The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-20
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CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS.


N~ArHf>GID<. Ftu. -
r. X. Morris. real estate agent OF In tanapo-
~ s.-tiurd that 10 ms beiirftnerei l. abundant
room and ample opportunity LOT INDUSTRIAL
etnployfnent In that state Tor a iarSe humDtI
Of colored immigrants Aha -. - = ~
knowledge OF the present hMinAsia..on oe.As
Il political movement
WIN. Il. Tinney. Passenger Agent at lncian-
apolis for the baltimore anu ONO haaisvhas
t.-tifIed as TO $50 having been raised ~ scAa-
ing colored men in inuianapoli- ~ PAY 'Ao
-trsnspoetation OF a party Of emigrani--
Thomas Mills lkepnDncanl: inulanaponsi
when North Carolina colored people nr-t 1e-
gan 10 arrive at Indianapolis. " NAL ~,
90 bucks. and not women anu cnnnrrn D.a
not know Of any party organization " ehols
10 induce emigration 10 Indiana
ii. Borden. Goldsboro, \. e., destined tnat
the wave OF the movement, sucn a. y Wa, -
already sub>iding. and that tne gIrAt ihA-snt
colorei people in North Carolina were A well
contented as they are in any other section OF
the country. .
from he areencastlc Banner were read, urg-
ing Il A. the duty Of the colored man south 70
come North Of the Ohio River and keep y
solid North, and arguing that II they REMAIN
a. I'M south 70 he enumerated in ls-o. they
would increase the number 81 their enemies
there. but II they come North they would m
crease the number Of their friends an the
North.
James Buchanan Of Indianapolis, = pruIm-
nent crccnbacker and member a the Sa-
j f1NnNI nAfIN OF AHAAINlAI wa $50 49,
said the demand Tor labor in the state ~ IN
diana IL far short II the supply thar never
since ls.3 had q winter passed that the u
peryisors OF the Poor ia the slcirAty ~ IN
sianapoiis were not called on 70 supply
food for ~ablc-bodied men who would
Ice glad 20 earn a living Y they could
only uef work. lie Wa opposed - the cx'
odas because he believed the ncgrrse~ were
not improving their condition by coming "
state already over supplied with labor. ~
was not moved 20 hold tbs W. Dccauss y.
had been an Abolftionist until slavery ~h'
abolished. and a Republican until 80 ~
conclusion. he blamed the Eepnoiran lsan,i'
Milton VI. Holland. q member ~ the Wa-n'
ingfon Emlgrant Aid society. te-tinen ~
object WAS solely charitable. not q promot'
Immigration. hut 10 aid immigrants no 20
nsicai purpose was connected Win ~ %
their own request about "a Immigrants wer'
sent "a ohio. instead Of TO Kansas che soeictl
has no agents whatever.
samuel A. Perry, n dark mnlatto, testified
lie X a resident of North Carolina Inc ~
rroc- do NOT feel that they are Wei trcnien Y
that state. and the exodus movement ~a- ia
.uvrratat IA better their condition colon,
Was formed. and Perry and Williams wrr
sent out West a. agents 20 look LOT a ivcaai"n
their expenses being paid ny the o"lvhN
Thev stopped AZ srccncastle. Ind, and .'r
there told bv cOlorcd men they epnih y
~ well - further West. They nccnrhinri
; vos rut 4 lot II circulars fay0fing emigration
~ Indiana. and went back 20 North tarOlini
Al camp meeting they distributed these cif
~ulnr-. In reply TO a question ny nj. soof
hers. witness said he mad never advised ~
one 10 go % Indiana. ne wrote HONE rom ~
alma u H. friends that II he owned a lot !
Indiana and one in hell. he should eel ~
indiana Iot and rreide IN hell" In reply :
n question BY NJ. window. witness -niu W.
.fne cOiored people consider themselves ~
} fairly deprived of representation since "
Democrnts got control o. southern arMr
They are DISTINGUISHED. 20 ell intenf~ anu I'M
! noses. A. completely a. II the ftftern'
Amendment had been repealed IL j. IN the
relations rs citizens they complain Of inlul
ticc."