Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-01-12

their own souls aad their own country; and leave
the destines Of the Africans TO the unerrng dis
pensatons Of the God who made them? But il is no,
only the African souls which the commisser aiing
meorators wish to take into their holy keeping.
They wish 10 extend-their benev client care to the
Africans country also. To the lands given the
Africans by their God. OF all the commits. er ating,
smeliorating relief schemes which have nunda' ed
and demofalized the people and government of the
u. 5. for the last 10 years, this colonization
scheme, although well intended, has at all times,
appeared to the writer, to be the most romantic,
cbimericsl and eccentric; and, in its consequences
the most mlschievous s, demorazng whe' her the
government should intermeddle with it, or not. The
writer had tho't that Ia this enlightened age, after
al the experience of the horrible effects of the colo
nizng system, that every rejecting, philanhlo pc
mind, would be horror-struck at The mere mention
iof commencing another crusade upon the principle
Of colonization. He finds he is mistaken. He
finds so many enamoured advocates for it, that
even to question it's merits is to call down upon
the adventurous hereto all The denuncis,iens of
all the meliorators OF the day. A day full of
meliorators! full of relief schemes full Of visions!
full Of mischefs The writer now expresses this
opinion, with all due Difference, to the opinions of
others. But il Is his opinion, and whilst opinion
TO all, should be as free as air, he never aban.
don his own opinion, and substitute for it, that OF
another. The extraordinary success OF this
scheme Of colonization, has always appeared to the
writer to be most ccouniable most wonder
full, notwithstanding il was got up, amid the
rage for relief scheming, now somewhat abst-
ed, il is hoped. Alter the ephemeral success
OF this scheme, and other kindred ones, the
writer should not be at all surprised, to see
some tasty benevolent society announced for
hegoodly purpose of taking charge of the African
body, as well as OF the A frcan soul-and African
land, for the benev client purpose of fashioning il
rnr,ip tn hair NUN fasfo md bro
in this respect also, Gods seeming aberrations:-
That subscriptions should be set foot, TO bleach
the African skin: Although God has irrevocatly
said, &c The African cannot change his skim nor
the Leopard his spo;s.' Yet these scheming
meliorators seem to think, that they .can do both
and every thing else which God has not thought
proper to fashion 10 their taste. After the tenn
porary success attending every scheme, the very
widest that can be devised extending to a-socia,
tons of pioss maids and mauons, to knit stock
ings for poor, pous, theological, ncogno students,
the writer should not at all be surprised, at a
proposition TO send forth TO Africa, missionary
painters, with indelible paint to bleach the Afri-
skin, because to the delicate optics, of these
improvers of Gods works, the glossy jet seems
not comely lilly white, especially with lit
tie dark fthe fashionable rouge Ter the cheek. 1t
has also pleased God 10 form tie African with
kno,ty hair; he should not be at all surprised to
see subscriptions set on foot TO sand forth misso-
nary frseurs, with full supply of the cream of
\ Nardus 10 s'raghien the African curls, be-
! cause according TO the delicate per!ectibity
of taste the knoty cuIls seems not so or
namental as the dangling ringles OF the flow
ing hair. II has also pleased Gpd TO nfuse into
the African body cimated odour. He should
not be at all surprised to subscriptions set on
loot, TO send forth missionary perfumes with full
supply of the sweet scented otter of ro.es 10 cor
rect this seeming alteration, and to improve the
African odour, by due intermixture OF this fash
ionabe costly perfume; because, the original o.
dour OF the burning sun, was made offensive 10
the refined deiicacy of The unaccus,omed o,factory
: nerve of the frozen North. The more costly the
perfume, the better. IL would serve 10 keep up
ghe Tariff, and thus kill two birds with one stone
tt would too, the balance -master, d -,
4 the trouble of drawing millions from The pockets
OF the individual owners. and kindly dealing then,
out among-t the state corporation. now lAborng
under the debatins ordeal OF a uo-warranto
from the general government, 10 be balanced, too,
so nicely amongst them. upon his balance-rope oil
justice, that the respective portions would be
turned on either side, by throwing in on any one
OF them, the down of a feather. Is there never 10
Ire an end of the rage for scheming? Is there al
ways TO be found some sober beau to clap the
widest OF these projects " and approve them with
tex?" Are the many peIpetually doomed to be
the dupes and the victims of TIE decisions and ar.
tifices Of the few!
Hiding the grosn.ss with fair ornament
Dec. 30, 1926.
TO be continued.