The journal of industry., 1880-10-09


CESS Ne an work. Slavery vas Q
great evil bu. il did one good thing
and that is il taught 10 TO work It
hardened our muscles and trained us
70 regular indUstry. This is the stat
- readily and ~ abundanrly to black
industry - TO white.
WILL. WHAT ABOUT rRK KxoDUs.
I An charged with opposition to this
remarkable movement. am not
ashamed Of that oppositioo, il fairly
stated. think it will commend itself
to the common senae Of all. believe
that eolored men. like all other men,
have . perfect right toemiRrate. whom
ever and wherever they may think they
can improve their condition by emigr1-
tion. provided tn ar they 90 upon their
own suggestion and at their own ex-
pense; but il they call upon tho public
to spend their money and give their
influence in support Of their exodus,
the public have . right to say whether
they think the movement 10 wise or
otherwise. have thought tho move
ment unwise. and no remedy for tho
manifold evils from which colored peo-
pie suffer ut the South. have OPP
posed it on many grounds; and largely
on tho ground that it il q wasteful and
needless expenditure Of time and mon>
ey Rolling stones gather DO moss"
Tho mt that made Rome worth go
ing to soc STAYED there" 1t is some-
times better to b, ar the ills we have
than fy to others We know not Of. l
have assumed that the evils from
which We mostly suffer as q laborinR
class at tho South are durable and
tenn porary, and are measurably under
tho control Of the colored people
themselves. They certainly have some
voice in fixing the price of their own
labor. If the land owners combine, the
lAborers have . right to combine and
insist upon living wages for honest
work. II they cannot combine in the
South. they cannot in tho North. for
the same causes that prevent union
amongst us here will operate aud pre-
vent union tn ire.
All now beginnings too. have their
Disadvantages. Three moves are said
to be equal to one fire. There 10 al
ways much waste and breakage in such
moves. When you part with your
pig, your pony and yeur little lot to 90
. thousand miles to look for . pig and
pony, your money will be gone and
your pig and your pony will not be
easily replaced. Life 10 too short.
time is too precious to bs wasted in
such experiments. Every new experts
ment is like infancy, it must have
whooping cough, measles, etc before
maturity. Then, among whom are
you going when you 20 to Indiana and
Kansaef They are white people,
friendly in part, admit, but they are
divided. There il antipathy and selfish
ness th+r as well a. here. Capital
there will want labor at the lowest
rate Of wages just as capital will want
the same thing here.
The great advantage sought BY this
rush to the North il freedom from POI
litical persecution. l do not underrAte
our hardships in tho south vt this
point. The evidence Of its existence 10
overwhelming. Bad as it is however,
it is temporary. It will soon DO seen
that the South cannot suppress half .
million Of voters without great dam age
to itself and without any permanent
benefits. The rosentmeuts and pass
ions OF the war must wear away, and
these prosecutions on account OF pOlit-
ical opinions will wear away with
thom.
But cannot stop here TO discuss
this subject - it deserves to be dis
cussed. It 10 . serious thing to ask
you 10 leave . country who're you have
. monopoly Of tho supply of labor and
70 to ,untry where you will have TO
meet . multitude Of competitors; to
leave country where your wants are
few and go to q country where your
wants will be many Asd hard TO sup
ply; TO leave . climate to which you
are adapted, to 60 to = climate to
which you are not; 70 leave . country
whore you have prospective political
power, and 70 to enc whore you win
have no such power.
The argument that no people can ~.
Or rise 70 tne diguity of freemen in tho
presence Of the people who have en-
shaved and persecuted them, 10 not
true. Itis contradlcted by tho whole