The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-14
THE NORTH CAROLINA EXODUS.
CoIored Preacher DenOunces 1t Utter
Folly and Madness.

Folly and Madness.
New York Evangelist.
rwe have g contributor who writes nder
the Sycamore Tree" This new correspond.
emit is a cOl0red preacher at the South-s
Presbyterian minister IN coed sianding-who
is highly respected, not only among his own
Peep e, put by his white brethren. He was
q member of the General Assembly which
met at Saratoga Springs last May, and com
manded the attention OF that body when he
spoke, not emily by his natural eloquence,
but by what is much rarer and more i'm.
portant for one in his position of guide and
teacher of his people, MS sterling common
sense, The knowledge of these facts will
insure respect for what he here writes. As
our readers will see, he regards the exodus OF
the negroes, at least from that part of the
South IN which be lives North Carclina) as
utter folly and madness. This is the opIn-
ion, not of a politician, but Of one who is
himself a colored man aud most deeply In
terested for the welfare OF Che race to which
he belongs.-Ed Evan
The North Carolina colOred exhibition and
exodus are The latest and leading Southern
sensations. The enc, the first fair Of the col
ored people of tue Old North State, was a
grand and most successful exhibition of the
freedmens industry, and of their material
and mental Improvement since their freedom.
But the North Carolina exodus is the most
grievous and saddest display of Ignorance,
Incidence and improvidence.
cess TO white and coiOred, frienOs and foes,
North and South. The v hite people in the
l9S counties of the Old North state rallied to
the colored cause, and gave generously to the
good enterprise, and thus, on the grandest
SCALE gave unmlStakable proof by works of
what they have so often said In the plainest
words that they DO not want the cOlored peo-
PIE TO leave the South. They also demonstrate
TO the world that the old hpe and cry Of The
war OF races Is a scarecrOw and cunningly de
vised fable of designing men.
themselves to be friends of the colored people.
The leading papers Of this State of all politics
and creeds, say that the colol ed people must
and shall rise. The Ra eigh ObseI yer says
I" the Illustrations appearing in FraSk Leslie's
Weekly, purp0rting TO give vieWsOf our col
ored fair lately held in Raleigh, are ridiculous
caricatuTes. THESE people are not legitimate OBJ
Jects of rtdlcule, aud much less are their en-
deavOrs TO encourage industry among them
selves, and to raise themselves in the scale of
humanity. proper subjects of carIcature.
Very different indeed Is the FEELING OF the
white people here VINO wish them well, and
who show ia many ways that we desire their
success. To show that feeling was ap-
precisted, we quote the following from the
Journal of Ind ustry, published here, which is
the organ OF those cOlOTed people who want to
Improve the material welfare of their race"
The Raleigh News says OF the first lair of the
colored people: sit has shown that the whites
and blacks can live in this State on the most
amicable terms-that, In fact, instead of the
colOIed people being classed as mere servile
race by the whites, they are 4ooaed u pom,
while making an earnest endeavor to lit
themselves from the ignorance and idleness OF
the five wears succeeding the war, as friends
and neighbors. They are gaining in industry,
they are preparing homes for themselves and
bringing up their children to understand that
by hard work alone can they attain to the
high position they desire-and when we say
hard work, we mean mental as well a manual.
Therefore we say that the fair has been pro-
ouctive of great good, not only demons rating
the fact that the cOloTed man Is a capable be-
ing, but also showing that the wnite people
are both willing and anxious 10 assist him
in his praiseWortb y endeavOr."
In the face OF these facts the North Carolina
exodus is a most miserable mystery. All
forms of the exodus from the Southwest we
unwise and dangerous, Knowing that what
ever the causes OF its origin might be, it was
morally certain that running from place to
place would never remedy the wrong, and
that IL would be so far from
proving a successful remedy that it
would be more likely to hinder and
hurt the peace and pr gress OF the colored peo-
pie than TO help them, and thus darken the
future of the race In tnls country. The writer
has no faith In any exodus but that led by
Moses.
This North Carolina exodus Is nothing but
tramping instead of toiling, by the people who
are the drOnes OF the colOred race. who find
more pleasure IN wandering lrOm place to
place than in working from Gay 10 day, and
who are ignorant of the fact that God has said
by the pen of Moses and Pau, ain the sweat of
tiny face thou shalt eat bread" and, II any
would not work, neither should he eat" Here
the colored people have a good chance and
good climate; and yet some want to go to In
diana to freezs TO death for want Of clothing,
food and work. Christian friends, pray against
this exodus.