Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-08-25
CoMMUNICATIO>S-For the v,ns'asnn
SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT,

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ofjbs Board of Manng RS of The Auxiliary
Colonization Society Of LyschbUg Present,
Cd at The meeting of The society on MurS1ag
,tsaing. the 18th tui. aud ordered TO be pub.
Lished.
The Board Of Managers of the Lynchhpfg
Auliiary Colonization Society respectfully
snDmll to iheit cunsi ,uent body the following
Report.
Ihe ieceipts into the Treasury, during the
preceding year, inc udlng the balance IN the
haad 81 The close of the last fiscal year we're
Sl44 SO and the requirements, during the
same period, appointed to the sum STA 80 /;
Iraving a balance OF $50 8 IN the hands of the
treasurer,
The op.fatioas of his AnxillnJy within the
last twelyr months. have been marked by no
event rtqnn ng >pec,al rei.renc" oroeseIvhilon,
enceut, Ii, since its ,st M etng tle Board
OF Managers b ,se teen enabied to despatch
thirty emigranis from lhis neIghborhood TO tue
Colony at Libei ia.
The lale.i accounts from the Colony. while
they have presented "A picture OF disease and a
catalogue OF deaths, the necessary conconl-
tants OF emigration to n new climate, ara as
fayorabl. as could have been anticipated, II
WAS never supposed, 10y the most enthusiastic
and s~anguine friends Of his great scheme Of
Philanthropy and patr'otISm, tUht II would be
exempt from the lm|ptuIultntS WHICH nave Onl-
versalIy attended all similar enterprises, or
thai tnelr incipient Efforts would he crowned
with such c~omplete success as TO aIiay the feafs
OF the timid, or 10 silence the oil ctiOns OF
those individuals. who, from various cause,
have arrayed themselves m hostility To tue
Society. The history OF all previous Efforts u
establish Colonies, at a great distance FROM ttte
Parent Land, had prepared thea 10 hnticipate
even more numerous aud greater obstacles
thdn have yet occurred TO impede and retard
,heIr progress. They were aware that efforts
10 establish Colonies, even on this highly IA
VouIed Continent, were attended with many
nntoward circumstances, and at first proved
utterly abor i've. Ii was not, indeed. until
many years after the earliest RiyenluIers
landed at jamestown. and planted theIr foo
steps upon u sOii before untrodden 10y civilized
man, that the first germ oil this vast conledera-
cy of States was ens bird In attain any hing
like permannenCe to MAINTAIN itself against
The ~srtlices and arms of ,he savage tribes by
which 1t was northumberland RESIST the
wasting inf lences OF disease, operating upon
constitutions unprepareh by previous uaDiis, as
veil us bt an utter IInorance of the nature
eud remedy Of the malddies with which they
we've VIsiied, To contend against their deadly
effects. The disasteTs, hon ever, which SO ire
ien ly blasted the hopes vi the adventurous
MIMI htuA1 avn ~ A'N S'hA'N -
sum, regions oil the South. as well as ID tue
5lenk aud sterile North, were finally conquer
ed ny an euergy that Increased as dltficultle
multiplied, and ny a courage that qlaled be-
ore no dangers. The friends OF the scheme
u African ColonlG 4tion are encouraged. BY
this Retrospect, to petseVete, with renewed
erdor, ii a work to WHICH they are urged b,
every motive winch can INSPIRE the Christian
heari ami ueIve the Patriots arm. II, from IN
tandf II Of men, whI 1ed from the perSecu-
o'ns ol their native land, or who were aIluret
hiher by visionary dreams of wealth aud re-
ho"n,a mighty nation has thus rapidly risen Il
nlatnrIy-d ualloa when is fast forming for II
esllahlgh literary cnaracter-whlch has alread,
a PHfed an ensIdble reputation in ats and il
aims-ahoundlng IN ali ine constituents 0
wealth aud power whose commeIe e eAienu
70 me remotesi corners OF the < obe-an,
"Ao'e political institutions ale a.ready exc.