The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-10-28
VOL. NU.-\O. ;.
A Nice Thing for North Carolina
Negroes

A Nice Thing for North Carolina
Negroes
\ dispatch from Alexandra. Va, say.
For the past two days squads Of negroes
have been arriving IN this city FROM Iniiana
Friday mornings company o ten arrived.
Those arriving ali MT hesitate t. say that
their passage to Indiana from North Caro-
lima hat Loea prd ~ q qcaticmla from tay
North, aud that they had le', their native
State short time previous on the condition
that they would not he required To remain
away from their homes mar Dspa q pa oath.
The spokesman OF the party said that man
from the North came T. North Carolius
about SIX weeks ago aud engaged a number
Of men to work IN Indiana, promising to
pay their railroad fare TO that State that
they vert to Indiana and ,ocrc sattoac,i IA
c9antrV district, tchcrc they 1rgci amt
rotef The R,paLiicm ftcAet i,st Tues l1g, tor
,riuol, Mcg recicci a moath's puy: that they
had been granted iurlough upon the
promise to return in two weeks.
These Fellows were clatel II the manner
N which they had been treated They cx
pressed the opinion that on their rc.urn To
tnGiana they would bc accompanied BY
number of the colorci people Of their II ,igh
borllood, a, they had been Informed BY gen
tlcmen III Indiana t'Iat there WAS work IN
thar State for all that they could bring along
with them
What fools the Indiana Democrats must
be t. allow this sort of thing A few dctcc-
tive, would soon spot the illegal voters,
and few arrest would stop the importation.
That the foregoing Is no idle tale may be
Judged from the following:
Senator \ oorhees, OF luIiana, arrived
in New York SATURDAY. He is reported a.
declaring that the Republicans had the use
OF from Sl,0oO,0O0 to $4,000, 900 in that
State. In addition he claims that there
were ut least 5000 colorcd men imported
into the State and voted The Democrats
lost some votes on the tariff issue, but Mr..
Voorhees, says he knows Gen. Hancock is
stronger in Indiana than the STATE and loca
tickets"
The Washington Posts reporter came
across two bury negroes in search Of the
man who gives passes They were just
from Indiana and were on their way back to
North Carolini They had been out to
help John Sherman keep the vote free and
the count fair VII STIR
f. Y. Smalley of the New York Tribune
is in Cleveland, on the way East from In
diana, where he made careful study
OF the campaign In an interview with
Loaoir reporter, he stated that the Republi
cans made more than a thousand votes by
colorel importation.
In Columbus City, Ohio, one thousand
more votes were recorded than the censu.
returns as the number Of male inhabitants
There Is nothing surprising in this, in view
ot the total Of the Republican majority in
the State. The only wonder IS that the Rc-
pubiicans did not colonize ten thousanl'in-
stead Of one New York T,ph.
One Express Company took week before
last in one package from the Republican
managers in New York to the Republican
managers in Indiana the handsome sum of
$3.50 900.
Fran he Mar York SIM Oa Is, lSsO)
Ex Senator Eccleslvc arrived in this city
yesterday. He has been on active service
in the campaign in Ohio.
II left Cincinnati" he SAID, at the State
Committe rooms, - at i:3D a. NJ. on Tues
day, for Piketon, on the Marietta road. At
,er rolling few miles, the train stopped.
1t was dark. | thought that there
hot box or something the matter, and got
out to see what the trouble was. Two cars
filled with negroes were attached to the
train. | was told that they were from Ken
tucky. They literally packe the cars Two
white men had charge Of the party. TIE
negloes were drunk and noisy. They anu.s
ed themselves by singing camp meeting
songs with the refrain.