The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-30
THE KANSAS FEVER.
ruE ANTI SLAVERY sOCgEFs mr.
PORTED MOVING IN THE MATTER.



THAT there Ia a serious and concerted effort tt
epread the Kansas emigration fever In certain
parishes In this State there can be no doubt.
The Republican politicians aud Custom House
officials, with an utter disregard Of the inter
et.s of the State or the future welfare Of the
colored race, are either oovettiy or openly
assisting In spreading Il. II was only Fester-
day that an emiasary
LEFT ron rs ruHIro11EH
parish authorized 10 speak to the coored people
in the nene Or Raford Blunt. their former
political leader and urge them To emigrate. and
III addition to this II IL reliably stated that the
amount realized from recent assessment on
the Custom House employees is to be devoted
to the payment Of the expenses Of this and like
emiesariesto other parishes.
Prominent colored politicians state with con-
siderable satisfaction that the
ANTI. sLAvERv soCIRzv
of New York is taking an active part In the
mo- ,.pent. and raising money by subscription
ssb, ,5tber means to defray the expenses of the
Albs4rating people. and these same politicians
latimate that a considerable sum out Of the
amount already realized by the society has
been forwarded to thls city. They cay further
that thest. Louis people. actuated by business
enmiy to This city aud State. give NIL eaigrants
from the Louisiana parishes cordial welcome
and every assistance In getting them en- their
way that they enn possibly render.
What object the Republican politicians can
have In aiding and abe ting the movement can
not at the present time be clearly seen. 1t IL
certainly not the advancement Of the colored
race or the Improvement of their condition. for
aRepnhican politician In this state was never
known TO consider the interests Of the eolured
people F,hey ut all confoted with their own.
and the only purpose which at this day seems
probable IL. that they have decided, II possible.
TO depopnate. 40 far as the eolored people are
concerned, ihoee parishes from which the white
people In the last campaign banished the Radi-
cal thieves and plunderers. In hopes that by this
means the white people In other parishes will
be Illuminated into permitting the same class
of Republican politicians to foiet themselves
ON them. and unmoiested resume their career
Of ofiiceholdine and robbery.
III IL also probably intended 10 have its effaot
on the constitutional convention. and to infu-
ence the legislation Of that body
Aa much, however "a the leaders talk Il In
not believed that they will attempt TO agitae
the matter In any but the three or fous parishes
which are bv them denominated build ssd par
iehep and which have recently been under In.
vestisaIioh hya congressional committees and
by the United States cour g. There has lean an
eHofl maze I'd get up IA excitement
IN THIS CRY,
but so far II has failed. meeting has been
quietly hell, but II was neither large nor pptbB-
sinHttc aud the matter has been hroachei IN The
meetings Of the Colored Meme Protective Union.
without however. any action being taken.
Ihe DEMOCRAT reporter nonvarand with n
number OF gentlemen In regard ~ the mater
and among others an old planter from the
netghborhood ~ Nate ~, who has recently ar
rived Ia our city. He stated that IN the counties
immediately surrounding that place. az we'll az
In the parishes of Tensas and Msdiaon the ex-
odus OF neErors was eome time ego quite gen
eral, but now they seem TO be realizing The true
situation Of affairs and there IL lesa desire TO
get away than before.
A well known banker 81 vickehurg was also |
Interviewed He esd that at one time the rush
Tor Kansas promised to become general
amongst the. n.groes. and that we'll known |
gentleman. Mr.. Tom Orandall. was sent out to |
learn the true reaaoM OF the atampe II II can |
De called such. MIR. CrBndal visi fed the several
counties and parishes from whence there was |
euch an outflow, and on returning reported |
that II was occasfoned by promises held ont Nv /
Interested parties. and that the movement had |
about died our. From those who arrived in our
city later the reporter learned that the negroes
were letR inclined to migrate than a few weeks
ago and that by the first of The coming month
the last OF those disposed to leave would be