Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 28, Number 33, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 August 1880 — Page 9

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, 'WEDNESDAY AUGUSTJlS.USSO-SUPI'IiElIElTT;1,

THE : EXODUS "INVESTI

GATION. J. Senator Toorhees' Great Speech If on the Importation ' d North ' . .. . o. Carolina Negroes. That Portion of tho Speech of Senator .Yeorheeo Relative to the Movement Into r XndlM Delivered fa the Culted ', ,( BUte Senate, June 4, 1880. SENATOR WISDOM'S CONNECTION WITn IT. Sir, I bar known the Senator front Minnesota Mr. Windom mm 07 juri, and I hold him la the moit perfect respect od esteem, la assigning to him, therefore, th. principal authorship, ef tba colored exodus, with all ita eenseqaencea, ha will understand that I do ao la tl e spirit of absolate perstael .good-will and friendship. Oa. tbe 16th of January, 1379, La introduced igte this body tha following resolution: Resolved, That with a view to a peaceful adjustment of all question reUtiug to suffrage, to tba affective enforcement of constitutional tad oat oral right, and to tha promotion of the best iutereate of tha whole country, by the elimination of sectionalism from polltice. committee of seven Senator be appointed by the Chair a ad charged with the doty of Inquiring ee to tbe expediency and practicability of encouraging and promoting ty all jat and proper methoda the partial migration of colored persona from tboae State aad Congretfioaal Districts w here they are not allowed to f-eely and peacefully exercise and enjoy their Conatitntioual righta aa A merieaa citizens into euch St tea M may desire to receive them and will protect tnstu In aaid rig hte, or into auch Territory or trrUorie vf the United atatee a niar be provided for their us and occupation; and If aaid committee shall deem'anch migration expedient and practicable that they report bj bill or otherwiie what Ja their judgment it the Boat effective method of accomplishing that object; and that kaid committee have Wave to ait daring the receee., , A PROPOSITION TO IXCOmUGI IT. Here wa a direct proposition for a a investigating committee, to be composed ot aevaa Senators, with a Tie of aeoeragiag and promoting the migration of colored persons into the Northern State and Territory. ..it waa the flrtt ever made In either branch ef Congreea, and waa regarded at the time aj a harmleec novelty.. On the 7th ot February, lew than a month 'later, however, the Senater fron Minnesota addressed tho Senate la aopport ef tile revolution, making a very elaborate and carefully prepared peach. la thia remarkable speech, he deplored what he styled tbe ehameful failure ef the Government to vindicate oar citizenship within oar vwn border, and, assuming that the negro waa deprived of hia constitutional righta ia the Southern States, advised him to go elsewhere. A new Canaan, an the rich Ian. gtage oi the Bible, was proclaimed by the Senator from .Minnesota to the fervid Imagination of the negroes if they would arise and leave their present bah tatlons. A Moses waa also promised them in express words by the Senator to lead them by thousands to the new Canaan which he described. He lares them Into bis scheme by saying that the privilege of taking from forty to eighty acres of good land should be extended to millions of colored people, and that they should have their land In a locality suited to their wants. At to the expense of inch movement the Senator treats it lightly. He says: "If it should cost a few millions to provide the territory for them, who wonld welter that Tact in the balance against a eolation t most perplexing and dangerous problem that nifbx.vt onr foture aa a nation, the performance of partial but tardy justice to a race, and tbe permanent pacification of the country?' Again, the Senator says: ' "let it be understood that such a place ft ready for them, and the bishope and ministers of their various churches will bead ttie exodus to tbe promised land, with songs of praise and devout thanksgiving to God for this mighty deliverance. Do yon say they are too per to pay the expenses of the proposed journey? Doubtless the great majority are so, but the enterprising, the Intelligent, and the ambitions will ftii J some meana of getting there; and should any difficulty occur at this point, the patriotism and philanthropy of the people may be confidently relied upon to organize and provide the needed fundi' ORGANIZATION Ol TBI MOVEMENT. It will be teen from this passage of the Senator's speech of February 7, 1879, thit he not only proposed a select committee to encourage the erodes of the negro, but that be likewise suggested the very plan by which it could be best promoted. ' He declared that "the patriotism and philanthropy of - the people, meaning of course the people of the North, "could be confidently relied on to Organize and provide the needed rands." This was the first suggestion, at far as I know, of the organization of emigrant aid societies which sprung up so rapidly almost immediately afterward. "Organize and provide the needed fundd These are the words of tbe Senator from Minnesota, spoken with reference to the action ef tbe Northern people in their efforts to promote the negro exodns from the 8ont-ra to the Northern States, and they were acted upon at various points without delay. The voice of the Senator waa heeded, as It ought to be, by his party 'followers. ' His counsels were accepted by his party associates, both white and black, and societies were at once organized to "provide the needed funds." One waa formed In this city and one in Saint Louis. It is a circumstance to be noted and remembered that between Washington City and Saint Louis the only other emigrant aid societies were established In Indiana. ' e e . . Thise societies were secret so far as the general pnbilo waa concerned. Their existence was unknown except to those connected with them nntil the present Investigation exposed them. The great body of the people of Indiana did not know that secret organizations were at work la their rviidst, pursuant to tbe suggestion of the Senator from Minnesota, to induce n"groee in large numbers to come into tbe State, and to provide means for' the - trans portation of snch aa were paupers.' It was at Brut ahidden conspiracy so far as Indiana was concerned,' to itcck the state with a worthless black population. Tbe conspirators of course I do not use that word la connection with the Senator from Minnesota moved about for a time In the dark and fancied themselves secure from exposure. That the object of the conspiracy was to assist the republican' party and to secure its ascendency in Indiana. If possible, is a Blatter of the clearest demonstration ander the proof. GENERAL CONWAY'S MISSION AND TESTIMONY. Other results, however, beside the formation of secret emigrant aid societies immediately followed tbe speech of the Senator from Minnesota. Ia the course of that speech the Senator quoted from and complimented 11 v. General Thomaa W. Conway, who seems from his mixed title te bave bandied tbe weapons of bath spiritual and temporal Wertars. And Wh la. General Conway? Tbe Senator, net content with quoting him a high authority here in the Senate called him as a wit new before the exodus committee. We there learned the history of hit connection with the affairs of the negro race. I read from his testimony before tbe committees Question. Will yon please state what your connection has been with the education of tbe colored race, tr your opportunities for knowing its condition reuerallv? A. I was commissioner ol toe Freed men's Bareae by appointment of the President. I- was superintendent of tbe Department of the Gulf, under General Banks, in 1804; and when the b urea a was or-ganit-d in l&SS I waa appointed commUsioner lor Louisiana, and also Alabama until General Swayne waa appointed for that State; then I remained commissioner for Louisiana until I800. Subsequently I waa State superintendent f education for that State. Q. ITor how long a tuu.T A. Fur five years; up to 1874. Q. Did you live there la 1972? A. I lived there In 1872. 