The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-05-30
A. NJ. %DAHLGREN.
The Kansas Exodus Leadyllle, Etc.

The Kansas Exodus LeadyiIie, Etc
Biloxi, May 20, 1873,
I. Editor Demoorat-Star
DEAR SIR; | shall attempt t
present, as requested, a few points
which may be of interest to youl
many white as well as colored sub
scribers.
Every colored emigrant who
has gone to Kansas will return
home if he can survive the hard
ships which greet him there. 1
came down from st, Louis Oh the
james Howard with over hundred
bound for their homes in different
parts OF the South, and they all
had about the same story to relate
that of painful suffering from in
tense Cold exposure, ~pestllence,
hunger and cruelty. They see VERY
clearly that it is Impossible for
Them to stand tie severe climate I;
and IN the next place it is Il new
co"ntry, i'll which to be able to live
at ali they will have to have money
enough to build their houses flor
~there,are none vacant therey, make
their fences, break up their land
and have "a stock of provisions to
last them until their crops are made
aud sold. There is no credit out in
Kansas, everything is cash. 1t is
put up or shut up. One Of the re-
turning e%migrants covered the
whole ground when she was asked
if the government had done any.
thing for them, by replying: "Lord
bless you, honey, we never seed no.
gov'ment out dar, nobody give us
iiotin.@ The eolofed people now
see that the South is the only
country in which they can live and
thrive, and that the Southern PEG
pie are their best and only friends ;
tor as this fraudulent exodus shows,
they have been most shamefully
fooled and swindled on every occa-
sion by the skilltul lies Of the thiev-
ing and INSCRIPTIONS caipetbagger
and tile dectitful psalm singipg
philanthropist.
So much for Kansas, now for a
brief mention of Colorado. Lead
VILE, of which we have heard so
much, is a mushroom city Of about
twelve thousand Inhabitants, and
is situated some twelve thousand
feet above the level of the sea.
The mines i'll the vicinity are very
rich, but it requires an immense
amount Of capital to work them.
The houses are mostly made of
rough p!anks, and rent and board
are extremely high, as well as pro-
visions OF every kind. During the
past winter oats were worth nine
cents and hay seven cents per
pound, bread twenty-five cents per
small loaf, and the meanest of
whisky twenty-five cents per small
drink. One man said he wiped the
whisky oft his mustache with his
coat.slerve and it burnt a hole
through the cloth. | think Lpadville
the world in SHOW storms,
rum shops, gamblers, thieves and
bcggars.
1t is a great mistake for young
men to go to LCadyilIe and other
Western cities with Il small
amount OF capital expecting to
make an easy living and a fortune;
Tor the poor man SoWs the grain
aud the capitalist rcapS the harvest.
yOung men Of the South would
only exert One-half of the energy
1t home that they will be compelled
o do in the West, our Sunny South
Would soon rise like the tabled
ohmnix, fairer than ever from the
lSheS to which it has been reduced
'y war, tyranny and pestilence with
Ter innumeraOle sears forever Oh
iterated by a smiling harvest and :
he hand of plenty. If our young :
men would arise from their slum- .
'ers and put their shoulders to the !
1heel, Il IS their fathers did of yore, !
he sun of prosperity would soon ,
'urSt through the breaking clouds
nd dispense the night of gloom ;
Which has so long enveIoped us, :
nd make this country what it once
7aS-
Whose land from plain to mountain cave, ,
Vas freedoms home or glory's grave"
Very respectfully, ,
A. MORTIMER DAHLGREN. ,