I ohs met two or three Qualkers there. and ono of them said he had been through the State. and he showed me a long list of names of farmers who weald give thom employment. It will be observedfrom this testimony thatthe purpose which General Conway had in visiting Indianapolis. as stated by himself. was "to see what could be done regarding these laborers as to their getting emplpa ent Then follows the question. Did you meet with reasonable encouragement." To which General Conway replied." Yes. sir. a good deal of it." and then proceeded to state that he had met with persons who informed him that five or ten thousand people could find employment in Indiana. and also that he "met Quakers there who showed him a long list of names of farmers who could give them employment." All this merely proves that General Conway received "encouragement" in his effort to find employent for the emigrants. and for no other purpose. That his mission was philanthropic and not political was fally explained by himself. I sawon theexamination that the chairman was putting words into the mouth of the witness from which he intended to argue that General Conway had gone to Indianapolis to interest the republican leaders in a scheme of political negro colonization. and I said tb him: You did not find any very vigorous cooperation in your project of colonizing Indianawith colored people for voting purposes?
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