1 was there from I80J to 1S3. tea years. I went there aa an officer ef the army. 1 became idea, tiffed with the lntereets of tne colored people in that way, and am bow, and expect te be for eoane time to come. . I point of fact General Conway It recognized aa one of tbe ameet prominent men in tbe country connected with the agitationi and promotion of begro emigration. When before the committee be stated that ha waa tben oa hit way ''to Mow Mexico to pioeer for aboatoae hundred thonaaad ot these people who are coming out of the South thia spring and s a aimer with mean to buy land In their own behalf." Bearing General Conway's conspicuous position on , this subject ia miad. let ue next eee what his movements were almoet Immediately upon the delivery ol the speech of February 7, 1879, by the Senator from Minnetote. Within Sees than a month afterward General Conway reached thia city for consultation with tbe leedess ef the re publica party la regard to the the , negro i exodus. He state In bis testimony . that he especially consulted the late Senator Chandler, who was at that tiaae the very able chairman of the republican netioael committee. Me one will dispete that Mr. Chandler, whoa alive, and la that position, dictated and shaped the policy and political management of his party mors than any other maa ia tt. General Conway eays that be warmly and enthusiastically embraced the exodus movement, thai citing tt the fall ana cordial approval and support of the official ke ad ef the republican party. Thus equipped aad eroagtheaed le hi faith and pnrpoeee General Conway eile us that he started South by way of the West. Let I tbe reinem bered that thia was la March, 1979, at least six months before Degrees commenced to arrive im Indiana, aal

lot following testimony of the General' before ths committee become luminous with moaning: Q. Tea visited Indiana on that trip, did you not I A. I stopped at Indianapolis oa my way. Q. Ton mads soma pleasant acquaintances there, I hope! A. I did, sir. Q. Whoa did yoa meet T A. A number of the citizens. I knew some parties there; and some I did aot know I made the acquaintance of while I waa there. . . , . t . , Q. now long did you remain there 1 A. I think three days. Q. Daring tbat time yoa taw Mr. Martlndale, the editor of the Journal T A. . I believe I did. Q. - Ton saw Mr. New, the chairman of tho Republican State committee 1 A. I saw Mr. New; I don't know whether he waa tbe cfeaigman of the Republican etat committee or not. Q. . Did you know Colonel Dnd ley? A. The name la familiar to me, but 1 do not remember meeting him. Q. Do yoa kuow Colonel Uolloway, the postmaster? A. Yes, sir. . Q. Do yoa know Colonel Streight, a candidate for governor there? A. No, air; I knew him by name bat not personally. Q. Well, General Conway, yon know we bave a prying cariosity in this committee. I want to know o yoa now why yon staid there theee three days? A. Well, sir, I was tired, and the journey was a tiresome one, and Indianapolis It a pleasant city, and I wished to see what could be done regarding thess laborers, as to getting employment for tbem, and I thought these gentlemen would know about that as well as anybody I could Cud. Q. Did yoa meet with any reasonable encouragement? A. Tea, sir; a good deal of it. I was told, and information came In there, tbat five or ten thousand could find employment in Indiana. Q. Was that the opinion of theee gentlemen? A. Tee, sir; I think it was. I also met two or three Quakers there, and one of them eaid he bad been through the State, and he showed me a long list of namee of fanners who would give them employment. Q. Then it was-not disguised between you and these gentlemen that it would be of political advantage to the State, as well as these negroes themselves, to bring tbem there, was it? A. Not at all, air; I so regarded it. and I think ao stili. Q. ' And so did they? A. Tee; sir. 1 Q. from your party atsnd-polnt, yon think It Is desirable to carry Indiana for the Republicans? A. Undoubtedly so, sir. Q. ' And they looked upon it In tbe same lieht, did

I they? A. I think they would be great fools if they did J not; I think they did. Q. loa spoke or going to Saint Louis and Indianapolis, and then returning here? ' A. I returned to Indianapolis. . Q. Vt here from? A. I returned from Kansas to Quincy, Illinois, and to Chicago, and tben came back to Indianapolis. Q. How long were yon there tbe second time? A. About a day. Q. Did you meet some of the same gentlemen ? A. Tee, sir. Q. Did you find theejegroes arriving at Saint Louis whea yoa got there ? A. Yee, sir; they were arriving before I started. Q. And you tried to divert them to Indiana ? A. Tea, sir, 1 told the committee I tneugbt it advisable not to send any more tu Kansas that many of them were wanted in Indiana, I Hi noia and other States, and I thought it would, be better for them to go there. . Q. Did yoa report to these gentlemen In Indianapolis that yoa had met and encouraged these people to come to Indiana? In other words, did yon Inform them of what yoa aaid to that committee at Saiat Louis? A. I think I did give them a general idea of wbmt I bad done. Q. Then did yon return further East come back bere? A. Yes, sir; 1 did. THE POSITIVE PROOF OF CONSP1RACT. Sir, it baa been Iterated and reiterated until the very air is weary of the falsehood that no proof has been made betöre the committee inculpating the leaders of tbe republican party of Indiana as conspirators to overthrow the democ ratio majority in that State by aa Importation of negro voters. Men bave been bang andjasUy bungon evidence far less conclusive of crime than ia here anbmitted against the most prominent men oi tne republican party of Indiana, Implicating them in an attempt to resrne their broken political fortunes by colonizing tl.e African element of the South. I challenge and defr contra diction on thia point. I have no desire to assail anybody; very far from It; bat General Conway ia the peer in character, position, and influence in the republican party of any man in Indiana mentioned bv hia ia hia testimony, or met by him while in that State on tbe exodus business. I do no injustice to "r. ruew.iur. Uartindale, Colonel Dudley, Colonel Uolloway, or General Streicht, or any one else, in making thia statement. Yet General Conway, with no possible motive to injure bis brethren, but rather a strong motive to shield them, swears directly and explicitly that he halted three days at Indianapolis on bis trip South to aid tbe exodus in order to ascertain what encouragement, if any, there was for negro emigration to Indiana; that he there met the chairman of tU republican State central committee, th editor of the recognized State organ of the republican party, be postmaster of the city of Indianapolis, and many othens, and that be was assured by tbem that from five to tea thousand negroes could find employ, meat in that State. Tbe numbers here spoken of were to be voters, not erjeombered by women and children, for when Gen. era! Conway was asked whether the gentlemen with whom be was in consultation at Indianapolis under, stood that the