The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-16
COMING BACK.
large Number of ColOred Emil
grants Coming South Again.
f)pposition to This Movement in Kansas
Full Story of the Relief Association.

Opposition to This Movement IN Kansas
Full Story Of the Relief Association
Especial Correspondence Of the Democrat
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May IL, 1870
went very early this morning to Wyan
dotte city and continued the investigation q
Saturday and Sunday Perhaps there never
was n more Encouraging outlook than tha'
,vbich stared me In tie face at noon to-day
Two negroes. Robert Smiley, from Wilson's
,,aca in Madison parish and the Smedes and
family. from near st. Joseph, finally came t
mo and volunteered 10 return.
THE STEAMER DUHFEE
was to start at 4 y. IN. Gradually the
number on the bank increased. and flnal-
" when the boat cast out her stage, fifteen
persons tho majority Of them men and
well grown boys and field women, walked
aboard with me and the captain gladly vel
coined them. We arranged for their transpor-
tation and provisioning, and they went on
their way rejoicing TO their old homes Ia
Madison, Tensas and other parishes. fam
ily Of four also returned to their old home In
Kinds county, Miss. As they had some means
they paid their own way. party OF ok from
the Widow BIggs' and some other planta-
tiops In Madison and Tensas parish. and some
places below Vicksburg. applied to me for aid
and had the satisfaction OF providing for
and placing ton workers aboard
THE STEAMER LEWIS
when she left this port this evening.
This work has developed phase OF op-
position to the return Of the negroes to the
South, which you will doubtless be surprised
Mt ~ much as it astonlshed the people here,
until the cause was explained. When first
gathered my little squad OF the lost tribe OF
Ham, found that some well-dressed negroes
and d few whites were lingering In the crowd
of negroes, preparing to 60 South. One Of
these creatures was
A NEGRO PREACHER,
In broadcoth, and several others were flashi-
ly dressed with jewelry, ornaments, etc, and
all bearing the appearance OF being well-tO-
do. But something told me they were gam
blers and doing something suspicious. Facts
soon proved that they were using every In
luence of arguments and lying tales OF out
RACES to Brighten tho poor blacks from re-
turning to the South. Finding that some OF
the demonstrations were taking the shape OF
d threatening character, l found 1t necessary
to use my tongue. and did 80 to 30 good an
advantage as to stop all interference
The next business was to learn
THE oBJEcT OF THIS OPPOSITION,
and n little ferreting gave forth the truth that
those persons who made the opposition are
paid agents OF the relief committees and So
cieties, who are securing and using chiefly for
personal use, the funds that are being sent Tor
the s,lstenance etc, of the refugees, as they
are called, and supposed to be by many peo-
pie In the North.
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the lahuihe' Du' uui'ps el'o previous "eoh
VIGILANCE COMMITTEE
had been formed, consisting of the best
and most interested property holders In Wy
andotte. Their object and determination was
to prevent any more paupers from being
landed at their wharf They were very
much astonisbed. however, to find at this
hour that q meeting Of the Council was
held and the ordinance Of estoppe! was re-
scinded. The mayor and executive commit
tee 81 relief went To the boat and prepared to
have the negroes landed But the Vigiants
were there and refused to permit the thing.
They were informed that the relief fund was
Increasing and really proving q good thing
for the city. Politicians, who saw o hope OF
something good coming out of Nazareth
to them, also urged The landing, but the
MAYOR and the relief committee were over