Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-01-15

or North Carolina. Accustomed to al
most tropical heat. they thrivel up in
,old weather. aud, like al'igatoss. come
out In the spring tn sun theu1selvsa
and thaw out Unfil thoEoughly
thawed out they are mot worth much
for work. and we do net believe they
can be forced to remain IN country
where the weather will make their
teeth chatter for right nsonths Of the
year, and where firc-woosi costs more
mon ey than nipss u them cen reaspn-
ably expect to earn. Their hearts aud
eyes will turn regretfully and longing
~ toward the old plantation With ita
good cheer. Its rousing fisss u winter
aud its glorious summer sunshine, and
will c,ns to regard their sjourn Ia
Kansae and Indiana as the children oil
Israel did their stay in the land Of
Egypt.
Large numbers Of those who were en-
route for Kansas have been stopped BY
squads of returning emigrants, who
alarmed them by their recital, not alone
OF the sold weather, but also of tire sick
ness and starvation endured by, those
who had gone before. Hundreds are
dying Of that dreadful disease, scarlet
fever, the necessary consequence Of
poor and insufficient food and Of the
over-crowdcd condition Of the novels in
which, most of them are forced TO live.
In one house In Indianapolis there were
nine cases Of scarlet fever among the
negro inmates, aud In one small and
badly ventilated room were found thir-
teen North Carolina negroes. There
are many thousands II these poor mis-
guided and unfortunate cOlored people
in tile two States lsmed, and it 10 quite
certain that nine-tenths Of, them are
suffering for want OF food and clothing,
and would gladly return if they could, tn
their old homes, from which they were
seduced by the lying representations Of
scheming politicians in tie pay OF the
Radical party.
1t is sad to reflect that the rascals who
have been the cause Of the exodus and
who hoped to achieve success for the
party, and, at the same time, cripple
the South, cannot be punished in some
way; cannot be made to endure
some small part of the misery they
have been the means Ofinflicting upon
a simple-ninded and credulous people.
The planters in our State, who fear
that the exodus fever may again break
ont In the spring, should tske great
rare that the whole truth is told to
their laborers in regard to the suffering
and privations endured by those color
ed people who have already experienced
the bleak weather, scarlet fever, want
Of food and inhospitable treatment of
he people i'm Indiana and Kansas. Let
hem be told of the nK,bs that have
net the trains, bringing colOred emf
grants. at different towns In Indiana
md compelled them to carry their liv-
my but undesirable freight to other sec-
IONS of the state; of how difficult it in
or them 10 procure reinuneratlsel labor
,ven in winter, and Of iOw impossible
{ is OF them t. keep war IA in wiuter.
these represent atoms, made BY those in
whom the negroes have confidence. and
by the returned and disgust
Ell emigrants themselves, will prevent |
most Of them from going. With our
abor undisturbetl, and with freedom
rom sickness this year, the South will,
eel in 1881 like giant refreshed, and |
IL much more important factor in the |
,uvrrnment than she has been since
he war.-N. q. Democrat. |