emigration of the negroes was to be ol political advantage to tbe Mate, and for the porpose of carrying the cHate tor tbe Republicans, be answered tbat they understood the whole thing and gave it great encouragement. Tbns again assured ol political co-operation in his efforts. General Conway journeyed on from Indianapolis to Saint Louis and then to Kansas City. His mission to those cities wa4 a meet natural one in the light of bis stay at Indiana, polls. He says that he found negroes arriving there from tbe South, and tried to divert tbem to Indiana. Of course he did; It was to arranged, so stipulated in secret polities! conclave. Conway's movements and labors were the result of no vague, uncertain, ill-defined plan of action. He moved from the National headqaarters of the Republican party In this city to tbe headquarters of tbat party in Indiana, and from there under instructions to Missouri and Kansas, lie even returned to Indianapolis to report bis proceedings further west. He testifies that oa bis return Last be stopped over and reported to his friends in Indianapolis that be bad met and encouraged emigrating negroea to come to Indiana, thus putting them in the entire possession ot every detail of thia scheme ef colored colonization for political purposes. He bad advised with the leading men oi Kansas, and it had been agreed that the heavy stream ef colored emigration should be dierted. if possible, from that State into Indiana.and all this he faithfully communicated to hiepoliticalcoadjutorsaf Indianapolie. Hear him, in ttie fjJiowing passaa of refreshing frankness: Q. Recurring to the point, whom did you principally tee at Indianapolis? A. I saw a number, of gentlemen there who were interested in tbe matter some who were pure ly phRantrophic, and soma who were distinguished politicians. Q. Name some of those distinguished politicians? A. I do not think I could name any except those whom you mentioned Messrs. New and Martindale, and ether. Q. They knew what yonr purposes were? A. Tea, ir; distinctly, sir; and the whole country knew it. Q. And as yoa understood them, they were willing to co-operate with yon in turning a portion of this emigration into Indiana? A. Yes. sir. Q. With wbom did yoa principally talk in Kansas npon this subeci? A. I talked with a great many everywhere I went. There were probably fifteen thousand people at Lawrence, where I made a speech on the subject, and that attracted a good deal of attent ion to me. Q. Apart from tbat, did yon talk with prominent men there about the desirability of diverting a portion of these people from their Slate to other Northern and Western States? A. Yes, sir; I talked to Governor St. John, Bfv. Btr. Munjoe, and otters. Q. Tbe senÖnent in Kansas among prominent men Bke Governor St. John was that there was some dread they would get more of theee people than waa good for the State or tbe colored people, and one feature of the plan waa then to divert a good deal of it elsewhere? Yes, sir; thst was the sentiment. . L When yon came back to Indianapolis, did yon nut known te Mr. New and Mr. Martindale that yoa bad convened with prominent men la Kansas, and that an ert wouli be made te divert some ol theee people to Indiana? THE PERSISTENT OLORITICATION OF TnE NEGRO RACE. A. T believe I did. t desire just bere to make this farther statement : In regard to tbe inquiries made ol me aa to whether I bad any political objects in view in connection with Indiana, or any other State, I wish to interpolate this t I believe tbat the negro is a useful man; that he is a law abiding man, naturally ; and I deem it a great wrong" to bim to express the opinion that he would be a detriment to any Northera State. He aerved us faithfully ia the war, as he had previously worked faithfully in time of peace. There are fewer dependents, and paupers, and vagabonds, in proportion to their number, among them than among the whites, 1 have had a much to do with their education and their care avany white man in this country, and I have generally found them willing to work ; willing to abide by the laws, even though they are oppressive ; willing to go to school and get an education to whatever extent is possible. 1 should not -hesitate to advise any community to Welcome them, or beaitate to advise tbem to go to any community or ny State, Indiana included. Of course tbey vote the Republican ticket; I am very glad they do; I hope they always will; I bave, and I always expect to. To whatever part of the country they may go, I hope tbey will continue to vote tbe Republican ticket, because it Is in tbe interests of their race, and In. the interests of the country at la rgewln the interests of a higher civilization. Hence 1 bave no hesitation ia saying that I should advise

! - - tho negro to go to Inditot, both oa tit ground of Mi nsefuloes and his m-rlu. ' Q. Both a a laborer and as a voter T A. Ter, sir. OEN'ERAL COKWAT, ON CROSe-IXAMCTATIOX. And atltl farther, when this most aouspicaoas and active evaognliet ef the exodus waa wader exaaiiaaUon by tbe Senator from Mianeeoc,he testified ia regard to the plot against the people of Indiana In the fallowing explicit terms: Question. Up yoa knew of any effort tocolonis any State with Negro voters? Answer. There has been tome talk about it, and I hate been . trying to carry Indiana by thuir aid. Q. What have you done in tbatdlreetlon? A. Ien conragrd as many of tbem te no there a I could first because I believed they coold t,et good watts, and second, to help oat tbe Repablicae cause and taise the negro to a higher clviliz ttion. I think he is a good Itf publican and m good loyal citizen, and sfeould bo allowed to rote; therefore i have not liked the idea toexclade pol i lies from tbe exodus. I think tbe negro ought to go wrtnre be can do the most good for himself sod tbe Republican party. ! Q. Msn'te been something of a failure rather your trying to get theta to go to Indiana?. A. Tea, sir; I think so. I hav been desirous to see a good many of them go ia there. I wanted to see the Democrats beaten, and I wanted tbe negroes to go in there and help do it. . Q. How many voters do you suppose bave gene in there? A. If all had gone whom I advised to go there would have been fifteen or twenty thousand. THE l.ND( UBTED DESIGN OY THE MOVEMKNT. Mu I ! to dwell pron and enforce ths conclusive harscter of isach tethütony aa this? Who now will pi ate of the abseuce of proof that the emigiatton of negroes into Indiana waa a political scheme kaown. planned, fostered, aad carried oa by the leaders of the Republican Party? General Conway was net my witness; heia a Rpnbkvaaot stalwart proportions, a prime mover in theeaodifs acitaUoi, following elssely in the wake nf trie speech of rhe Senator from Hmee sota. Out of the mouths of their own political fronds and associates the now revealed couspirators agtinst rie rtht, the sovereign right of the people oi Indiana to govern themselves witbont tbe assistance of imported pauper negroea, staud naked and condemned. What answer baa been made or can be niaile? General 'o way says that she plan so r as Indiana, ia concerned has been a failure; he says he wanted negreea nough there to defeat the Democratic party; and advised that fifteen or twenty thousand should b colonized in that great State, and in the absence of something like that number be concedes that bis niifcsiouary tabor for the Repnblican party in the matter of negro importation has uot been a snccess. Tbe fsilurs of this unworthy undertaking, however, is not doe to any amount of seal or unscrupulous industry on the part of its authors. It lias failed as a political conspiracy