, 1880-10-10
RIsHMEN VOTING FOB 4 "CHANHE OF
THE NEGROES TO THE NORTH,


out their support Hancock and Englis]
would be left in q ridiculous minority, no
only in Chicago, but in Illinois and in ever
Northern State.
The Irish are depended on by the Demo
cratic leaders to give an almost solid supper
to their ticket : =. r.
The bulk OF the Irish In this county ar
laboring men. Have they eyer reflected
I upon the consequences to themselves Of I
great negro exodus from tho South to tht
| North? Has it ever occurred to them that l.
mass Of colored families came to Chicago
being driven out OF the South by Confederate
persecution and intolerance-these coloret
people would necessarily become competitors
against them for the labor Of the city?
| Let US put this matter plainly. The Irish
"wanta change" hoping, no doubt, to secure
some Federal offices thereby; but will that
compensate them for the mischief they may
do themselves i? Do they want to - change"
half the black population from the South to
| the North? Are they not aware that the
blacks are intensely dissatisfied. with the
| treatment they receive at the hands of the
| Southern Democrats, who cheat and oppress
them In the most metciless manner? Do they
not know that every co1ored family in the
South is feeling the same longing to come
North that the Irish feel to come to Amer
lea, and for the same cause oppression?
The blacks In the South are landless. The
Democrats own all the land, and are opposed
to "niggersn getting any. The blacks are
renters and laborers, paying exorbitant rent
for the use OF land, and work for small pay
the usual rate Of wages being $la to SIS
per month, from sunrise to sunset,
and board themselves. They are harassed
by polt-taxes, and forced to work about two
weeks on the roads each year. They ara de-
MED fair justice, and are shamefully dis
criminated againstin the Courts; not allowed
to sit on juries where men Of their. own race
are on trial. They are severely punished by
fine and imprisonment for petty offenses, and
made to work out those fines on tho public
highways under direction of armed officers.
They are bu1ldozed and terrorized, and cheat
edout OF their votes,-their tickets not being
counted. The free schools which, the Re
publicans established after the War for the
children Of the blacks have nearly all been
broken up and closed. In many cases the
school-houses have been burned by the DEM
ocrats, who are opposed to what they call
"nigger education" In short, the poor
blacks do not get a = white mans chance''
for life, and they are profoundly discomfort
ed and discouraged. Some thirty OF forty
thousand Of them, determined not to endure
these abuses and "oDpressiQns any longer,
left the South last year and went chiefly to
Kansas, and a few to Indiana aud Illinois
IT .,oE x7, r3~x
determined to go, but are waiting and watch
ing for the result Of the elections. II the
Confederates come into power and take pos
session Of the Government the BLACKS will
conclude that it is useless to wait longer, and
that the time for a change" has come. AS
we have said before, there is ''not black
man or woman on the remotest plantation In |
the South but understands, feels, and is con-
vinced that the election Of Hancock and Eli |
glish and the return Of the Democratic |
Confederate party to power will mean |
the practical reinstatement OF the col
ored races; that it wiz mean the ex-
Einction of even their present nominal
political rights, and with these will perish
also their civil rights. and all dreams Of be-
coming owners Of property and controlling
their labor" The exodus Northward will
far exceed the immigration of the>poyerty-
stricken Irish escaping to this country from
he heel of English rack-renting landlords.
After the Irish vote has turned the Gov
over to the Southern oligarchy, and
he colored people seek a change, they will
:rowd into the cities and towns Of the North
rom Maine to Colorado. Tens Of thousands
# these oppressed people will naturally
'our into Chicago in steady, ever-increas-
ng stream, seeking subsistence by doing all
:inds Of hard work at low wages. They will
'retty much monopolize the work of loading
nd unloading stone, lumber, and coal YES
els; they will become grain-trimmers- They
now how to handle horses and mules, and
onseQuently will be employed as teamsters
nd hostlers. They will find employment at
be Stock-Yards and packing houses by the
housand; they will do the work Of butcher / I
ag and the labor OF the packing-houses; they
ill become the coal-heavers, and laborers
l all building operations; in short, they
gIll put into Chicago alone 100000 Of their 8
ace, seeking the kinds Of labor now per- ,
,rmed by as many white men, and to the ex-
usion Of the latter. In like manner they
Ill POAA ANU A44 bA4C OAAOA NALlNo &&41u tUNAd |
the North. They will find their way by
ms Of thousands into New York, Phiia- .
.lphia, Boston, Buffalo, and all the cities | 3
ong all the lines Of the railroads in all the 8
orthern States. The men will seek rough t
Dor, and the women will seek employment Q
!, domestic science, as cooks, waiting
omen, and laundresses; they will put =
in direct competition with all /
anches Of Irish labor,-male and female
One especial branch Of labor they have E
ready encroached upon, and that is coal u
lining. Even the limited exodus Of last
ar has furnished: several thousands of =
'le-bodied negro laborers who have al \
ady found permanent employment in Il
9 coal mines Of the North, and. in a
se Of Hancock's election and the certain 0
sh of negroes to the North which will fol- . =
W, the whole mining industry will pass =
ON the white to the negro population. a
Few Of these negroes who wifi come to the Il
orth will ever return. They will come to h
~, and stay they will until they and their II
scendants ahall be immovably rooted in le
Q soil as the chief 1aboring population Of o. :,
q North. as they now are of The South. "