Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-11-06
VERMONT TELEGRAPH.
BRANDON, WEDNESDAY. NOV. 6. 1889
COLONIZATION.

Il Is a long time since this insidious foe y
o the colOred man-this handmade of slave 9
V-has received any considerable attention "
n the Telegraph,-not because ! have >
zrown Indifferent TO the interests Of my per-
secuted, out-cast brethren; but because
have supposed that their enemy was well
nigh subdued IN Vermont. But, from some
cause or another, there appears 10 be
mighty effort making, just now, on the part
Of the adversary, TO rally troops and renew
the crusade. The emissaries of prejudice
and slavery are in the field, Going their ut
most 10 martial their host. They must De
met and dispersed, before they re-organize.
Elliot Cresson, notorious for having de-
ceived and defrauded the philanthropists Of
Oh England with such success as TO OBJ |
II was in 1888 that he imposed his receptions
upon the phiIanthropists of Great Britain. He
could get foot-hold there in no other way but to
represent Colonization as being an Ant-Slavery
institution. On this pretext he obtained consid-
cradle sums Of money, until friend Garrison ar
rived in England and disabused the British public
on the subject. He carried the Society's official
documents with him, and convicted its agent of
fraud, out Of the Socety's own mouth, and the
agent (CressCn) returned home in disgrace.
Below are extracts from London papers I:
From the London Patriot of July 10, l0S3l
How comes it to pass, then, that Mr.. Garri-
son and Mr.. Cresson are at open variance!
The plain answer to these questions is, that the
American Colonization Society does not merely
eonfne itself to its avowed object.
II opposes the emancipation Of slaves except on
condition of their expulsion from their native
land. Aud POUNDS this opposition upon delu-
sive prelexts and principles OF an unjust and un-
christian character.
The avowed principles Of the American Colo
niZation Society, :hen. as Interpreted in their
own documents aFe-That the free people of col
or in the United States are solely on account of
their color or race, justly and necessarily depriv-
o: Of citizenship and of the privileges of white
freemen: that although born in America of native
parents, and of mixed breed, they are to be con-
sidered as foreigners, and Africa as their native
eonntTy: that however intelligent, well-educated
and vrtuous, their expulsion from their native
country is most desirable object, because theiI
color uDiustly deprives them Of their socia
rights and il is determined to persist in that in
Justice: that no more blacks ought to be made
free except on the condition of their repatriation
to the pestential shores of Guinea; that all at
tempts to raise the character OF The blacks a
home ought to be discountenanced: that SLAYER,
is necessary evil: that the slave-owners have al
undoubied right TO hold their negroes in predia
bondage: and that their emancipation IS not de
sirable, except in places where slave labor is I'm
profitable, or in such plumbers as may keep dow
the ruinous increase Of the slave population, 8
as to lessen the danger arising from il to tn
State. In proof that these are the sentiments @
the principal supporters Of the American Colonl
zlion Society, we refer to the North .dneyicn
Repietc No. lxxvi., 10 Mr. Garrison's pamphlet
and to an article on the Claims of the Blacks il
the Eclectic Reuieto for February last.
Mr.. Cresson is reported to have styled the las
Of these an atrocious' article. Mild as is ou
Quaker friend he can use strong language. LIE
him, IL he can, disprCve a single statement i
that article or his anger will not be construed
the advantage Of his cause. We are extremel
Ieiuctant to give up our good opinion of M
Cresscn's motives. But his proceedings are ia,
alternating from him those who have given hi
most substantial proofs Of being friends to Lbe
ria but who are enemies 10 injustice and decor
ton.
The fact is that in those slave States of Amer
ca where sugar cannot be cultivated, the slave
have increased 100 fast The supply is in exces.
aud the price Of slaves has fallen so low as not
pay for breeding them for the slave-market.-
Slavery can be profitable only where labor
scarce in proportion to the demand. THIS ha
ceased to be the case in America. Free labor h;
driven slave-labor out of the market in all III
Middle States. The slave-owners in these State
absolutely do not know what to do with their s,
perfluous live stock. The increase of numbers
thus tending to destroy slavery in America
Hence the anxiety to countPract that dangerou
increase by colonization. Hence, the most yea
Gus friends Of colonization in America are slav,
holders. Hence too the principal promoters ,
the scheme are the greatest enemies to gener
emancipation and the most illiberal opponents
the claims Of the blacks.
Does. Mr. CIesson admit these facts or den
theml Yes or No! IL he will not meet Nj
Garrison. he must answer US in some shape,
he shall be met everywhere with this atrociou
picture. Ii shall haunt him like an evil CO..
&C ence. We no parIzsns Of Mr.. Garrison
We hare neUer spoken to that gentleman or Sc.
him; we know nothing Of him bnt from his pu
~ -lcation. But from what we know of facts v
say agAin-that Mr.. Elliot Cresson, notwithstan
ing the countensnce he has been so fortunate
10 obtain in high quarters. will do well fairly
grapple with the charges brought against the s
eieiy he represents or take has passage for Ph,
adelphia.'
lFrOm the London Patriot of July "a, 1893 !
Extract Of letter from Zachary Macaulay:
the Colonization Society appears to me to a
opt az the basis Of its schemes, not the love
the hatred and contempt of the negro race-al
10 regard every one tnged with their blood as
object not Of kindness and brotherhood-bu
abhorrence aud of exclusion from the comm,
sympathies and afinities Of our nature and fro
that union and fellowship in that Savior in who
there is neither Jew nor Gentle Barbarian q
Arican-blaek nor whfte-bond nor free-but '
are AL one ia Christ Jesus
The unchristian prejudice Of color which aol
has given birth to the COLONIZATION. Society, ta
vanished over with other more plausible preten
Is and yelled under profession Of Christian r
gard for the temporal and spiritual Interests
the negro which IS belied by the whole coun