because it bas been exposed by an boneat, active, aggressive investigation. It was only dangerous while it was comparatively in tbe dark. A scheme ao unnatural aad nefarious perishes when dragged to tbe light of day. Those engaged in it are crippled and rendered powerless by the scorn and contempt of tbe public as soon aa they are disclosed by reliable evidence. MENDESHALL'S TESTIMONT. Bat leaving at this point the overwhelming, crushing testimony of General Conway, 1 proceed to other facts wblib. establish the existence of an infamous political plot to subvert the will of the people cf Indiana by the procurement of aa otjectionatie negro population. Among the earliest witnesses called before the committee was H. W. Mendenhall, of Wayne County, Indiana, and now in Government employ, nient in this city. He was a member of the original emigrant aid society founded in this city, and was iaeed on the committee to audit accounts. It wa inderstood that he had made a significant speech at he first or second meeting of the society, and the .ollowing is a portion of bis testimony when called before the exodus committeeo e Q Didn't yoa slate in your speech that as thee negroes were going to emigrate you would like to have a Urge number of them to come to Indiana? A. Tea, sir; I knew that a great number of them, if not all, te l tb Republican ticket, and I would like amazingly to see them come there, just the same as yea eee tho Irish coming in there because they generally vote the Temorratic ticket. Q. You were In favor of their going there to vote? A. Yea, sir; I was. Here we find a representative man of the republican party of Indiana, holding office ander the present Administration, striking out at once at the earliest possible moment for political advantages arising out i.f the transportation of negroes from the South to the North. If it is claimed that be spoke simply for himself alone, his testimony contradicts a statement. He testified that he had been in correspondence with Culonel Dudley, United States Marshal of Indiana, and ottors on this subject. He said that Colonel Imdler disclaimed the negro emigration into Indiana as a republican party measure, but hoped nevertheless the negroes would come. Tbe following is tbe interesting colloquy which took place in committee between Mr. Mendenhait and the chairman in regard to tbe position of Colonel Dudley,' the United States marshal tor Indiana: Q. Did he seem to think be would tela to have them there to vote us down? A. Yes, sir; I think he did. Q, Tben be disclaimed the act bat was willing to take the fruits? A. Yes, sir, tbat Is about it. I hope the exposure of this coy prudence of Colonel Dudley, here so graphically described a prudence as old as the world which simpers and baits somewhat in tbe face of temptation, but always at last accepts the profits of crime while washing its handset the blood of criminal commission; I hope that its exposure by Mr. Mendenball will not be attributed by the marshal and his friends to any other than ita true source a Republican soerce. e e INDIANA THE OBJECTIVE POINT. Sir, every particular of ttrle evidence, great and small, indicates the State of Indiana aj an ohjetive point for the movement of the colored people in their emigration Northward. . There Is no exception or qualification to this statement. In every ramification of the exodus scheme its long and repulsive arms are found reaching out to embrace tbe only western State vuich is teliably Democratic. Every thought and every circumstance connected with tbe negro emigre tion movement takes hold upon Indiana as a cardinal feature and condition of the whole affair. There is no other reason why tbat State should bave such an unsought and degrading association exeept that a desperate and unscrupulous political party, defeated ever and over again by her people, have determined to win a victory by the basest meana ever yet known in American politics. ' Tbe efforts to change tbe current of emigration from Kansas to Indiana not meeting with desired success, a new field waa entered upon. Allot a sudden, with only here and tbere a symptom of the conspiracy apparent, a tide of negro emigrants broke loose from the State of North Carolina aad came rushing pellmell through thia city on their way to the State of Indiana, filling tbe country with their charges of bad treatment in the South, and their vision, of a negro paradise in the North. It is a strange spectacle, and struck the country with amazement. The emigre-, tion was composed of the meet worthless, thriftless, and indigent portion of tbe colored population, and tbey appealed for charity at every step, and talked, loudly about being fugitives from a bouse of oppression and virtual bondage.' The sympathy of the country was aroused, and the groandwo.k of the approaching Presidential campaign was be ng rapidly laid on s freehand enormous supply of alleged Southern oatrages. There were two strongand controlling circumstances, however, which inclined men toeuspect.even in the absence of farther proof, that the movement was a fraud, and that the real oject of it was not disclosed. The first of these two circumstances was the faet, which I personally know, tbat tbe people of Indiana, not Ois Republican politicians, but the boneet, industrious masses of botti parties, had ao inducements to offer to such a class of emigrants to settle hi their midst. ' THE PROMISED NEW CANAAN. ' - I knew that Indianabad never courted the presence of a large negro population in her border, aad tbat she especially did not encourage the advent of the pauper element of that population in ' the South. I knew farther that the negroes themselves, if left to their own minds, uninfluenced by political emissaries and glowing circulars describing a country of ease, high wages, and abnndanee, would never have choeen Indiana aa their New Canaan, their promised land, filled with corn, od wine and flow, ing with milk and honey. It was plain to my mind that they were aot guided in their selection ot tbat State by any instinct or jadgment of their own, nor did they follow a cloud by day, or a pillar of fire by night, or any other lofty agency ia their jonrneyiags thither. No Moeee, with the light of tbe burning bush ia his face and the oracles of God on bis tongue, called tbem forth to go np out of Egypt, beyond Jordan, into a land set apart for tbem and their posterity forever. The book of Israel's exodus and the book of the negro exodus do not read alike. Tor the one there was tbe inspiration of the Almighty; for tbe other the Inspiration of political ambition, for the one the Almighty spoke end commanded; for the other ambitious politicians conspired in the dark and schemed together to dethrone tbe soterelgntte of a State. Upon tbe exodns cf Israel de-, pendedtbe fulfillment of the decree of Heaven, while upon the exodns of tbe , negro de pended . the election 'of a ' republican f resident, which can net take place witbont the sab version of tbe will of the majority In ladiana. . Tbe one waa led by bim whe from the the top of Pisgah, with aa undimmed eye,' overlooked all the land of Qilead, ' and ' tbsr died t and . waa 1 buried by the angels; the other iWM .led by tbe furtive, hurrying, falae-tongaed agents - of. a corrupt conspiracy' against the parity, and Integrity of tmeriewnaafirage,''.' i ' 1 . 1 '.! Sir, knowing that Indiana did not want the -negro

