Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1819-04-24
REPORT.


satisfaction to receive wiAhin the past year,
from various ,oIrcss, mass of infUmation
calculated Go. confirm the hopes, ana to aid
h. fut ure c,unses OF he Society.
THE recent mission u. Africa, which ended
In the ,eiurn Of Mr.. Burgess to the United
States ON zoe 22d Of October last, leaves no
further roo n, tn doub thatu suitable terrific
~, on tn coast of that coptne,,t, may be
ubtaieed Cor the contessp!itea colony, at less
ss Cpse Ihs.s I'D been auiSiuatea. tA) :.
fos a ss(sss ~ As- .koyx1 sS,shnt.s ia
Duke 81 Gloucester, president e Tie 13gfs.
sau fnstifatipn 10 the letter o. the prssidera
ii this Society tB); the reception of the
missionaries in England the attention Of
J.ord Bathurst, secretary of State for the
colonial de artment of the British govern.
men. to them solves. as weli as tn the ob ect
81 their mission, CO. their hospitahle en-.
ter ainment by III. officers of the colonial
Eovernmen, at Sierra Leone /; AMI the res
pectfui notice taken of the views of the
american Society in the snoaal RsRort Of
the 4dfricaa In>titution. coupled with
knowledse of the highscharacter Of the per
svnsges who direct its proceedings ID J T;
pledge OF the further Corporation af
the benevolent men of England. aot, If may
be hoped, Of all Europe, in the accom- plish-
Inent of the lGst and humane purpose, OF
the American Society,
While this pledge furnishes to any colony
which the Society may liant on the colst of
Africa, an assurance OF future security tTem
maritime attack, the friendly treatsn Mt
which the missionaries experienced trom the
naive tribes anS chiefs Of the country, their
general character and condition., together
with the earnest desire which the far greater
part of them expressed for the Immediate
establishment of such a coIouy among them,
afford a like security against eveFy Other
external injury which nigh. have been ap'
pretended.
Al tkese pleasing anticipations are yet
further sireDg thened, by u reference t. The
pas, history and present CONDITION Of the ri
ring colony o! Sierra Leone. With the ex
ceation of an attack made on it by French
squadron in 1894, duriog period of ac'uAi
war oetween G cat Britain and France, but
cistvowed, nevertheless, by the government
ct the latter, this coicny has never experlen-
cd hostility from any European power.
a. such. at that time, was the frienCuy
toaiti1n II 81 81 .cea' African trihts
~ 2ras sRs hsr,s,s- .aht, stagf e;sst
Sy sups W zoe, n unhaoFy tnsItiSes
snaght and louu3 IN asylum Ia the i,0sp!t&i-
~ and kindnes; of their neighbours.
IN one solitary Instance only, as far back
the natives, subsequently, TO this invasion,
manifested different temper by actual hos
fiities ard t!>.sdiscr5er!y rabbe, who then
e.ta;ksa the coioay, were beat back with
gre, fsciliiy
After having liberated mar- than nine
fhou'and negroes with scarcely any other
Al than si,ge armed big, IL has Inspired
VITA awe the rem Jrseless slave traders vito
yet in!est the nrighbouriag coasts, and Ia iu-
ced the native tribes Who inhaoit them, to
believe its power is invincbe.
And what is most worthy Of remark, a.
thong uadar the po!itical government of
few white men. So incon ,ia-rlbls in number
q. 10 leave The security of the colony to rest
almost exclusively the arms of it, colour
I'd nj3u!atiou, is existence has never osen
shaken by dpnes,ic inserrectlon.
For a fur'hsr account OF the population,
commerce, and state os Improvement, Of
Ibis interesting co ony, the managers refer
u the annexed papers. (E)
Co1t'nn ID assdrlrices have been received
by the board Of Nsnager, in the las year, Of
ths raiiness OF macy Of the free peop.e of
colour IN the Uniied States ID avail them
selves Of their contempis. ed asylum, when
ever suitable territory for ITS erection shai
nave been nTcclycd. These have proc eded
'Fom the most enlightened OF this class 90
persons, 60 npCcheniins ioliyiduAis Engaged
IN al the occupations Of ciYl life, dispersed
throughout the Uaitgd States, and in suf-
1iclent numbec 60 foru the basis of respec.
taos colony. To these ss,urdnces have be en-
Sudsd the fepsa;e1 declarations of several
pr'yrstors Of their readiness 10 eiiancipate
h'S "nole, or pact, vi their slaves, wheDev-
% a sn't~oie abode Ia Africa shat have Seen
provIoea Tor them, upon condition that they
shah repair to it.
When the Man gers add, that they have
puFPOseiy AVOIDED all appeals to these mos
ives which ought tn, and doubtless will,
hereafter, irdJcc the free people Of colour 10
e%ch'nse political slavery and moral degrs-
oa''6o ioF Independence and honour, these
a''pfances are Calculated to remove all
a'nbt Of the facility with which taey vii
make THIS exchange, when they can effect it,,
not only win the per mission. but the as.
'''.snce also OF their former matters.
ne humane forbsarancc Of he managers
aoH frien5sof the ) ,ericsn Society to ex-
err n the b-eas,- oi tn free peoole of cslour,
hope "7Ich mi sht be hereafter dis1ppoin,e1.
ma de- ivs she in some instances, of
IN mctH n correcting misconceptions Of
t"e otis'a news OF the society 4 has
been 'uss led & b. an invention OF me
s'usnern p'0ptiesof to rivet the chains OF
servltode u.og his slhvcs. as il the circu n
stances which secosnpauied the urigip If the
oocleiy TIE character of is rue naers, and
'nef '"iemn and reiterated declarations did
not foro'd % unfouDdsd an imcutation. jt
wou'd not be more uncaniid to aseri5e to
them desgn to invade the rights Of Psi-