The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-08-06

81 ztisiftiaiicr and comfort. AID hat has his
u'e1 enecied ~ private mn .icence aud ia
dWdud enterprise alone II We eamparr
the present state NJ the Anericsn COLONY II It.
IBERIA With the British settlement At sierra Leone.
settlement fpstercd bv nmnla ,esouiess. w.
mus conclude flfd the espHrmcutnow ma
Vns Is >a,r'v RATIONAL aud eneou 'gae.
II Is far''tn = thr purpasrs Of toui Rpard
t'eoterun'nH detail Of ttrts connected With thl.
SUBJECT WINCH are within the reach If ever. one
lhn3 mus, coutfnt themselves with referring a.
The list annual report nafe lp the Eaard of
Managers utthe American I'll .tlttion soctc-
~ 10 sustain the assertion. met tar present
cpnanan of Tire Colony IN Western Anna hdl,
rrallkfs the most sangune hopes otis found.
cts.
}gnn tits afeaed will apparent sincerity.
ihai Tie scheme ofthe American EulnIzattuu
Noeietf IS ~ open b5tttl with TIE falerttc
Wmeple, aud the Tue pofiee Of the country.
thai Il ti1i colonial embellishments uHdpr the
proaaupa 1T the tsdr,pl r.psernucrd u,aald mol
only n'r truhrrU at yon-iunt r, l.a.r. out tltru
nrNltahl' tendency must hr l. rtuh. oil The un.
ton IA inttlsa wafs. Let It br remembered
thu d"as ncgel Il spdcd Ia nt',c l. eoiou
at idhefa membat otths America, ,onirdcla-
cN-th1t this seitiemnut Is u - br considered
N the nature ct n altional acquisition ot tcpito.
'
ornament Is not suppIica,ri. ~ moe perhaps
IS II compete I. IN ia, mpde 10 augment III, M
'oad sources o. 10 cStsnd 10 naLon.d ii
nan. fhcai o. lhr Federal aud state gov
rnm'nis : sought on another aud different
ptmeinlc " tint of municipal icPnlatiouaud
Internal police. L rcnnst from among us
by the adoption OF mid aud puc,ic measures,
a description Of poppintion, not mrrei, uupru.
duriiye, bU ppatigrly nlH lahstn,, "A class Of
persons as uililttthr Whites IN lupt habits aud
constitutional ,igaui2 ,tion. rs t1ry are ~ thci
colour who never cn1 T., any mode be nude
TO approximate Ia H., is surely 4, mach = sub
pct municipal control aud pptcoiaeafpl rr.
su'atlon. as any other Wtltln the ,aurr al IN,
ie irtai OF state saserEnil's. The colony NJ
Liberia must IA lintn,n II clfaadDus. ~ s.,ioa
Ireien and domestic hut the Hr0f2 my well
he aaordcdby any power. Tho history of on
federal government may he conid niY appeal
'd o,tofrrcrni instance IN which congress have
appropriated loge sums 10 object, and purpo
s"s not 80 much within the range Of { Ell I'.
'liunaie pow ers, as ts The colony oil |. be.
IA, Is designed rs ii refuge aud asylum FOR II
ciass otpcrSons whosc presence among as is uni
t"rNaly admitted 10 bc preludica 10 our wei
fac, and detrimental to their prosperity.
But, let rs inquire i such an establishment
may not he rendered useful IN u national point
# Nlrw 10 adyancc other interests thnn those
of the free colonfed population of the lnicd
states - IS an inter sung subject ot inquiry,
Whit effect such a COLONY, with the and Of
pottion 81 the American navy, would have IN
,upprosslng that most horrible OF ali traffic
lie Ahicm slave trade
The utter extinction of this trade Is not the
cause of America ouly--but of the civilized
world within tie last century We have seen TIA
81 powcrs in Europe uniting with. gfncrou.
mutation, for is abolition. We have bchvid
win admiration The mighty efforts of The British
mplre reused into rNtrCisr. TO cxirtmn.
ate y stem tolerated til II had become the up.
! o,ohlum ct Chrsicndum aad !, ri dcpofiblc ~
| It my scotn, the bat Is hey 0nd question, tina
! This luhuuan iaiic ,til rKi-ts--lhe ibtcst aud
! most authentic nccouHts prove thai more than
one hundred thousand Africans are annually
IN vontou ot the falth oi treaties and IL uttet
Il tlaace of p NIL pIohibHo :, candestInrl,
and lorclhly transported into exile, aud pcrprt
nd bondage Aud where, bun IN North anf
youth America, and the West lndht Island.
'1n market he found ior this wetched PEG
! pie l. the mitigation oi tins O. Wing Evil n sub
| '.ci OF no Interest % concern 10 the Amcl tcni
sialesnau aud the Amrarmpit' OF IA o.
| III 81 arg manl 'icq ufrito 4 "npn}frti' how
| ha ncrelS aud sucDrss u toluptt' establish
a MS ~ W slern Mica, TIM principal matt o
tins ahoni1lble uadeb will Intcrp3se y cbpel
nj a 4hied a3stlHst tins piracy 81 tie hu.hn#
"a
Yoa' Boal indulge tn hope that It's (ua.
connected ~nH otpr con j fduons1 would o
| tselt be sufficient To enlist tn sNmpathir, auf
snersies OF tie American proplo--if bat da,
,hnnlu ever aIrlve wuich shall witness The uitei
.ttncton Of tn, evil = ". iH.srf' % b.
COMMUNICATED as uu cga ct IN the nnaa.s 9th,
Lon ygI o "a IA = no fitH
est generations, a. grner". p, lee.
Many pther Considerations =. cont themsrty.
to yonr Board "a favour oil trr ~ ton OF Colo
II lali n Brf tbry decline .ng i'm or IN
,f'rnlion CO.. tt nrr,'nt tIg Thy hop
thai The view, IT,, tyata - of II SUI
are such $ 10 pltt' tp'e rbe public -" u
Object, OF nh, .soclntion, an they mist rn.t
on tfc nAucnec ri time, aud the cflosts Of pru-
dcncc and perseverance or the ultimate compile
ton ri the cause IN which " are engaged.
In conclusion. your 80 I'd c,trurstty tcco
IN NJ u order 10 advance tn iudvlnn clou
of the friends uithe CDlonz it,In system. an.l
ID al Of ihe means hitherto relied o. tat m.
moril be- presented 10 the next General As
scnbiy Of Vi gtaia. setting f1rth the condiIoH
ofthe American Coonz ton SDcicfy. aud ap.
peaing 10 then libonlrts Tor such ID n
they may think iii II ill1ld rs. Private bounty .
liberal a IT has hrcn, IS asrertdmrd To b. innd,.
quaie 10 the cDm1lctr aud speed att, iune {
Of our purposes --AEhrtrveH Constitutional scru-
pies may cSs' III the minds 81 any sci oi incu as
to the pToprIcty oithr inferpo,iton affbe { der
AT authorities on hi, subject yet thosp scruplc.
, can never bear on thr question. before the
General Assembly Of Erqin,a--I hrir tight j.
lunqucsliopable, aud their AID. il extended, viii
| greatly advance the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF cN-
prdiency OF policy cannot he ne, 'ssary to thc'r