Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-08-03

| have Just quoted. Would il not have been
more correct, then, in the committee, to have
used the word unconstitutional, instead of the
mlder term, "irregular?" 10.
MIR. GRANVILLE'S ADDRESS.
The following is translation OF Mr. J. Gran
vllie's Address to the meeting of colored peo-
pie delivered on Thursday evening last at the
church IN Elm-street, New York
Friends, Brethren and Sisters
The commission which have been CHARGED
oy my government to execute in the United
States, appears to have been attended with diff
iiculties, which have hitherto excited fears and
apprehenslons In many minds ] present my
self before you, in order to obvate TO lessen or
to remove those difficulties; and the moro, ardous
this task may be, the more shall congratulate
myself on having contributed to ameiiorata the
lot and improve the condition uf those families
which shall accept, with full confidence, the
generous offers of a liberal government.
shall not attempt to conceal from You the
unavoidable trials which must attend removal
to new or foreign country, i'm which the emf
grants will find difference of manners, of Ian
guage and even of religion. His native soil
has always peculiar attractions to a human be-
ing, even when it is certain that he NAV find
himself better OIL in another situation. The
Laplander delights himself in tue midst of his
snowy mountains and his fields of ice; the A.
rab OF the desert passes his life merely in his re-
gion' OF burning sands, whilst the hissings of the
serpent, and the roaring of the Lion excite no
Tears In the mimi of tire African. Nature has
cngraven upon our hearts a love for the places
IN which we were born. Fa.iguing Journeys,
troublesome and expensive voyages, a change
of climate, the fear of sickness sometimes more
distressing than the reaiity,) the uncertainty
which the enigrant feels with respect TO the
fate which may await him in a strange and dis
lf.,.N Il
crbed to him in gloomy aud forbidding colours;
these considerations which it is nv duty
TO advert 10, and on which hope to satisfy your
minds
OF two evils, we should ever choose the least:
need not enumerate the trials which YOU still
endure. Let the veil OF oblivion be cast over
them forever.
do not come here TO obtain recruits. For
more than 30 years the world has beheld us
struggling alone against the tempest of despo-
tism. Though we have withheld from others
we have received nothing from any; alone we
have resisted the Storm the winds are now calm,
and our vessel glides smoothly upon an ocean
of tranquility and happiness. An efficient go
vernlnent Offers you protection, offers 10 share
with you blessings and advantages which you
cannot experience here. 1t is for Yourselves
therefore, to decide between these advantages,
and the unpleasant circumstances attendant up-
y
gether in companies as much as possible, in
Hayti, You will scarcely feel tie inconvenience
OF a foreign language. Our numerous relations
with the United States, and with England have
spread your language through our country and
practice aud stuly will render You familiar with
| ours. The acquisition of new language adds
to the dignity and pleasure of existence.
| Your habits though somewhat different from
| OURS, have nothing in them at variance with our
ts-Il
an accusation against you. Yourreligious belief
differs, in some points, from ours, but we all
| worship the same God. Your prayers and ours
may ascend to Heaven by different modes, but
| they all reach the throne of the Eternal. The
| soil which you have often watered with your
tears, is, it is true, the land of your birth. But
with what language does it address you.-ssGa-
Their up, my children, yonr dearest treasures,
bid an eternal farewell to the ashes of your IA
| Tiers; and since happiness does not await you
here, seek it among those who will not blush to
call you brethren" Every country has preju
dices which cannot dc disrcgarded.-We also
have ours. Those among you who are living in
tolerable comfort, must expect to encounter
some expense and losses in the transportation of
their goods, something must be sacrificed on the
one hand, in order TO gain on the other. The
voyage may be trying to some, because all are
| not accustomed to the sea but it is a voyage
only of a fortnight, at worst, of 90 days.
| The change Of climate will not be of much
consequence TO you. You will be placed in
cool situations, until you are accustomed TO the
climate. The only disease which you have to
dread is intemperunce. If you continue sober,
Won have nothing to fear. You may divcst
yourselves of all apprehension, when you re-
| feet upon the offers which our government ha.
made you, and the promises which are held out
to you by the President of Hayti, who, like his
predecessor, has promised nothing in vain
] With respect 10 the declarations that are made
/ against our country-lsteD to them not. Lis
ten to those who have been there; those whc
know how to make correct observations and tC
act discreetly. Listen To- such as these, ant
suffer all Our detraCtors to die in their own bit
terness. Your children, those precious object
ofyour solicitufe-~your children will receive
good education, and you will have the unspeals
able satisfaction Of knowing that the education
which is bestowed upon them will awaken them
not to q deeper sense Of the evils they must en-
dure, and the degradations they must suffer, bu
to more feeling sense of the blessings Of Pro
whence.
, Youth IS easily Infatuated TO any thing
Wen may siso endure with patience the FIRST q