The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-13

The organs Of the Republican kid
napers who visited North Carolina for
the purpose Of enticing To Indiana thou
sands Of pauper negroes 20 vote the Re-
publican ticket hare time and again
sought 70 make IL appear that Indiana
requires the assistance Of these pauper
negroes 10 cultivate the soil. The black
Republican rascals who were the agents
81 white Republican knaves were guilty
Of the most UNANIMOUSLY barefas ed lying.
Thay told the North Carolina panpers
that homes and lands were awaiting
their coming; that land could be had at
from one dollar t. one dollar and fifty
cents per acre; that six or seven
months provisions would be provided
gratuitou>ly; that ren were wanted at
from two 10 three dellars per day, and
women nj from twenty to twenty-five
dollars pen month. These lying repre-
sensations were well calculated TO in
duce the pauper negroes to make the
venture. The black rascals were par
ticnlar TO tell the pauper negroes that
no Democratic niggers were wanted,
and.that when they arrived in Indiana
they would be expected TO vote the
Republican ticket. That the black
agents Of White Republican scoundrels
made such statements can be estab-
lished. and that every one Of them ex-
cept those which relate to voting is .
lie. can be proved. That il was a Re-
publican scheme. the Chicago Tribune
has unwittingy shown by statements
in its editorial columns. and that IL is
the most infamous piece Of business
ever engaged in by a political party TO
change the political complexion Of a
State is easily demonstrated. The only
party that could by any possibility en-
gage in such an execrable proceeding
j. the Republican party-a party that
elevated Hayes 10 power by fraud. for
gerry and perjury would not hesitate 10
ill Indiana with pauper negroes by
means equally vile.
The report II the Auditor Of State for
1873 shows that there were in cultiya-
ton in the State of Indiana about 81
63y. CTS acres OF land. The cereal pro
duets Of these lands in 1877 were as
follows:
Wheat. bushels. -2ltes ~
Torn. bushels M I--.ns'
I've bu-htlS--.- .-.--...-----....--.- Sin- ~
Oats busnei- w',so' ~.
In the wear 1878 there was an in
creased yield. and in 1879 the wheat
product amounted TO about So. 600, 900
bushels. making Indiana the banner
wheat State Of the Union During
these years Of steadily increasing pro-
duction there was nowhere a demand
for farm laborers in excess Of the sup
ply. On the contrary. the supply Of
labor was largely in excess Of the de-
mand. There was not a county paper
published in the State that advertised
for farm laborers 10 come from dis
lance Thousands Of honest men were
out of employment, mechanics as well
as common laborers. who would have
been glad 70 obtain any kind Of work,
mt almost any price, bat il could no. be
had. In view Of these facts the mon
strous proportions Of the wrong intend
ed the white laborers Of Indiana by the
Republican knavcs who have been and
are still importing pauper negroes into
the State can be appreciated. The
population Of Indiana in 1870 was L.
6SO. 637. The gain from 1860 to 1870
was about twenty per cent II the
same ratio of increase has continued
during the decade just passed. the pop
ulafion Of the State is now about 1000
600. or about sixty persons 70 the
square mile. The population Of North
Carolina in 1870 was l.o7l SOL; the in
crease during the decade from 1860 e
1870 was something over seven pei
cent. and the present population Of 'hs
State may be estimated at about l,l46,'
$50. or something over twenty-five per
sons TO the square mile Here. then
we have the fact that the Republican
knaves are kidnapping pauper negroe:
in North Carolina where the population
Is twenty-five 70 the square mile 10 ship
10 Indiana where the population is six.s
to the square mile, ostensibly 10 bettel
the condition Of the paupers. while ths
real IArpose is TO have them vote ths
Republican ticket. These Republican
knaves and kidnapers disregard ever
law that influences the legitimate mi
grafton Of human beings, they violate
the laws Of Indiana. they violate tn
laws Of humanity. and they violate th'
laws Of Christianity. They have in
flirfed untold cruelties upon the paupe
negroes. and TO gain few votes ar'
willing to force the white laborers Q
Indiana into paupcrism and crime-In
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