bopulaUoD wblck tree on U way there, knowlag that there was no aatural demand for tbe negro ia that State and no cat for his tabor, and knowinc also that the negro himself would bave so decided but for a nnoleeale reception practiced on bim, I next took into consideration the Stat of Kerth Carolina, tbe eeaoed cireamataoere of the two I bave jaat meotioaed I did aot believ that tbe kindly-tampered and conservative people of North Carolina bad made fugitives of large bodies of their colored eeaatrymen by injoatioa. and .cruelty.. No. such bad reputation, et even the taint of it, clang to that old and honored Bute. On the contrary, she ba been known as per. bap the most eo iderat a, tbongbtfa), and benevo. lee t of ail the Southern States in bet care and provision tot tbe colored race. 'Why; therefore, a rush Of negreee shonld be made 'via her bwmane borders, .and '.from - her -climate and . aoil so adapted to their temperament and habits, waa a mystery which could only be solved fairly to the colored people and fairly to the white race of North Carolina by a thorough, tart (ligation, ;Lt oa bow see what tht investigation still furthenestablished aa to the real motive which governed the origin and the origin and conduct of he negro exodea. THE PLOT ' THICKENS. In -connection -with- the -movement . after it was fully launched and ander way tbe evidence of a political plot -thickens and dpen on all sides. Take tha testimony of William B. Tinney, tbe passenger agent of the Baltimore aad Ohle railroad at ladianapolia. . A party of celored eaagraote bad reached Washington City, aodwere bere stranded for ths want of money to carry them farther. Mr.Tlfiney swear 'that- thereupon fae '-reeeivtd ' a telegraphic dispatch boa Mr. aloeots. U.e ' passenger areal of the same road at this paint,, i Detracting r him to collect the sum pf :$G25 to pay for thei tramportatioo of - thee Mtgenee frrtnt Washington to Indianapolis. Uo Ms, iiuK rio4i le call opoa three active Republican colored politicians in order to obtain this money. He did so. Tbey did not bave the money that evening-.tint tt was promptly raised the.-' next day, placed, te tbe credit of negro transFortation, and tbe, negroes were promptly landed in ndiaoa. There ig not an intelligent person in Indianapolis Who fork aiinient believes tbat tbe colored people et tUatrVity raised this very considerable contribution among themselves. Their slender resource were already sorely taxed for charity in behalf of . the destitute ef their own race. Tbey were in no 00 edition toj promptly pay down $325, nor does any one pretend they did. Every circumstance goes to prove that 'it was paid by tba Republican State central e cram it tea. FEDERAL OFFIClfRS ENOAGET IN THE "WORK. In "proof 4t what J nave been slating 1 iavite attention to the te time ay of L. C. Morris, of Indianapolis. ' After describing himself si a railroad passen-get-agent to solicit emigration business, be furnishes the following piece ot interesting information: ' ' Q. Mr. Morris, state to ue what you know of money being raised to send negroes to Greenoastle by Mr. Reynolds, A. I learned that' there waa a party coming tiiraagh, aad I wtainieeested in having tbem come over the Yaadaiie rood. -. I Jon ad that Reynolds had something, to do with it, aad I said to him that I wanted them to go that way. I wanted bim to give me the noeaber of the tickets. He said he would giretbenMo me, and bodidao. Q. How many tickets did he give yon tbe number ol ? A. Of twenty-seven tickets. Q, He gave yoa the numbers and be gave yoa the tickets? A.. No, sir, I asked. bim to give me the tickets and their number. It was necessary to show op the businesa over tbe lines of road; and that waa tbe only way in which we could do it. B. Do yoa think 70a were instrumental in getting tbem to go over that road? A. 1 hoped to be so. Q. I mean did yoa vet tbem t go, or did Reynolds get tbem? A. Well, sir, I Was talking to Perry and others to go over that road, and Reynolds did 11. t seem to care which way they went. I tried to influence tbem te go over that road', and tbey went. Q. Mr, Morris, what number of tickets did be furnish you? A. He did not furnish me the tickets; be furnished' me the nambeis ot twenty-seven full tickets. . : Q. Where dld.be get thoee tickets? A. He parchased them at tbe Union depot,. Q. He bought them? A. Yes, sir. Q. With hia own money? A. I do not know, sir, where she money came from, I saw him at the win. dow, and afterward he came and gave me the number. Q. Ha is the railroad tranafer mail agent there, ia be not ? A. Yea, sir. Q. Employed nnder the Government? A. Yes, sir.Q. And yoa don't know whether be waa buying those tieketa. with his owa money or somebody else's? A. No, sir. - WHERE THE MONEY CAME FROM. Here we witness tbe local mail agent at Indianapolis, an office-bolder,' and of course a Republican, engaged ia baying tickets fir tha transportation ot the constantly -arriving colored voters to different parts of the State. Twenty-seven tickets, which Morris saw bim purchase at tbat time, from Indianapolis to QreeacestLe, would cost about $42. Who furnished Reynolds with that money ? It is not pretended that it was hit ovo. . Where dil he get It? Bat before enaerering that question I will -read a f oriion of the testimony ;of Thomas P. Mills reletng to another transaction similar to that described by Morris. His testimony on that point is as follows: Q. I there any ether financial transaction in reference to this matter with which yon are acquainted? A. Yes,-sir. There was money raised to end them to Greencastle. ! Q. Do yoa know how much? A. I don't know exactly bow many .went, bat I know it was a grand day in the business., Q. It was a pretty good day in the business? A. Yes, sir. r Q. . Do you know who raised that money to take I hem to Gietncastle, A, Well I went down to eee in re ference to it, because, as Mr. Morris has told yon. we wanted to get the number of the tickete, and 1 beard tkeflpWM quite a nnrcVr of them down there, and I went to see how many of. them there were and where tbey were going. ' I went down there and saw abont It, and 1 spoke to Mr. Reyaotdaoat it. Q. What occurred, between yoa aad Reynolds? A. He reached. me the ticket and took the numbers; and I asked if tbey were fixed, and besaidr"! have tent a saanaa tew a to get the money and fn. thm" I Q. Do yon remenber hew meny tickete there were? A. There were irom fifty to seventy-five. 1 Q. Are you personally acquainted with Mr. Reynolds? ''hi Ita, Mr j ' ! Q. What poei tion does be hold? A . He I a mail agen t, 1 Q. Attjere? A. At the Union depot at Indianapolis. Q. If "yon understand it, what h his duty? To see that the mail Is transferred from Ibe depot te the office, end, .front the omee to the depot? A. Yee, eir. Q. Ida a very . inipottapt office, then? A. Yes, sir; I believe; 0. ; Q. Is it aa office of appoiitmeat hy tbe Government er by the postmaster?, .A, Yes, air; I think it is by appointment of the Oovernmant. : Q. Do you' know Mr. Reynolds' politics? A. Yes, ir.. :'::.'. - Q. Ia ha a republican? A. Tee, sir j . ' Q. Do you know how he came possessed of those fifty or sixty tickets?. A. Well; sir, be boupbt them. 1 saw him buy theai, but I don't know where Ibe money came from. He said to me that .be sent np town for the money;' ' ' Q. And yoa saw hUa bay tbe tickets 1 A. Xfs.sir. I saw bim inside the office; and he came out and gave me the tickets, and I took the number of tbem. Q: Do yoa remember what the fare is from Indianapolia, to Greeacaatie 1 A, It is, something over a dollar. ; Q. A dollar and fifty five cents? A. Yes, sir; a dollar and fifty-five cents exactly. . Q. And he bad money enough to pnrchese fifty or sixty tickejs at tbat rate? A. Yes, irs THE -REPUBLICAN STATE CENTRAL f'OMMITi TEK IMAGED IN IT. - ' In ibis instance the amount of money required by Reynolds wonld be something like a hundred dollar, and he told Mills he bad Vsent up tows fur It ' . lie kdew where tosend;,, be, knew where the meney provided for this business was to be promptly bad. Tbei e was no delay ia running eroaad with a subscription bst. .;Tbe money waaali ready, and dedicated to the scheme tben en foot. It wasubjecttoKeynoIdi'orders as depot-master of negro distribution throughout Indiana; - Now, recurring again to the testimony of L O. Morris, wheisa Republican, I thinkan expUiiaion of Rey nelda's unfailing financial resources Will Le found:- " Q. State whether yoa ever bad any eommnnirsMon with or from any member of the State Central Kepubli. can committee, or anybody empl.ytd by them.cn the subject of this emigration tnslness? , A. I do not know certainly. , I believe there was a gentleman who clerks there who came down and inquired of me bow much it would cost to send these people to Greencastle od Terre Haute I Q. What was bis name? A. G.W. Horton.. ,. . I Q. You say be clerks Tor the State central Republican committee ? A. Yes, sir. 1 I Q. Is be fall clerk there? 1 A. I think be is a

