Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-01-16

some measure. out of this misconception. II
,ou converse with a statesman oil the Nor'n'
he will tell you that your scheme is Visionary
and that you are attempting to effect the great
est object that the human mind ever conceivea'
by means wholly inadequate to Its accomplish
ment. He believes that you have looked 10
yourselves to effect this object-he believes that
YOU who are about moving 100 or 200 TO the
Coast of Africa. have undertaken the important
task of moving population which consists OIL
millions: and that YOU look for the day when,
! by some unforeseen miracle, this object VIII be
completed by YOUR own exertions alone: NOW,
sir. this is NOT the fact, as can be shownirom the
first organization of this society. That portion
of the association who were authorized to speak
ON the subject. have uniformly declared, as have
also all the publications that have been autho-
rised by the society, that you did ultimately
look to the resources of the nation 10 accom-
plish your object Will any individual pretend
| 10 saw that those powers and resources are IN
ADEQUATE TO attain that end? Will it be said that
a nation like ours spreading over one hundred
| million OF acres-a nation which mas arisen
from nothing, to its present important situa-
! t;on. in The cours, of few years-that ma
ton, so fertile in resource, should be capable OIL
accomplishing What? Why the removal Of
one.fifth of its population to another region
The free coloured population OF this country Is
25o,oo0-the Whole coloured population "a
mounts 10 2.ooopOo-the annual average IN
crease Of the shole coloured population is
10000. The annual average increase OF the
free coloured pop,ation is between and 1000
Now it is clear th.t, if you succeed in removing
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diminish the INCREASE, and, at last, effect re-
moyal Of the whole population. what, theh'
sir. will be the cost of moving an annual IN
crease. estimated at 10000? The expense OF
TRANSPORTATION is annually diminished exactly
in propotion 10 thu skill and management OF the
agent emnloved, i am authorized to say, that
The cost ne The last transportation was not more
than % dollar, head; and there is a COM
,,,erc;,, ,omnany in Baltimore who will
! nndertake TO carr, out any number Of individ-
uals for that sum. Surprising it then possible
that it is necessary to remove 40 900, what will
he the COST Itwo,ld be 100000, or, to speak
IN round numbers. say 81, $50 900, which would
enable Won to go somewhat beyond the annual
increase What, sir? Will Congress refuse to
annropriate million of dollars for such an I'M
norrant object as this, if it could be accomplish
ed3 In country so fertile in resources as
ours. would they hesitate to appropriate one
twentieth part of its income to SO noble all oo-
iect as this, of far greater interest than any 9th
er that can present itself 10 their consideration!
The tonnage of the United States amounts
TO 7 or 100000 Forty thousand, not more
than seventy oreighty thousand tons would be
demanded for this object This would give
employment to our shipping and to the indus
try of our citizens. But it is objected, this sPe-
cies of our population refuse to enigrate. Is
not this objection answered by recurrence TO
the history of our country? We who have
grown so rapidly, ought not to anticipate such
an objection. But look al the fact In reference
70 Hayti When invited to emigrate to that
Island six ;housand in few weeks are found
ready to embark. Under present circumstan-
ces. indeed he should hardly know low to adj
wise free man of color, in whom he felt much
interest. who wished to decide whether to EN-
ierate OF not to Liberia. But let the arm OF
Government be stretched out for the defence OF
the Colony, and he would advise such a man
to emigrate, without hesitation. 1t Is there
alone he can enjoy the motives Tor honorable
exertion 1t is said that, for congress to pro-
lect this Colony, will be to adopt the colonial
system. But this Colony will be founded Tor
peculiar purpose; its origin will be in the hui
manitv and Christian benevolence OF the coun-
try Its dependence upon this Government
will be temporary The connection would ex-
list only SO long as required by necessity, only
until the Colony should be adequate to its own
subsistence and to self-government. lie was
sorry to say, that there were other constitution
al objections entertained, he was aware, by
many gentlemen Of the same State with HIM
self. but he believed their doubts must vanish
if they would deliberately consider the great
ness and necessity of the object, and that the
movers and resources Of the Government were
alone adeqate to effect it. The power 10 ap
propriate money was certainly a specific pow
er. Why else was it included in the number
of the specific powers? The power TO appro-
pirate money for certain purpose, does not
necessarily imply the power to effect the OBJ
iect. Here Mr. F. referred to an objection de-
rived from Mr.. Madison's celebrated Report ]
The power TO purchase property does not in
clude the power to force the person holding 1t
to sell the property. He would prescribe no
limits to Congress in this matter. As to the
purchase of territory, he said, have we not al
ready acquired Louisiana and Florida? Some,
he knew, entertained the opinion, that the time
for an application to Congress has not arrived.
In this view, the best time had passed away.
Such, he knew, had been the opinion of dis
tineuished Vice President of the Institution,
Gen Harper) whose death would long be de-
plored. The wants ofthe Colony, and the rap
.,..o,.o 80 L. o,,J ma cant rep,ova de.