Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-08-25

hhE w Iidl'Fu ny u ufbtNOithCE OF tHf
)Tesent aye on The sea-washed margin of the
A!r,cau continent Whose imagination Is
'pld enough IN pierce the veil OF futurli,, and,
nth the glowing pencil Of a Prophet. pourtray
he scene whIch viii then be e1hIbred IN tina
tand, whore now there Is but one feeble
gllmnering ray OF lignt 10 relieve the broad
aud gloomy picture oil personal degradat lion,
Intellectual darkuess, and Idolalrous super
stiion2
Your Boafd regard The question Of he prac-
t~Icahlllty OF the Colonization scheme as having
been settled, by that lest Of all ties s-erpe-
'ence. Fifteen years have not yet elapsed
,nncr, In accnrdanGe with the suggestion con.
tanned in a resolution adopted bg the VIrginia
Legislature, a territory upon the coast oil Africa
was obtsl med, designed At an ASYLUM for such
persons of color as were then tree, and hayr
since bscOmc 20, aud for those Who may
hereafter he mHnurnilted. Aud now. the
Colony numbers about 100 nhabiiants-mauy
Of WHOM, nolwiths ADDING the difficulties aud
Disadvantages with winch they nave had II
Contend. have become wenthy-and all OF
whom, We nave no reason u doup are active
ly eng AZ ed IN he varinu. rursul ) OF agttcaiurr
ComInrTCo and hou ehold ma auiaGinres-at
once the sources Of PRESENT enjoyment aud tn
elements Of future grandeur. Schools have
been establish II, in which tine minds Of lhr
rising generation are t!aln,ng Tor iuturf tm
neGer, m The VIDE range OF IN ellectnal omp'-
~uuon-holdlng out thu promise That AFRICA
even Alrca-shall at no d slant day boast ut
her naive SCHOLARS, excelIins III all the depn,t'
menis OF humhn knowledge Pruning
Piess Is ~ opera ion among lhem, scattering
rs rnys oi light ath~arl The dense DOM OF 70
noran,e M superstition winch has 50 long
Ems u GUIDED the African race, rs with the PAL
ofdeatI. Cher,h"- tave eanu,lt,& the pra's-
es of The living Sod are Ireddyinyadic the tenn
pies of heathen ~IIols-NnIch We han as the
da wning OF that day when " Ethiopia shall
stretch oIt heI arms and embrace the ke-
deemei aud Saviour Of the human race. Indeed
the whole aspect ofaliHIrs at tue Colony, IS
calculated to convince even the s,cptic uat
uniy OF IT'S Feasibility, tut OF It's intimate con-
nccl,on with the best and dearest Interests OF
mankind While 1t cannot lbIl 10 I'll tue hearts
oI lis foundets aud trends with giatef i ado,n-
tIun 10 bat Beng, whUp in the ny ster . IL dlspen
,alpas ct its Providence, cunluunds Mt M
q entity, lis s1ort-sighted creatures by the won
derlul Issue winch he delgns to give to the labor
OF their hands. lie Ia truth, " shapes ouI ends,
Tuugn-hrw han as W. will" AMI lac wal
Continue 10 bless with his proleclion, ana
crown with his favor the magnificent scheme
Of Philanthropy, watch Is destined To restore
~ blcediug AiticA, through Tue medlatn o
lrI own WEPiCntu CHillTGtI, tOTn llplt uSt
Uusom nerci ess tIati ckers In human souls,
the l|ang-l,,t treasures u Science aud Piet)
Yoai B ard ot Managers have remarKad,
with heartfelt driigh', the incTea5mg hali winch
the .lan ot African Colonization Is aeqaumB
on the etl-caons Ottheir Country men. rs the
designs OF us trends case 10 be mIsrrpresent-
ed, OF . those MISREPRESENTATION are corrected
by me ~ Ter diffusion VI truth. lhls Is es-
prcially tue oil somo OF ihO.e sections oil cou' :
try, which, navluB til strongest inducements
to get nd OF "A population, whose intercourse
with their slaves 10 "a direct and alarming eVd,
have yet manifested a stiange ahd unacconnt-
able hostility towards the unly system which
has ever suggested a pfdc'icable mOde 81 re
lltf-not only within 'idihg from the oocle y all
pecaniary aud, out branding liz members VITA
defamatUTy epithets, "a Iuae as thy were
unjust. The day of this delnslon, hp"eves,
musi and Will pass away. Indeed, we ALREADY
see eVidenees of It's departure, IN the increased
Il increasing le.ourcesoitne ooc'e y,s"eiith by
uddlrtbu, Contributions from Tue leietuIoIe
too suspicious ana too sensitive oouti' In
lS3nih- sum feCeIHedoy the Parent oocirIy "ds
hIhe lth'es gied'ei Adh the hihouht receiver
IA 1921, aud more than 100 per cent greater
than II WINS IA 1873, Individual changes OIL
op, sIon, too, might DE ci'eh, III 1t "efe euhrr
allowable OF necessary mere 10 10 so 10 prove
what has long ago, however, pastel ihlp IN
AXIOM, that = rum rs r""e'I" ""l vii
ultimately prevail, alike o'hi The assaults
~ maleVoienee, aud the pftJudIces ol quo
rance.
Il, then, We are cocodraged to hope, as
from The g." sisns ot the tune,' We think we
ar, Toe II steadily progressive increase ~ the
annuhi Contributions 10 the Society, We cd"not
DOUBT OF the speedy triumph OF our most san-
gulne hopes, 10 an extent that Will silence at
once the arguments aud the snee's OF or opPo-
nent;.
Il has been unprecedented by some persons
that We shdli hnd II ditlcuit ~ procure enIl,
grants for the Colony and this apprehension
mas been m"ae the basis OF a prediction that
The scoeme "ould ultimately iMI. bh' youi
Board enterta'ns 40 Tears on this score. As
The Colony becomes more thIckly %srtiled, IL
general health WI be Improved, Ms comforts
will be multiplied, and the advantages II Will
hold torn 10 emigralIs "lll be So Vasi hnd SO
manifest, that, II s'ead oi Uetlag up Tor recruits,
We shall ia Cumuelled 10 stay The IetlueHt tide