Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-11-20


the pulling down of strong holds" The
Prince of Peace discarded all carnal weap- |
ons, and peremptorily enjoined it upon his |
followers not to use them. They who use
them, or trust in them, need not look to him
for guidance or aid.
Again who are the missionaries employ
ed BY the Colonization Society? Let Hen
ry Clay, President Of the Society. sneak
first. in answering this question. In
speech delivered at the tenth annual meet
ing of the Society, and to be found in the
African Repository, on pages 343 and 344,
he says:
"Of all classes of our population. the
most rici0uS is that of The free coLored.-
II is the inevitable result of their moral,
political, and civil degradation. Cohtamin-
ated themselves, they extend their vices TO
all around them, to the slaves and 10 the
whites. Ii the principle Of colonization
shonld be confined TO them; if Colony
can be firmly established and successfully
continued in Africa, which should draw off
annually, an amount Of that portion of our
population equal 10 its annual increase.
much good will be done. If the principle
De adopted and applied by the States, whose
laws sanction the existence of slavery, to
an extent equal TO the annual increase of
slaves, still greater good will be DONE This
good will be felt by the Africans who 60,
by the Africans who remain, bv the white
population Of our country, by Africa. and
oy America. II is project which recon-
mends itself 10 favor in all The aspects in
which 1t can be contemplated 1t will do
good IN every and any extent in which it
may De executed. Ii is circle Of phian-
'hfopy, every segment Of which tells and
tes.lhes TO The benelicence of the whole
Every emigram to Africa is q mission
arg carrying acith him credentials in the
nofy cause Of civilization, religion, and
free institutions"
Here you have it, in less than 20 lines of
octave, from the mouth of Henry Clay
"THE MOST VICIOUS CLASS OF
OUR POPULATION" are the Society's
missionaries TO AFRICAm Con-
sistency is jewel, verify.
But l must make room for few more
extracts from the Socety's own publica-
tons, on this point. Take the following:
"Free blacks are greater nuisance than
even slaves themselves."-Af Rep. col ii,
p. 32S.
Although there are individual excep-
lions distinguished by high moral and intel
lectual worth, yet the free blacks in our
country are, as body more vicious and
degraded than any other which our popula-
ton embraces y Thars iS nor
a State in the Union not at this moment
groaning under the evil Of this class of
persons, curse and contagion wherever
they reside. Mem, rot. fii, p "a, 2O3.
"Mr Mercer adverted TO the situation of
; his native State, and the condition of The
free black population existing there, whom
he described as horde of miserable people
the objects Of universal suspicion; srB
sTsTING BY PLUNDER. -Mem, rot iU, d. 1863
"Ot all the descriptions of our popula-
ZION, and OF either portion of the African
race, The free people of color are by far as
class, The MOST CoRRrPT, DEPRAvLD, AND
ABANDONED. They have no home.
no country, no kindred, no Friends They
are lazy and indolent, because they have no
) motives TO prompt them 10 be industrious.
They are in general destitute OF principle.
because they have nothing 10 stimulate them
to honorable and praise worthy conduct
Ldem, rel. "a. up. IL, 229
!" The existence, within the very bosom
OF our country, Of an anomalous race Of
beings, THE MOST DECEASED UPON EARTH who
neither enjoy the blessings Of freedom, nor
are yet in the bonds Of slavery, is a great
national evil, which every friend of his
country most deeply deplores.' hem, col.
pii, p $50.
The class we first seek 10 remove. are
neither treemen nor slaves; bur between
both, and more miserable than either. =
Leaving slavery and lis subjects for The mo-
ment entirely on, Of view, there are in The
United States 238 900 blacks denominated
free, but whose freedom confers on ,bem
we NIGH; say, no privilege bat The privilege
OF being more vicious and miserable Than
slaves can be."-App. Serenth Annual Re-
port.
leave it TO the judgment and conscience
OF christians how far scheme of The char.
acter which this shows itself to be, is wor
thy of their confidence or their patronage.
II 1t were necessary | would sop here
and protest against it being inferred, from
what have now said, that oppose African
inlsslons-or any missions for the spread of
the Gospel of Peace. only oppose the
connection Of missions with such schemes
OF coloniZaion-and with all brute violence
whether in Africa or elsewhere.
II was my design 10 dwell further on the
pretext that Colonization affords remedy
for The slave-trade. But have come TO the
conclusion that any protracted discussion of
this point is unnecessary. The ineficiencv
of the means for the accomplishment of The
end think must appear TO all at glance.
What if II can be said lha; the Colony now