Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-02-05
INVESTIGATION PROCEEDINGS.
The Colored Exodus.

The COlOred Exodus.
+.. o. .l WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. =,
The Senate Committee, consisting of Messrs
Voorhees,, Vance, Pendleton, Window and
Blair, appointed to investigate the causes of
ern. States. commenced taking testimony
to-day.
E. Rankin, pastor of the Congregational
Church in thfs city, and Thomas L. Thulock,
Assistant Postmaster at Washington, both OF
edge of the causes of the exodus, and knew
nothing of the widely scattered circular to
which dnelT az tS were ned sates or
to assist freedmen in finding refuge from per.
secution, etc, except that they had promised
to serve as members OF the Board oil Audit
for the Emigrant Aid Society therein refer
red to. - %. $500 - - IL.
clerk in the Treasury Department, and n
prominent member of the Emigrant Aid So
ciety, testified the reason North Carolina ne:
not get enough money for their work did not
hear any of them were induced to go by Indi-
ana politicians .''t4't 'fl'n. 'H
Judge A. d. Carleton of Terre Haute, Ind,
was the next witness. He testified he is well
acquainted with the people OF Vigo County,
and with the condition of all that portion OF
Indiana. There is no present demand for
farm hands, or any other kind of unskilled
labor. On the contrary, therefs an oversup-
Of old
he has conversed, is decidedly averse to I'M
migration Of destitute s3iored people like a sns
especially as the general impression Is that
they are brought there only to vote. Laugh
ter. .s. all.
WASHINGTON, d. O., Jan. q.
The Exodus Committee to day examined o.
e. b Wall Of Of the the
number of co1ored men, women and children
already transported from North Carolina
to Indiana) between 500 and g. 600 The original
purpose of the North Carolina agents of these
emigrants was to have them go to Kansas,
1,,,tt Z, do fn6 IN Ind Inv
agents perry and Williams), on the strength
of representations by members of the WASH
ingtOn society, based on circulars received
from J. III. Walker, Mail Agent at Terre Haute,
to the effect that there was great demand
for farm labor in Indiana, and that colored
people would readily find employment there
at excellent wages, together with the best
of treatment, and schools for their chill
A. NJ. Clapp, editor of the Washington No
tion0l Republican, and Treasurer of the Emil
grant Aid society, testified that he had moth.
ing 10 do with the operations, except to act
as Treasurer; rs such he had received in con-
tributions from churches, individuals and So
cieties about $1,000, and had paid it all out
AT the request of Senator Window, 1t was
agreed to Subpoena as witnesses in this inyes-
tigation Gov. Hendricks of Indiana; j. B.May-
nard, editor of the indianapolis Sentinel;
United States Marshal Dudley; John g. New,
and Joseph Medill, of the Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Jan. %.
The Senate Committee on Exodus to-day
continued the examination of .. L. i. Wall of
Washington, Colored President OF the Emi-
grant Aid Society. He believed the exodus
would continue until tile colorcd people re-
ceived better treatment there, and that then
very probably there would Dy q return taTaa
the home of his parents, and would
not emigrate without some strong incentive.
tor Voorhees,, the witness stated that the In
formation received by him as President OF the
society, 20 the effect that employment for
Nor 4, rorp NJ coli naDnIQ eOnld
be found in Indiana, was derived from eircu.
lars and letters of j. II. Walker, Mail Agent
living in that state, whose names he could
not remember but whose letters he would
hereafter furnish TO the committee, and from
Perry and Williams the North Carolina agents
of the emigrants. UrE.f ....
JAS E. OHara, a prominent colored Repub-
lican of Halifax County, who is now contest:
North Carolina District testified that he had
held various offices in Halifax County. He
and treatment of colored people in North Car
DINA. In regard to their industrial and politi-
cal status, he testified that although there
was at one time some "bulldozing' in counties
bordering on South Carolina, there never has
been any political persecution I'm counties
afflicted by te p Nersh and is
The witness, in response to fnterrogatorfcs
to the cause of the exodus from this State,
said it was the result of the efforts of agitators
going about the country, and not a spontaneous
emigration. The less Industrious class of col
that they would get l.50 per day in Indiana
and new suit of clothes, together with Gov.
through Washington; and they were similarly
deceived by false representations contained
in circulars purporting to be issued by rail-
road companies in Kansas and elsewhere.
WASHINGTON, Jan. "a.
J. p. Dukehart, Southern Passenger Agent
before the Exodus Committee to day He said
that he visited North Carolina several times
in the interests of his company. which had Sc
cured the transportation of all the emfgrants.
The company offered, as an ,inducement to
persons to work up the emigration, draw
children. T. Taylor Evans Of Goldsboro, and
Perry and Williams were the three principal
Promot t S OF ,, the exodus upon that bnsis:
up the exodus Is months ago by means of
mass meetings, secret societies, etc. Witness,
circulars asserting that colored people would
IND plenty of work in Indiana at wages of 81
pss day. the Perry Fsro a4d tSas
would be provided with new. clothes
Circulars were largely made up of editorials
from the Greencastle Qnd.) Banner, and also
included what purported to be eertiiicates
people, who had already gone to Indiana, that
hey had found work and advised their friends
to follow. Perry left the State suddenly dur
ing the winter on account of an indictment
for forging school certificates, and had not
but Evans and others were still ut
work; and in the opinion of the witness the
exodus would continue just long as the
cOlored people could raise money to pay
their fare or until checked by unfavorab1e
reports from their friends at the other end of
the ffne. In this event he would go out to In
tiinna and try and secure them as passengers
hack over the II. and o. lines. fLaughter.l
The number of tickets sold by the baltimore
and Ohio Railroad for the transportation of
these North Carolina emigrants since the
first commenced is 163, 235 of this
number being half fare.
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