The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-01-14

GERS running after him and enqulr-
ing why it is that he leaves the FIRE
and exposes himself out in the fields
in the cold to catch rabbit, while
white men can go where they please
unmolested and unquestioned?
If the Republican party has de-
termined to colonize twenty five
thousand negroes in Indiana so as
to make that Republican State, il
is only political trick which may
work to the advantage Of the Repub,
lican parry and may not. After
Sambo gets to Indiana he is just as
apt to be captured by a Democrat
and voted by him as he is to fall into
the hands of a Radical. The Re-
publicans have been fooled by these
black fellows before now, and they
may be badly fooled again. So we
say just what we said q year ago on
this subject: if the negroes desire
to go West, the white people ought
to let them alone and let them go.
That great country is open for every
kind of American citizens, black and
white. The negro has the same in
ducements held out to him as are
held out to the whites. Land is
cheap. He can get him home on
better terms than he can ia any Of
the old States. Let him 60 there
and settle. The result will be about
the same as it is with white emf.
grants-some will sicken and die,
some will be lazy, thriftless, and will
suffer from want, some will 20 to
stealing and will get into the peni-
Tertiary, some will be industrious
and frugal and will prosper. This
is the common rule. 1t will work
among the negroes just as it has
been working among the whites for
the last three hundred years.
1t is about time that the black
men of the South were left to stand
alone. They are free and have been
for sixteen years. They have in
telligence enough to know how to
vote and for whom they wish to vote
this is fully as much sense as
some white people possess. The
white politicians ought to let him
alone. If he chooses to stay in the
South he ought not to be persuaded
to leave. If he desires to go West
or North he ought by al! means to
go. Two millions ofnegroes settled
in Indiana, illinois and Ohio would
change the color of the population
considerably, and it might change
the complexion Of some other
things as we'll as the color of the
people.
Mr.. KiIIebrew told us in his last
report that great number of poor
white folks were coming from New
England to settle in Tennessee. He
also told us that a good many had
ALREADY come. The members of
Congress read that report quietly
and have never yet asked for CON-
mittee to enquire into the why and
the wherefore of the change of resi-
ience by these people. We are told
hat the State of Texas receives upon
IN average thousand emigrants
/ day the year round-white emf
yet nobody gets excited
'Ver the matter. But let one hun
Ired negroes leave the South TO find
lew homes and higher wages and
heap lands in the Northwest and
that a howl is set up. How the
o-called preachers Of tue gospel up
mere in Goods country roar and
ave! How the editor.fellows scrib-
lie and write How the bloody
lirt politicians below and roar !
ow the Senate and House of Rep
of the American people
Congress assembled fling them.
lives into a frenzy of excitement
Id send investigating committees
every direction to see what's the
atterl Thousands of dollars of
e peoples money will be spent TO
ID out why a few dozen colored {
en- left North Carolina last Novem- :
r and went to Indiana. A few I
I'm, sensible words would explain :
e whole thing. They have been
Id they can get better wages for '
IN labor in Indiana than they can b
{ in North Carolina. and they are q
ing there after the better wages. b
at is all. They are going there !,
the same reason that the 'pOor Al
lite trash" Iesve the North and go
EST or come South-with The hope +,
lettering their condition. Or r
lrse they will be disappointed In @
st of their expectations. The ~ -
rthern part OF this glorious Union pr