Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-07
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70 leave on penalty Of lynching.
WAKING Up TIE SCHEME.
In letter addressed to Whitehead I'M
der date of March 20, 1890, Lindsey gives
complete account OF the development of his
plan up TO that time. He says:
WASHINGTON, d. c., Mar %, 1890
J. b. Whitehead, Esq:
DEAR SIR: Yours OF the 18th inst. has
been received and the contents carefully
noted, aud l must be permitted TO say that
IL really appears TO me you are hard to
satisfy about our emigration project
1t is true, as you say, wrote you as long
ago as last June that / expected to COM
mence active operations within thirty days
and had cause for so writing. And it is
also true that wrote you later that Sena-
tor Quay, Chairman of the National Re-
publican Committee, had promised me to
furnish the funds for us 10 operate with,
and that Hon. j. n. Huston, Chairman of
the Republican State Committee of Indiana.
felt great interest in the work and would
cooperate with US, and also that other
prominent Republicans had become inter-
ested in it. 1 say all this is true, and yet
you seem to question what say about it.
and, as you seem to be so incredulous, l
will give you a detailed account of just
how the matter stands.
On or about the 22d Of last May, met
a
MIA, here. and had an interview with him
in regard TO onr work, and at his sugges-
ton / wrote TO Senator Quay at Beaver,
Pa. | said to Senator Quay that the col
Ored people of North Carolina had become
restless under their oppression and perse-
cutiOn and that thousands were leaving the
State and going to Mississippi Arkansas,
Louisiana and Texas; that / had been en-
deavoring to find homes and employment
e.. -, ND,sth vrrl cfafsv
States; that this tide Of emigration could
be easily diverted from the Southwest and
turned to the doubtful States of the North
and West. inclosed him copies Of letters
from many Of my North Carolina Republi-
can friends as to my integrity, &c, among
them letters from Col. .. H. Dockery, John
Nichols, j. NJ. Brown, Judge Thos. Settle
and others, and told him with necessary
financial aid l could take eight to ten thou
sand TO Indiana, three or four thousand 10
West Virginia, and two or three thousand
to Connecticut of the best laoorers and
safest voters in the world in time TO become
legal voters in 1892. which would place the
result in those States beyond doubt in the
next Presidential election, &c, sc.
On the 9th Of June l received letter
from him dated Beaver, Pa, May 81 Il sup
pose the letter had been delayed in transit
by the Johnstown flood), in which he said:
II have your letter, which impresses me
favorab.y, and WILL at the first oppor-
tunity, submit your proposition to our COM
mittee Col. Dudley and Vice-Chairman
Clarkson are near you. Have the kindness
to communicate with them in relation TO
Details"
On the night of the 14th of June had an
interview with him at Chamberlin's Hotel,
in this city. He approved of our work,
asked me how much it would take to start
it, and promised to furnish the necessarJ
amount He said that the committee was
then out of funds, but that | should have
1t in thirty days.
rs On the 10Th day Of July l saw him at the
A rlington Hotel, here. He was in a great
hurry with mum bers of people trying TO see
him. He said that the Committee had
failed to get the necessary funds in band,
but that should have it soon. AT our in
terview at Chamberlin's, on June IA, he re-
auested me TO write to Governor M. q.
Buckley, of Connecticut, and General
Erastus Day, Chairman Republican Com
mlttee Of Connecticut, in regard to the
matter, which did.
On the 10th of August l wrote him,
calling his attention to what he had
told, or promised me at Chamoerlin's,
and said to him if it was not conve-
nient TO furnish the entire amount
promised to furnish me with enough to
arrange the preliminary work. He at once
enclosed my letter to Gen. ClarkSon, with
an Endorsement requesting the money to be
furnished me, and on the 18th Of August
wrote me, saying: 81 have your letter of
the 10th, and have forwarded it through
Mr.. Clarkson, with such an Endorsement as
you suggest"
Gen. Clarkson saw Col. Dudley and Dud-
lev said he had no funds in hand belonging
~. NhnN ha bod fr,r.r, ha1
Sl6S OF his own funds for the Committee,
and that would have to wait awhile.
did not like this, and so wrote Senator
Quay, and in reply TO my letter he wrote
me, August 90, saying: I'm reply TO my
request that be should give you
81, 900 TO commence your work, Gen. Dud-
lev informs me that the treasury OF the
National Committee is empty; that he has
been compelled to advance Sl6o from his
private funds to meet overdrafts. l am
perfectly willing to give my time to the
cause, but cannot afford TO pay the eX
penses OF the Committee.
then thought 1 would let the matter
rest till they could repleuish the treasury,
but on the Sth of September | received
letter from Quay, saying: will you have
the kindness on receipt Of this to place
yourself in communication with Mr. Will
liam ID. Mullin, of Stephenson, MGllin q
Co.. Bramweu, w. Va, where it is proba-
BILE that 200 families Of your North Caro-
lima emigrants will be received and en-
poyed, etc Please act promptly, etc. l
expect to be in Washington within two
weeks and will then see you"
Soon after Congress convened saw him
at his committee room. He asked me how
was getting along with my work told
him / had done all l could do without
money. He said: "Cs1 up here to see me
in ten days or two weeks and l will arrange
matters" l said to him: Senator, shall
/ call in ten days or two weeksP He said:
Il am very busy with my legislative mat
tiers. Make it two weeks" did not call
at the expiration of two weeks, which was
on December 20, l thin X, expecting that he
would spend his Christmas holidays In the
CITY and that he would then have better
chance to arrange matters, but to my sur
prise he went TO his home at Beaver, Pa.
Soon after his return l called TO see him
on Tuesday, and he said to me: 1.-THE Sen
ate will PROBABLY adjourn over from Thurs
dav to Monday. Call here Friday or Sat
urday and we will then have time to fix up
matters" l called both days but did not
find him in The next l heard OF him he
was of to Florida and 1 have had no COM
munication with him since.
have other letters from him. | have
given YOU these extracts from few OF
them to satisfy you of the interest he has
taken in the work.
You must remember he is the busiest
man in the world, and has taken this trip
for no other purpose than that he was COM
pletely broken down by work aud had to
have rest. To him is due more credit for
our glorious victory in 1883 than any other
man in the country. l wish he was to-day
in the White House. Then the colored
neople would be protected in the South,
the rebel Democracy would be made TO re-
meet the laws of the country, and the per-