The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-06-26

w VIC cIicutCtLllg ana
scepticai, unfolds to the mind Of the chris.
tian Philanthropist the designs of a wise and
oenehcent Providence. II vindcates the
ways oil God to man. Even the dark and
eventiul past, burdened with the signs and
ears OF captive millions, is not without ils
meaning, fraught with consolation and with
nope. We See the hand of mercifnl God
onductins the children of men through
aery trials, that they may a. last re:uIn
aden with the blessings of civil and rel.
,ious liberty. Behind the dmk cloud,
Shich looks TO be charged with the wrath
md fiery indignation OF ar offended God.
he eye OF faith catches the smile OF mercy
md OF love. Oh! tho, men would but
oilow the indications of the Divine will,
md submit TO the teachings OF an overrul.
ng Providence Then the path of duty
vould be made plain before US. Then the
acts TO which | have alluded would rise nm
'efore US in all the majesty of truth, and
iunan reason, instead Of attempting TO force
he laws OF nature, would direct its efforts
n accordance with the purposes, and in
tumble dependence upon the will Of that
aefciful Being who controls the destnies Of
nen.
II cannot be that no good is to be evolved
rom the dealings Of God with bis people
Ne have the blessed assurance, that He
10th not willingly aifict the children of
hen. His laws are eternal. He has no
aamped upon the African distinctive
'olor, and marked him with peculiar char.
,cteris,ics without purpose. He has not
Srtten with his own finger upon the human
ieart, that law which forbids the amalga
nation Of the races, without intending that
should be obeyed. He has g,aciously
l'ermitted the incalculable evils which re-
ailt from the existence of this peculiar and
distinctive class. He does not speak TO us.
either by signs or wonders, or I'm the still
small voice, without intending to remind
is of our duty. These are the lights which
should guide our feet--they are the indica-
ions OF unering wisdom, and proclaim in
language not 10 be misunderstood. that the
-hildren Of Africa must be restored to their
native land.
But We are not left alone to the Undue
tons Of our own feeble reason. The ligh,
Of revelation dawns upon us Ethiopia
shall stretch forth her hands unto God. 4"
Africa shall be redeemed. The darkness
which has developed her Tor ages shall be
dispelled by the glorious light OF the gospel.
The return OF her own children is the APP
pointed means for scattering the blessings of
civilization and the truths of religion over
sha, dark and benighted land. Ii We may
Judge OF the future by the past, this is the
only ettectual means for attaining this glori-
Gus end. Whilst the efforts a, colonization
by the whites on the African coast have
been rendered almost abortive by the fatal
effects OF the climate, they have had little OF
no effect in civilizing the natives Of that
continent.
All the efforts Of the civilized world have
been unavailing TO suppress the accused
slave trade Neither that noble act of our
own Government, in which she has been
followed by mos, Of the nations Of Chris
tendon, declaring the merciless traffic TO be
piracy, nor the equally enlightened and hu-
name policy OF the British Government,
enforced by the power OF her navy, and
illustrated BY the genius and the virtues OF
Wilberforce and Clarkson, could effecl
this object. "It appears" in the language
Of an eminent writer, :" that notwithstanding
these benevolent and persevering efforts, this
hoITid traffic in human flesh is nearly as eX.
tensively carried on as ever, and under cir
cunstances perhaps of a more revolving
character. During the period from 1919
to July 1923. it is supposed that nearly
lOO,0 human beings were annually trans
ported as slaves from different parts Of the
coast, of whom more than $4,000 were lie
gally imported into one city
The only effectual remedy for this evil is
to dispel the thick darkness which has foI
ages b!o)ded over the intellect Of Africa
it is to arouse her sons to a consciousness
that they are men, and to let in the light Of
divine truth upon the darkened intellect OF
the nation. This cannot be accomplished
except by the colonization within her own
borders Of the natives of the land.
All history and experience prove that the
climate is fatal to the white man whilst
they furnish the highest evidence that it is
not only congenial to the physical, but that
it exerts powerful and salutary influence
upon the moral and Intellectual nature, Of
the liberalbd African. He lives and -four
ishes where the white man decays and dies.
Tn. only sensible impressions which have
been made on the barbarous and savage
tribes have been mainly through his instru
mentality. These truths are most clearly
illustrated by reference to the history oil
African Colonization.
Towards the close Of the eighteenth cen
tury, the idea of colonizing the free blacks
or Ie.captured slaves on the Western coas'
of Africa was first presented to the public
mind. Lord Mansfield had decided, IN
1712, that the slave who touched the soil
of Britain was therefore free. In conse
quence Of this decision, number OF blacks
in England left their masters and were
wanderers upon the face OF the earth:
That distinguished men who had rendered
himself so illustrious by the defence OF
Somerset, Granville Sharp, formed the be-
nevolent design Of transporting them to
Africa. A colony, principally consisting Of
the idle, the ignorant and the dissolute, was
thus planted at Sierra Leone in 1877. Al
forwards, in 1892, about I 200 negroes, who
had been seduced from their masters during
the Revolutionary war, were landed at the
same place. Up to the period OF lSoI
this colony was wholly dependent upon