Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-08-06

scrlbblng inpe. mn. r.tkess Of The digniiy
Of Office ar Tn. force of public opnfion. 10 enler
the columns Ola newspaper undrr his onu
proper name-all must roneede iht the
experiment of Colonization la. 50 iar pros -
its ptae,csblliy.
iu CLOSING this Report. sour BOARD ak per
missihn To al, TIE attention ui the society To n
very valuable article on American Cnluniza-
lion. contained ~ the s,b M. af the Amrt lean
Quarlerl, Resirw. which Hbounds With much
information an Tins suhierl-- from which they
derive the following extracts
But we hasten 10 make few observations
upon The benefits likely In accrue 10 Africa,
generally, from the eslab ishmeni of ms colo.
ny Oh its shores. In DONG this. we pass by
many important particulars, such as lie expio.
ration of the country -the introduction ol oar
manufactures. &c. and oon6ne onr attention Ia
the probable effect iihe colony IN ahalishine
the slave trade, and ciyilizlng the native
tribes. To suppress The slave tade, has been
ioi many years an object Of national policy
with several governments, bnth in Europe aud
America, II has breu inicrdicted by solemn
treaties, aud prescribed by the laws Of individu.
al states. The mast despntic and The must
democratic governments have Joined in de.
nnmnens IT,. Austria aud Colombia have pro.
claimed universal emancipation while g
Britain aud thu Unied States have exerted
their naval forces in attempting the exiernina.
ton OF this Infamous trade. Bnl still II exists,
aud no. only exists. but nouiishes nearly ms
much Us ever. The reports OF the African In
siituloo preseat detailed lisi fIhe names OF
Two hundred aad eighteen vessels, believed L.
he engaged IN this made in 1921, IL the number
Of its victim IN thai year, was asceiianed TO
| be not less than one hundred aud twenty thou
| sand of whom, about twenty thousand per.
shed on the middle passage, OF soon sltrI their
arrival nj the port OF their dcstinnlian--more
| than twenty thousand reached IN thut year the
| single poit of Rio Janeiro NV ~ We attempt
40 dissertation of this inhuman traffic. The
barharous crneiies which attend every step d!
rs pr gress, rom u s commencement IN urrach
erous vi es 10 eniIap its sirtius 10 its consum-
| nation, by consignlns them 10 endieS, aud
| hopeless slavery, have been too often aud loo
laithf,'lly delineatch, 10 need repetition here
But slrposlug every one 10 coucdr /, thu pro
piriy atnS suppression, we assert, without
he',ttl,oo. thtl Colonization upon the coast If
Africa affords the only prospect Of snccc.s IN
this benevolent euterprze. Tins trade which
has been cotffncd by the practice of cenlu,ics,
and y supported by its mia STEERING to SO many
pow ctf0l pass,ODS Of our nature, is not 10 b.
| put down ny force, 80 Long rs place ran b.
iound Tor the supply or reception Of slaves
In vain may TIE governments of distant nations
proscri5r IL by their treaties, OF d clare IL NJ
racy by their laws. In vain may they lin
Africa with their SHIPS. and estabiah - mixed
commissions" for the tria and pun ishment oil
J "nrudrrs Rapaciy and avarice W III still find
| means 10 clnd' the vigilance, or bafl the ri.
fonts ~ belesolence, and The f. lends Of human.
lty must mourn over the ineflicscy of iAer
exerIions. This is the lesson OF experience IN
| fhp NH I,,,.
effort, the evil RACES with undated vioi,ncc"
| Again. the SANE Wi FL thnselrgnniiy ponrrraes
The principle Of benevolence viii n aciuates
man in the cause of his felowmen --"lhe obi
gaIiun 10 extend the benefits OF civiliza ion al
| religion 10 heather countries, is one oil thos.
called by moral philosophers, imperfect. ,nbs.
much astlry can be enforced by 10 hunaY
| authority. but they are not, on that ace onDi,
the less valid ., the less bialing upon the con
science. They are, how ever, always adjie md
10 HE reason oily, and every one must judge
for himself how lar he Is subccl 10 ihrii force.
II any country has claims Of Tins hind upon
| Christendom generally, aud our hand in pnrii-
cnlar IL is Africa. Her fields have been IaId
waste, and her inhabitants bfDtHlzrd 10 feed
the market with slaves, and almost every IN.
ton has par aiken, directly or ind reoily, il he
cruel traffic. Our own country has shared
largely IN the spoil and though we now re.
gret the part we have ha in u, an aionrInent /
still due to injured Africa; and II her pressed
| children, and their descendants are male
through our means, the instruments Of he
civil Za'ion IL will be "A late, but glorious re
compense for all her suffering. Bun Christian
| benevolence needs 10 snch mo'yes tor exof
ton. II is sufficient. il there he field Of se.
ton, with The hope of usefulness To call inrIh
her energies, and none presents better Scene
/ for benevolent op 'raiions than the coast nl
| Africa, through the medium Of tie colony oil
Liberia. The chara ter If the natives is repr..
sened by travellc 9 n naturally docle tloegh
their intercourse vita foreigners. engaged IN
the slave trade, has gwen them some features
of savage lerocity. II" scattered frmains of
villages aud marks oil former cultivation bear
testimony TO IFS primitive disposition. ard
prove that they were ii railways the deg raded
people ihev now are. There is reason 10 h..
| rve that, before the introduction of The slave
trade and lis consequent evils, thy were mlld
aud Inotfensive race, aud tie researches al
| modern travellers have shown This 10 be fbr
character OF The tubes be} Odd the sphere fits
| bsn"lui influence The IeIigiou notions ri
these people are nf the gro.sesi kidd. With
| scarcely eimmcrihg idea Ia supreme Be.
! ing. aud but a faint sIlse Of moral obligation
tn Y are subject 10 The darkest superstition.
| They readily JTld, however. In new i'm
| pulse, anC. degraded rs they are, they mani
fest n sense of the importance Of education
| Many of the chefs have seni their sons 10 the
W"st Iudies, aud 10 England f5f instruction.
aud sincf the establishment Of colonrs upon
their coast they have been very dosirDus 10
obtain for their children admission INTO III,
colonial schools.-upon such pcopIc. n colo.
ny. founded on the principles Of Ihat Of Liberia
must necessarily havr brneiiciai Influence
! They see the co'onisis living IN comfor tab.
habitario0s, secure from external violence, ard
enjoying the pleasures Of social life aud ,hr
| superiority OF this copdilion 10 their own, must
be obvinps 10 the daest comprehension. They
SET, too thai all this may be attained by race
oil men like themselves and ihey learn 10 at.
trihnir the difference, not 20 the color OF their
| skin, hui TO It's real caiIse--an improved moral
aud religious education" In the language Of
M. CLAY" Every emieran' 10 Africa is a
missionary, carrying win him credentials Ia
the holy cause of civilization, religion, and free
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