icy.--Its Failure.--The
Ideas of the Hon. Charles Foster on the Treatment of the Southern
Problem.--"Nothing but Leaves" from Conciliation.--A New Policy
demanded by the Republican Party.--A Remarkable Speech by the
Hon. Charles Foster at Upper Sandusky, Ohio.--He calls for a
Solid North against a Solid South.--He sounds the Key-note for
the North and the Nation responds.--The Decay and Death of the
Negro Governments at the South Inevitable.--The Negro must turn
his Attention to Education, the Accumulation of Property and
Experience.--He will return to Politics when he shall be Equal to
the Difficult Duties of Citizenship 516

CHAPTER XXVIII.

THE EXODUS--CAUSE AND EFFECT.

The Negroes of the South delight in their Home so Long as it is
Possible for them to remain.--The Policy of abridging their
Rights Destructive to their Usefulness as Members of
Society.--Political Intimidation, Murder, and Outrage disturb the
Negroes.--The Plantation Credit System the Crime of the
Century.--The Exodus not inspired by Politicians, but the Natural
Outcome of the Barbarous Treatment bestowed upon the Negroes by
the Whites.--The Unprecedented Sufferings of 60,000 Negroes
fleeing from Southern Democratic Oppression.--Their Patient
Christian Endurance.--Their Industry, Morals, and Frugality.--The
Correspondent of the "Chicago Inter-Ocean" sends Information to
Senator Voorhees respecting the Refugees in Kansas.--The Position
of Gov. St. John and the Faithful Labors of Mrs. Comstock.--The
Results of the Exodus Beneficent.--The South must treat the Negro
Better or lose his Labor 529

CHAPTER XXIX.

RETROSPECTION AND PROSPECTION.

The Three Grand Divisions of the Tribes of Africa.--Slave Markets
of America supplied from the Diseased and Criminal Classes of
African Society.--America robs Africa of 15,000,000 Souls in 360
Years.--Negro Power of Endurance.--His Wonderful Achievements as
a Laborer, Soldier, and Student.--First in War, and First in
Devotion to the Country.--His Idiosyncrasies.--Mrs. Stowe's
Errors.--His Growing Love for Schools and Churches.--His General
Improvement.--The Negro will endure to the End.--He is Capable
for All the Duties of Citizenship.--Amalgamation will not
obliterate th