Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-10-20

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gentleman OF Virginia, late senator OF
that state, and himself, as we have been
informed, an extensive proprietor OF
slaves.
iRAvENswoRTH, AUG. llth 1926.
My Dear Sir,-l received your let
Ter of the 5lh last night. Nothing would
have given noe more pleasure than to
Join you in New Y DIRK, and TO unite my
efforts with yours in bringing about
proper understanding of the real views
Of the A. c. S. in tina, city, as well as in
Philadelphia. hope yet 10 be able, on
come future occasion, TO devote por-
ton oil my time to so interesting work;
: but you will feel the impossibili,y Of my
dong so at present, when you learn,
thai my house is now full OF friends who
are with me on temporary visit, and
whom could not, in common poliieness,
leave, as long as would be necessary to
render my CO operation with you, oil any
avail.
am not surprised q, the difficulties
you encounter in the north. / encoun-
tered he same in the course of the last
summer. l found that intelligent and
pracucal men, every where, considered
our whole plan as chimerical in the ex-
IRENE, as the idle dream of mad enthu-
sias,s. And we'll indeed might they
sh,uk so, II i, bad, a, any time, embraced
the absurd idea OF accomp fishing,
through the fundamentally OF our So
Ciely alone, all that was proposed to be
accomplished. But who ever calculat-
ed on effecting with means SO limited, q
purpose so grand Who ever looked to
the society as any thing more than an
humble instrument for awakening the
public mind to the importance Of the
subject, and preparing The way for the
Introduction of powers and resources at
once adequate and necessary to realize
al our anticipalions
Our design was, by providing an asy.
ium on the coast oil Africa and furnish
ing the necessary facilities for removal
to the people Of color, to induce the
voluntary emigration OF that portion Of
them, already free and to throw open to
individuals and the states, wider door
for voluntary and legal emancipation.
The operation we we're aware, must be,
and, (sor the interests OF our country
ought to be,) gradual. But we enter
tanned hope, founded on our kno Wedge
OF the interests as we'll as the fee lings of
the South, that this operation properly
conducted, would, in the end, remove
from cur country every vestige OF do.
mes,ic slavery, without single viola
ton of individual wishes or individual
Fights.
The whole work we propose to leave
TO the authorities OF our country; and
we hope by combined and harmonious
operation Of the state and federal go.
vernments, to concentrate for its accom-.
plishment all the powers and resources
oil the nation. And will it be denied
that these powers and resources are full
ly adequate 10 the undertaking :. Will it
be doubted, that even the speedy remov.
al Of necessarily of the whole colored
population Of the country could be ef-
fected! Blu, We ask no such trial OF our
srength--we ask for no such speedy
removal-we seek only an operation so
gradual, that while j. prevents the in.
crease Of the population in question, it
shall imperceptibly draw off the capital,
the fund from which tha, increase grows.
Such is the course which wisdom and