Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-01-27
Tbe Constitutional agnbin-

oi January, 1876:
The President having takenthc Chair
The Report of the Msnag gers together with m, ,s,
rers Account, read, approved md ordered o., ~ 80,
tn witt o' ''ow'"S'
inl,a report TIE Managers ofMe Richmond and ,6ra
chester Coionisation Socie1y. Presented 10 Ue Jo,,
"'eet"iy Of The Society, january 10, 1896
lhe Managers, in presenting their annual re,or, 70 ,
mehoefs 9" the Richmond and Manchester Auxiliary en-
'oh''on society Cannot fubear the expression of their
confidence in the wisdom aud pila u,Irunv
winch originally planned the Parent assoc,,;nn and -;
ns rom the success which has alreauy crowned the x
'men they cannot permit themselves 10 doubr tho
pee and 6na though perhaps distant ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, If
e" WISHES a ne ialest antfe. IL accounts represent
peace, order and industry, as prevailing in t,,s eo,
"e heceSsarieS, ard many of the cnnvepeucies C life
'e ''Joye" l" abundahre agricultural aud other i'm
were steadily progressing; a almost entire
eih'on nam the diseases incident 10 ,ropc,I elevate
ana 10 new settlements, had impaired fresh yiror ia, the on
e""' OF the settlers and above all, there was manifest
c s'ct regard To all the oblgau OF social moral nd
religious duty Avaluable accession tn IN. number. COW
hf' hn! productive means OF the Coloni>s will he fur
nshcd by the vessel about leave our own waters reo
al with the supplies which were generously granted nv
1851 Legislature. The supplies from the State in addition
10 these which the S"cety has been enabled 10 furnish,
e Juuiousy selected by committee under the drcc-
~ " '"e u"i"' WIN an express reference the actual
wants SHOWN To exist III the Coinnv. Besides this doua-
uon the board have contributed 10 the funds r ,e
o"ce'y' r whole amount u their collections since the
last annual meeting. ' $780, ~
"
eSh tue present condition Of the Colony, it is brcy
co. that the nTLer of lis friends especially in ,hi, Cam
n""We"ui' Is gradually increasing Within the limits Of
"nF therc arc nearly twenty Auxiliary Societies
III acal opera ton and the progress of public oniuou has
No. been less favourable in uthe pa,is of br Union
ne oi our most distinguished citizens who have dorn
ca inc councils aud exalted the reputation IF their
uy'HaVe nrSo''eu upon this their 1, In, u, de-
iocrate attention. and have enlisted with un,,ic our
III the promotions o its benevolent designs The Mama
o. Tue r'feht Society," with zeal which entities them to
honour, have accumulated mass of ntere inv f,ct and
details which e'uy demonstrated that tine views of the
'T!eniS OF Co!cnizatia only consistent with I'm
an" sound policy, but tried by the sevccst test o.:
o'cu.a'"', are entirely practicable Experience, that
nnerriiiS guide has already proved that NOW
us carry discouragemcns and disasters the success Of In,
ut Liberia, truly wonderful Scarcely five
yefS nave elapsed since it frs, planted the African
Soe' anu though not yet exempt from the pcrs of infancy
lie germ has already become a vrorou, shoot
with but reasonable support attain an ear! maturity
" @ o"y u"ner the same cIrcumsla noes, has made
SO great an advance i'll short period of time, If we
~ '"'N TWO centuries history vii! inform u.s. that the
settlement OF james Town. aided by the pocy the wealth.
ana INC power oi England with climate avoura BILE to
human me- and the means of subsistence equally abundant
struggled lar more than t. establish IFS
tcnce New; Virginia. independent OF her own ponuI,ou
ana resources may, without Iyperbole be styled the mo-
neI c" haons having almost entirely penpled from her soil
d>tat and Fo"erfu COmmonw calihs With such
may ultimately crown the abours of our Society? Via,
eV"u"'s may not lie effected in commerce by the ulnda-
N,itb Tho
lchest exchanged Die productions What sublime couse
q'ces may not he expected follow the Of
N"s'iany and civilization III bcnghed and deg aCed
REGION entertaining no visionary views the ultimate
destiny oil this nfap empire, i'll advert more pa cr-
Iafy tn the evils among ourselves which rs foundation and
success arc designed This delicate and impo-
tant topic may cmphatically be said, come nome to the
business and bosom of every We all perceive and
hewaii the rH'stace among of intermediate Glass
occupying the middle ground between freedom and slavery
WITHOUT possessing The unrestricted enjoyment of the for
ef' on c careless security of the latter condition. Des-
nScd an Suspected by the white man, cnvied by the
slave, The free negro wanders miserable o,cast in the
very midst ot s"ciey Subject all the civil inca
pacleS III the save he is deprived u confidence
ana protection which the tie interest or attachment in
spires in tive master Thus circumstancc il, wonderful
that we ni that class with few exceptions, degraded and
miserable With brnish'ed minds and depraved morals,
deprived Of the ordinary motives 10 vruous actions lhey
Pereet the shadow of liberty which they enoy into pupo-
SEES of crime and reimbursement.
Shall such class remain anunguS, IL, with their own
Consent 1t Is practicable them This question
appeals powerfully 10 the under standing OF the atesna II,
and the heart of the phantouis; Should the char;ab
scheme which we esuHr- accomplished who can
doubt but that DIR condition, well Uctr N be ma
terisy benefited? That whilst we shall be delivered on
creeping pestlencc, which becomes and more nl-
ing III its progress. they will, i'll all probabitv become
changed INTO respectable members Of the compa
ornaments 10 science aud the chosen vessels for the
propagation Of the word Of life.
In enumeatimg ts benefits likely To rise from tho
shmcnt of the American Colony, there is one, which mus
excite the deepest interest in every bosom alive to the feel
ngs OF humanity In vain have the labors of the states
man, the patriot and The christian, exertcd to suppress.
the eXccrablc traffic III human flesh. The slaverade still
remains monument of the cruelty aud apacy the ci-
vilized world Notwithstanding tie noble stand taken y
our country in her Federal councils il nevertheless
ed that portion of citizens have recently partic
pated III the spoils O that Ubiquitous calling. By andg
less criminal incentives the cupdy of the native Afi-
CAM by opening new 10 the productions Of bis
beran Soi;by the intercourse commercial well social
Which viii connect him with christian community he will
no longer be the willing instrument of imposing ervude
upon hts own conntrynen To tie language of ell
oquent writer, "Whcn the African labore toll
from the treacery of his ncchbor, the violence Of the
@Hsied!er' that continent will freight, for legitimate trade,
those shps which carry thither chains, fecJs and
srouTSe to return home with the bones the siHeS, the
b0od, and The tears Of her children. Her gold her ivory,
no beautiful dyes, her fragrant nd precious gums, her heal
ing plants and drugs the various produce Of her fosa
ken helds and lonely forests will be brought, by joyous
aud grateful people, the nations who their ptndtT-
eTs aud Prosecutors, will have at length become their pro-
teciofs, friends and allies"
That our free eooured population will eagerly embrace
The advantages before them, fully proved by past