teputy clerk, - ; Q. Well, be is employed tbere aay way? A. Te. ir. . Q. And be made inquiry to knew what it wonld cost to send theee people to Greencastle and Terra Haate? A. Yea, air. I Q.. Was that before or after this lot was sect? A. It was before. - I Q. . Did yoa tell him? A., Tea, sir; I gave bim the tat. , Q. Did he make a memorandum ef it? A. No, ir; I think not. iQ. Did the conversation between yoa stop there? . No, sir; we talked on ia a general way as to the number that were coming, and alt tbat. I Q. What did be eeyl- A, -He asked bow- many I thought had gone ont, and how many would coma. That waa about the substance Of it. The clerk of the State central committee of the Repoblican party ,of I adiaaa -ie bere discovered making special inquiries of a railroad passenger agent as to the cost of sending negroes from Indianapolis to

CfeeaCMtle b& to Terra Haul. - It wal o UiZlYoi accidental 'netting beteten Morris and Horten, as Boen meet ea the street. Monis says he "came dowa and inquired of me bow much it wonld cost to sand these people to Greentaetle and Terre Haute." : A general talk oa tbe subject ensued; tha namber. already arrived and the probable number yet te come were discussed. Will it aepreaumea that Horton was dolngall talaoolndivldueJeccount? On th contrary. When General Conway's tettimoay was remembered, implicating Mr. New. the chairman of the Repablicaa State Central Committee, tbe Inference is irresistible tbat the clerk Of this committee was acting ander bis Instructions in ascertaining how mach' money waa likely to be needed ia locating theee people after their arrival at Indianapolis in the close or doubtful Democratic counties ia the State. In tbe light ef all tbe proof no candid man can doubt that Reynold, the mail-carrier, relied npon the Republican State Central Committee for the meana to carry out the werk he was instructed to do: aad there ia lost aa little

doubt that the prompt response to tbe demand for' o., transporiatloa to bos, came from the eame source. THE POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT TAKES A - HAND. What next, however, do we find as 'evidence of a political scheme to colonise negreee fn Indiana ia the interest of tbe Republican party? Almost every Federal official in the State ba takln an active interest In it. The Poet-Office Department and the postal service generally seems to bave been placed at Ita disposal. Ihis is most natural. The Department baa agent on every railroad and official at almoet every Tation in the United States. '. Its means for promoting aad facilitating aa emigration like the One ander consideration are vaatand widespread, and ley have not been idle in this iustance. Iba post master at Indianapolis, Colonel Wil.lam S. Hnlloway, one of the most efficient Republicans in tbe State, put his htad to the work. A colored man by the name of. A- W Heath, fcpm Lenoir County, Korfh Carolin reached Indianapolis, and after aojourafng there a few day was eeized with a desire to visit Greencastle. . Whea he arrived at Greencastle be met Moses T. Lewmen, the sheriff of tbe County, and in speaking of the1 kindness extended te him told Lewman that he bad come over in the mail-car free of charge, Thia Was a criminal violation on the law on the part of the mail agent in that car, but it appears that' fiea'tb bad equipped himself before starting with bi.h'aathority fur all his movemeats. Colonel Hoiloway bad given hint two small slips of paper fall of meanlag. )Taey will be found on page lea of the first volume eftbe evidence. On one waa written, "L'alen d pot, mall office, Revaoldi." Thl we a direction to the negro,, who could read and write, to call en Reynold at the. mail office in the Union depot for a start. ' Qn tbe other paper wae writtea the following:.'. 1 "Postmaster Lengedaie, aad Mr. llay, olored, , et Greencastle, Putnam Connty, on the Terre Haute Railroad. Private. Tsll theee gentlemen more are coming." . i ' And on tbe back; of thl paper is written, In a wellknown band, "Hoiloway, P. M." Heath was tins commended by Hoiloway, postmaster, to bis brother postmaster, Langsdale. and to Mr. Clay, a - colored preacher, engaged In sending false and sensational circulars to the South to Induce colored emigration to Indiana. Heath was also instructed to tell Langsdais and Clay that more were coming, aad tbe whole thing was then marked "private. "Tell theee gen tlemen more are coming. Tee; more were , coming, and Colonel Hoiloway and all bis prominent political associates at Indianapolis not oniv knew the fact, as he here states, but they were engaged In bringing them. Do theee papers, given by Uolloway to tbe , negro, neatb, appear to bave emanated from one who waa ignorant of the colored emigration to Indiana or opposed to its eoccess? ' The very ; reverse la true. Tbey prove conclusively that there ws a plan arranged, a conspiracy organized, whose future operations were known to the writer, aad tbat be was engaged with others in laterinc to advance the cause They thorn that LanfdaU, ' Aij open ,ed sAoateb arotral ia hitpaprr that oeyre Colonisation VOM mecetsarf an1 proper ft ora'er ia äefttU Ik effmecrotic forty in Indiana, had tht full confidme and seaioU Co-operalion of the tnott prominent leaden of hit jxirty. Instead of their condemnation, he eetvarvd confidential vordt of srarm encouragement, " PritaU. , Teil thote gentlemen wore art coming " . Let thete tent rhiro reit qf a nefarioni comtplracf to out', rage the people of Indiana; debauch her tmlLot Lot, and degrade her laboring men and tremen by an aetanatiem tcUh the pavper Waci of the tecrett of inch plots at thit are alteayt kept with the uhnott ca-r, tut here and there m fact or e circamataaee will escape concealment, im tie light of which everything it at once made dear; FURTHER MODEL WORK IN THE CTTIL SERVICE. . Bot to proceed. At the fair and beaatifal city ef Terre Haute, my own home, my neighbor and friend are blessed with a United States mail agent whose dalles are the same aa those performed by Reynold at Indianapolis. He transfers tbe mail between tbe poet office and depot. He bas found it consistent with his Government duties and with the Instructions of bl superiors to engage very exeaeiveiy let the business of negro importation inte Yigo and surrounding ccuntie. Being of that race b i nisei f, be baa been used as a decoy to induce others in Urge number! to light down in that part ef Indiana- Tbe postal service appears D have received general