Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1839-10-08

reach 81 nNo per anuum---ytiich wee The average
ytlt1v Increase az cu'orcd population durnn ihn tenn
wears from 1870 10 1887 And whoa NC rcoie-t
ihft they would. uniCr our system. br waited NIIiA-
a. ifce oi expense 90 themselves there By Cctg iu1-
son io believe their numbers would soon Clfai i.e
British cuierlaon, which IS 90 th0 most cases atiac
proper cost % ne parties Gcmsovcs. ID only uat
poilt WAS reached, an access of 10000 pct amman
would atcrgc beyond tie present natural iarre sc,
and thus create an actual dimiuuirn in cur culalci
pcp0,ation--av cmcuici too, 10y tie Circumstance
that tic Cminrnu's would generally hc of1.e Young.
the active and the procIcating cassWiilc t'c rc1.
tive disprOpurtiCn oi tie races would ao rapidly ict
through Tie great inrrc SO 81 thc whites. Nor ou Ut
u 60 Ac forgotten that o. hls bccu proposes t3 uIo-
duce into al future acts ol emancipation. cl1use
emitting the slave TO the proceeds oftc last year ol
his scryiuac q fund 20 establish lin n iaca1,
SO that The colonies ,rbr1 their resources e-r 7-r -
IL d'relyCd may receive any reasonable numlcr OF
cn.faC's without further cost 80 Oh benevolent in
sututions now engaged IN laying ihCir foundations.
am well aware that il las been most crotuioualy
and aisurl!y asserted "that our whole marinc is n-
sufficient to convey 10 Africa this annual increase l
And yo' $4,000 tons Of Shipping, only making iwo
TIPS each yclr and allowing each cmi .raui six Times
the space allowed on board the sl4vcr--or ono ton
aud half each--would accommodate tie whole !
What then shall We say those who assert That the
wealth OF this great nation with a surplus olcn mil
lions annually is unable TO carry 10 Airca oac third
as many of the offspring of oppression as band Of
pirates and outlaws each year drag away in chains
fran her shores late writer in Backwood's
Magazine asserts that no loss than 1000 slayrs
shipped IN ls3l-Mr. Walsh. that so GEO were
landed at Rio Ianoro alone, IN lso9-- and by allt
recent accounts that 10000 were landed az Rio
in the lirs six months Of the present year. NcmU
then, eventually coonize without difficulty 100000
annually number that would in thirty years trans
fer our whole coored population to Africa by an
outlay OF S3000000 yearly a sum which The week
ly contribution OF cents by onc-scvcuih -four rco-
Pc would supply; or, If voted as a measure Of JUS
uce for the many wrongs received az ON hands by
poor Africa and her Children would afford safe
mode OF depicting our national treasury. Those
who deny the possibility of thus eXhaustng our col
ored race because the emigration from Europe to the
L. ,. has not diminished the population of the old
world seem TO forget that while this drain upon her
l60 millions merely give relief TO an ovcrburdoned
soil, any similar number taken each year from
caste only Lie numerous, must soon transfer the
entire mass to Africa.
Other considerations might be presented, HIGHLY
calculated 10 lncllc us 10 the prosecution OF thi,
great measure OF national rCtribuiion: but enough
has perhaps been already advanced 10 dispol the
doubts expressed and rally overy friend of relir
ion and of humanity every friend of peace on earth
and good will towards men around the standard of
COLONIZATION. If so, Africa will soon be
numbered among the civilized nations Of the earth
her sons, no longer sold beasts of burden may
sit under their own vine and fig uee with none TO
make them afrad-and America, relieved from her
heaviest burden-her darkest siain-proclaim TO the
world that all her sons free
ELLIOTT CRFSSON
Rutland Oct. 3. 1899.