The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-21
THE NEGRO EXODUS

When the American people shall have
been made fully acquainted with the infer
nal peridy OF Republican consDIrators and
kuaves, who are responsible for the negro
exodus business; when they are made to re-
alize the extent of the suffsrings and cruel
ties il has entailed upon the ignorant pauper
negroes who have been its victims; when
they know all the dsceptiors devised to en-
tice negroes from the South to suffer and die
IN the North, aud the motives that have
tuatsd the scamps, there will be universal
denunciation. Pa1per negroes are induced
TO immIgrate 10 Indiana and Kansas by Re-
publican scoundrels for several reasons: %
To make money off of the poor deluded
creatures by charging them stipulated price
for shipping them by steamboat and rail, as
they would 60 mary hogs or mules. (2) The
hope that by removing the negroes from the
South Southern industries may be crippled,
and (3) to help, by the votes of the negroes,
the Republican party to regain power In
Indiana. The first of these motives is as
merceDsrly atrocious as ever Impelled
pirate to cuta throat or scuttle q ship; the
second evinces a degree of sectional hate
fierce az ever prom pied iiend to set fire to
an asylum, and the third besides including
the first and second, develops thirst for
power and partisan vengeance of plumber
and pelf es inappsasable as the malice of
devils. Throughout the whole pauper negro
exodus movement there has DOsbeen dis
closed one humane or generous motive. 1t
has been continuous wickedness. The st.
Louis Globe Democrat, a Republican sheet,
s. interruptions as any of its class, refers to
the arrival of $50 negroes-men, women and
children, from Mississippi, in a destitute
condition, brought there by kldnapper
who charged the deluded negroes 81 for
adults aud 50 cents a head for children, and
was pie dyed to take them to Kansas. The
G. ID. says:
The modus operandi is this: The lover
(whlte) of the colored race procureS a bundle
of railway land bills and pamphlets-which,
OF course. the railway companies intend for
the enlightenment of prospective, bona fide
settlers. The ignorant negroes are told that
the lands free TO be purchased Tor
mere song, and that II they don't wish to set
up for themselves they can find ready en-
plOyment at highly inflated wages. All the
negro has to do Is to reach Kansas-then the
fortune is sure. Now, how to reach Kansas is
the only difficulty which presents itself to the
ignorant darky. He knows nothing OF trav-
cling. and his aforesaid "friend" feeds upon
this ignorance. He tells the negro that it costs
an enormous sum to reach Kansas, and that
on the way they would be beset by land
sharks and deceiveTs. Only q sharp fell
low, one acquainted with the ways of
the world. such as himself, could reach
Kansas In safety; but he is willing
10 aid them for the sake of humanity
and liberty. He can procure tickets
at much below the usual rates, and for a slight
remuneration he viii act as their "agent" and
lead them trlumphantly and safely on to Kan
sas. The agent Is also willing to negotiate
sales of any little property the negro might
happen TO possess. Time aud time again has
the bait taken. The negro pays the agent full
St cond-class fare 10 st. Louis, Kansas City or
Leavenworth, just as his funds stand On
these tickets the agent receives a dscou
from the railway people, as in ali cases when a
large number are purchased at once. The
agent can fairly claim this discount. But this
Is a mere trihe of what ne makes. For his
trouble and assistance he requires payment
generally 81 a head for adults and 50 cents for
children. AS to his railroad expenses he pro-
cures a return pass for nothing. The party are
organized and they come to st. Louis, being
dumped IN a wretched condition OF one of the
railroad depOts on the levee.
Their agent then abandons his charge, richer
by $50, and leaves the people whom he has
duped to their fate. Many even of those who
have little money get Discouraged at their
situation, hang around the city. and soon
DRIFT on to the psuper class.
The foregoing is very much after the
style the Republican knaves are dumping
the psuper negroes into Indiana. There are
a number OF them in indianapolis in a most
wretched condition, half starved and beg
ging for subsistence. Some of them are sick,
and as they are destitute of means are una
BILE to obtain doctors or medicine. And
this is what comes of the Republican scheme
to make Indiana Republican State, by inn
porting paupsr negroes from North Caro-
lima
IRELAND.