Otey. a colored man of ability. a graduate of Howard University both in literature and law. and now the editor of the Argus. a weekly paper in this city devoted to the interests of his race. Iwill have occasion to again refer to his testimony. but for the present I submit the following: So far as I know no member of the society appeared to hold any other view until Mr. Mfendenhall. at the second or perhaps the first meeting. made a speech in which he suggestedthe advisability of divertiag the emigrants from Kansas which seemed to be the objective point of all of them. and in his speech saidthat itwould be a good thing to send about five thousand into Indiana. as that was a doubtful State in the coming election. No one at the time objected to this suggestion save myself. Otoy and Mendenhall were both members of the emigrant aid society at this place. but Otey. with higher principle than his white associates. withdrew from the organization when its political purposes were disclosed. Another witness. a member of the same society. bears similar testimony to that of Otey and Mendenhall as to the intention of parties guiding the movement to put the bulk of black emigration into Indiana. J. W.
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