American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-12-03
FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIoENcER.
TO 4HE EDIToRs.

Tree, upon tIc COHultiUu vi gong 10
and has directed her administrator 10 furnish the
necessary to defray all the expenses of their
transportation"
This extract is sent to you, Messrs. Editors, not
because the good deed recorded in it is thing
under the sum- blu, because it is the last circumstance
of the kind that has come to the Knowledge Of the
writer and he wishes 10 present il to your readers
especially to your northern readers, as subject
for refecti ion.
Taking advantage of the facilities afforded by tine
Colony at Liberia, this Lady has made provision
for the return of her Negroes to the land of their
fathers. The Colonization Society will furnish
them land-support them for a short time-in a
word, enable them TO form establishment at
home-wlth a fair prospect of enlightened liberty
and happiness for themselves and their children.
Now is not this relation between the Society and
such slave holders as may wish to give liberty to
the captive, enough of itself, to enlist in favor OF
the enterprise, the benevolent feelings, and the CO
opet alton of all fellow citizens at the Worth
They profess, and doubtless feel great dislike TO
slavery, and often express ardent wishes for its
abohiion-Here is a plan which many wise and
good men believe will crafty these Wishes and free
our country entirely from the evil they so much
deplore Why then do they moi Join heart and hand
in so glorious an enterprise Is it because they dol
not believe it will fully accomplish this object
But, do you withhold your hand from supplylngl
want and relieving woe, because, notwithstanding
all that you can do, there will still be poverty and
suffering in the world? Oh no. You never, for
such reason, left man in his misery, except inI
the before and it well worth the while tol
consider whether in order to be consistent you'll
ought to lend your aid 10 the Colonization So
clrty, although you may doubt whether its results
4 will We great some Of its friends expect. Ill
. can do something Nothing is more certain than
that furnishing Colony easily be e,lablishedl
the Coast OF Africa. The British have proved
\ - ,,,,1 nntI,p ,pl
stances, it is proved by The Colony at Liberia.
II this colony should be we'll supported, the Vir
gnian will be longer under the necessity, he
may be now-I might say, as he IS now-in many
instances, Reluctantly to continue Shareholder. ~
Why, then, | again ask, why are northern philan
thu opsts slow to come forward IN Its support Il
Does not such conduct furnish slave holders with
plausible reason to doubt the sincerity OF their
proiessions.
A FRIEND TO LIBERIA.
he reader will bear it in mind, that, by seeing with
their eyes the condition Of the colored population in
of the Southern Safes northern men, besides
the wter have been convinced of the sound policy and
the hnultts of the laws restricting emancipation lie
will reflect, that he does not himself wish more free
negroes become inhabitants of his own neighborhocd
FROM THE NEW YORK AMERICAN, NOV. %
While America is seeking in every manner to
perpetuae the image and the virtues OF La FAY
KTTE, it will be seen by the following extract from
Paris paper that in his own native land 1t is
punishable offence to strike medal OF him. |,
Yesterday MIR. CAsNoy, engraver, appeared be-
fore the tribunal of correctional police, upon the
charge Of having, without authorization, struck a
medal with the efgy of General La Fayette. The
prisoner, in his defence, urged that Its impresslon
a medal, it being only oil tin; moreover, that
it was merely proof and intended TOR America.
The affair postponed a week for further hear
ing.''
THE MISSOURI ANNUAL CONFERENCEl'
OF the Methodist Episcopal Church convened
pursuant TO an adjournment OF 1928 ON 24lh ofIl
October near Lebanon, Illinois Bishops McKen l.
dree, Roberts and Soule were present.
1t appears from the minutes OF this conference
that there are 12,465 members in society (572 Of
whom are persons oil color) within the bounds Of
Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas. Il
The Ednburg Review for July speaks OF Austria
as the lead Of " the Holy ALLIANCE which will one
day undoubtedly be regarded as The most ormdablel
conspiracy erer entered into against the liberties OF
mankind" To the truth OF this opinion we most
heartily subscribe. Dem. PresS'
EBEN TIsKE, Esquire has been recognised as
Vice Consul oil his Danish Majesty. for the State oil
Louisiana, to reside at New Orleans
john VAN CLEEF, Esquire, has been recognised
as Vice Consul of his Danish Majesty, for the State
Of North Carolina, to reside at Wilmington.
The Repor, made to the Georgia Legislature, by
the Treasurer of the State shows that, on the 3ls
Of October there was balance in the Treasury oil
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The Annual Report Of the Treasurer of North
Carolina, shows balance remaining in the Irea
sury of that State ON the LIST inst. of SlS7 041 o.