, 1880-12-11
THE EXODUS.
The Subject Discussed by Gov.
St. John, Of Kansas.
What Caused the Movement and How
F, It Can Be Stopped.

What Gaused the movement ond HOW
, It Can Be Stopped.
An audience Of, somewhat less than 2o0
pcople cn,ne together in Fnrwelt-l1nli Inst
evening to hear MI address, from tho Hon. j.
r. st. join, who Ilas Just been Reflected
Governor 0f Kansas, oil tho subject Of the
exotius OF the coiorotl pcopto from some Of
tho Southern States 10 the State of Knnsns.
The honorable gentleman Wns accompanied
on tho platform by the 1&ov. Mr. WIslinrd, of
Chicago, WIN briefly statcd the purpose of
the meeting, ani, nfter opening the prncectl-
fngs wlt!,,nn appropriate prayer, Introduced
Gov. st. john tp the audience.
Gov. ST. jain began by saying tint lc re-
Erettetl TINT there were so feW presGnt. lie
was th6Eo by request to- talk OIL u subject
tlat before mally years, md possibly before
many months, 'lnightsecra OF greater interest
md grcnter Importance to tho people of this
country tlinii 1t seemed to be Mt present. 1tu
llutl talked to tho citizens OF Now York anil
brooklyn tllring tho past week, and ind Ind
some very excellent meetings there. lie was
not talking for the sake OF raising money,
but simply to stuto Il few plAin facts That Ito
thought were OF Importance TO tho country.
lie remembered the ttno when they could
count OH their fingers the incl who favored
the abolition Of slavery Il, this country: but
gradually tile slare-power grew till ltmct,-
ace't tho very existence OF tho country, md
then tho freq North rose md crushed IL into
perlltfon. Twenty-Five years ago tho slavery
element fought to forco tho negroes into
Kansas as slaves; and to-day tl,cy were do
lng their utmost To prevent the negroes going
there rs frcemcn.
THE r1,,Er 1N71rArrov THAT r,,1ty ,rAr, w
ulat there was nny ,.ii,lslial number of COL
oreG people leaving tho South and coming
nurtllWaul Wns tho arrival Of n b0at-lDAd ut
lMoutl Of tho Ka!,sas Kiver, just oppoylt
Knnsas City, Mo. 1lo received .lispatcl,
tint Mnny lnore negroes were coming, and
wis told that there alrcndy six buat-lDatls on
most MISUNDERSTANDING objects OF, pity That
hp evor beheld In Ills life. lie remembered
tliat 1t was OH Kansns soil that THO entering
wedge WIS startetl tint destroyed tho tratl-
!ho Towi1 u 0sawaio,nio wiieffe; tic tree @ OF
blood Of tho bravest men Of tho land. and it
took deep riot in the hearts OF tho American
fought L l4ad been 1eInonstratyd that corn
a %% HfS% ep "a f hfaRH oe 5y Gs8 StSy tRy man, easf a
1t would produce just rs much per nero anil
Sel. !ol ns AlHcH III Ll!u HlAlkGL n
bnsl.o! Of corn was worth = ton Of race
to Investigate tic cause of this movement, so
a!nprecenentiy large, OF coloreta peopia to iis
State, and ~! SO several months before Mr.
'iad cost thu country Il goud deal Of .lIoney,
while his had not cost single penny. Ife
went right among these poor colored men.
anu inquircd Of them the rcnsoM why SO
9ra, they, told 1!,n they ilitl teon outraged,
bnildoxed, and driven from the polls, and
that they l iiad oeen e cheated at tllo stores 70
year, Whether they wero dea or a' 1,ot 'tSus o,s
Old m9n over W years OF nEo told Him that llo
knew ho gould do 10 work, mud bo OF no use
there, nnl llo could Mt least die and be buried
;, a co'nn,ittee, OF M!ssis Applans called oil
him, n1ld askel him wl,ut was
THE HEST MODE OF STOPPING THIS EXODUS,
nnfI lin told thom to ston cheating thnsc mn.
nrnpsrtv. md the oxt,tlns valid 9 atm a9f NJ
ts"tS 9i.n ~ 4inso ,r", ,t,os ~ sr' n..p & ~
VIC hatl 1nt,tle out tho Till wnirl' nc5s1n I,
Ind lit Into its hatds M n Hainnin nf fho
" MaY fat SX na tt neS aa NJ i9t1
~ Hs cn.sa f"r GoIf nmm on,"s ata Sua
n yard. md SO on, nr, oycrchsreo Of oyer I50
per ccl,t in most Items nppcnrInr il, tllo biil.
No wonder tGo poor heroes wcro m ri nati IL. to
aElVO II lNCulllJ WlfGTu lIGJ WHfE GlPnIEU 30
grossly out Of both thelr property md thelr
political rights.
The speaker went on. to give narrative OF
the relief measures that wore adopted in
Kansas Oil tho arrival ot 81 mnlly coloretl
people, md specially Of tho relief orgalllza-
ton Vt Topeka, under tue management Of
Mrs. Ellznbsth Cotnstock, and Ut Mrs, Laura
llaylland. Of Englewood. They urganlzed
tirst at Wyandotte, but afterwards their head
quartGrs Weru changed to Topeka. 1t WAS
found necessary to build barracks tor
tho accommodation Of tho numerous
arrivals. There were now TO- 900 negroes
IN Kansas that had arrived there during
the past two years, aud at least 2o,0oo more
had 6een distributed into other Suites. SomD
had gone tn Colorado, some to Nebraska, and
some to Illinois and other Northern States.
During tho past two years there lIatl been ex-
pended by the Association about $4,000, and,
besides this, thousands of packages of cloth
lug had been distributed among tllese people.
When they catu0 there FIRST they Ind tu rot
some mid, but even tint reltef wns oily
temporary. In tho course Of few ttays they
got work, md were sent otr to some other
town or some other State. A colony of thoin
TINT sottle!l in tho County ct Graham ilati
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