The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-02-11
TIE THEA TENED kXODUS.

aud the Guianas, is being discuss
ed in a very fair spirit both North
and South. 1t is stated that the
promoters of the enterprise have
capital behind them, and that they
have assurances from the govern
ments in South America that justi-
fl them in Offering liberal induce
ments to all who care to emigrate.
The appeal is made TO the discon-
tented colored people in all parts of
4 the United States but more particu-
larly to the Negroes Of the old slave
States. Any appeal that speaks OF
the wrongs of these people and
promises Improvement in property
land other conditions will have great
v effect among those who believe that
n there is no hope for improvement
in the South.
The colored people have the same
right to emigrate from tue Uni !
States that the Germans, Irish, or
Italians have to emigrate. ITO the
United States. but outside the ques
ton of right or privilege is the lar
ger question of their future. There
are among the colored people many
men of influence who believe that
under established conditions III the
South there IL no chance that the
race swill be what ii should be-
There are many leaders among the
4 whites in the South who believe.
chat the Southern States would
y bake greater progress we're the
olored population reduced. These
Two classes, the hopeless leaders, on
81 ane side and those who see in the col
red population OF the South hin
leranCe to progress, may unite IN
Encouraging this emigration move
nent. but those who have the tu-
nre of the colored race at heart
ill be sow to approve of any
Movement, Of the kind. The De-
atur Gala J Journal, in comment
ng on this new exodus, says:
The object Of the proposed removal is said
be to get where there is no odium attachr
to difference of race
Something might,perhaps be gained in that
Fpect by emigration 10 the region named
llt il should be remembered that odum att
chts to extreme want eyerywher {, or if
ii Odium, then immense amount of incon-
nience and suffering.
H We should say then that colored people,
4 4 Al =
Aigration rest mostly, perhaps wholly, ON
prospects Of getting comfortable living
Id were offered at home, compared with
Ose prospects elsewhere.
A thrifty industrious quiet people will
In every where certain amount of respect
will be enabled TO live in comfort no
liter what prejudice may exist against
srn for reasons that they can not remove
are not responsible for In Central
nerica colored manis considered as good
anybody but all that anybody is good for
10 fight to get dictator in power and
ID in few weeks to fight to get him out
il. In the Argentine Republic there is
ter order but not little race prejudice,
is to the Guiana interior nobody knows
! thing about it. sir Walter Raleigh
ught that Ell Dorado was in that neigho
al hood and there the supposed king enrob~
every morning in fresh apparel of gold
j still live and reign.
Ne are afraid that this exodus scheme if
beans anything means to the colored peo-
danger and disappointment.
Whatever may be- the motive of
writer of the above the points
we'll put, Before they enter
On any scheme like that propos-
HE colored people are to con-
er the question as would any OF
people offered similar induce
hts. Just after the war, it will
remembered, large number OF
exConfederates organized a
eme for wholesale emigration of
Southern whites to Brazil. The
ject ended in complete failure
in disappointment to all who
3 engaged in il. The hot head
extremists who then believed
they could never be reconciled
tie Reconstructed Union have
pme citizens Of the country. aud
: taken active interest in poll
for a good many years. 1t Is
y likely that IA scheme for the
grafton of the colored people OF
South 70 South America will be