Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-14

visions. The most important Of these
provisions was that OF the means TO en-
able tho executor of the will TO
transport the slaves OF the estate
tset free by previous clause)
and settle them in some other
state or territory, he appointed Judge
Leigh his executor. The will was con-
tested on the ground OF the mental
unso1ndness OF the testator. Judge
Leigh, well aware that the emancipation
OF these slaves had been the underwriting
purpose Of Randolph's life. relinquished
his absorbing interest under the will
that be might become witness in sup
port Of it and so at least accomplish the
particular inten. TO which L have re-
ferred. To this extent tho will was, in
effect, sustained, and Judge Leigh was
appointed commissioner 10 transport and
settle the negroes as provided therein.
The State selected for the settlement was
Ohio bat when the commissioner land
ed his first interview was with q mob
formed to resist and repel the negro set
tlement The clearest glimpse Of the
state of feeling is derived from the
newspapers Of the time.
NEWSPAPERS on THE SITUATION.
tFrom the National Interlgoncor, July 10. 1s46I
"The Cincinnati (Ohio) Chronicle Of
the 9th instant says that the emsnci-
pated slaves of John Randolph, who re-
Gently passed no the Miami Canal to
their settlement in Mercer county, Ohio,
met with a warm reception at Bremen.
The citizens OF Mercer county turned
out cn HasSe and called q meeting, or
rather formed themselves into one i'm
medately, and passed resolutions to the
effect that said slaves should leave in
twenty-four hours, which they did, IN
other boats than the ones which con-
veyed them there. They came back
some twenty-three miles, at which place
they encamped, not knowing what to
do"
lFrom the National Intelllgencer, July "a, 1s46.l
"The Sidney (Ohio) aurora OF the
l1th says these negroes (the Randolph
negroes) remain on Colonel Johnson's
farm, near Piqua That paper con-
demns in decided terms the conduct
of the citizens in Mercer in the late
outbreak and insists that they should
have made their objections known be-
fore the land was purchased, and not
waited until they had drawn the last
cent they would expect out OF the
blacks (some $50, and then raised
an armed force and refuse 10 let them
take possession Of their property, as
they have done. We look upon the
whole proceeding as outrageous in the
extreme, and the participants should be
severely punished. What makes tho
thing worse is the fact that number of
those who were fercest in their opposi-
ton to the blacks, and loudest IN
their threats to shoot, &c, were the
very persons who sold them land, re-
ceiyed wages for constructing the build
ings, aud actually pocketed large
amount Of money for provisions not two
weeks before tho arrival Of the poor
creatures whom they have so uniustly
treated"
National Inte'ligeucer August 10, 1s46l
THE RANDOLPH NEGROES.
The last Piqua (Ohio) Register says:
These unfortunate creatures have again
DHtu uIlNtn llDlk lhuAl1 HhANOhCa lRA
them. AS we noticed last week an eff
fort, which it WAS thought would be
successful, was made to settle them in
Shelby county, but, like the previous
attempt IN Mercer, it has failed. They
we're driven away by threats of violence.
About one third Of them, We understand,
remained at Sidney, intending TO scatter
and find homes wherever they can. The
rest of them came down here to-day,
and are now at tho wharf in boats. The
present intention is to leave them
wherever places can be found for tbem.
We presume, therefore, they will remain
in the State, as it is probable they will
find situations for the whole Of them
between this and Cincinnati.
National Intellleencer August L., 1s46.l
at is said that these unfortunate
creatures have been again driven away
by threats OF violence from the lands
which had been secured for them IN
Ohio, and that Judge Leigh, despairing
of being able to colonize them in a free
State. has concluded to send them to
Liberia"
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The negroes were finally allowed to
occupy the land for which they had
paid, but what very inyigorating sym.
pathy did these two emancipators excite
in this free State Here was one Vir-
ginian who had emancipated by will
numerous slaves, and here was another
who had relinquished a large estate
to secure the fulflment OF this
part of the will. The response
TO them from the North was mob
violence and contumelious scorn. What
was a poor belated Virginisn to do ?
Ii his slaves won't North with his con-
sent, stones and curses were good
enough for them they were only well
como when they went without it. In
effect it was said, "Your negroes are in
tolerable to US ws are not willing to
accept the companionship OF very
small number, even on the terms Of no
cost to ourselves and all their expenses
paid but we will not cease TO weary
You with our importantly to set free
aud provide for your millions, and 10 do
it, as Mr.. Mendenhall said, forthwith"
Crusaders are not unept to be trihe
derelict in magnetism when their solicit
tude is to convert every one except
themselves.
That which the North demanded OF
the South, as their expository supplement
has shown, involved the admission of the
1mprovised freedman to all those priv
leges which in the land Of the crusaders
had been SO curiously overlooked, in
cluding that which at the North could
not possibly exist-the power at the polls
to exchange the barbarism OF Africa for
the civilization of the United States. Mr..
Freeman, in his impressions of the
United States" with the Judicial calm
which tempers all his writings,f has
stated the problem as it was and is pre-
sented to t1e South. There Is, allow,
difficulty and danger in the position OF
a class enjoying civil but not political
rights, placed under the protection of
the law, bnt having no share in making
the law or in choosing its makers. But
surely there is still greater difficulty and
danger, in the existence OF class OF
citizens who at the polling-booth are
equal to other citizens. but who are not
their equals anywhere else. We are told
that education has done aud is doing
much for the once-enslaved race. But
education cannot wipe out the eternal
distinction that has been drawn by tho