The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-08-30

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der the Caucasian cloak. Nor is
this All illustration devised for
arguihentative purposes 1t Is
real and drawn from actual cases
in the writer's experience. Unin-
formed persons may further cOn-
tend that these are isolated ex-
aInples, and that the negro char
acter cannot be determined by
them. Such versions are errOne-
GUS. Experience will easily dissi-
pate them and prove that it is
decidedly the exception when the
black man succeeds in such specu
latlons. There is still another
clase of colOred men,. who have
been right we'll educated and are
seeking political honor. Here
too, it is evident the white man
must lead the way or nothing is
accomplished. Left alone the ne
gro will in tue large majority of
cases accept brides or fall into
some other snare equally as dan
geIOus, and so end his career.
There are many exceptions, how
ever, to this last rule whose lives
have been dedicated to all that is
noble and high, and who are so
prominently superior to their race
in common that we are proud to
call them free citizens of the Uni
ted States. Now sufficiently ac-
qnainted with the aims, desires
and convictions of the negroes,
the feasibility of their departure
to the wild regions of Kansas can
be readily decided. 1t is All &C
cepted truism that the tropical
climate only is suited to them.
The climate of Africa, their origi>
nal home, is decidedly tropical
and when the black man was
primitively introduced into Ameri
ca by the New England specula-
tors. it was at once apparent that
he could thrive only in the South
ern states. Since that epoch,
with the rarest exceptions, he has
made the cotton and sugar plan
tatiOns his home, Or remained in
those cities which afford that
warmth 50 requisite to his physi.
cal prosperity. How different
Kansas is! There the uorthe,s
are exceedingly terrific, houses
are destroyed, cattle perish, aud
AS there are no trees on the ultem
anted lands, the winds sweep on
with unmitigated fury. Cotton
trees are planted as an impetii-
ment to this evil, but it is several
years before they attain sufficient
size to be serviceable. The severe
cold is not by far the Only Obsta.
Gle to he encountered. Kansas is
comparatively u wild country, and
Of course the new conner fluids
there no cOnvehiences aud com
forts OF life. Water cannot be Ob
tanned until wells are, and rs the
lands are higher above the sea
level than those of the South, the
undertaking is much more ardu-
GUS than ll-digging ia general.
Tools are required to dig these
wells, aud where are they coming
FRONT Farming utensils. must
be procured, or of what value is
the land? Houses are not given
to the negro on his arrival he
must construct them us best he
can. These are but few OF the
disadvantages with which the col
olcd mau is brought in contact 10
this sO>calied "land Of Paradise"
is noJ sufficient for a de-
tailed account, but are these al
ready enumerated not enough to
SNOW how disastrous, how totally
ruinOus the Exodus will prove to
the darkey? His vim and perse-
severance are not of the nature
which would enable him to laugh
ut misfOrtunes, and hew down
with Herculean strength such
mighty barriers. 1t would e.
men with the strongest reso
luton and mental capacity to
face with untlinching courage
these tremendous odds. To sue
:eed in Kansas without money
anu without assistance would be
impossible with the negro, and
possible with those who CON
Hne in their natures the tenacity
OF the Spartan anil the strong
will OF tue Saxon. The disasters
OF Kansas would PROSTATE the
tlmid and incOnsistical African :
anu crushed beneath the iron heel
of misfortune, he would soon sink
below the level of civilized human
lty. A gentleman of undoubted
ability and veracity who has late.
~ returned from a western tour.
Informs the writer that since the
arrival of the boat which has con
an immense number of co.'s
ored families to Kansas CITY.
large squads of then, nav In ,oon