Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-11-09

has been questioned.
J. B. p. | read the account of his ex-
animation. There were some statements
in his testimony, in which l thought he
either Inexperienced the facts or mistat-
ed them. But the general statements
made by him, were, think, on the
whole correct
w. G. Do you mean that his state
ments on the more important topics, were
correct?
J. B. P. Yes (6)
w. G. And what were the statements
that were incorrect!
J. b. lido not remember them now,
as it is a long time since read them
But marked them at the time. The
error, continued Mr.. P, has been in send
ing out Colonists without adequate pro-
visions for their comfort. The disasters
were owing to this negligence. No ply
sIclans. The resources of a Society must
be inadequate to such enterprises. 1t
should be conducted by a government.
Such was the testimony of Gov. Pin
ney on these points, which, as our readers
we'll know, have been matter of no little
controversy. He appeared to be a can
did sort of man. In some further con-
versation, we found him not in favor Ct
Immediate emancipation, and his general
views Of slavery we should think very
vague and confused.
We were particularly DESTROYS of know
ing how pious Christian missionary, as
he appeared to be, should be in favor of
the Colonization scheme, after attaining
knowledge Of the facts he had communi-
Gated. The secret of the matter we found
to be this. He had conceived the idea
that missionaries could not safely pene-
trate the native settlements in Africa, over
run as they are by the Iawless whites who
prosecute the slave trade among them,
without the protection Of the military de-
fence furnished by European or American
colonies. We held along argument with
him on this subject, and appealed to apos-
tolIc example and precept, without pro-
ducing the least change in his views
Our readers in the light Of this fact, may
appreciate the missionary claims Of the
Colonization cause. Think Of the facts
disclosed by Gov. Pinncy in respect to
the military attitude Of the coIonists in the
case Of King Joe Harris; and then think
OF supporting such a colony because it aE
lords military protection to the missiona-
res. We could as easily reconcile our
selves to the idea Of openly opagating
our religion by the sword, as Mahomet
directed his followers to do But let Gov
~
We copy from a speech made by him
at the New York Young Mems Coloni-
cation Society, as reported by the editor
of the New York Evangelist:
Il went to Africa alone, and while |
was waiting in Liberia, obtained such
views of the influence of missions, of the
unsettled state of the country, of slavery
and the slave trade, that | thought it best
the work should be commenced under the
protection of the Colony
This has been made the turning point
ofthe debate on the claims of Colonial
ton, whether it favors or binders the mis-
slonary cause. | am aware that God has
all power, and if he sends y >. into the
lions den, he can send his all, also and
shut the lions mouth But he oldinari-
ly acts by means, and we are bound to
max: arrangements on that principle.
Now l suppose missionary might 60 as
safe y among the African tribes, and labor
and DO good, as in other savage nations,
so far as his own conduct is concerned
But IN Africa there is special difficulty.
II is in the interests and the influence Of
the slave holders. The missionary is
like traveller, who in a warm day lies
down under tree in which there was a
hornets nest. The hornets will not hurt
him, for he will not provoke them. But a
mischievous boy comes along and troubles
them, and then runs away and leaves the
traveller to bear the effects So it is in
Africa. The Quaker principle is good if
the missionary had no body but himself
to contend with. But let the slave trader
come there, and he will soon poison the
minds Of the natives with suspicion, and
in little while they will be persuaded
that the missionaries are their enemies,
and destroy them. With Lander, Mr..
Clapperton's servant, he was received and
treated in the most friendly manner by
the tribes in the interior, until he ap-
preached within FIVE miles ofthe coast
There he met the influence Of the traders :;
and he soon found the character of the
natives entirely changed and the cause
was soon manifest enough, in the pres
ence of an hundred slave ships on the
coast.
Now, the labors Of the missionary 90
even more directly 10 interrupt the slave
trade than the traveller or the merchant,
and without miracle, missions could not
be establis he'd on 1000 miles of coast
The same spirit will continue to present
the most formidable obstacles to the pro-
gress and success of the Christian mis-
slonary, unless some visible power shall
be established for his protection. Such a