Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-02-01
VERMONT PHOENIX.
PuBLIsnED. EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, BY
sdi 90. VIM. IL. RYTHER. 3A ysd
COLONIZATION.
To The People of Vermont:

past, as President of tho Vermont Coleman
ton Society. annually inthe spring of the
year, to address the clergy and people OF
Vermont on the subject Of African Colonl-
zation.a But now address the people more
particularly on than subject as a private in
divdual. H
And first, i will briefly make a few re-.
marks on the objects OF the Colonization
Society; secondly, on the effects of its efforts
on the emancipation Of slaves thirdly, as 10
its effects in Africa fourthly, some remarks
on the present situation of the Colonies;
fiithly, on the tendency Of Colonization to
break up the slave trade, and eventually, ut
terly destroy it, il the society should be prop
erly sustained by funds and sixthly, TO show
that Colonizationsts and Abolitionsts are
totally opposed on one great principle--at
least, so far as the great leaders OF Abolition
ism are to be understood. pfee
The first great object OF the Colonization
Society, was to provide suitable Asylum
in Africa for the free people OF color Of the
United States, and such as might be hereaf-
ter manumitted and TO transport them 10
that Asylum They thought, and every
person who has been taught by the lessons
ofhstory and experience, will think with
them, that the people Of color caa never en-
Joy in this country, the privileges and adj
: vaniages possessed by the whites but, that
in Africa, a country designed by Providence
for them---being previously civilized, they
might enjoy them. They likewise hoped
and believed, that civilized and christian COL
onies, of coored people, would be a gIeat
blessing 10 Africa.
The effect which the efforts Of the Socie-
~ have produced in the emancipation Of
slaves, is greater than the founders OF the
Society anticipated, in so short time This
effect they supposed, would be only inciden-
tai But the different societies have already
transported TO Liberia more than two thou
sand slaves, liberated by their humane mas
tiers, who could not have been liberated by
the laws of the slave-sates, had il not been
for the Colonization Society And tens oil
thousands more would have been liberated,
If the Society had had money 10 transport
and comfortably settle them in Africa. But
probably. as many people Of color have been
colonized as would be proper and advanta,
geous in so shor time.
The effects of Colonization upon Africa
are oreater than its warmest friends antici-
pated in SO short period, They are truly
wonderful Ethiopia already STRETCHES out
her hands unto God The Colonies are a
stepping stone, il may use the expression
for christian missionaries TO penetrate into
the interior of Africa and many misslona'
ries have availed themselves Of the opening
MANY natives come into the Colonies, FOR
the purpose oil Obtaining christian educa.
ton, and some ofthe native Kings send their
sons there for the same purpose.
All the Colonies in Liberia contain pop
.I..;s.> .c ,,o.., ,b.r 6ya ,haoeand llthe
accounts of captains of the Unite States
Navy, and captains Of other vessels which
call there, and the missionaries who GO
there, represent the Coonists as prosperous
happy and contented The same witnesses
represent them as temperate, moral and reli'
pious communities. Some of these witness
es, the missionaries particularly, say, there
is not District in the United States, which
has fallen under their observation, OF the
same number Of inhabitants, where there is
so little Of ntemperance. Of Sabbath break
ing and Of profanity, as in Liberia Their
are many churches, which these witnesses
say are we'll attended. Their schools are
pretty good and they are endeavorlng to i'm
prove them. The youth generally attend
them.
Some OF the Colonists, al first, made them
selves rich by commerce. Out lnelr attention
is now more particularly directed to agricul
ture, to which their soil is remark ably well
adapted II would be unnecessary and tedi
Gus to name all the products of Liberia, bu
Twill mention four that may be raised TO al
most an unlimited extent coffee, cotton
rice, and the sugarcane. a8 86l
/ will close the remarks have 10 make
respecting Liberia, for the present, by ad
ding that there is newspaper, edited by Q
colored man, of larger dimensions than any
published in Connecticut seventy years
since. ssss-it .a- io SIS s..
L believe it is now more than twenty years
since Great Britain and the United State:
have been engaged in destroying the slave
trade and Great Britain has made treaties
with several nations for that purpose. Du
ring the whole time, the British Navy ha:
been very vigiant. and made many captures
of slave ships and slaves But nolwithstand
ing the whole power Of the British Navy
and our own the slave trade is increasing.
But the little Colonies of Liberia hav'
wholly destroyed the slavetrade for thre'
hundred miles on the coast. And on Thu
three hundred miles OF coast there were
number of slave markets. before the Colo
nies were founded The natives, who, unde
the influence ofthe Colonies, are opposed L
the save-trade, find that they can live bette
by agriculture and peaceful commerce, thai
hu m hing "a nd sailing slaves .. iQNl l'i