National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-06-17
A ooLoRED PEOPLES COUNTRY.


tory Asked For.
A memorial OF the coloYcd people OF Kansas
has been presented to Congress asking that the
lands owned by the United States lying in the In
dian Territory aud not occupied by Indians, shall
be open to settlement by such Of the freedmen OF
the United States MS may wish to go there 20 OBJ
tain home. They claim that none of the treaties
made by the United States with tho Indians pro-
hibit the government from allowing Its freedmen
to be located there that the United states Is an
nunlly paying interest on the purchase price OF
the lands asked for, and which by the treanes was
purchased for the purpose OF lorgtlng ireeume ,.
and Indians thereon ard that SAID lana ~ now
idle and bringing no revenue 10 the BoVethineh''
WHEN 1T IS REMEMBERED
that there Is about fifty or sixty thousand colored
peop,e In Kansas, aud that there Is a constant
stream OF refugees pouring into that aiid othof
Western States, and that In many localities they
have congregnted in large numbers, thereby Occa-
sonug surplus of labor II IS but rlgnL that stops
should be taken to provide place for them. IL is
true as Is claimed by them, that no race Of people
situated MS they were Mt the close OF the war has
made such rapid progress in all the walks Of life
they ARE, as n whole, an industrious race, peace
able and quiet and by their actions have disap.
pointed even the most sanguine of their friends,
NOTWITHSTANDING THE PREJUDICE
and opposition of q great mass Of their former
owner, the persecution and bluodshed, the de-
pryaton OF their civil aud political rights IN many
OF the States, they have pursued the even tenor OF
property. Now, rs these people are leaving The
South because Of oppression and the iailnro OF
the government to protect them IN all of their
rights IL Is but Just that some provision should DO
made for them, aud as far rs known the territory
named Is well suited to their wants IL Is In lati-
tudc where cotton will grow, as well rs oil the
gain gown elsewhere In the West Its climate
Is nearly ms warm MS that OF Northern Lpusiaut
and Mississippi; hence II would bGtne M st AVER
ablc place for them that could be selected.
1T MAY DE URGED ny SOME
that the government by freeing the slave md
making him Citizen has done enough for the
negro. II does not require II negro wor'hlppcr- =
MS some call thcm-tO sec that they nave mo1ted
all they have received and more too; but the worst
feature OF tho whole Is that they are not permitted
10 ENJOY what ney naVe e scion oc tbo
enjoyment of the only right that makes inau
froeman-that Is his iranchi G; hence this con-
unued exodus of that people from the south In
all OF its wars the negro hns been loyal TO the gov.
eminent III the last war, before he knew that he
was to be citizen. or even that the adjustment
OF slavery was to be part OF our CONSTITUTION, ne
RALLIED TO TILE DEFENSE
of our government, and shed blood on moro than
one battle. field. Since the coorcd people have
by their votes assisted in keeping out OF power the
eminent, and for this They have been forced TO
fly from their homes II has been said that they
would slarye If they went out there This Theory
that over eco 900 have left the various States of the
South, yet they have settled down In the Western,
Middle, and Northern States. and not per cent.
of them has become paupers on public expense
The exodus of 1878 has had sanitary elect on the
colored people. They no longer, gather in large
numbers and migrate without knowing whero
they go, or trusting to fortune to
PROVIDE FOR THEIR WANTS.
Those who are leaving now generally know
where they are going, aud are provided 10 sup
port themselves, so there is not the least prObn-
bility OF such al industrious people coming To
Starvation. by specific slipulatlons the white
man Is prohibited from entering tho Territory
and in view of the fact that the government
ought to do something for those unfortunate, peo
ple 1t is but just that their memorial should b'
favorahly considered Mrs. General Augustus
Wilson, OF Kansas, philauthropic lady, is her,
urging the adoption of some measure that vii
give these homeless people home. The delega
tion OF cOlored men consists of Messrs. A. Fairfax
w. A. Price, ]. b. Wallace w. b. Avery, and r. ]
Merritt. They have made very favorable i'm
preston on those they have met, enlising man!
able persons in their cause.