The Arkansas advocate., 1830-03-31
But in considering tn. Colonization

St1I@o iioAAi S1 HSS5lo PoPV iahon, both free and servlle, that we re- gard it. And the only question to be discussed is, whether it be feasible?- The good which it proposes is a great | good, and is unmixed with evil. We now the specific proposition of the So eety is, by the application of private iuds to remove free negroes with their oWa consent. This seems a small be- gin1ng; but so have seemed the begin hing If many of the mightiest revolu- tions q human affairs. Did those who saw Columbus deYart from the shores of Eurole deem tAn event which was to ehangeall after History? When the pilgrims fsd from persecution to the wilds Of America, was it not small be- ginning to change tAe seat of empire and perhaps of civilizaion. All history is full Of such example, The Reforms tionwhichyetdivides Oristendom came from the resistance an5 the preaching of a single man. The toIonization So- eiety has undertaken amighty work. That its completion is wihin the power of this country is eertail The spirit of emancipation is spreading. X single million annually appropriated from the national treasury, would,iA the course of one generation, remove the whole negro race from the United Statts.- Is this too great an effort?
 But t r1iay be asked if this plan is not likely to produce collision between the general and state governments. "
 would trust aed we believe not, Ger taihly the operations ot the society," either with or without the aid of gov ernment, whilst confined to the removal of free negroes, can have no such effect. Ard we rely moStupon voluntary eman. cipation, after the society shall have shown the praeticability of establishing a prosperous colony. Atall events the free negroes are to be first removed and hv none, is an interference with the rights of property contemplated. Ken 3FHE NAvY.-ltappears from statls lcal account Of [ the Navy, that many 0 our haest ships, constructed at a cost 0 millions, and which have never yet beer launched upon their proper element are h q state ofextensive and rapid de cay. The remedy proposed for this evi $ the construction of dry docks. The glorious success of the Navy during the last war, naturally brought it into hiel 1 favor with the nation. That in the e ve5t ifanotherwar with England or any other foreign nation, 1t wonId be the arm of our defence principally relied upon is highly probable. And accordingly the appropriations for its increase during the last fifteen years have been upon 8 very large scale-we believe twoo three millions annually. The contemplated 1 dry docks fer it's preservation are also te be very expensive.
 In recently reading Mr. Jeffersons notes on Virginia, written during the re volution, we were struck with passage in which he gives decided preference to Navy over ali other means of de fence. We had recieved the impression that he was the advocate of a diheren policy. In the passage alluded to, how ever, he is perfectly explicit. lie esti mates that Virginia alone could pay an nually, for building ships, million dol lars; which, at that time, would be equa to two or three millions at the present 1 If Virginia at that time could furnisl tive millions, the United States now, il case of need, could certainly furnisl fifty. Considering then the ability of tn, United States, and the great difficulty fl not impossihility of preserving tn, Navy from decay, is not the expediency of the present great annual expenditure justly questionable? We believe the suggestion in the Presidents late mes sage worthy of being acted upon. l is, that for the present, expenditure bt limited to the acquisition and preserva tion of materials for building in time o need, and the preservation ofwhat ship have already been constructed. [t5.
 Nash0ille, .March l2.
 Last Tuesday morning about twt o'clock, we were alarmed by the sud den breaking out of fire in the build ing on Water street near the river, be longing to the City Water Works, ant occupied, under lease, as steam saw IaiA' by MessIs. Dyer, Pearl, & Co., The works had been for some time un dergoIng repairs, which were just com l pIeted, and the mill was exnecfed tn re