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political purposes by the Republicans, but
formed this opinion more upon general re-
port than personal knowledge. :.

political purposes by the Republicans, but
formed this opinion more upon general re-
port than personal knowledge.
MILTON II. HOLLAND, - F.
member of d Washington Emigfant Aid So
ciety, testified that its object was solely char.
table, not to promote emigration, but to aid
emigrants. No political purpose was con-
nected with it. On their request about sixty
emigrants were sent to Ohio instead OF Kan
sas. The oociety has no agents whatever.
So far from the movement being Republican,
the Society felt very hard towards the Re-
pub1lcans because They had not contributed
much money. He criticised the action Of two
to the Irish relief fund and nothing to aid
the colored emigrants. Witness is clerk In
Government Department.
SAMUEL A. PERRY,
dark mulatto, testified. ToA[r. Windom-He
is resident Of North Carolina In 1879 the
negroes began to receive pamphlets from a
lands land in that Vicinity, and some ON talk was had
about forming colony to clnlgrate West but
it died out. In 1876 the matter was revived,
but died out again. But lately there had
been much distress among the negroes, chiefly
landlord and tenant and other laws. One
hundred negros got together and endeavored
to get some Northern capitalists to help them
emigrate- There was -
NO THOUGHT OF An EXODUS
They forwarded petition to the National
Emigration Aid Society, setting forth these
as: t1y @ .u H.ssn paeH ~. llls ,,its' 10
agenffs, were @ SEM mess 70 l2ok 1or shltaRie 4h
colony. I'll They pfii fihaiiy 'e reacked & Green en-
castte,. where some colored men told
mem tney eoula do wen ~ uldiana. Iney
EoI oue lnt OF eI1cnials t iaforitlg llh!NlgLa-
En,, on 90 dla a,,u wenf oach tat 10 astr, NGiih
1Ied eth tnese GlrculaIs: Inc ,hoaa laW' +eI Of
9 MGot Tanos % hs naa T. ~ WITH, gIees p o
cololed people. Negroes u NoEtn C;lIOllla
coHplaln oI ln!ustEe ~ tne courts. lliefe
whte eJ fiess nnd ran 70 rpf imstfce o Mortharn
mnn win had % sailed f. Nntti, GaroIina haI
eTops notce 91i Xix hex
ess o t,a;r .n5, if5 H. oans
hecn taIen aw,v frnm tha npgTnes ees Thnra ,ts
vas ona ,iv now T., inc o;as wo ona1iv
stated that hc thoaght M the M negro % was I no more
nai,nnrn+s peIR t t ;um MoIse WAS moAe'
Deu'oe!as , tolu "i.n.s9 10 .tts "as ,
WHITE MANS GOVERNMENT,
and no negro ought to take part in It. Tho
some Territory, away by themselves. They
think, II the Democrats regain full power,
the old state OF things VIII return.
Cross-examined by Mr. voorhees,: Was
clHfE Dc1U1E LIE VI III W AS EDuA u ulu1 i&5
ever lived, named Perry. Had never advised
any one to 20 to Indiana. He wrote home
from Indiana to his friends that if he owned
a lot in Indisna and one in Hell he would sell
the Indiana lot arid reside In Hell. II the in
dastrial and financial condition Of: negroes
was as good in Indiana as elsewhere,
witness would like to see enough
negroes sent there to reyolutionize
things. politically" but he did not hear a word
about political intrigues when he was in In
diana, He consortcd most with Republicans.
but SO he did at home. It was most natural
for him to do SO. Witness declared that he !
was
DONE WITH THE EXODUS.
ua 1boc od.,s;ro ,,oonro ~ s-o hookt
n r. V.ncWa RHytS th;nls nj FL tbe Rn,d
other sta statutes have been been made @ emo more e. severe ;
NJ neSroee tSon qormeri,. r ;s frno nogroas
NV h,5t ;rar w. or+iaI, ~ ~
tha Tenant % Iaws ~ The oI,;act;on was that NJ
mart NJ he IRON cn,,iI he 2emnved nnlase the
rent vas na;a fTnder PenMh;c,n forarno mo
ment MAJ nsrt potu Of the cFoS cou5G be iii
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