The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-08-09

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Resoircf. that the Executive be requested 10
" correspond sta the President Of The Quilted
States. iof the purpose of obtaining a Terrific
- epou the coast af Africa. OF at soaIe other
place. rol within any Of The states or Terrific
m Governments OF the United states. 10
sztve NJ an as, lum tor such persons Of col.
| our rs are pev free, aud may desire the same,
g aud ~ those who may hereafter he emsnci-
psfed. sithla tins Commonwealth. and thai
q the Senators and Representatives OF this State
% IN the Congress ofthe uuiied States be request.
cdfo exert their best efforts 10 aidtue Pr sdeni
+" OF Tue United States IN the attainment OF the
above object: Prorided, That no contract 81
arrangement respecting such Territory. shall
d" be obligatory on this Commonwealth unili
" ratified By the Legislature
Tins resolution passed the House of Dele
gates with bui nine dissenting vnicrs out of lI6
aud the senate, with but one dissrnter. The re-
solution was at that timc declared by a member
ol Congress from Virginia to be truly the voice
aud feeling of Virginia inc plan is therefore
ymGIsAs, and am pfoul OF ii. | trust ne shall
not be among the FIRST 10 desert our ownlongnur
tured and fast maturing plan, when il has gained
the cooperation OF other than pirgnans sure
/ " not ior thai reason. lie who speaks IN de
/ icuce OF an object SO long desired by Virginia
aud NOW put within our reach, may expect to
Ice heard not ~ one who Is the advocate Of
| suspicious plan obviously devised for us by
strangers with the prelence thai is for good,
! but n the advocate Ola t,yorlte scheme which
we should be sorry 70 hnd cause TO abandon, AID
/ should eel disgroccd I've abandon without
/ causr.
The American Colonization Society estao.
| it.he1. IN 1916, at Washington. grew natural,
OF Of the SPIRITED enarts o thr Virgin u
| Legislature, AMI merits the thanks o. w
| guia Tor having done all that in riicct, IS
| get done IN furt4erance OF her object. II IS tins
! soCiety, then, a the representative Of opinions
30 clearly and zealea,ly set IN mouon y VIZ
| gipia. that I'm ready here 10 attempt TO yud
cate aud to uphold Isl What are is OBJ ana
! p. what the means of ever attaining thcm
| The object OF tha Parent Suc,ety Is cared
! bc the removal, with their ON II consent. Of o.
| roe people Of colour IN the United States, an
,uc persons as ny the avs olthe several state.
| n,s be sci free, 10 settlement IN Atrca
such /. the onlv direct purpose Of the Societ,
Ich IFS whole scope, aud such.ils only end.
10 Abolition Society; u addresses as yei atgu-
~ MS 10 10 master, and disavowswitI norroI t.
del Of offering enpttlions pany slave II de ne
he design Ut ate npupg emanclpa' ,ehh'rpe
iai Oh general; ii dcnfs Wit ~. that the Genera
Government hayean{ power 70 emoucip tie X
declares that the States have exclusively the
Iish 10 regulate the whole subject OF slavery
Tia scope Ut the 'clety iTgs - hut n IS
~ no wise mingled or oonloumded with the bropd
weeping views OF few fanatics IN America,
who would ureeus Oh 10 the sudden and to,aI r.
pplifioa ofslaver.. Are the ayoHed and true
o 1ieeis OF the society desirable And rs these
OH cts are two, let M consider them apart
lst, as Ia the actual free people III colour, snd
urNt 10 those VIM may he hereafter set free, VT
cicrencc 10 the society. Is Their any one who |
as re arded for a moment the drploIablr COZ. |
iiton ofIhe liberated Africans IN Virginia, who
desires 10 rel IN them in our borders | VIII |
look no farther when | seek for the most dcgra |
drd, the mnst abandoned race on he "afh, but
resi- my eye on lhs people How anne they I
tms1 Alas il is lee. zee who having fl Il |
crushed all cheerful hope OF good all taste for
praise paid to virtue, by making them slaves,
nave completed the work 10y throwing them on
on a world where we are VAN enough 10 expect |
rom them actinns th1ut motives; efforts I
where Is uuspung; clearn 'ss aud strdigbtness OF
>ieht where Is no light where the passive quail
fcs bring contempt aud the aefiye IA It no non
Dr. hat suspicion ta,hsf " here ignorance With it.
fool bofu ietiness oihaat anl giidy r'less-
ness of tomorrow leads thrm on; where orerl4
hangs a., iattcfs on t1en anl pants lis unap
p-ased hunger in thelr breast; and vince ticr -
rs worst shapes, from incidence up TO felony, Is
.- rais imagination AID. hcing run, what uui
sorrow can We feel at the misguided peiy "hi.l
la, sci Free 50 many ott'rm by dcaIh-bod de
s,,c o. $ 1T tea cont ct1n of lalasar' BE ter,
lar better foi us bad they been KEEP, Ia BOND
are where tl, oilrtlilty thr inducements the
cn,sity Of wee " ouid not hay been SO circuit.
Deularablc necessity indeed, To one bo ne dow
With faf consciousness al the violence ~ nav
lone Yet am clra. that whether We c9nslde
At with reference 10 the welfare OF the stair, OF
~ happiness af the blaets It "efp better to
have lelt ,ham ia cbatus thau Ia nave liberated
them 10 rccriyc such freedom as ihry cnioy, ami
greater Freedom fe c.mnot. must not allow them
In 1910 there were 10000. .nld IN 1870 her
were $1,000 fee biarks M Va ginia
increase ~ about one fourth in ten years. "hlrls
uni. would dpublritsrli, at thdt fate, n apcu,
}syeals. Emierationln y gina otthese pfopl
fh"fe IA been aoaf " alltho,ctmlnclpated ,lnc'
lsu6haye been compelledto cayethe state. II l.
obs rsabe that, with almost The whole saV
nnnulatnu the free black, are gathered III the
middle aud caste IA Counties % tie state. am
d Vifoinian---l i, cad for he, the corrodirg evil
If TIN, numerous caste, and | tremhlc tor the
.auger of d dsallecton spreading through Their
cductons, among cur servants anna man
cannot disown some kind regard for
the welfare evfn OF This hhml WretChed
class and farther aud deeper than tins, am
concerned. | know that l. aud all of US have
had our share in the institution which has
orouah them FIRST TO the degradation of slayery,
and next binds them down TO the basrness Vi
,uelcctua, freedom Whether, then, we fear OF
,oathe them-mhc'her we feel compassion to-
wards them, as Il common feeling If hunanry, T
or compunction. In those We have injured,
cruelty injured. wc must all desire 10 be nd ct
ZEN, and il possible To make better their condi.
ION thereby. The. whole numher ottree blacks
IN the United States in 1870 was 23}, 600 and
the annual increase at tins time has been caCu-
lated at 5000. | need not am sure, address "A
single argument to any one IN this assembly to
strengthen the convi ton which this bore state
ment must produce, mat this class must be re
moved from, among US Aud what plan does the
Society prop s. as conducive 10 this great cad
The history of the Society andits effort, is bref