The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-09-07
Rill Arp on the Proposition 10 De-
pert the Negroes.
II is ALL AN IDLE DREAM.


dCrre the u;terances o; 1Ac roaxt.fr-
;!oa in WeiHesdsy's pape-. Their de-
portat!on IL q dream. an utterly im-
practicable so!c:lJn Of ;ae race p-oS-
lem. Sixty years ago Il was q great
undertaking 10 remove lt.eo0 Indians
FROM north Georgia TO the Indian Ter
tory wi;h their reluctant consent. Even
then 1000 o. them died on the way.
The Washington Pos, says there a.c
not enough transports In the word
that could be had o. hired 20 move
them all In twenty yesFs. and 10 would
cost no; less than 800 a head with
would max. a thousand million do
lars. The federal government won.
no; vote a dollar TO begin the sxpe-i-
ment. More than all this. ,he negro
Will not go. lie will not even go lu-.h
| to live with his friends. his q, .ivc-srs
| A few hundred wen; 20 Klnsas gar,.
years ago. but t.ey so: :.ome, ci an
| came back. compared vita lob;
about IL and he said. Well. ml,cr. 10
my opinion we won't git rid Of some D.
EN-. We mou; git mp an cxcurshun
| train with few carloads OF va:e-mil-
| liens in from; and toll EN- aloas n fur
as Ohio and drap en-. but liza JUDAS
about gitiin' EN- 10 Africy.
There used to be a coloaizit.or so
c!e;y tha; owned a good ship nlt.ei
| Elizabeth. and they carried all the
| marunit;si slaves 10 Liberia free o..
charge. Old Major Waters. a we,lthy
| gentleman OF Gwinne;t county. gaze
thir;y-seven OF his slaves their free
| dom, and hy his will male my irin.r
his executor ard directed him - p.o-
vide good clothing for them and 10
take them II Savannah ana see them
pat on board the Elizabeth and io pay
over TO william. Ms faithful boy s.r-
want. SICO in gold fer each o. 'he
thirty-seyen slaves. This money was
TO set them Up in Africl. So M faith
CT cCrrcspcndei with the society. 4 ~
the good ship was sent 10 SaylanaI on
time ard the negroes were pnt On
board. They wept and vs,ied Shen
they told father gooiby. for they al
i:new that lie was their old Ia. ster's
friend.
About two years after that there
was n knock at fathers door ono
winter night. When IL was opened
there stood William and six others o.
tne negroes sent away. He report~t
all the others dead and that he an
these six had se-retei themselves n
the hold o. the vessel by might an
kept hidden until they had been tive
!: days al sea. for IL was against ta'
rnles Of soricty 20 allow any freeC
man 10 return. They were brought Z,
Philadelphia. ard there got word Il
Howell Cobb and Alex. Stephens. Il
} VA sh!ng;cn. Those men knew Wi
liam and his master and sent hin
enough money 10 pay their way home
They went into service o. their yoIni
master, Tom Waters-no: as slaves
but as free men. ard were happy a
escaping from Liberia. Here 1. Unc'
2 Sam. who works in my garden an
chops my wood and goes after ice o
. | Sunday. He has four grown up chill
/ | dren who are sor:er married and the
have a lot o, children. The Old ma
owns the humble home and Is not go
irg TO Africa or anywhere else. an
the children will no; leave him. Ther
> would be weeping ani wailing wors
[ | than a funeral. But suppose they a
= went. Who is going to pay them fc
their property? The negroes pay take
| now IN three hundred millions o; pro,
a erty. which Is chiefly real estate. The
e own probably 200 homes in and aroln
CaTtersville, ani there would be n
buyers. /: they were all depor;ed, wh
would take their places? Who woul
;. do orr cooking and washing? Wa
;, would nurse cur babies? Who wcil
d make our f-cs when the cold winti
Z mornings come? Who would pick OF
cotton? But the fact remains tn.
there are too many OF them. and thc
multiply too fast. and this generatio
ere irdolent ali Ieed regulating
}. game going on righ, now while writ
q and al leas; 2C0 vag,Sond negroes hs'
u passed my house going 20 IL. The n
le gro women are supporting them
IS idIenezs. Jchn Anderson says
heard them singing at the den Z.
other day. ard the chorus OF the sor
iwas:
No use IN Niger working We
hard
:, When his nanny II cook In
-. white mans yard
Politicians and preachers keep tain
hot. Ny friend Ham. who has bee3
>. a chauteuqua In Missouri says
- heard a lecture there from Bish
an Fowler. on Abraham Lincoln.
IS which ne took occasion TO lsmpo
aci scarlfy US a. is usual up there. a
among other things rechsrged tiat Q
ne that GcyeTnc- Brow, had Offered
reward OF ss.ee9 ID have wil!i'
~, Lloyd Garrison kiina,ed and brouS
T. 10 Georgia. The b.sac2 ought to ma
=. up 4 new stock. Those old lies
\. wc-a out. Ye knew IL was lie VI
\ he repeated II. Tsis Is lie for wai
n. there was no excuse aaI no founsati'
,or bat il is a god traveller AMI p-e,cA'
a. oan send lie a. FAR as anybody.
.r the isyil. Who Is the f1tAer OF lies.
he sny pre.e-srce foT subjscts. I thiak
would chose a lying. slsndert
preacher before anybody. Brt sl2p'
tas, wasn't lie; what gccd can p