Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-29
the State waited upon him and ordered him

the State waited upon him and ordered him
TO leave on penalty Of lynching.
WAKING UP THE SCHEME.
In letter addressed to Whitehead I'M
der date of March 20, 1890. Lindsey gives a
complete account of the development OF ms
plan up TO that time. he says:
WASHINGTON, D. c., Mar. 20, lSsO.
J. B. Whitehead, Esq:
been received and the contents carefully
noted, and must be permitted 70 say tnat
il really appears to me you are nara 10
| 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 IL IS
also srue that wrote you later that Sena'
| tor Quay, Chairman of the National he
| 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. / say all this is true, and yet
| you seem to question what l say ABOUT II,
and, as you seem 10 be so incredulous,
/ Will give you a detailed account OF Just
| how the matter stands.
On or about the 22d of last May, met
| Hon. Edward Mcpherson, of Pennsylva-
/ MIA, here. and had an interview with him
! ia regard TO orr work, and at his sugges-
| ton wrote to Senator Quay at Beaver,
Pa l 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,
/ I hot 1
deayoriug to find homes and employment
for them in Northern and Northwestern
States; that this tide of emigration could
De easily diverted from the Southwest and
turned to the doubtful States of the North
| aud West. l ioclosed him copies Of letters
from many OF my North Carolina Repuon-
can friends as to my integrity, &c, among
them letters from Col. .. h. Dockery, john
Nichols, j. NJ. Brown, Judge Thos. Settle
aud others, and told him with necessary
financial aid l could take eight to ten thou
saud 10 Indiana, three or four thousand TO
| West Virginia, and two or three thousand
TO Connecticut OF the best la0orerS and
safest voters in the world in time to become
legal voters in 1892. which would place the
result in those States beyond dOuot IN the
| next Presidential election, &c, &c.
On the 9th of June l received letter
from him dated Beaver, Pa, May3l q sup
/
by the Johnstown flood), in which he said:
Il have your letter, which impresses me
favorabiy, and will, at the first oppor-
tunity, submit your proposition TO our COM
mitiee. Col. Dudley and Vice-Chaicman
Clarkson are near you. Have the kindness
to communicate with them IN relation 10
Details"
On the night Of the 14th Of juno had an
interview with him at Chamberlin's Hotel,
in this city. He approved Of our work,
asked me how much il would take to start
it, and promised 10 furnish the necessary
amount He said that the committee was
! then out of funds, but that should have
it in thirty days.
On thel9th day Of July saw him at the
Arlington Hotel, here. He was in great
hurry with numbers of people trying 10 see
him. He said that the Committee had
failed 10 get the necessary funds in hsnd,
but that | should have IL soon. AT our in
terview at Chamberlin's, on June ii, he re-
quesJed me to write to Governor M. u.
Buckley, of Connecticut, and General
Erastus Day, Chairman Republican Com
mlttee of Connecticut, in regard 10 the
natter which l did.
On the 10th of August I wrote him,
calling his attention to what he had
told, or promised me at Chamoerlin's,
and said 10 him if it WIS not conve-
uient 70 furnish the entire amount
pro Missed to furnish me with enough to
arrange the preliminary work. He at once
enclosed my letter 70 Gen. ClarksOn, with
an Endorsement requesting the money 10 De
furnished me, and on the 18th Of August
wrote me, saying: II have your letter OF
the 10Th, and have forwarded it through
Mr. Clarkson. with such an Endorsement as
you suggest"
Gen. Clarzson saw Col Dudley and Dud-
lev said be had no funds in hand belonging
70 the Committee; that he had furnished
Sl6S Of his own funds for the Committee,
and that would have TO wait awhile. l
did not like this, and so wrote Senator
Quay, and in reply TO my letter be wrote
me, August 20, saying: In 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 Sl6S from his
private funds to meet overdrafts. am
perfectly willing TO give my time TO the
cause, but cannot afford to pay the eX
penses Of the Committee.
1 then thought would let the matter
rest till they could replenish the treasury,
but on the Sth of September | received Il
letter from Quay, saying: win you have
the kindness on receipt Of this 10 place
Yourself in communication with Mr.. Will
liam ID. Mullin, OF Stephenson, Mullin ~
Co. Bramwell, w. Va, where IL is prooa-
BILE that 200 families Of your North Caro-
lima emigrants will be received and en-
ployed, etc. Please act promptly, etc. l
expect TO be in Washington within two
weeks and will then see you"
Soon after Congress convened l saw him
at his committee room. He asked me how
I was getting along with my work. / told
l l. hoA al I n
money. He said: Call Up here to see me
in ten DAYS or two weeks and l will arrange
matters" | said 10 MIN: Senator, shall
/ call in ten days or two weeksh 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 thisK, expecting that he
would spend his Christmas holidays in the
city ard that ne would then have better
ceance 20 arrange matters, but to my sur
prise he went 20 his home at Beaver, Pa.
Soon after his return l called TO see him
on TUESDAY, snd he said TO me: THE Sen
ate will probably adjourn over from Thurs
dav 10 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 / heard OF him he
was of TO Florida and l have had no COM
munication with him since.
/ have other letters from MIN. nave
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
pletelv 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
nennle would be projected in the South,