Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-21
DOMINATION.

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1t is am evil IN all senses of the word,
and every patriot must wish it was done away
with. The condition of the ave-holding
the wretchedness of the many among
the whites, the spareness of the population,
the slothfulness of most, the impoverishment
of the soil, the real misery and ignorance, that
pervade the slave districts, all show that it is
a curse-a curSe that cannot be avoided. but
by am eradication of the disease. There arc
some who are seriously in favor of the imme-
date abolition of slavery, the setting of the
vast body of the Slaves of the Union free AT
once but the large mass of those who are act
ing with the political abolitionists are in no
way affiliated to them in real principle and
care nothing for the relief of the slave or the
benefit of their unfortunate holders. They
enter the arena as one calculated To afford them
political honor and emolument.
Any one, however, who takes an honest and
general view of the country as il is, will look
tor some other mans for the removal of sla-
very than the immediate abolition of il, and
the tuning loose upon the country millions
of a race that posses just enough intelligence
10 imbibe the vices of the whites. without
their virtues, and have not, generally, sufi-
Gent either of ambition or industry to enable
them to gain a livelihood among whites-a
race that never can, and never ought To assim-
ulate with the whites.
The only feasible plan yet suggested, is that
of colonization, a gradual but certain removal
OF the mass of the negro race TO the Country
where God planted them, and which seems
peculiarly adapted to their organization.
Many of the warnest and most able friends
OF Colonization have turned with despair from
the slow and almost imperceptible progress
which the cause has made i'm the minds OF the
people, or III the increase of the main colony
or settlement, under the control Of the Amer
can Society. An examination, however, into
the history Of the colony known as that of
Liberia, shows us facts and incidents which
properly ought to arouse a deeper and more
general interest in the cause in this country,
hi us with the sanguine hope that this gene
ration will at least lay the foundation on which
VIII be built a temple of liberty higher than
has yet been reared, and another free country
erected, the inhabitants of which will be hon
est and comfortable, though they may not be
very elevated III their ideas of refinement.-
The American Colonization Society commen-
ced active operations in 1920 by shipping only
lightweight emigrants. In 1921, there were
forty-fve added. They had one white Super
lntendent, but We're poor and evidently UNI
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not conducive TO health, and many of the en-
igrants died during the first years. A govern
mcnt, however, was organized, and the colo
nlsts made TO rely upon their own resources
except so lar as TO purchase the land for them.
Under all discouragements the society in
creased and improved, and now presents a
large population, well governed, industrious,
ana possessing a very. powerful ontro over
The character of the Population of Western
Africa. We may afely'Sf7cfpate-Y nom this
beginning of colonization the following re-
suits:
/. BY the influence of tke colony the ma
uves OF western Africa will be gradually Chris
tanned and civilized, "A circumstance that will
reduce the the aggregate of the slave trade
much more eflectually than any legislation of
other countries. -
:. The existence Of the colony proxies the
capacityof the negro race, fit, under favorable
circumstances, for a simple form of s~clf-gov-
eminent.
3. The intelligence upon the subject of
colonization, disseminated by the Colonization
Society, will tend more than any other Que
thing to induce the mare s~crupulous of the
Shareholder of the Northern Slave States TO
manumit their slaves and provide the means
Tor sending them to Liberia, until slavery
will, in those States, fall before the force OF
public opinion, and be extinguished. Sacba
state OF things would be a very desirable con-
summation, and one which we may hope TO
see in this generation.