The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-27
A BRITISH HOWL.
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IT there be- one thing for which the noble
BritIsher ls specially conspicuous 1t Is Tor
meddling In other poop e's affairs No one
will DENY that there la method In his med
ding. for the acquisition or tho Transvaal
Republic. Hululand. Cyprus, Afghanistan, and
y dozen other feeble and friendlesa, though
desirable, possessions remains to attest the
fact Great britain always conceives an
amazing solicituie as to any little soft thing
she happens to covet, and her philanthropy |
Invariably eliminates In tho determination |
OF the natives and the appropriation OF tho
land and movables OF tho deceased. Eng g
benevolenoe IL strictly commercial emotion,
managed upon strictly business principles
and leading zip to substantially profitable re-
suits.
This great national tendency has ita feed
org IN a vast number Of societies whose mis-
sion seems to be to nourlsh and eoddle the
spirit of meddlesome imnerttnence and there
hv keep public sentiment ripe for great ma
tIonal schemes OF absorpton--t to cultivate n
love and appetite for Rnsh and humhug and
hyatercs which can be subsequently utilized
to obtain popular sanction for deeds OF whUte-
sale piracy The immortal satirlst Of British
folly, Dickens, has impaled these organiza-
lions most meroilessly, but they still re-
main and flourish. no doubt because she
thirst for humbug and tho love OF
me1dlinR arc among the first OF
British instincts. Among these Societies.
however. thereis one which seems to he called
the "Britsh and Foreign AntiSlavery So
ciety." with domioll at No. n New Broad
street. London very large name for q
eoterie of goseIps aud scandal mongers, as
most persons will admit The working man
Of this concern is great philosopher by the
name OF Charles II. Allen, secretary. who ap
pears TO spend his time In listening to all the
foolish drlvel be can hear and then ladIing 1t
out To the London Times In correspondence.
We presume that Allen works hard at this
elsvating business and that he Is handsomely
paid for 1t. Certainly he should be- literally
compensated for one production which APP
| reared In recent issue OF the 7imea. and
which friend has kindly sent us for our
eiihuation The special subject Of Aliens
ebullitton this time Is the Kansas exodus In
the South Allen has evidently been bringing
his powerful mind to bear upon It. for he
| says:
| The cause of the great revulsion Of feeling
that has taken place In America ts. perhaps
The exodus of eolored freedmen from the
| Southern States. which began on a small scale
few years ago. has now. illuminated Ia a
| than diminish. This remarkable movement
| appears to have attracted but little notice In
| England. and yet the fact remains that thou
sands of negroes are flying from their former
| homes and are intent 10 sutfer terrible prlva-
tions In the colder regions q the North rather
/ than endure the unhenrd- OF cruettas and op-
Il M n which they ~ 9uhlAGfni
Southern planters The atrocities pcaetlsed
towards he unfoftnna,a nolarsa population OF
i have now before me two or three letters
written By "a English Indy. who, Ia deyot!ng
s IL Kaaaa The truth Of ali the facts
she relates IL unfortunately indispuabls. With
your permtr sion. will quote few shortox-
hut your readers may rest assured OF the bona
fies OF the writer. and should they desire fur
ther nformati4n they can obtain It oY ann,yln,GS
KANSAS October 20, 1879.
Every day brings tidings Of increasing
numbers fleeing from outrage. robbery. and
wrong. aud many in terror OF their lives, having
aeen their relatives and frteuds shot down or
banged. and no redress. no punish mept folows
the Southern States q white man ts not pun.
ished for robbing or ernely treating colored
The latest atrocity that has come under our
notice is this: A respectable colored man came
here at the commencement OF the exodus.
worked diligently, saved money enough to buy
a little building plot. built nut. wont back to
Mssissippi fol, his ~ife aud family. and was
seizad dragged from the houss and both his
hands cut If He was then told. with fearful
Oaths. to go to insas now and WORK Tor your
family and make II fortune The poor matinee
man has returned here with his wife and little
ones. We appeal now for help for him and
them.
This is not q solitary instance We have
heard OF another who never came hack TO It'll
the story-qutte a young man. who. after work
went back to marry and bring his bride here.
The very night after his marriage he was
dragged from the house. both hands aud arms
cut or above the elbows. and he was left to
bleed to DEATH
Aud so on. We haven't space to reproduce
the whole list furnished by this English
lady" the Inevitable comment upon whom will
be that she is either Ia league with Allen tc
blk the British public, or that she is going II
on her own hook, with view to Fleeing that
righteous duffer and his flock. Everybody
knows that this story is q lie out of whole
cloth, and that the English lady" II, indeed,
there be such 8 person, Is deyoting herself to
nothing so much as to raising money, by
playing on the Ignorance, the credulity and
the meddlesome Instinct Of the British public.
We have not referred to this matter for the
purpose OF contradiettng 1t, but merely to IL
lustrate the effrontery of a nation whose
prosecutions OF the Irish, whose appalling
cruelties to the Sepoys, the luius and the