Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-08-15

IN opnuage, where The opportunity the Inducements
the necessity OF would not have been SO great.
Deplcrab!e necessity, indeed, to borne down with
the consciousness the violence we have done YET
am clear that whether we consider it with reference
the welfare % the state the happiness of the
blacks, better have left them in chains than
have liberated them TO receive such freedom as they
enjoy, and greater freedom we cannot, must pot ALLOW
them In 1910, there were 10000 and i'm 1920 there
81 600 free blacks in Virginia. an increase of
about one fourth in ten years, which number wou1
double itself Int that rate, in about 50 years Emigration
INTO Virginia OF these people there has been none all
those enancPoted since 1905 have been compelled to
leave the 1t is observ able that with almost the
whole slave population the free blacks gathered
the middle and eastern counties of the state. | an,
FginianI dread for her the corrodnr eyi! of this
numerous CASTE and tremble for the danger of dis
affection spreading through their seducons, among
servants am man. I cannot dsown some kind
regard for the welfare of this humble wrctcbeu
Glass; and farther and deeper than this, I concern.
ed know that L. and all of us, have had our share in
the institution which has brought them first the de.
graduation of slavery aud next binds them down tho
haseness OF Intellectual freedom. w neither, then, we
lear or loatie them-wbether feel compassion to-
wards them, as common ceiling of humanity, or COM
junction. as TO those have injured, cruelty injured,
we must all desire 10 be rid of hem and possible TO-
MAKE better their condition thereby. The whole NUM-
her OF free black in the l.. S. 1890 was 233 OO9 and
the annual increase at this time has been calculated
at 5000. need not am sure, address a single arcu-
ment 10 any in this assembly TO strengthen The
conviction which this bare statement must produce
that this class must be removed from among US And
what plan does the Society propose rs conducive 4.
this great end? The history of the Society and i,s
Efforts is brief and prefer 10 The concise language
Tor few sentences, OF the Society ITSELF Immediately
after IFS formation iu 1916 'agcns were sent out 10
''ihe south we -,cn coast Of Africa with instructions
"to visit the British settlement of Sierra Leone and
'oer places IN the vicinity 10 select pIoncr location
''Ior the proposed colony, and to ascertain how far
''reance nigh! be placed the favorable disposition
"o the native tribes; and from these commissioners
repoTt was received OF the most encouraging chaac.
T. ter After some further inquiries and preparatory
"eiiorts, small colony out, in the year 1890
land placed on Sherbro Island as a Temporary resi-
"dence until possession could be obtained of neiph-
"boring tract OF land on the continent which the ma
"tiycs had promised TO SELL The performance OF this
promise was delayed and cvaGed, under various nre-
''teXs for consider able time during which the health
"of the colony suffered very materially from the low
''at and marshy ground OF Sherbro where they were
"compclled to continue their residence mucl longer
ethan had been anticipated. At length! however, the
"hgent of the government of the limited States en-,
"ploycd 10 select suitable situation the Africans
'recapturad," under the laws 10 suppress the slave
trade 'eflrclcd in junction with those of the Colo
"nzaoD Society the purchase of extensive terrific.
cry al tie mouth of The ontscrado river, inclunar
.ihc care and bay of that river and there the coonv
elias been established The soil fertile the land ri.
''evated Dearly hundread feet above the sea- tho
"clirn"te as healthy any Africa and the anchor.
cage the BAY and ruadscad not inferior 10 any ON the
"whole coast The distance from The Furnishing COL
sony at Sierra Leone Is between . and 500 miles
'Ihe natives IN the vicinity divided into great
"numbcr of small and nearly independent tribes and
being but slightly held together by any superior
authority, may bc considered as wholly inc apabIe
of uniting to any serious extent, for purposes of hos
Utility. In single instance attack was make en-
che colony while in its lcehlcs condition; but the fla
''c'ty with wi Cb II repelcd renders the future
'sccnrty OF the colony from similar attacks unonesu
liable, under lis probable increase of population and
the improved means of decnce with which it is al
"ready provided" 'le conduct of the natives indeed
4 sis Of the most peaceabe and friendly ciaracterm
notwithstanding all the difficulties nseparable from
the nature of the attempt the colony has aDnuaily
"ncreased in population and canlaing upwards Of
luuiy has bepn bI;sIo
provdcd, as far practicable, with the necessary
'securies for life, liberty and property. Schools are
eopened for the instruction Of natives, as colo.
"nists. 4 library of 1900 vols. has been sent over
land a printing press lands have been cleared and
'paroned among the settlers, and annual product
"may soon he anticipated adequate to the supply as
swell of all who have already also of those
'nlo may hereafter be induced to seek for happiness
s'and independence in the land of their fathers and n
"hotnc Of their own" Ofthc health, let add that
Of two vessels which sailed during the early part or the
year 1896, The ffcm Boston with CT enierans anu
the other from Norfolk with persons OF whom $50
were from n. Carolina nearly one half of the passep
gers from Boston persisted al Liberia, while notope Gf
the latter vessel sufefe cd severely from sickness
fact which shows how perfectly the Africans vito had
lived III our Southern climate qualified for the tro-
plcai climate 10 which they go OF the SOIL that il IA
among te richest in the world and of the Trade thar
no less than Is vessels touched Liberia in the FIRST
hall Of the 1896, and purchased the produce oftbe
country to the amount Of about SIS African value
and ia by this traffic the colony had made total pro.
fit Of S30,780
The price Of labOur TO mechanics dollars per day.
labocrs FROM IS cents tn 81 25; and ,6e
circumstances Of the settlers, of course, easy
Portable Every family, says Mr.. Ashwup, ''and nearly
single adult person in the colony has the means Of
employing from native labOurers at an expepr
of from -four six dollars the month; aud several og The
settlers when called in consequence Of sudden enr-
gences of tie public service nave advencgs
Of understandable produce the 800 10 600 dol
lars each" Such is the beginning Of the coony such the
asylum held Inviting blacks; and such the spot
which the Virginia Legislature so long and so arIcnty
sought to find, III order to display its humanity mag
nanimity in suitable mode degraded per-
And now, that hav found it, ii for Virgil
he sudious objections to the suiciency the
PLANK Snl we deny its merit brand its spirit cnhus-
asiic, nay anca and against as iHcendiaTy and
remember that ii plan, exactly
out in Act Of Assembly OF 1916 and adopted by Others
suggestions with adjunct quality which
haze