The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-02-19
The coiored Exodus.
WASHINGTON. Feb. Z.

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james Buchanan of indianapolis, promi.
nent Greenbacker and member of tie Ma
tional party of Indiana, was examined. He
said the demand for labor IN the State of In
diana is far short of the supply; that never
since 1873 had winter passed that the Su-
pervisors OF the Poor in the vicinity of In
dianapolis were not called on to supply
food for able bodied men who would
be glad to earn living If they could
only get work. He was opposed to the ex-
odus because he believed the negroes were
not Improving their condition by coming TO a
State already over-supphed with labor. He
was not moved to hold this view because Of
any prejudice against the black race, as he
had been an Abolitionist until slavery was
abolished. and a Republican until 1872 In
conclusion, he blamed the Republican leaders
of the State for encouraging the movement.
Milton NJ. Holland, q member Of the WASH
ington Emigrant Aid Society, testified: Its
object was solely charitable, not to promote
immigration, but to aid immigrants; no po-
litical purpose was connected with it; on
their own request about 90 immigrants were
sent to Ohio, instead OF 70 Kansas the society
has no agents whatever.
Samuel A. Perry O dark mulatto, testified:
He is resident Of North Carolina. The me-
groes do not feel that they are well treated in
that State and the exodus movement was in
augurated to better their condition. A colony
was formed and Perry and Williams were
sent out West as agents to look for a location,
their expenses being paid by the colony
They stopped at Greencastle, Ind, and were
there told by colored men they could do
as well as further west. Iney accordingly
got out a lot of circulars favoring emigration
to Indiana and went back to North Carolina
At camp meeting they distributed these cir
culars. In reply to question by Mr.. Voor-
bees, witness said he had never advised any
one to go to Indiana; he wrote home from In
diana to his friends that If he owned a lot in
Indiana and one in hell, he should sell the
Indiana lot and reside in hell" In reply to
a question by MIR. Window, witness said that
"the colored people consider themselves un-
fairly deprived of representation since the
Democrats got control of Southern affairs.
poses, as completely as if the Fifteenth
Amendment had been repealed. 1t is in their
relations as citizens they complain Of injus
tice."
WASHINGTON, Feb. II.
J. Fl. Russell, an undertaken from Indianap-
oils, testified that up to January g. or within
period of two months, there had been buried
at the expense of the county in which the city
of Indianapolis is located from % to 80 men,
women and children, from among
colored emigrants who had arrived at In
dianapolis from North Carolina They were
all buried as paupers, at an average expense
to the county of S5.l5 each. From reports
brought to him by men in his employ, and
from his own observations, he would say there
was great restitution among Immigrants in
indianapolis.
James E. Baker OF Indianapolis, Democrat,
and Clerk in the State Auditors Office, and
Scott Ray, editor of the Shelbyville Qnd.l
Democrat both testified regarding admissions
made by colored emigrants and by Republi-
cans of Indiana that the exodus was worked
up for political effect.