Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-05-13
THE COLONIZATION SOCIETY

THE COLONIZATION SOCIETY
Several columns of the. National In,e,iipet,s
ore occupied with l.t,es Of Mr. Gur,cy, Secrclsr,
of the American Colnzat.on Society, address,,
to Henry lbbotson, Esq. Of Sheffield, England |,
"a in reply 10 letter addressed by that genlem,a
to the Rev. Mr.. Bedell. Of Philadelphia, and i,
pewerA,l defence OF the Colonization Society
gains, the objections which have been urged BY IN.
advocates Of immediate abolition and cmancin,.
ton in this country and abroad. We r.cre, The,
eur limits will not permit US TO give it entire "a
pecially as il contains some strong views upon tn
pics which have lately been made promiaen, S,h-
iects Of exciting discussion in certain qnares
The bro ID grpundis assumed and MAINTAINED Win
force and sbili,y, that the Colonization Society ha,
NO desire to operate directly upon The slave ponI'
ton. or in any way net proTpp.ca OF sanctioned in
III. irs, instance by the will Of the masters .,,s
the true question as connected with the obec,, a
the Society is stated to be, NOT whether slavery d.
i, exists in law and practice, in our Southern State
| 10 to great extent violation ofihc principles az
Christian duty between man and man, ard n,vS.
therefore so far az il is such violation ,sbc nm,
d;a,ely notified and abolished bat wha. arc ,b.'
means to be u$d by the humane and reigous,o
change the soiu ofthose who alone have the DOVE,
| and incline them safely and wisely 10 remedy
1.-THE evil. He further argues that if general email
CITATION be ever effected it must be by the eaec,of
this line Of poficy---avowing the opinion tho,",o
sustain. in public view and the judgment o, In.
law. tho relation Of master and slave is not ne.,,
sariv and in thousands of instances is mol eeiuol,
a violation Of Christian duty In many cases n,
declares the true question to be one Of individual
T, duty to interiors who are by law and circums,ance
under control, and Of public duty to the commun.
~" He adds that TO dissolve this relation nop
would, in numerous instances, no on the par, Of
trI nnft hiatt Il,
d which, as disciples Of Christ, they are bound 10
+, obey"
r Mr. Gurley takes up briefly the opposite views
b entertained by w. l.. Garrison and others, who
!. denounce the Colonization Society with unmessu.
+ rcd Indignation as ttmporsing with grea, prnci.
pies Of liberty, and tending to strengthen the sys.
&c tenn of slavery deny that the relation Of mas
n ter and slave can, in any sense, be in1ocen--
l. charge The existence Of slavery as fragrant ma,
\. tional and individual crime, and demand nssns
j. percnptory emancipation. The doctrines of these
disorganizers he pronounccs false, and tending 10
at produce most dangerous and disastrous eonso-
rs qudh: es, and a conflict between the MosM AMI
IN south more disastrous than any ever witnessed III
&c the country.
I'd The opposite views and doctrines fihc Colon.
zation Society are, he athrms that slavery can bs
to pcaceably abolished only with the consent d
at the South-,hat by the constitution Of the land
nd the North has not the right, if It had the pow
nd er, to coeree abolition; that the moral obhes.
n ton to abolish slavery, whenever eTcumstances
Is, allow oft, without producing evils greaerh4n
" slavery ITSELF is acknowledged at the South and
Is ,ha, the Colonization Society proffers the Only
nd practicable scheme which operates, so fAs as sl.
- very is concerned, by determining and influencing
ia the will Of the South towards emancipation.
Bat .3mTlQa
of Z" Use Mem" oftAs Wesl.-A letter from NJ
of Walker, mcmbc, ofthe Methodist Church, tod
.e, P Disosway, Esq of New York, gives an ina,
it. cstng account of three Indian Chiefs from ne
on Flat Headed nation, whom he met, in passg
through ST. Louis, few months since the hele
nh ofCien. Clarke. superintendent of Indian afan
Il. Itappears fom Mr. Walkers letter. that four d:
ny the Chiefs oflhe above alton had arrived at Gea
- Clarke's, and one had died The distance tleyhd
MS travelled on foot wat nearly three lhousuld Mrs
nd to Gen. Clarke, their srca, father, as they cl
lat him. They had heard from some white men WHO
- were nresent at Of their religious cffenouls
OH that their mode of worshpping the Sup,mc Bcny
''e was radically wrong, and tha, the white nepe
NJ had been pat IN possession Of the true nneof
IFS worshPnS the Great Spirit, &c. that upop r,esj
49, wig THIS INFORMATION they called natoha copn
%, CHI TO take the suerct into consideration Thy
nd depuied four Of their chiefs to proceed 10 S, Iu
TO sec their great father, Gen Clarke, to iaouc Of
nc MN, having no doubt but he would tell thcmtbs
whole truth abou, it. The letter proceeds -
$, They arrived at ST. Louis, and presented them.
~ serves 70 General L. The latter was somrwh,,
m P"]@'eo' oe'hS sensible OF the responsibility that
~ o''e"oh nun nc, however proceeded by Inform.
al ing them that what they had been told vtLe wbi.
p man In their own country, was ,ru. TbcnIs
~ went INTO succnct history Of man from b;s cu
d alton down to the advent Of the Saviour eyno,
en 10 them all tie moral preccpts CONTAINED inr.
o'o'c, exnounded 10 them the decaloeue jutorm.
mem OF the adven: of the Saviour, his life precepls
MS oo"1h Fesorrecton,a ascension and the relation he
now stands 10 man as a mediator I'm, Ie MA
Il judge the world &c. "' ~ w"
= foor fellows they were not all permitted to
return home to their people with the Intelligence
wo o.ed IN * LOUISE the remaining two though
somewhat 'ndIsposcd Sc, out for their native land
", " "e'ncr 'hey reached homo or mol is not known
e change o' climate and diet operated very SC.
sefe'y upon their health. Their die, whom =, home
was chiefly vegetables and fish.
Ifthey died on their way home neo,e he 10
"e'7 mahcs They died inouirers after the truth,
, was inform d that the Flat Heads. as n nation.
nave Inc tewest vices OF any tribe of Indians on the
continent Of America"
curious tradition prevails amono them con.
| earning beavers. These animals en- celebrated for
,ae'r sagac''y they believe are fallen race Of IN.
o,ans' who may have been condemned on account
WV! w'ckedness by the Great Spirit, to their
roscn' ,o'n OF the brute creation AT some future j
la,od 'hey also declare tina, these fallen creatures
Wilde restored to their former state,
nov deeply affecting is this circumstance of
oor natives travelling on foot 5000 miles through
mex forests and extensive praties sincere search.
crs after truth! The story has sc,r.s,v n.raus,
in history. '''''e'y P"'A"''
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