Speech #460115212

He says: Feiyt should rest a few millloss to provd hoe territery for them. wha would weigh that fast in the balance against a solution of the most perplexing and dangerous problem that menaces oar future as a nation. the performance of partial hut erdy jstice to race. and t he perst pamificaiote countryG Again. the Seonatr exclaims : Lt it he understood that such a pglot is ready for them. and the bishops Cand ministers of their various chrcheswilbolaid thc exodusto the premised laud. with songs of praise ad devout thanksgiving to God for this mighty deliveraneu ld you say they aretee poortrpay the exppnrsesof thepropesdjomeys w la tleo s the geat majority are so. ut the enterprising. the intelligent. ad the ambitions will dud some means of getting here. audshuld anydifficulty occuratthiepoint the patriotism ad hilthropy of the peple maybe onfidenty teled upon to organize cad provie the needed tucds. It will he seen from this passage of the Senators speech of Febrary 7. 1879. that he not only proposed a select committee to encourage the exodus of the negro. but that he likewise suggested the very plan bywhich 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 nemded funds.u This was the first suggestion. as far as I know. of the organization of emigrant aid socisties which sprung up so rapidiy almost immediately afterward. Organize and provide the needed funds!" These are the words of the Senator from Minnesota. spoken with reference to the action of the Northern people in their efforts to promote the negro exodus from the Soumern to the Northern States. and they were acted upon at various points without delay. The voice of the Senator was heeded. as it ought to be. by his party followers.