The Northern star, and constitutionalist. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1834-1837, 1834-08-23

ginning to scatter the pirates which infest
her coast, and extinguIsh the fires of her
dark interior, and bind up her wounds,
and bid her rise TO the community Of ma
tions, whose God is the Lord.
That the slave trade must cease is GER
iain--leeble as the moral sense of nations
is, and slow as is their movement in the
work of justice and mercy, the conscience
of nations is beginning to act, and the
arm Of power to be extended in earnest,
to blot out this long standing shame Or
humanity.
That the slave trade must cease soon,
is manifest from the movements of Provi-
denc6. The power Of steam il opening a
highway to the heart Of the extremeties
of Africa and commerce the pioneer
of Christianity, has commenced her
march, and the angel has lifted the wing
for fight, to preach, trumped-toDged, the
everlasting gospel.
But the influence of the slave trade o.
yer the petty kings on the coast and in
the interior, is such as renders impossible
the establishment of mere missionary sta
tions. Fast as they could be planted,
they would be instgated to cut them of
with moral certainty.
In these circumstances, naval protection
would not avail. The great expense, the
extended coast, and inconstant elements,
render the exclusion Of the slave pirate
from access impossible. There must be
land delences, and these must be colonial
establishments stretched along the coast,
|conciliating the natives and substituting
healthful commerce for traffic in the
souls aud bodies of men.
At the time the Colonization Society
was formed a simple missionary establish
ment could not have been originated and
sustained even in our own country. The
missionary spirit was not sufficiently up,
ard denominalional preJudices and sec
tionsl jeaiousies, and irl eligious aversions
would have defeated the effort, but heav-
en- saw what was needed, and raised up
Mills, to pass with silent, miraculous per-
severance through the southern states,
asking questions, collecting facts, sound
ing feeling, giving light, and preparing
the affinity for coalescence, at the prop
er time. He explored Africa, and by the
sacrifice of his life organized the band OF
her deliverers, opened the way for saliva
ton. The Colonization Society is the
offspring OF his prayers and wisdom. II
assumed what at that day none question
ed--the impossibility Of expatriation.-
That may be true or it may not {: the
subject is as yet unsettled /; a matter Of
theory and argument, and not'of expert
ence but to have preached emanciPa-
tion then, us plainly as it has since been
urged in the legislatures Of slave holding
states, would have consigned the society
to contempt and imbecility. But, heaven
directed, it moved on--and called up at
tention, excited hope, awakened con-
science, dlflIused information, and extend
ed discussion secured confidence, col
lected resources, proposed and executed
plans of colonial establishment, until
success itself outran the capacity Of eff
cient Management, and threw back the re-
action of temporary embarrassment,
and produced the conviction that in the
vast movement, division Of labor was
indspensablsI That home department
to superintena he work Of emancipation
and moral cTtpre WIS Indispensable
while the civilization and ChristianiHation
of Africa, by colonial establishments,
should absorb the interest and effort of
the Colonization Society And He who
seeth the end from the beginning, has call
ed'ino being another institution disposed,
and if wisely directed, abundantly able to
do the work. Both, we believe to be the
offspring of providental wisdom and be-
Notwithstanding men of devoted zeal
TO consecrate themselves according to
their respective views and preferences to
one or the other department of this glori-
Gus work.
They are distinct departments. They
are ample. They are of urgent necessi-
ty, and do not of necessity interfere with,
but mutually aid one another. The de-
mand of Africa upon US is imperious, and
must not be disregarded or postponed.
And the condition Of the free colored
race, and of their brethren in bondage.
and our own condition, all demand imme-
diate and earnest heed. 1t is IA subject
not to be slept over, and not to be commit
ted 10 providence without the offer Of a
willing and an associated ;nstrumcnialiiy.
In an appalling ratio, the slaves are in
crcasing and the condition Of the free,
with such incapacities as they labor un-
der, will become worse instead oi better,
as their numbers multiply.
Humanity, bcnevolence, self-preserva-
ton, and the providence Of God, demand
urgeu,y a more direct and efficient move
ment to avert the evil. But great care
is needed that in this division Of labor, the
children Of benevolence should not fall
out by tho wav. How mournful would