The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-08-18

the negro to 90 to Indiana both on tie ground Of his
usefulness and his merits. I
Q. Both as laboEer and as q votef7 A. Zee, sir.
GENERAL CONWAY ON CRoss-ExAMNATION.
And still further, when this most conspicuous and
active evangelist Of the exodus under exanina-
ton by the senator from Minnesota he testinedn re
gard to the plot against the people Of Indiana In the
following explicit terms: t
Question. Do you know any effort to colonizs any
so~as ,.ir .hc,t;, "a ha.s ~, tusie, -
Indiana by their aid. IlT
Q. What have you done in that direction2 A. len
couraged as many of them TO go there / could
first because believed they could set good wages and
second, to help out the ReprblicsA and raise
the negro 10 higher civiiiz stion. think he il
good Republican and good loyal citizen and should
be allowed TO vote therefore have liked the idea
TO exclude politics from the exodus. think the negro
ought go whore he do the most good for himself
o. HASN'T u been something Of a failure rather
your trying 20 get them TO go to Indiana? A. Yes,
sir: 1 think have been DESTROYS TO good
many Of them go in there. wanted 70 see the Dem
and help do il. $3.50 ~ TT r.
O. How many voters do you suppose have gone in
there2 A. III all had gone whom advised to 60 there
would have been fifteen or twenty thousand.
THE UNDO UBTED DESIGN OF THE MOVE
MENT.
Must pause to dweu upon and enforce the conclu-
sive character Of such testimony as thisl Who now
will prae Of the absence Of proof that the emigration
Of negroes into Indiana political scheme known
the Republican partyl General Conway was not my
witness; heis Republican of stAlwsrt proportions.
prime mover in the exodus aetstto following olesey
in the wake Of Me speech Of the Senator from Mime
sofa Out 81 the mouths OF their own political friends
and associates the revealed cOnspiratOrs against
,he right, the sovereign right Of the people o. Indiana
TO govern themselves without the assistance OF i'm
ported pauper negroes, stand naked aud condemned.
What answer has been made or can be mace? Gen.
eral conway says that the plan so ar as INDIAN is
- haof haa he nfa1n
nough there defeat the democratic party; and adj
vsed that fifteen or twenty thousand should be COLO
nized in that great State, ana In the absence
Of something like that number he comedies that
his missionary labors for the Republican
party in the matter of negro importation has not
been a success. The failure of this unworthy under
taking however, is not due to any amount of zeal
uuscrupulous industry the part Of its authors Ii
has failed political conspiracy because IL has
been exposed by an honest, active, nvest
CATION. 1t was only dangerous while il was COM
paratively in the dark. scheme so unnatural aRd
nefarious perishes when dragged to the light
of day. Those engaged in it are crippled and res-
dered powerIess by the scorn aud contempt of the
public soon as they are disclosed by reliable evil
dence.
MENDENHALL's TESTIMONY.
But leaving at this point the overwhelming, crush
ing testimony of General Conway, proceed to other
facts which establish the existence of an infamous
noitcal plot to subvert the will of the people Of In
diana by the procurement Of an Objectionable negro
population Among the earliest witnesses called be-
Countv Inciana and now in Government employ
ment in this city. He was member Of the original
pmigrant aid society founded in this city, and was
1Iaeed on the committee to audit accounts. 1t was
understood that he had made significant speech at
he first or second meeting Of the society aud the
following is a portion Of his testimony when called
before the exodus committee
o Didn't you state in your speech that as these ne
roes were going emigrste you would like to have
a large number of them to come 10 lndianag A Yes,
sir; knew that great number OF them, II not All
tied the Republican ticket, ana would IKE ehAz-
ingIy to see them there, just the same as Yen
see the Irish coming in there because they generally
vote the Democratic ticket
A. Yes, sir was.
Here we find a representative man of the republ-
can party of Indiana, holding office under the present
Administration, striking out at once at the earnest
possible moment for political advantages arising out
Of the transportation of negroes from the South 10
the North II il is claimed that he spoke simply Tor
himself alone, his testimony cOntradcts statement
He testified that he had been in correspondence with
Colonel Dudley, United States Marshal OF Indiana,
and others on this subject. He said that Colonel
Dudley discsimed the negro emigration into Indiana
a republican party measure, but hoped neverthe-
less the negroes would come. The following is the
interesting colloquy which took place in COMMITTEES
between Mr.. Mendenhall and the chairman in regard
to the position of Colonel Dudley the United States
marshal for Indiana:
Q. Did he seem to think he would IKE to have
them there to vote us down? A. Yes, sir; L think
he did.
O, Then be disclaimed the act but was willing to
take the fruitsl A. Yes, sir; that is about it.
hope the exposure of this coy prudence of Colonel
Dudley, here so graphically described prudence as
old as the world-which shippers and halts somewhat
the profits Of crime while washing its hands Of the
blood of criminal commission; hope that its ex-
posure by Mr.. Mendenhal will not be attributed by
the marshal and his friends any other than it's
source Republican so~rce.
INDIANA THE OBJECTIVE POINT.
Sir, every particular Of this evidence, great and
small indicates the State of Indiana a. an objective
point for the movement Of the colored people in their
emigration Northward. There is no exception or
qualification TO this statement In every ramfeation
Of the exodus scheme its long and repulsve arms are
found reaching out TO embrace the only western State
which is reliably Democratic. Every thought and
every circumstance connected with the negro emigra
ton movement takes hold upon Indiana as cardinal
feature aud condition of the whole affair. There is
other reason why that State should have such
sought and degrading association except that des
perate and INSCRIPTIONS political party, defeated
and again by her people, have determined to
win victory by the basest ever yet known in
American politics.
The Efforts to change the current ofemisration from
Kansas to Indiana not meeting with desired Success
a new field was entered upon. All of q sudden, with
only here and there symptom Of the conspiracy APP
parent, tide Of negro emigrants broke loose from
the State of North Carolina and came rushing pell
nell through this city their way to the State of
Indiana, filling the country with their charges OF bad
treatment in the South, and their visions OF negro
struck the country with amazement- The emigra-
ton composed of the most worthless, thrftless,
aud INDECENT portion of the colored population, and
they appealed for charity at every step, and talked
loudly about being fugitiyes from house Of oppres-
sion and virtual bondage The sympathy OF the coun
try aroused, and the groundwork of the approach
ing Presidential campaign was be ng rapidly laid on
fresh and enorn supply OF alleged Southern out
rages. There two strong and controlling crcum
stances however which inclined men to suspect even
In the absence of further proof, that the movement
fraud and that the real oject of II WAS not dis
closed The first Of these two circumstances was the
fact which personally know, that the people Of In
diana. the Republican politicians, but the honest
indus trious of both parties, had no induce
ments to offer to such class OF emigrants to settle
m their midst. p. H
THE PROMISED NEW CANAAN. h
knew that indiana had never courted the presence
of large negro population In her borders aud that
she especially did not the advent of the
pauper element of that population in the South.
knew further that the negroes themselves if left to
their minds, uninfuenced by political emissaries
and glowing circulars descrbiuga country of ease,
high wages, and abundance, would never have chosen
Indiana their New Canaan, their promised land,
filed with corn sod wine and flow.
ing with milk and honey. IL was
plain to my mind that they were not guided