Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-06
In a Hopeless and Helpless Condition
But few COlOred People Now En-
Route for the ZuIuIand of
Kansas-The Season for
Emigration is Over.

The emigration toZululand, Ka 1sas, of the
colored people of the lower Mississippi val
ley from louisiana and Mississippi has about
ceased. That land of Kansas, which, ac-
cordlDg to accounts given to the colored peo-
Pile, was flowing with milk and honey, turns
out to be the very opposite land where 1t
requires money and very hard work to get
along successfully. Its polar climate in win
ter does not suit the colored race, which
Hourlshes only In tropical or semi-tropIcal
lands.
DR.. E. P Bates, a former citizen of Mem
phis, but who for several years has been
resident of Wyandotte, Kansas, was in the
city yesterday. He gives gloomy picture
of the condition and prospects of the colored
emigrants now in Missouri and Kansas. Says
tt e doctor: The sickest people In existence
are the exodus darkies now in Kansas"
The people of Kansas, thrifty, hard work
ing white race, do not look with kindness
upon the Influx of black people, that for
time threatened to flood the land Of John
Brown. The arrival of squads of squaIid
d2rkies at first WAS somewhat of novelty,
and people travelled for miles inland to the
river towns IN order to see the genuine south
ern darby and talk to HIM about the
troubles, trials and tribulations which he
passed through down in Dixie. Curiosity,
however soon gave way 10 jealousy as larger
crowds OF deluded negroes arrived. The
emlgrants were out of money, without cloth
ing, had nothing to eat, IN fact they were
paupers or tramps in the land Of white men.
But few extended any sympathy toward the
colored brother. He was looked upon as a
laborer coming in contact with the white
laboTer.
DR.. Bates states that the emigrating negro
who now takes passage for Kansas has
poor show unless he is provided with means
to sustain himself and family for at least
eighteen months. 1t is too late in the season
for him to plant crop; consequently nothing
could be produced to contribute to his larder
until another season, and the time to elapse
before that crop could be grown and made
ready to market would be at least q year and
half. Ii an emigrant moves On to a new piece
OF ground he must have money sufficient to
buy boards for his fences, as rail timber is
lot among the productions of Kansas except
In isolated localities. Then, too, the dangers
of grasshopper hordes and other destructive
elements are to be encountered, and any emil
grant rItk5 a big chance for starvation by
going on Kansas tour, unless well provided
for as previously stated.
the emigration has about ceased for the
present, and but few emigrants can be found
on upward-bound boats voyaging to Zulu
land. Those VINO are not too lazy and thrift
less have gone to work IN the cotton and corr
fields Of the south. and splendid crops are
assured for this season. Compared with
Mississippi and Louisiana, the soil Of Kansas
is barren indeed; it requires hard work there
to bring forth crops, bat in the bottom lands
OF the south all you have to do with the
earth is to tickle it with hoe, then it will
laugh with harvest. Those coIored people
who are dissatisfied with everything will go
to Kansas. Well, let them GO; it is their
business; and, if they regret It, they can
blame but themselves. 1t would be good
result if the south could get rid of the
lazy, worthless, political class of negroes, who
never work but are deadbeats wherever
they are. The north is welcome TO this
class of emigrants, but the honest, indus
trious, thrifty colored man IS needed IN the
south, where he can live with more case and
comfort than he could at any point north.
We advise the industrious colored man not to
make fool of himself by going TO Kansas,
but to remain at home; and we advise the
lazy, no account darby to leave as soon as
possible for Kansas, or any other northwest
ern State where he believes the people will
support him in luxury and receive him with
open arms because he is a refugee on the ex-
odus raid. Many simple minded and hard
working colored people have been grossly i'm
posed upon by upprincipled white men, who
to induce them TO emigrate to Kan
sas. The colored man should do his own
thinking, and not rush hastily into wild
goose chase, from which he may have to re-
turn in dilapidated condition. The exodus
business has about played out.