The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-06-26
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Kentucky Colonization !Socie
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n1pry. Carthage once disputes
he supremacy of the world
and snow clad Alps, not les
10y plains OF Italy, has beeI
Iassic ground BY the impctuou:
hsr sons. Neither the wise ane
o1rsat Of Fabius, nor the heroi'
yof a Scipio could save tine Roman
tom the bold assaults Of NunndiaI
enthasenian valor. Not Rome, bu
pate Of Carthage, has conquered Han
vas the heroic exclamation OF HIN
"a planted his victorious standard a
snses Of the imperial city. In boldnes'
and intrepidity Of character, in indomitabl,
courage, in military genius and commercia
enterprse, Africa challenges a comparison
With the proudest nations Of antiquity
Sha, 100, was once the seat OF science
! Tia now darkened and benighted land ha.
5yoa TO the world the illnstrous names o
Hmllian, Cyprian, and an Augustine
Gorts which are now making on tn
IN coast Of Africa are proud vlndl
OF the claims of her children TO tn,
of freemen. II prudence and discre
+ on, manly independence OF character, 6
- regard for the rights of Others, an init
he and thorough acquaintance with III,
inciples Of regulated liberty, are Just ant
proper elements OF national character. tn,
people OF Liberia deserve the respect, tint
confidence and admiration Of the civilized
world.
Ii is evident. therefore, that the cause o
the degradation to which the African is sub
iected in America, is the result of the neces
sary relations he sIlstains TO government ant
10 society. Government shelters him, il i,
true; but it affords no sustenance to hi
moral nature-it does not, it cannot shelter
him from the blighdng influence of public
sentiment. His nature is dwarfed BY the
impeneuable shade in which he lives. Nc
life giving influence penetrates the lacenl
energies Of his soul. No high born hopes
are awakened in his bosom. TO prompt hin
to deeds Of noble daring. The faculties Of
his nature are never stirred within him by
noble impulses which makes ambition vir.
tue. His ear is never saluted with the
plaudits Of a grateful people. The civic
wreath or the hero's chaplet is never per
mired to grace his sable brow. He is the
victim OF prescription. Even the rewards
Of patient industry are embirered with a
curse. Wealth, while it entails upon him
the burdens of the Government, canno'
elevate him 10 the social rank and true dig
nifty OF the citizen. Is this freedom! Ar
these the blessings which il bestows! Is
this The freedom which the Abolitionist would
extend 10 the objects OF his solicitude, a.
sufficient to satisfy the cravings of their i'm
mortal nature?
The necessary and obvious effect Of the
the causes to which have referred is fully
developed in the character Of this people.
They are singularly deficient in enterprise.
industry, and foresight Their improvi-
dence and unthriftiness are proverbial.
Hence ii is that We find them congregated
in villages and towns and cities, devotine
themselves TO the most mental pursuits OF
life. As a natural consequence, they arc
prone TO idleness, with all It's attendant
evils. The free colored communities in
our land no where present the cheering
spectacle Of a healthy, robust, and active
population. The moral causes which are
actively at work produce their necessary
and natural results. Whilst all other COM
munities, under the benihcent influence OF
Our free institutions, are moving forward
with RAPID strides to the accomplishment OF
their high destiny. this class constitutes a
melancholy exception. Whilst the OPP
pressed Of other lands acquire new strength
and spring forward with elastic vigor as
soon as they touch our shores, we look in
VAN for such indications of progress in the
Liberated African. He is an exotic that
does not and cannot flourish in American
soil. There is that in the character OF our
institutions and in the nature Of man which
iorbids it. The s.d destiny of this unhappy
race is presented to our daily observation in
oolors which cannot be exaggerated. They
are surrounded by a growing population,
instinct with life, and multiplying with a
rapdity unequalled in the history Of modern
tunes, whilst they are crowded into dense
settlements and subjected to the fatal opera
Ton Of causes which surely mark them as
the victims Of ruin and decay.
thus exposed to the combined operation
Oh moral and physical causes, which are
constantly at work to sap the energies oil
Their nature, they necessarily sink in the
scale Of being. This fatal tendency con-
unues and acquires additional force as time
Tolls on. The outward pressure and over
saadowing influence Of the millions around
hem is increasing apace, whilst their recu-
Pera'lve power is diminishing with each
succeeding generation. II does not require
NE glft Of prophecy to fore.ell their melan-
choly fate.
This aspect of the subject presents dis
nal picture to the mind Of the philanthro-
pia and the christian. A race of fellow
beings pning and wasting away under the
hhaence of causes as certain in their oper-
ation as the laws Of nature herself! Every
practical observer has witnessed the de-
,,eiopmen Of this truth. 1t is so we'll un-
oeIsood and appreciated, that the public
policy Of most Of the States has demanded,
asa Just prerequisite to emancipation, thai
pond and security shall be given, that the
SUBJECT OF it shall not become a charge 10
me commonwealth Go tn those comfnll.