Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-09-21
Negro COlOnizat ton.

"A few professed friends Of the negroes
Of the United States have lately been
advocating a plan for connizing them
in the western part Of the United States,
but it does not meet With approval from
the negroes themselves, and will Ger
tainly fail. The Chicago Tribnue says:
The negro colonization scheme organ
lied by the Arkansas association meets
with disfayor from the colored people
before it is fairly on its feet. Its agent,
John W. Niles, is in Washington with
credentials addressed to Frederick Doug
| lass, but thus far he has been unable to
accomplish anything or 70 commend
himself or: his scheme to the coyored
people Of that city" His p;apers state
that the object OF the association which
he represents is the. colonization Of his
race Oh the strip Of public land boun eletl
bounded by the Indian Territory On the
east, Texas Oh the south, New Mexico
on the west, and Kansas and Colorado
on the north. 1t Includes an area Of 15U
miles from east to west and forty miles
from north to south, though its exact To-
cality is not very definitely described
Niles purpose in Washington is, FIRST
to learu the status of the land in question :;
and, second, to inform the colored peo-
pie of tie situation. His frs; object has
been accomplished, but in the second he
has made no head way, as the co)ored
people WON'T listen to him, and call him
| "crank." Mean while he has failed to
receive remiltances from home for living
expenses, and is stranded in Washing
ton. The best thing that the association
can do is TO send him money enough to
get home, and then abandon their pur-
pose, Their scheme will never COM
mend Itself to the colored people as
whole, and if it has any result at all will
| only induce q few victims to go to the
| new Liberia they will speedily
come to q 'uin. Even if they
sho'lld c. considerable num-
bers, the lah ,oor in that section
to support the. ~ could not in
| duce the whites 81 now there TO
leave, and even if th,. cy would be
surrounded on all sides White popu-
iation which is not friendly or desira
Bile accession to- any neighborhood.
They have not the money to get there Or
to procure the necessary outfit. They
have not the capacity at present to take
care Of themselves if they got there. The
scheme is foolish and preposterous in all
its details, and we have little doubt that
the colored people everywhere will be as
quick to see it az they have been in
Washington. The future ofthe colored
race is indissolubly jo ined with that Of
the white race. There ism question
that they suffer from injustice and
offensive DETERMINATIONS in the South,
and that they do not enjoy the rights
which have been guaranteed them, as
was. contemplated in the constitutional
amendment. But their condition is not
as bad as it was ten years ago. Slowly,
to be sure, but steadily, they are gaining
their rights, and as time goes on their
condition will improve. They have
made great strides IN securing the tight
| to be educated, and another generation
will stand long distance above the pres
ent one while, at the sa1ne time, as the !.
remnants of the old slayehol ding aris-
tocracy disap the iices Of the
present viii diappear with thsIl If q he
negroes are bent upon eolon cation, Gen,
Grants Hayti schetnei much 1l more feas.
ible than the Arknsas one but 8 he best M
plan for the egroes isto renaa ii patieft ! ].
I.1y where they are and work out theirsal y.
lYation Every year Witnesses the remov 'lc Z.
lal of some old prejad dice, and brings them q.
nearer to the comp pleteE chi ynsnt OF
their ri-I,