Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-08-23
LETTER FROM ST. Lou1a

1ne meuion OF yOnt valuable
sapsrmight insome degree prove sourc.
OF information and benefit to many of on,
'"'s'nformed and misruided cit;.
zen' Il have deter'nined after recent
"TRIP to KansaS to state In brief manne,
some Of the objects whieh prompt this
'f1e'ter; ash have i OF tho tine to devote
me subject in all its details. Kansas in
:" great country '..ey,': d ali doubt or dis.
nnte. being the first W heat state in the
Union, aud the fourth in corn. The pou-
n!at 'on at pressu ssis beiug1afeeiy increas-
cd W al influx Of emigration from ma,v
I ct the Eastern stntea ~ Hzat1. as Foreign
countries. The state offers manv iuduce.
ments to that class ofpeeple, men whom
are practically farmers, accustomed TO
work during six and seven months in the
year IN order 10 save enough to live upon
during the coming i've or six months. of
rough winter weather, and those too who
nave the ready money to buy, and paS
ior Their homes and live upon until the.
harvest time; which is now just passed.
But Kansas like all other places offers no
retreat for the idle, or those without
The people speak of arc white peonle.
and now L shall come to the 81, biect which
Calls forth this letter. On my way up
the Mississippi River we were Joined bv
several hundred Of our colored peopje.
some from Mississippi and many from
Louisiana. The question was ma tnrall>
| ASKED where are you goingy Going to
| Kansas. They travel in wretched sa ate.
| OH the decks of the stea IL boats children
and the ever faithful dog, all together :
enough to kill them but they stan,, II
in the hope Of reaching tlfe promised
land.
When they reich St Louis, there they
are dumped upon the levee to await the
Con m ttee who are to furnish tru,,sr
ton now this committee CO !: posed of !
the Philant hropists look about from rail
.oad To steam boat, to find whe,e they
eau drlve the best bargain, OF altoget. -
er for the c lored Kansas traveller: but
for'themselves, because in every ipst,.u,.e
they cause the carrier to pay them a com
mission or rebate ont OF tho receipts, then
after keeping them for several DAYS in
many instances. They are showed IN
board the train or boat like cattle and
are sent out i'll the Praries of Kansas.
where the farmers last winter burned
t heir corn for wood.
was at Wyandotte on Sunday two
Veeks-ag and wien the boat landed. We
saw many Of the families encamped on
jhe banks, who seemed to he in utter
.es!itut'on, many of them trying to get
nrther on out Lad no money, Will. there
re others trying to get back to their old
nd native homes.- We were told there
vas fine of one hundred dollart for each r.
mo every black person landed there by u
oat 'r car. 1t was "atural to ask. WHY Il
MS action upon the part of the city au a.
norl6les, and WIRE told that they did o'
OF want the niggers among them, and
hey do not, as can be seen on all sides a.
roceedlng some sixty five or seventy VI
'lies further up the Mississippi river we
rived at Atchison Kansas, a beautiful ae
tile places of Is or 10000 Inhabitants -
10 there the same restrictions exist ne
5alnst the introduction of our ,nisdirect. vi
ana unfortunate cololed people into WI
cir State: They say, 1--WE don't want
en- among U.s." and will not have them pa
re: The question arises, "what will fri
come Of these deiuded creatures duriny th'
coming winter7 Without shelter pit
thout money or friends, and many of ina
om without proper clothing to cover Al
em, tneirs, indeed is q sad;case to con- WI
hp'a O. and one that causes any man d.
'son" Tor pain and reflection. There is IN
work. for these people to perform dur bal
the busy time Of the year, and now \
en- that time is at at'end; and The near and
'roach of.winter will bring them to a Sar
n1 cf,< grave reconsideration. Whaf loo,
st be done to avert this .aeno,,,,.,,;o,, Fall
'ur own country. and Tho c,nso., sho
;ress and suffering upon the mart If Fl
SO Who leave. We must not deceive two
selves about their not leavioo becouse ing
are determined in mary sections TO agar
o. even in the face Vofs all rhe draw agar
Ks and hardsEips that will lie apre. ties
eu to them by those that are enabled the :
"en Tue assistance of southern people -
eI back to heir old homes. .''-.-
9 brought down on the boat that as
on from Kansas city to this place i tile q
~ without even money to buy bread shou
wore ,ha"i'g their way back t" Miss yard
pI. The poor old fellow, in reply tol "A full
ions as to how fl he had gone into he: to
as, said eur nutf 70 satisfy dis dig locke
ats no place fur me, gwine home. n'l wear.
by home he meant wher., he ,wusI ines
and raised, where he would meet1 "Tl
|e accustomed IT, his WAYS. and 1uh, | R,tt,