Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1839-10-08
Fof the Herald.
WHAT CAN COLONIZATION DO

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coiiug alc bouo, oioHi purposes % ic colonization
lisa. permit one who WAS long ia-fcau.c-s himself,
"a state The process whirh trarrM him % tie iull
a.d nnwascfiaE confidence thai tlis system was cn-
ut.ed 10 tie cooperation 81 every American Cuia-
tan. and chal len cd tc service ul every plilJt
That tic whole iutrir Of slavery was Incompatible
wit the spirit OF Christianity, hc never doubted but
as uiis evil bad uuhappily become interviewer into
the very elements OF our social and political system,
y required but cursofy glance az onr relation with
the south 10 perceive that violent measures Coz ts
cure would necessarily involve Us 81 ~ the misc
/ RIGS Of civil and scr'tc war. And equally aware
OF thc morbid sonsiay per'adup the slave holding
states in relation 10 any foreign Intervention, 10 was
no less evident that only such measures must he Of
Tered IS would ~ once consult The safety OF The mas
ter, and secure the iu welfare of the slave loi IL
I Is position most gladly conceded, after an cNion-
sivo personal acquaintance with the South. that "A
widespread sympathy for the happiness OF the slave
dos prevail.
What, Ihcn, were the most beneficial and prlcii-
cable measures that could lee suggested An oman-
oipation the soil Here the lron1 of the negro
was met, "a lnnRe with the difficulty that the laws
loi nearly all the slave-holdng states denied that
privilege under the penalty Of being sold
INTO a bondage far worse than when held by hcred-
rary possession, which the exercise of benevolent
feelings had voluntarily severed. II he asked for
leave TO permit the enrancnisod remain. all agreed
in the melancholy fact, that so long surrounded
by slave population, the freed men would with few
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and moi 80 nave increased In physical comfort by
emancipation. Did he propose their settlement in
the free states This at once brought him to actual
c0onisat'oa; but under circumstance the least cal
cnlated Ia promote the c0ored mans best interests
His very color marked him as one of the race Of
bondsmen. The pride of the freeman forbid assuCi-
alton with even the offspring ofthe enslaved.-Such
distinctions ever have, and too probably, ever will
obtain. They are CALLING 10 the black man--thcy
destroy too frequently his self respect-and the aw-
iul disparity of crime between the two races as es-
tablished 10y our criminal calendar attest the made
quacy OF this mode Of relief The idea of transplant
ting tins tropical race TO the frozen regions of Canada
is too cruel to require comment and the slave
holder will never permit us 10 spring mine at his
very door by planting negro State in Texas
Thus ioed in his morcihl purposes al k0gie the
christian philan,hropst looked upon the volume of
sacred history and there found his warrant for colo
nisation abroad. From the time of Moses to the
present period, mankind has never ceased pursue
the same system whenever two distinct races have
been thrown together under the same government,
the subsection of one Of these races or ofmu-
tua slaughter have been universal, that we can
not but honor those wise and benevolent men who
sought an escape from these terrific evils by recourse
to that system which had early received the di-
vino sanction. and indeed had been commanded by
Deity himself. But the founders of the American
Colonization Society, although they iciShed that the
whole OF tins long suffering race might eventually
seek and find home and an Independent government
OF their own, among "their own kindred after the
FASH i'll the land OF their for ofathers never antici
pated that it could be effected by the Society," pea sc
They well knew that its restricted resources could
aeoer be adequate to the removal of two millions and
half. They equally well knew, that ours being
representative government, they must endure the in
credulity OF the unthnkiug-ihe scnrn and ridicule
Of the DrUwd-until by long course of benevolent
abors they establish the feasibility of their system
to the satisfaction of moj0, ty OF the nation They
looked for miracles-thev ticked not the ears of
the nation with the Utopan dream of immediate
and unconditional OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES created no
fierce and feverish excitement among the slaves by
unreal promses-but, trusting to the goodness of
their cause, and the good and good feeling of
the American people they diligently apglied them
SefreS 10 Tie mighty task Of building up an indepe,-
dent 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 e.
pertinent? 1t may indeed be said to be little short
OF miracuous-for in the brief space of sixteen
years, ruth Iunds VboSe aggregate amount scarce{y
cqnats ne nidriduais Outiay Of Sir Waiter Raieigh IN
lHgmid, they have banished the SLAYER from nearly
200 niles OF coast, and rescued hundreds Of his hap
less vicms-theyha settled nearly 5000 emgrants
lono halt Of them omancipaed for the purpose)-
ltHey have established schools, churches, cuIpcisnoo
societies, and newspapers Horticulture, the me-
chanic arts and legitimate commerce, employing
nearly twenty sail of coasng vessels, have sprung
up, while the activity other foreign commerce is at
tested by our own marine lists
That the despsed Colonizationsts effected all this
history OF our enerprlsing country And while our
opponents have been gfavely debating the possbili-
~ Establishing colony little constellation had
rsen-star by siar-and shed its light along tie
dreary coast giving promise of new Omitted States
in due season May not these benevolent loundersof
Liberia be will satisfied with their experiment Need
blush TO acknowledge that these results have dis
PEELED all my doubts And may not the statesman
safely assume that il feeble society, assailed from
It's very formation with ridicule and reproach has
been able TO found and sustain young States the pat
rlotism, the philanthropy, and the pety Of this great
nation can accomplish the noble work Of Justice 10
them, and mercy to both Nor is il amony the least
cheering Of the results achieved by this noiseess
and unprelending system of practical 6eaer0lence to
the black man, that 1t has won its way 10 the love-
and confidence, and gratitude Of benevolent propre-
tors-so that the Society has, from its very com.
mencemen been distressed 10y offers decentralization
-difreSSed because It's funds have not enabled il 10
relieve 1.-THE Oithe cases presented There are Al
tins moment, between one aud two Thousand appll-
canis for the privilege ofcolonzation and thousands
more are IN a state of training for the same purpose
and the late venerable President Monroe assured the
writer, that # adequate funds possessed by the
COLONIZATION Society,h he could procure 10000 slaves
10y voluntary emancipation ln his native State alone
Each years development of the ample resources OF