Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-02-19
The COlOred Exodus.

B. X. Morris, real estate agent of In dianapo-
lis, testified that to his belief there Is abundant
employment in that State for a large number
of colOred immigrants and that he had no
knowledge OF the present immigration being
political movement.
VIM. b. Tinney, Passenger Agent at Indian.
apolis for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
testified to $625 having been raised by lead.
ing colored men in indianapolis to pay the
transportation of party of emigrants.
Thomas M, Mills Repabliean: indianapolis,
when North Carolina colored people first be.
gan to arrive at indianapolis, ave want 90.
600 bucks, and not women and children" Did
not know of any party organization er effort
to induce emigration to Indiana.
~, E. d. Borden. Goldsboro. N. G., testified that
already subsiding, and that the great mass Of
cnsn ~ a. the duty of the coIoreG mo Gf2s
soIid Nnrf5 OF the Ohio River and Ee south to
in the South hh TO arguing that if they ren up
womb ;n,, 70 De enumerated in ye1o eniiiin
thorn increase the number of IN 1880, they
crease the NY 10y come North they yyomin Is
North. Oh their friends in the
James Buchanan oe WASHINGTON Feb. ?
nent Greenhan1h OF indianapolis a nror,
tional party Of Inland and member Of the Ma.
diana is far Short iot labor in the state Of me
since 1873 had a w Oh the supply; that never
OF the Poor in the vic ehat the Su
God for ab Gfe b not called on to supply DIV
N g Sa. to earn living If MO thno, would
J ny yet work. He was oE,d - shey could
OF im opcause ne believed the neo 70 1he ex-
tate afreodInS their condition bv comiSWer were j
as not movyed ptter-snpplied with Iabor ia \
ny ~ prejudice against the b,anIN because of +
1oliSben an Abolitionist until sIaJ,,a as ne
,nc1,,.Su, ana q Republican nnt;I 1s-y was
the Stotl, ne blamed the RepubIica, i Sn In
Milton M H tDI en- encouraging the moyement
1to, In Al: holland, a member Of th einWSnt j,
a eon Einigrant Aid Societv tn a ine Wash, =,
InII was solely charitable not st.heo: Its NJ
icaT n,,n ui, put to aid immigrants .prOnote
air 80! -. Pooe was connected w;tb ~ po- N,
# tn XII! request about 60 immigran4sN on r,
no aoan o instead of to Kansas the soc were NJ
amuel a. Perry, a dark ,,,,... va
as 1s !, resident of North Caroline tEstlned: lie
&c St uo not feel that thew are VOL, me ne NJ
nraacI az hila the exodus movement @as;l IN ,
f a.ou 70 better their condition mas IN
o Utiu NE and Perry and Williams oiony We
r eYna ns. as agents to look for a Iooat wore ney
V stopned ~ G0eng paid by the oolonv' aft.
e en-, told by colored men thaI, ano were N;
,,4 q as TURNER West. Tbey Scco uu 20 81 ,
, nI lou OF circulars favorinp en,iarugIy ~
ann q, anu went back to North C.,roI;,,n Ills
rs In raI oiing tney distributed these nir Nj
witness said he .had i,n by Mr.. Voor- swift
y go 70 indiana; he wrote homa f iseu any of til
30 ms friends that if he Owned n o i. N tn
mo int tu one IN hell, he sbould soil ~. III, IN
10y =, ana reside in hell" In reni 'ne ".
coIoraG ,a MI, " lndom, witness said fbot grou
deprived of renresa,, themselves I'M half
.ra Us; got control of Southern u me Mr..
as comnieteIr 70 All lntents and pur- since
dment had been repeaJed me fiteenth atives
'' d. ei'Zens they complain of ininsr died