American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-02-21

The investigation of the causes OF the
negro exodus by the Senate COMMITTEE"
brings out ntfnbcr of important facts
bearing on this remarkable movement.
Yesterday Mr. Charles Otuy, eolored
man, the editor of the Washington ar
gus, a weekly paper devoted to the in
teIests of the colored people, told 4 quite
remarkable story. He is a native OF
North Carolina, q graduate of Oberlin
College and the principal Of the How
ard University School; and he was orc
of the founders of the National Emil
grant Aid Society, whose object it was
to assist the poor emigrants who were
accommodating in great Numbers at st.
Louis on the way to Kansas and other
States, and were in d destitute and suf-
fering condition. 1t seems that scarce
ly was this benevolent society formed,
when Republican politicians tried to get
control of it and use it to further their
wanted to divert the emigrants from
Kansas and "send about 5000 to Indi-
ana, as that was doubtful State in the
coming election
Mr. Otuy opposed this plan ON the
ground that the colored people chad
been used long enough as tools" They
had supported the Republican party in
the South as one man, but got no re-
turn for it. He opposed the migration
to Indiana to help the Republicans car
~ the State, because the colOred peO-
pie could have hOmesteadS in Kansas,
where they had been invited, but could
not have them in Indiana, where they
were not wanted. After the exodus
from North Carolina began he adj
dressed letters to prominent colored
men in all parts of the State, inquiring
the cause of this sudden movement
He says:
.AIl answers were that there was no cause
for it; that the more ignorant were deluded by
who had been North, and returned with such
glowing news that the people could not resist
them An investigation revealed the fact that
these three men had been among the most
Ignorant OF the country people, and had told
wanted them to go to Indiana, and would give
them money to begin with; that they would
receive one dollar and a half per day during
the winter, and from two dollars to two dollars
and IL halt during the spring, summer and fall.
Some who hesitated were told that they
Washington. These men registered the names
of those conserving to go, charging them from
twenty-fye cents to two dollars; according to
country churches, held with closed doors, and
bound to secrecy those whom they had delud-
ed The first batch that went, being few in
number, were well received and Immediately
employed. These wrote back to their friends,
advising them to come, and hence, said the
witne $, it is easy to understand the great ex-
odus from North Carolina"
This plain statement of facts floods
the subject with light. 1t shows that
the secret spring of this migration is
political, and that Republican politi
clans are using it to get power in States
they cannot now control. This intelli-
gent witness states that the condition
of the colored people, although suscept-
ible of improvement, is on the whole
highly favorable. They have no ade-
quate motive for quitting the State.
Every intelligent colored man is OPP
posed to it, and " although an exodus
from the Southern States may be a
blessing, the exodus from North Caro-
lima is a fraud and curse" This is
the testimony of an educated colored
Republican, and it puts the conduct of
the managers of that party in its true
light. They are the real enemies of the
colored people they pretend to defend
only that they may use them for politi-
cal aggrandizement.- Y Express.