Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-07-27

I COLONIZArION,-AI Ihis time mare than auy
,her. we Isel pleasure IA recommending Ia tho at.
cn,ou Of oar fellow cliizeHs The cause Of c0lohIzl'
ton. Us II will take \ strong holG up'n the minds of
he rrul, religious OF benevolent pcrIIUn uf oar cIuI-
en,, n rightly eunsidered. Their, ,un be M dIub'
mt .lsyesy 9 a curse to aay II ,liun. having the
IrrI u sadly and - bong a. II exists. hopel"ssly
arsl,Iing the ensrgres, AID i"Jnriny The Character
nd capacIlicS ui The niAsIers. Necessity l. the
iulh.r Of invrt,Iiun" because The rsoIhcr Oi active
thought. rhi-h neve r - such Where there II nU tie
cs~iiy. or ~hrrc We are born With those around us
" no are hound {" supply our wants and minister -
.ur pleasures or uecessites. We therefore brlteNe.
fully and faithfully. that such n curse wO III never
hnye been inlliried hy the Deity. upn a country
Ahich has been under hA peculiar aud guardian
,arr sisce us first -rtIlemcur, except ir a great ru-.
,..e, The christIanizaIun and civilization OF the
continent OF Aiucl. For centuries Aluca has been
n the dr fereui -tages Of idolaIrY, the darkest super
,ttions. filled with biundy and the busesI crimes,
ysr containing nov n population probably exceed
ine $50. 0OO. 900. OF one fourth OF the whole populi.
ton Of the Globe. while The aggregate slave pop
ular ion Of the United State. has never exceeded
? 500. 900. Though The condition Of either the
slave. or the free blacks ia tins county is far inie.
rior to that Of the whites. it i. still moro superior to
hat "f natives of Africa al home. in civilization, ia.
rellecIual character and GUILTY. atm, and in cuucep
lion and knowledge Of Cod and his works. A. such
they are better capable Of carrying tho kho~ledge
and mural worth they have attained. into Africa
than any white missionary could he. They Will
he OF. and with the Alrcan-his Co mpuniOn. ut iLe
same time ns teacher Through the colony u LI5cris
we have reason 10 hope and believe that hi. result
" Ill be attained, aud il can be attained only through
C"lUu zliion. Our system is { different
frnm that Of Monar'hIeal governments. la the es.
IabiIshment Of colony by American citizens lhur
colony becomes free aud indepenJsni-rhe majuri.
y governs, and as the nature aud pulley ar our gov.
ernmsnileads us to avoid Jurisdiction abroad. those
planted abroad have no ma ter or laws but Of their
creaiiuI. This fact hus a striking and salu.
larry efsct nut only upon the cuIony itself; but upon
surrounding people. They sec freedom. they love
i; they Contrast 1t with the cnslaved condrIrun OF
The monarc!:ical colonies. planted usually by the
sword and kept in subsection by the same means. not
for the purpose Of ciyilizing them, bat Of gratifying
he avarice Of their masters.
Let England t0asl ~ she u i'll uf her desire to
benefit the human race, let her crocodile tears How
lot the poor slave VI America. her people and her
colonies are woue enslavcd than our domestics, and
her man dependence upon them . ia that slavery
Indeed. it may justly DC said that "wherr'er she
moves ia sngcr dcsolatlon marks her progress
"here'er she Pauses ia nniIy. humanity moums her
stay. la llT2 she sci her foot ia ireland and for
hundred years Ihe fields ran blood. and since
time the same scenes have only been banluhed
BY entire suhjecuon. Within The last iva centuries
has earned. mainly by force. he- power
government in America. over tho Cunadics, New
Brunswick, Nova SCOTS. Cape Breton. New Found.
land and Prince Edwards Island with a population
ia 1884 OF l 239 ,S94-in the various West Indies
over oil The important & valuable commercial points
with a population OF SSI.565. Ia Africa she LA,
but recently directed her attention 10 population Or
commerce, and haslnid hold VI The Cape OF Good
Hope Sierra Leone. River Gambia, The ard
coast from Cape Me surudo To- Cape ApollOniS. Cape
Coast Gold Coast and measuring again 10 the Cape
Of Good Hope, embracing large portions on the en-.
lire coast. In Asia and AusIralAsIa. the settlements
cover nearly the whole country, AMI the foot Of their
power 10 fell in the inm1sI reccses Of those Coun.
tries. In oil these The security Of heir commerce
has been thr master spirit to guide and urge for
ward. The most prominent works and acts Of
those engaged is la their cupidiIy-lheir love Of gold.
Now. We know that We must be commercially
he masters Or slaves Of this gigantic power. We
can become its masters by planting free colonies
and Governments like lhuse OF Liberia. This ws
cannot do by government, and can only by individ.
ual e1erIions. Let US on to the work. then. aud in
20 doing serve Coz, our fellow MORALS our country
and ourselves.