The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-08-18

the embrace of death-frozen to death be-
cause there was not q particle of clothing
with which TO shield it from the blasts of
winter.
THE WHOLE BUSINESS Is A PANORAMA OF
HORRORS, GOTTEN UP TO FILL INDIANA
WITH REPUBLICAN VOTERS FOR THE CAM
PAIGN OF 1880.
1t is impossible 10 exsggerate the infsmy
of the whole proceeding. from first to last.
1t is unparalleled wickedness-s crime
against humanity, and fully illustrates to
what profound depths of deprsvity Repub
triumph. No one objects to legitimate i'm
migration to Indiana, but this
exodus ftom North Carolina was
simply fendish. It was conceived in false
hood; it has brought forth progeny of cru
elites, of sufferings, of villainies that defy ad
equate description; and these facts We con-
clude will be brought out before the investi-
eating committee. Senator voorhees, by
bringing about this investigation deserves
the applause of the country, He hSs done
his State great service, but he has done the
poor deluded blacks of the South far
greater service Facts have been submitted
to a candid public that have brought into
haggard prominence the deep dsmnation Of
the Republican scheme that will I'll the land
with horror.
THE PHrLosoPHIo VIEW or THE MOVEMENT.
The exodus Of the negroes Of the South to
Northern States is III direct violation Of ev-
cry principle and law which regulates and
governs the migratory movements Of the
human species. More than this, it is in direct
conflict with the instincts OF bird and beast
Subject the movement to the severest ansly-
sis, and the discovery will be made that the
Southern negroes who are now seeking
homes in the Northern States have been the
victims of the most infamous falsehoods, and
have been enticed away from q country
where their services were in demand, where
the climate is suited to their comfort, devel-
ment and longevity, to country where
their condition can by no possibility be i'm
proved, and where it is made, by circum-
stances beyond their control, indefinitely
worse. The most intelligent negroes of the
the country, ex-slaves and free born, unite
in declaring the exodus to be vicious in all
regards.
THE SOUTH Is TIE NATURAL HOME OF THE
NEGRO.
In the North he Is out of place. To say
nothing of race prejudice, the North is not
the section that invites negro immigration.
1t is awell established fact that since the
war the condition of the Southern negro has
steadily improved. THOUSANDS OF THEM
ARE NOW LANDED PKoPRIEToRs, AND CULT
vATE THEIR OWN ACRES; AND 1T Is FUR
THEIR ESTABLISHED THAT THE MORE INTEL
LIGENT SOUTHERN NEGROES DO NOT PROPOSE
TO EMIGRATE. THE INDUSTRIOUS, THRIFTY
NEGRO FINDS THE SOUTH THE BEST PLACE
FOR HIMSELF AND FAMILY. THOSE WHO
ARE PERSUADED AWAY ARE THE LAZY,
THRIFTLEss, PAUPER CLASS, WHO LIVE FROM
HAND TO MOUTH; AND THIS LATTER CLASS
ARE EASILY PERSUADED TO ABANDON THEIR
NATIVE COUNTRY BY REPUBLICAN CoNsPIR-
AToRs. WHO WANT TO USE THEM FOR PARTI-
SAN PURPOSES, REGARDLESS OF THE SUFFER-
INGs THEIR INFAMOUS FALsEHooDs IMPLICIT.
The laws of emigration demonstrate the fact
that people emigrste from countries over
crowded, where the means Of subsistence are
precarious, to countries less populous, where
the means and opportunities for subsistence
are more favorable. When q movement is
made in violation of this law, the reasons
underlying it and prompting it. are,
as general proposition, vicious,
and the design is to subserve some
purpose in itself criminal But lche7l those
'0d0 i''aUgurate such movements Of people
seek ont the pauper class, the ignorant and
depraUed, the idle and thrJtlesS udgrants,
they become TO all ints,sts and purposes the
enemies Of society, and should be dealt NTH
as fetons. That the Republican rGscaLs
10ho are nolo engaged IN bringing pduper ne
groes from the South to Indiana, their diderS
and abettors are ia all regards the enemies Of
not only their negro victims, bat Of the vhtte
citizens of Indiana, facts clearly denaontrdte.
They are bringing these pauper negroes from
localities where their labor Is in demand to
other localities, where their labor is not
wanted. They are bringing them from
States where the population is sparse to
where it is more dense. They are bringing
them from States where the climate is more
favorable for their health and comfort, to one
where they must endure great suffering.
They are bringing them from States where
the soil is as fruitful and its products as album
dant, and the means of substance under any
circumstances as readily obtained, as in In
diana or any other Northern State. Hence
it is clear that those who are engaged in en-
ticing the negroes from the South to Indiana
are doing it, not for the good of the negro,
BUT FOR THE PURPOSE OF HELPING THE
REPUBLICAN, PARTY
to gain triumph in 1880. A glance at sta
tistics bearing upon the subject will satisfy
the most obtuse and stubborn citizen that
the exodus movement is not only meanly
partisan, but that it is criminally cruel, and
that fer its accomplishment the conspiritors
have been compelled to deceive the ignorant
negroes by studiously devised system Of
lying. Taking into consideration the area
and population Of the following eleven
Southern States, it will be seen that they
have an area of 1903 square miles, and q
population averaging 12.69 to the square
mile; while Indiana, with an area of 3S, 800
square miles, has a population of 49.n to
the square mile. The following figures are
taken from the census reports of 1870, and
while population has largely increased du-
ring the past decade, it may be assumed that
the conditions have not changed to any
extent calculated to impair the force of the
argument:
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