American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-09-04


telerrorh last evening announced that the
steamer Britannia had arrived at Bost on, and
that the intelligence received by her reached
New York last night.
LIBERIA PACKEr.-We stated some days
since, the fact, that one of our excellent ship
carpenters, MIR. l.. d. Culley, was engaged in
the construction of packet to run between Lii
IBERIA and the port of Baltimore. We consider
this most important movement, and well cal
culated to advance the laudable objects OF the
American and Maryland Colonization Soce-
ties The vessel is to be built under the super
attendance of company chartered by the
State of Maryland, the stockholders being per-
sons of color She is TO be manned exclusive
" by colored persons, with the exception OF
the captain, who will be white man, for the
first .wo or three voyages, or until colored
man can properly qualify himself for the com
mand. The American and Maryland Colonial
ton Societies guarantee freight and passengers
amounting annually to the sum of 81 900 each.
The vessel is to be launched on or before the
first day of November next, and will sail this
fall with freight and passengers from both Of
the colonization societies. This direct and
frequent communication with the colonies in
Africa, will be gratifying to the friends of hu-
manity, for it will tend to disspate the preu-
dice which, unfortunately, exists in the minds
ofmany free persons of color, against the pro-
ect of colonization, and may induce them to
take advantage Of the liberal conditions offer
ed, to become coicnists themselves. We feel
assured, that if convinced of the actual condi-
ton of those at the Maryland colonY-theiI
perfect fieedom--ther means of procuring edu-
cation for their children-and the rewards
which are received for industry and prudence
they would prefer becoming lreemcn in Afri-
ca TO remaining in their present degraded con.
dition. We had the pleasure of conversne
with Major Wood, one of the c'lonists, and
found him a man of great shrewdness and intel.
lgence, fully competent to appreciate the diff;
ference between his former condition in this
country and his present one in Africa. The
letters of governor Russw orm DIR. McGill, and
Others, (colonists,) would do credit to some
white statesmen.
The Maryland Colony has succeeded in 'fan-
nexing," by purchase, one hundred miles of
soaboard to Cape Palmas-and the natives ex-
hbit disposition to participate in the benefits
OF civilization We consider the Maryland
Colony as constituting the foundation of what
in future times, may become mighty christia,
empire
We should rejoice could the free colore,
population of this State, be induced to loo
upon colonization in proper light. Her
they must continue to be, what they now are
an inferior race in all that gives true dignity
to man-in the colony they would enjoy all the
rights and privileges of freemen-beng eligible
TO all ofiices--and reaping undisturbed, the
fruits of their own labors. 1t is their native
soil and climate-and they would there be as
exempt from disease as they are here. 1t as.
tonshes US how sensible colored persons can
decline boon which would contribute SC
greatly to their happiness-or that doubt upor
the subject should be entertained, when Major
Wood and other colonsts, have returned ant
made known the happy and prosperous condi'
ton of the colonists. But they will have clearer
and more Just views of the benefits OF colonial.
ton, when the vessel now building shall have
made few trips to and from the colony.