Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-09-13
For the Phoenix.
WHAT CAN COLONIZATION DOT

III On6 VI the Ddiiy JOuIndlS uOuOtlng tnt
practicability of effecting the benevolent pur
poses OF the Colonizationsis, permit one whs
was long incredulous himself, TO state tn,
process which brought him to the full ant
unwavering confidence that this system was
entitled TO the cooperation of every Ameri
can christian, and challenged the services Of
every true patriot That the whole fabric
OF slavery was incompatible with the spirit as
christianity he never doubted; but as this
evil had unhapply become, interviewer into
the very elements of our serial and political
system, it required but cursory glance al
our relation with the South to perceive thai
violent measures for its cure would necessa
rily involve us in all the miseries of civil
md servile war And equally aware of the
morbid sensibiIity pervading the slave hold.
ing States in relation to any foreign interven-
ton, it was no less evident tha, only such
measures must be offered as would at once
vonsultthe safety Of the master, and secure
the future welfare ofthe slave for it is a po-
sliion most gladly conceded after an extern
sive personal acquaintance with the South
that wide spread sympathy Cor the happi-
ness Of the slave does prevail
What, then, were the most beneficial and
practicable measures that could be sugges-
ted AN emancipation on the soil Here
the friend of the negro was met, in iimiae,
with the difficulty. that the laws Of nearly all
the slave holding States, denied that priv.
iege; under the severe penalty OF being sold
INTO bondage far worse than when held by
hereditary possession, which the exercise or
benevolent feelings had voluntarily severed
" he asked Tor leave TO permit the iniran-
chised to remain, all agreed inf the mel
ancholy fact, that, so long as surrounded by
a slave population, the freed men would,
with few exceptions, be found to have deter.
lorated in morals, and not 10 have increased
in physical comfort by emancipation Did
he propose their settlement in the free States?
This at once brought him TO 4es~ai eolnai-a-
don; but under circumstances the least cal
cuated to promote the black mans best in.
terests. His very color marked him as one
Of the race Of bondsmen. The pride Of the
freeman forbid association with even the of.
spring OF the enslaved Such distinctions
ever have, and. too probably, ever will OBJ
tain. They are calling to the black man
they destroy too frequently. his self respect
and the awful disparity efcrime between the
two races, as established by our criminal cal
ender, attest the inadequacy Of this mode Of
relief. The idea Of traEsplanting this tropi-
cal race TO the frozen regions OF Canada is
too cruel to require comment land the
slave holder will never permit us to spring
a mine at hisv cry doorby planting a negro
State in Texas
Thus foiled in his merciful purposes al
home, the christian philanthropist looked up.
on the volume Of sacred history, and there
foupt HE r.t,f FL Il. D
From the time OF Moses to the present peri
cd, mankind has never ceased TO pursue the
same system; whenever two distinct races
have been thrown together under the same
government. the subsection of one OF these
races. or scenes Of mutual slaughter have
been so universal, that we cannot but honor
those wise and benevolent men who sought
an escape from these terrific evils, BY re-
course 10 that system which had so early re-
ceived the divine sanction, and indeed had
been commanded by Deity himself But
the founders Of the American Colonization
Society, although they aoished that the whole
ofthis long suffering race might eventually
seek and find home and an independent
government oftheir own. among "theer own
kindred after the hesh," in the land OF their
forefathers. never anticipated that it could
DC effected by the Society, pen Sc. They
well knew that its restricted resources could
necer be adequate 10 the removal of two
millions and a half They equally well
knew, thnt ours being a Representative gov.
ernment, they must endure it hencredulity or
the unthinking- scorn and rdicule Of
the crowd-nnlil BY a long course OF benev-
client labors. they establish the feasibility of
their system 10 the satisfaction Of a n,aiorily
Of the nation. They looked for no mi,a-
cles-they tickled not the ears Of the nation
with the Utopian dream of immediate and
unconditional emancipation" created
no fierce and feyerish excitement among the
slaves by unreal promises-but, trusting 10
the goodness of their cause, and the good
sense and good feeling Of the American PEG.
pie, they diligently applied Aemselres 10 The
mighty task Of building up an independent
nation. with materials the most crude, and
on shore long cursed by all the atrocities
Of the slave trade. And what has been the
success Of their experiment? II may indeed
be said to be little short Of miracuous-fo
in the brief space Of sixteen years, aeith
funds aphose aggregate amount scarcely
i. 4 :. II ii,i,.ai aptLap of Sir Waller
SLAYER from nearly 200 miles OF coast and
rescued hundreds Of his hopless victims
they have settled nearly 5000 emigrants
zone nall oil them emancipated for the pur-
pose, they have established schools,
churches. temperance societies, and news
paper agriculture, the mechanic arts and
legitimate commerce, employing nearly
twenty sail OF coasting vessels, have sprung
up, while the activity oil their foreign COM