American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-11-14
amcrtruu Republican,
AND
BALTIMORE CLIPPER,
SATURDAY MORNING, Nov.I4. 1916.

Co1oNrz ALTON. The October number ofthe
MARYLAND Colonization Journal has an article
on the subject Of colonization, which SHOULD
make deep impression upon every free color
ed person in the State. 1t clearly shows, tina
it is their interest to remove 10 Alrca-that
in the natural course ofevents free colorcd Feo
pie must be deprived Of labor and reduced tc
misery Tho article says:-"whenevcr the
avenues of employment become crowded
whenever the price of labor is brought low by
a competiticn-w whenever it is favor to be en-
poyed, instead of being, as it now is, favor
TO work; then the colored man will know that
the time, which we say, must come, is at hano'
IN the strife for bread The coEo'sd man w'H go IL
the udlL.n
1t in the free States that this competition
must be first felt; and it appears, that 1t has
already commenced in the city Of New York
The Journal says;-"The colorod men in New
York do not drive hacks or drays. Why is this?
Nav York is in a free State. The reason is a
plain one. New York is the largest city in our
country, attracting to it, by its very size stIII
increasing population. Labor is more abundant
than in smaller cities, or in the rural districts
For the employments of the poor there are
more competitors. The white man, with po-
Ktica power on his side has elbowed out the
black man. The answer to the question, then,
is to be found in the principle which we have
stated. We might multiply instances ola like
character, even here in Baltimore, but it is uu-
necessary"
We were not before aware Of the fact here
stated, that colored men in the city of New
York are excluded from the privilege of div
ing hacks and drays. 1t is a significant sign
which that people should not disregard. In
time they will be excluded from other avoca-
tions until at last they may find themselves
destitute of the means Of procuring support
They never can be raised to an equality with
white people, and cannot, therefore, become
successful competitors with them in the strug-
gle for labor. The opportunity is afforded to
relieve themselves from this embarrassing ST.
tuation arising out of their inferior position in
society, by emgrating TO the African colonies.
There they will not only be free, but have the
means of elevating their condition, The time
must arrive when they will be expelled from
this country; and the first m ovement of this
kind will be made in the free States. Indeed
their exclusion in New York from certain avo-
cations may be considered as the FIRST step to-
wards such a result. lfthen, they would con-
suit their own interests and the happiness OF
their posterty, they should initiate their more
discreet brethren, by removing as soon as pos,
sible, to the colonies in Africa. The Liberia
packet, recently built in this port as regular
trader, will sail in a short time for Liberia anC
Cape Palmas, and the opportunity should be
embraced by such free persons Of color as de-
SIRE to exchange state Of degradation for one
of independence, to locate themselves in one Of
the colonies.