her
isnds viii be peopled with race about
which there can be no contention. II
has been calculated by parties in q posi-
ton TO know, that during the coming year
the population Of the country will be in
creased by 5000 900 European emigrants,
and the South should be active to obtain
her share of them. During the month of
August the number of immigrants was
2, 900, and August is the poorest month
of the year for that purpose.