Daily Republican., 1881-04-19
Desner 80 uthern ExsAus.

other movement amongst the negroeSih
xariaus States to locate in the Nuyth
and West similar to that which took
place some eighteen months OF two
vears ago, At that time the Demo
cratic papers accused tho Republicans
of having engineered the exodus for the
pyrpose of gaming political power IN
some doubtful States, thereby making
sure of the election OF the National
Reuublioan ticket. The real causes OF
the exodus were well known, but not
withstanding this it was pronounced a
radical scheme and a fraud. Whole
districts were almsst depopulated OF
uerro labor from the exodus. Negroes,
Young and old, the poorest and those
in better circumstances, all joined the
stream of emigration pouring into Kan
sas. Colorado, Indiana and Iowa, be-
cause in those States were enjoyment OF
liberty and equality of civil rights
There was not an intelligent man in the
land who did not know that the real
cause of the exodus was simply that a
negro in the South was treated as
brute, that his rights Of education, OF
religion and of franchise were denied
him by the Bourbon bulldozing Demo
cracy, who sought to oppress him INTO
abiect poverty and ignorance in order
that the Democracy might still have
the aseendency in what they desired to
keep "solid South" Even now will
full misrepresentation is made OF the
Southern negroes by Southern Senators
in their efforts to block the wheels CT
the government. They represent them
~ being happy and contented when the
reverse is the case They say they vol
unfairly become Democrats when IL Is
known that no negro but lunatic who
prefers slavery 10 freedom would be
Democrat only to secure some ten porai,
psrsopal benefit. No less parsonage
than Senator Brown, Of Georgia, who, !
when he made his advent into the Sen. (
ate was supposed to entertain some
liberal ideas, a few days ago said in
speech that the whites of Geors pay
almost all the school taxes, while the
blacks have equally good educational
advantages. Such an extravagant as
sertion invited inquiry, when lt WIS
found that instead of the blacks re-
ceiving one-half the school fund, they
only receive one-fourth, which amounted
to the princely sum of Is cents for each
child and in Atlanta, where the Sena-
tor lives, six public school buildings
and high school have been erected for
the whites in rine years, but not
building of any kind was erected for
the blacks.
The representatives, such as eN-
GaJTernAr Brown makes, are the kind OF
stuff entailed by Democratic news
papers to miseah the public mind in
regard to the true condition Of the
Southern blacks. The great wonder
is that there is not more of an exodus
from the South by the blacks. The
means of subsistence has been denied
them by land owners work could not
be had at remunerative and living ,
wages, and they were forced into an ;
exodus combination to flee from the :;
South and seek shelter and means OF
living elsewhere. This was the true i'll ,
wardness of the situation, and while
good Republicans encouraged the poor,
persecuted, half starved blacks to seek
homes in better places they had nothing :.
whatever to do with the causes which
led to the necessity Of emigrsting to ,
other places.
1t is evident that these colored people
are not wanted now for the purpose of
securing majOrities in doubtful districts,
or States, and it is also evident that
they are not led out Of the South by
scheming Republicans rs asserted last
year by numerous Democratic Journals
They ars leaving Of their own accord
and free will, bGCAuse OF the bad statct
of society in the South, and the perse-
cution by its people of the negro race !.
ever since their release from the bonds
of slavery. The causes of discomfort
are inherent in the South. The people
who have been taught to oppresa and
rule the negroes have neither the man-
liness nor the charity to treat them as :,
human beings So long as they retain
these ideas their future will be dark .
and their progress slow. They should
learn more common sense and charity
Partisan Legislation. p
The political contract for the benefit tx
Of the Democratic party was She heaviest II
that was ever required of any previous c
Democratic legislature The vitality OF c
the Republican party at the late cleo ii
tlon fully demonstrated the fact that on
1uli assessment and fair election the
Republicans could carry the State with. III
ont trouble. 1t was by no mean. VI
for the Democracy to find New q
Castle County in the hands of the Re n
publicanS and that a change of only one W
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