The Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1844-1847, 1846-07-11
coLoNYz aTIoN MEEIIve.

ought 70 be spread before the people, and observ-
ed that no motive short Of 40 ardent love for the
cause ofcolonizalon could have induced him TO
leave ceataiD important ecclesiastical engagements
in the South falluding to the General Conference
Of the Southern Methodist Church. 10 which ne
was engaged He wished he could bring 10 the
defence Of the cause greater ability, but to his
services such as they were, the society had al
ways been and would always be heartily wei
come.
In the advocacy Of this cause he was an anna
teur--he entered upon icon anors. and no
feed advocale-but was prompted by an affection
for it, conceived at an early period Of his life and
increased with maturer years. He was born to
anti-slavery principles, nourished in them through
his childhood and youth and those principles had
never folsaken him. They were now strong
within him and he expected to die an ant-slave-
~ man (Applauae.)
For many years after becoming acquainted
with slavery as matter offact OF combination
of facts, he was utterly hopeless with regard to
its eradication from the national system. The
subject seemed 10 him envelOped in utter dark
ness; not ray Of light shone upon il, and for a
long time, though he desired il most devoully. he
saw moi how; with safety 10 the country and hap
piness to The slave, ii could be done awayi and
his conviction was tkeu, as now, deliberate and
fixed, that there could be no period TO slavery
without colonizaiion-the only alternative being
the sacrifice of the public safety and the ruin Of
the slave. (AppIause.l
Colonization dawned upon the darkness which
enveloped the subject and showed, to his perfect
satisfaction, the means by which the country
could be delivered from this incubus upon lis
prosperity and the blot upon lis ecatcheon--a
way consistent with the best interests Of the ma
ton and the happiness ofihe party 10 be benefit
ed By the emancipation. This point he did not
design to argue, bat he would affirm that colon
ization was competent in due time % relieve the
United States from the evil OF slaver Applause j
and to put it among the things that I've been,
Tie advanced this position with perfect conf
dence and he would farther affirm that coloniza>
ton alone could effect this resu-a result deslr-
able perhaps even more 10 the whites than 10 the
colored people themselves. But for the name Of
libsrty--he spoke advsedly--but for the name OF
liberty the slave of the United States was in the
enjoyment Of as much happiness as those of the
domestic cIasses-lhe laboring class--perhaps in
any community on the face Of the earth. Gap
plause with faint Kisses, the latter being respon-
ded 10 by repeated rounds Of spplause.)
The speaker assured The uudienc6 that the APPS
plause disturbed him more than the Kissing -
daughter and renewed applause.) He had no
doubt of the truth Of the position he had taken.
statement Of facts would bear him out fully. 1t
was of vast importance that slavery should be
banished from this land, aud he prayed most sim
corely that the time might come when the foot
print of the slave should not be found on our SOIL
fhe could live TO see that day he should shout
most exulngy, albeit be was no great shoulef
although Methodist, (Laughler.)
There we're other considerations which endear-
ed the colonization enterprise he speaker. lie
was sure that the hearts 81 audience must
have bed at the simple, to0c narrative Of the
capture Of the Pons They night talk as much
as they pleased against the cursed, hateful, odious
slave trade--might call II piracy and punish It
with deaih--still il would go on with an increase
of its horrors. Il could only be prevented and an
uihilated by colonization, Belt The coast of AT
rca with colonies and there would be no more
slave trade, and perhaps il would not cea Sc until
then. But there was still another view of this
subject, possessing great interest. The Africans
have been considered as sitting IN the greatest
moral daIkness-as more esiranged from the
knowledge OF God and ofsalvaion than any 9TH
or nation on the earth. To enlighten them we
have established missions, &C., at great expense
both Of life and moneY-an expense greatly DIS
proporlionate to the success. But thus colony
win become mission and the Colonization So
ciely one vast missionary enteTprise--a point
from which light shall radiate into the thick dark
ness that surrounds the people. And now tho
Gospel takes hold Of the heart Of the African,
brings him to the foot Of the cross clothed and in
his right mind, and saves him unto everlasting
life
The reverend gentleman then noticed some Of
the objections made to the colony Of Liberia, as
that The climate was unhealthy. He cOptended
however, that il could be proved BY statistics that
The mortality was actually less than thai Of any
newly established colony. Mr. Seymour having
come over to take his family there if they will 60
and 10 return without them il they will not, was
sufficient answer to thousand Objeclions.--
The Speaker said he knew but one objection and
that was that the prosperity Of The colony and ts
manifest capacity for becoming great aod prosper
Gus would excite The cupidiy Of Great Britain.
| He concludes an earnest and powerful address
BY declaring that he believed he should die an ad-
vocae of this ehterpIze, and that IL heaven he
should reioice that he had done what he could for
its promotion.
EDlToRIAL REMARk.-="How seldom it hap
pens," SAID one friend to another, that we find ed
itors who are bred to the business Very" re-
piled tine other, sand have You not remarked how
seldom the business is bread to the editors"