The daily gazette., 1879-04-28
THD SUFFERING NEGROES.

The condition Of Thousands of helpless
negroes who have been misled intc
migrating to Kansas, and who are no v
suffering greatly for food and shelter
strongly appeals to the humane people o.
the whole country. 1t is not mainly the
fault of the negro that he has left thu
South to seek a climate that Is inhospita
BILE to him and a pursuit for which he II
and ever will be untitled. He has beer
deluded by spesulators aud agitat0rs, who
hope to profit by his woes or reach politi
cal Importance by Portraying them after
having aided largely in bringing them
upon him.
That the negro race is as safe in the
South to-day as ever before in the his
tory of the country, and that their indus
try will be better rewarded there than
any place in tho North, are facts which
do not admit of dispute, but heartlsss
spectators have flooded the densely
populated negro communities in the
South with circulars predicting their
butchery by the whites, and represent
ing Kansas as land of milk and honey
where they will be provided for in idle
ness by the government; and character
less agitators have seized upon the
credulity of the ignorant blacks to pro.
claim a war of races that is Just as ration.
al and as probable as a war of the planets
These causes have thrown tens of thou
sands of negroes upon Kansas, where
they are without homes, shelter, food OF
raiment, and where they are strangers to
every channel of industry that could
promise them livelihood and with nc
qualities which are likely to acclimate OF
adapt them to their new condition.
1t is too late to inquire in,o causes
which have precipitated this helpless
throhg upon Kansas. The negroes are
there, without employment or the hope
of employment, and without bread, and
the benevolent people of the country
should first relieve their necessities and
then call to account those who have
speculated on the ignorance, superstition
aud sorrows of dependent race. There
are emigration societies and other asso
Citations now appealing to the public fol
contributions for these suffering blacks
but the people would do well to commit
their contri buttons to more faithful
agencies. Those who are appealing &c
the negro in one breath to desert his ma
tive climate and natural pursuits, and In
the next breath asking for contributions
to rescue him from the misfortune OF
obeying their appeals, are not the proper
persons to dispense the needed charity
wisely. The Republican Governor of
Kansas is a gentleman of integrity and
well understands the situation, and 1t
would be prudent for generous citizens
to send Contributions direct to Governor
John p. St. Jshn, Topeka, Kansas, with
instructions to apply them where most
needed to relieve immediate necessities
and aid the deluded victims of specula-
tors and agitators to get back to their
homes. Not ten per cent of the masses
that have gone to Kansas can ever live
there with half the poor comforts they
have left behind them. A few of the
young vigorous and more enterprising,
who have the ability to adapt themselves
to tho new climate and new channel OF
industry, will do well there IN time; but
the large majority must be paupers until
they get back to the. South. Their suffer-
ings earnestly appeal to the benevolent
people of the country, and those who
can afford to do so should speedily con-
tribute to their relief.