orders on this subject throughout the State. Early ia the investigation we overtook Walker, tbe Terre Haute mail agent, working with zeal which blinded him to the troth, aad showed bins so intent oa the scheme that he cared but little for the correctness of his representations. On page 92 of the first part of the printed testimony will be found three letters from bim, obtained Intheexamlaatioo of Captain Wall, the Preaidentof the Washington Emigrant Aid Society. In one of these letter, address! to' Mr.' Adam, former secretarr of the society; and written. In November last, , Walker holds oat, bewildering in da cements to tbe emigrant. He makes and repeats tbe statement tbat "tbere never waa such a demand for farm-hands and laborers of all classes"; a prevailed at that time in Indiana. , He eays tbat farmers were paying from f 15 to S4) per month and board. Speak, ing of the great toal mines la Western Indiana, be ays that within the last few days, prior. C01 writing thia letter, be bad received applications for at leas five hundred miners, and that one mine alone, at that time, two hundred men could get work. J The miner, be aaid, could make from 13.5a te S3 per day. , With an enticing reference to the equality of tbe race la the schools of Indiana, his letter conclude.' In another brief note Walker' make tbe following important statement; r . . : , it I am goint to Saint Louis, Missouri, which is one hundred and sixty-five miles from bere, and , making1 arrangements to get refugees to come tbia way, bat this is a private matter. I . . . . , . . Under the law and regulations of tbe postal service a United States mail agent has no right to leave hi post ' of duty without official leave granted'.' ' I presume Walker bad ao difficulty in obtaining s ach leave whea 1 he made known the object of bis errand. Whether carrying themall from day to day, end almost from hoar to hoar, at Terre Haate, or1 absent in Saint Louis arranging for negroes "to come this way,' he was still ii the employ of it Republican administration, ami under pay out of thepnblie treaanry.1" ' The third of these epistles from Walker reads as foils wi: , , . . Trait Tlicri .Ikd,,' Jaunery Sj,1880; " ! My Dear Girl lam directed to write you concerning the colored refngeee leaving Washington for ladiana. I wat directed by Mr. Perry to write yoa. ; Now, what I want is this: The first time yoa. have any of those people on band, and wanting to come to thl State; please send me about fifteen families. I have places for them as soon as they can get here ; and if each should, be the case, telegraph meat my expense what day they will leave Washington for Terre Haute. 1 1 , J. H. WALKER; Terra Haate, Indiana. ' .Cattai Wall. It wouldbecurlous' to ascertain who furnished not only Walker's traveling ex peases to Saint Louis and other distant points, bat also who contributed te assist in defraying hia telegraphic correspondence. Whatever may be bis teal and energy In the cause, he was not doing all this him elf. ' ' ' ' ' But there i still another exploit of Walker's which, calls for passing attention,' He obtained leave of absence to attend a colored convention, during the sunaaerofl879,at Nashville; Tennessee. Upon hi return be issued his circular, net forpublicetioo in the newspapers, bat for distribution In quarters. wber they "would do tbe most good." As it bas, bowe eer, been widely published during the progress' of this7 Investigation, I will aot read it bere la folk, Ia Uf he announced tbat be had demand from t dlfijfc-reut localities in ladiana for the presence of eighteen hundred negro families In the State. Ha cried tO ttie negro population of the South to eome coma one, come all; tbat tba laborer were few, in Indiana, and the harvest was great. Eighteen bond red families! Whether Walker exaggerated the number be has to look after or not, thia statement ahows en what a vast cale he understood the importation to have been arranged by those above bim. It was no light shower tbat Walker had been taught to expect. v lie ant, dpated a flood-- He waa jabHank at the prowpects for the Republican patty. Paul K.McCosky, a Republican, and one of the oldest, most reliable,' and respected citizens of Terre Haute, speaking Of Walker iu his testimony before the committee sys: 1 " A day or two after be came back from that convention down South bo saw me, and ran over to meet me on the etre-t. - He seemed to be in a very good way, and I think he had liquor la htm.' I asked him what was the matter, and he said he bad wad a good thingout of bis trip. He said be lead made arrange-, ment to turn tbe negro emlgranUinto Indiana so as to g ten thousand ia there and carry the tat."', sTROXa CONFIRMATION" OF THE MATTER. Walker states ia the letW I bare Just quoted that he was going to Salut Louis to turn tho negro eaai. grant to Iudiana and yet, when MoCoskey swears that be told him he had been in the same businesa exactly at Nashville, tha truth of McCo "key's statement, I see, has been questioned. Walker convicts himself absolutely, and beyond a word of doubt, by' his letter to Adams ef the same thing testified to by McCoskey, and bis tongue being a little loeesaed! be imparted to hia republican friend; that it "would, en- ,

aLi i'to tit 17 tha )Ltd McCokTi natJi ao corroboration where he In kaown. If be did he would have it aaoet amply iatn letat-r ot W alker ta Adams. Ha woa Id also have it in the wetimony of Charles II. Stoddard, another republican cituta et Terre Heute, who made the foLowing atatement on this point before the committee: . i. 1 Dq you know peel MoCoecay.. whe waa examined here a witness from Ttrr HeuU? A. I do, air. Q. . State -whether yea were preteat when. .Mr. McCoekey and Mr. Walker, the colored mail agent at Terre Haate, who carriea tbe mail from the poetoffice to the depot, bad a conrsrsatiou oa tba subject of the Nashville convention of colored people and also on the subject of bringing negroes into the State of Indiana for political pacpesssf - A. I did bear a conversation in regard to something on that question. 1 Q. Just state what it was that yea beard,- A Coming; arp 1 Maia-street goin wrest Mr. Walker tailed to Mr. McCoskay. and I wished toeeehlm myelf, and came np about tbe same time; be was a little before me, and I waited; and he spoke abont the Nashville convention being a (rood one. I ,0. Who spoke that? , A. Mr. Walker, the mail, agent, poke of it. . , I Q. Tea? A. And said tbat be bad made arrangements to bring eomecolored men Into the Stale, end be also stated the number, but I have forgotten how many thousands be said. - i Q It waa thousands, was it? A. Tee; from ten te twelve., thousand, -I think. (I could not say. the exact number.) to carry the State ai the election. Q. For what party? A. "the republican. I Q. What farther conversation took place between them? A. Tbat was abont all tbe conversation tbat took place,' I believe, a near as I can remember. . j Q. -' Mr. Stoddard, what are your politics? A. I am a republican, air. i It ii only neoreeary to add, so far as Walker ia concerned, that with all his conduct folly known be is till la office and enjoys in a bigb degree the favor and conn denes ef fbe leaders ef hia party; and be has received no worj of rebuke or condemnation for hia rouYae, even . from the Republican press of Terra -Haate or of any place rise, bat, on tbe contrary, baa been warmly defended in everything be baa done or tried to do. . . . . , XFJ.0RT, TO TURN A DEMOCRATIC COUNTY. : Allow me to tarn now to another objective point of negro Importation inte Indiana. The County of Shelby is held In high appreciation by the Democratic -party of tbe State because of ber reliable Democratic majority, and for tba aame reason aba it an object ot hatred and evil machinations on the part of the leader of the Repablicaa party. . As a consequence of thia a column ef colored import at km waa beaded aero her border. Ia tbe language of Pharisaical Repablicaa cant ehe waa to be redeemed and ber civilization raised to a higher plane. To ahow that tbe villainous plot wae fully understood by the leading men of the Repablicaa party ia Shelby Connty I have Imply to read from the testimony of Scott Ray, Ksq., on of the most gifted and respected men of the Slate, on page 322 of part 1 of tbe evidence. Hie evidence ia as follows: e e . e e e IThe witness produced a paper. e e.e e e e e Q. ' Now, will you pleaee read that paper ? 1 1 be witness read tbe paper, as follows : , "I bad aconversatlonwithCaptainHenryS.Byer, ex-chsrirmaa of the Republican Central committee of Shelby county, en Sunday night, January 2S, 188, la the city of Shelbyvllle, in the presence of Edward Small and George M. Goulding, two of the leading merchants of the city. In which Mr. Bjers aaid: 'There ia no disguising the fact, Ray, thsexodoi movement cf the colored men to Indiana is a political movement of tbe Republican party, as I know it to be a fact. , We Intend to carry Indiana with the aid of the negro vote ; and if tbe Republican party bad taken my advice six years ago. they would bave set tbe movement oa foot and brought them here long ago. We intend to bring eight thousand of tbem into the State in time for them to vote thia fall, and will place tbem in the clone congressional district and into th close countiee ef Indiana. While it ia rather expensive, it I cheeper for the party than to be compelled to bay vote on the day of election, aa we have al way had to do.' I asked bim if be waa in a poei .ion to know whether it was aa organized effort on the part of th Republican manager to bring tbem into the State for political purposes, and be said be waa, and then produced a letter with the heeding of the Republican SteteCentrel committee printed upon it, but refused to read It contents. I aaked bim if be had contributed any money for the fiarpoeeof bringing the negroes who had lately cesne nto Shelby couaty, aad be replied: 'Tea; I contributed all I was able to contribute.' Mr.Byer for several yean bas been one of the leading Republicans of Shelby eoaa ty , aad for covered yeara bee been its chairman. e e e, e e e WANTS MOltE MEN AND FEWER WOMEN AND CHILDREN. Sir, tn view efthl long mountain range of evidence, convicting at every torn aad development the republican party nana gen in ladiana vnd elsewhere of a detestable politic! plot to obtala political victory by imported voters, tbe frank and truthful testimony of Thomas P. Mills of Indianapolis, become simply a very natural and barmoniocs feature of a case already made out. His aastimeay is found on page SOI, part 1, of the printed evaasanee: Thoma P. Mills sworn and examined. ' By the Chairman: Q. Where do yoa reside? A. Iadiaaapolia. ! Q. What do yota do there ? A. Mr. Morris audiare partner In th real estate and railroading business, ete and deaJSng In western lands, i Q. What do yoa know abort tbe Immigration of negroes Into Indianapolis and Indiana ? A. I don't know od I know much abotat it. 1 know there bave been a good many people go there. ' Q. How many? A. I could not tell yon. After they once, pass there 1 loee sight of them. ' Q. Hav yea takten some interest in this matter? A. Tea, air,. ' , . . . i, 1 Q. Yon have been ia favor of emigration? A. Yea, jr; I was very muroa in favor of it. I told tbe boy ' when tbey first case tbere that we wanted 20,0u0 "bucks'". bock aiggier, ia Indiana thl year.

i Q. .- Ypa mean to pay that yon wanted 20,000 men? . Tes, air. I Q. Yoa bad no ua for women? A. No. air; we bad especial use for th em. I Q. Yoa had no I dea of labor connected with thia 1 matter? A. No, skr; I had no idea of labor. I was ' looking for votes. I Q. . Yon wanted tfceee twenty thonaaad "bucks" te vote? A. I waa teei tbem to vole, of course. 1 Q. Are yon a Republican? A. Yes, sir; I am Q. And yea thotught If yoa could get twenty tbea- ' aad "backs" you would stay ua? A. 1 thought we would get away uith yon everlastingly. t Q. Have yoa neiied with tbem mach tine tbey came here? A. Ike colored folks? I Q. Yea. A. Ne, air; except at the depot. Ye have ; an office near tb a depot, and when a gacg was coming ; in I would go down and see tbem. 1 Q. Have they come in as fast a yon desired? ' A. ; They have aot ome iu aa 1 wanted them to. I Q. There bast been ratber more women and children than yoa wan led? A. Yes, sir; tbey bar rather' overdone tbe tiling in the women and children. I Q, Have yow aotioed Mr. Mils, whether any considerable party ef them bave to be taken care of by ' chorty? A. Well, I coold not tell yoa Mr. Senator. ' I have not been at their headquarters much. t Q. Have yoa been called upon to contribute to their support? A. Not largely. I Q. Were yoa raised ea a fa am as well aa yonr partner? A, Tee, sir. ; I Q. Of course you think these twenty thousand . burk coold be scattered around and get employkA tha-oaghoot the State ? A. Yes, sir; I thought we eoukd get employment for tbem if we scattered ." tbem pretty thin. Q. Yoa mean ia close counties? A. Tes. sir; in tloe counties aad where there are cheap lands. I Q. Tbea yoa mean to scatter them in close counties Where tbere are cheap lands ? A,, Yee, sir. e e e ' e I Q. Ton are pretty .well read, Mr. Mills, in tba ! newspaper ef the Stat ? A. Yee, air; I read tbea rretty generally. . . , Q. Now, will yoa tell this committee whether yoa have ever seen an article in a republican newspaper 1 opposing or condemning thia movement ef the ne- : (roes ? A. I have not. . , , I Q, Do yoa read the democratic papers, too ? A. Tes, sir, and tbey everlastingly go (or it. .... . I 4 Then I am to understand that the republican 1 paper approve of it ? A. I ahould think they did, from their ton. I Q. Yoa say, ao far as yoa know, yoa think your t views are abtantially shared in by tbe republican of yonr State. A. I think they are as Individual. I. , i ; ,. e. e. e .. e . .. e ... -'J I 0. Did yon. ever talk with Mr. Martindale abont IBS phwi I a- ro. sir MTViM wujv.. , . 1 Q. Hi paper la not disapproving of tbe movement 7 - .no, Bir.v- v -r, .. 0. Rarher encoaraxins: it. Is be not ? A. Tea. air : I should say be was. f 1 - I Q. Hf hsi alway announced that there waa plenty ' f room in Indiana for negroe ? A. Yes, sir. -I Q, That they could get employment ? A. Tes, sir. r I Q. And tbat there wer good times there? A, Tes, . air. i Q.' And that tbey ought to get out of Egypt ? A. T ea, air.- . . i. . . . ....:. COL-i NEW ALSO INSISTS THAT TOO MANT ' J'. : WOMEN AND CHILDREN CAME. '' Tbeniaa 7. Kills it a uan ef a mack character aad ' respectability a aay examined by tbe committee, aad a that be revealed the true purposes of hia party aaee-. . aiata la connlnslvtt V nroven. not onlv by bia own' 1 etiaeay,,bot ele by-ell tbe powerful corroborating i facta brought tb light in tba coarse of the investiga- 4 tion.. John Ci New ' the chairman of tha Republican i State Central Committee,' indorse him a a consist-' ent - Republican tr, the last twenty-five or thirty yearn, and h point ff fact corroborates hi Wimoay.; While Mr.. New waa seeking to deny the political mo-jr Uvea Of tba negro emigration to Indiana, the fellow. Ugexamtaktios teek placet ' J vt IÜ. ' Haa tt not been something liVethii Tbat yoa ' Continued on opposite paar.

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