New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-07-20

Thi. will come dav be understood by capitalists well
a. consumers and then il will be accomplished at
once-while all the world Will wonder Why they had
not thought Of il long ago
~ The next SLICE viii serve up " Ite Gqrb-
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Colonization Meeting nj the Tabernacie-Ihe
Merits of Liberia, &c.
OnTuesday night, in pursuance Of Call OF some
DAYS standing, quite a large and certainly IN All
mated meeting n behalf Of LIBERIA was held IN
Broadway TsbeInace The Officers Of the Society being
soil absent at the hour for commencing the exercises
Mr. PRHsroN was called to the ChaT-when Rev Prof
McLAvE of Princeton offered an opening Prayer and
Rev Mr. RUSSELL d Liberia then made the first speech
t. the audience he said he went to Liberia in the fret
part of the year 30 when q small boy OF Is years be
has lived there from that time til now, with the excep
ton Of few days spent in this City. He believed that
the Republic of Liberia is doing more ior the Human
Race than perhaps any other place or country IN the
whole world at the present tmeand this through the
efforts Of the Colonization society and the blessing o.
God. He described the state Of the country there
abouts as most degraded and deneated in iorcibie
way the power Of Wtchcraf-yet devouily believed in
by Thousands of the benighed people Il alone docs
deal Of mischief every man. in regions, holds TO
the belief that every action and OF life is govern
ed bv some demonstrated some make him the DeNh
himses-ssid the speaker. The doctrine OF tIansmlsra
ton Is also believed 20 great extent ms u the pre-
vsng moral condition OF the country yet u las areh1y
been modified by the establishment Of the Lberlan Re
public great amount Of this evil has been caused ~
the Slave Trade for 800 years the interior OF Africa mas
been deluged with blood snd overrun with war AMI de-
vastaton, resulting mainly from this inhumsn Tailc-
Whole in the interior are destroyed BY ruthess
hands
The speaker himself had assisted party OF more
hmm II
their lives 70 reach the American side seeking safety
there from the kdnappers OF the interior These az
gressions frequently committed, have led the weaker
tribes OF natives 10 incorporate with the Republic, so
that now these confederates amount 10 about IOOJ
The effect OF this has BEEN that where IoUOJ ianiler
sold, formerly none al all are sold, ana Inc
effect has been such upon the Industry OF the country
that five gallons Of Oh are now produced Wnere heIe
was one years sgo-and there is 1--WE times as nuch
Rice ten years ago These results have had
most happy effect upon the natives 1t mas led them 10
seek something else TO supply the vacancy creaed-in
stead Of inquiring How can | burn brothers town
and kidnap his children the inquiry now Is, How can
we be American men. Domestic manufactures have
been taken up the principal Of these il the cultivation
of the Palm and the sale Of the oil Tor the use oil
sailors Other useful employments have also been es
tablshed.
Mr. Russell proceeded 10 review briefly Mans natural
and inalienabe ,lvi and religious rights thence re-
yertng 70 the advantages and otherwise Of the colored
men OF this country He thought II the Col0red Man
were raised up the perfect level OF the White Man.
II would be question not nara OF an answer NhlNH
20 choose-this country or Liberia. man can live III
Liberia continued the speaker with one third me labor
and at one third the expense here. That country Is
blessed with exceedingly fertile land; man has there
everything he wants and above all enjoy as much
liberty anybody in this Union. For one, he lthe
speaker would 60 heart and soul in the first vessel for
that happy land-there 10 live and there 10 dc For
the last lve years he had been exclusively among the
natives of that country and II because he LOVED
that he had cast In his lot thcre-he had grown up
there-ihere he is TO lvethere 10 deand there lsad
he) to have my friends, family and children, II have
any, live and die till the latest generation
Mr. Russell closed amid demonstrations Of spproba
ton and was followed by an apology from the Chair.
man for President ROBERTS whose illness would pre-
vent his speaking at all during the evening This was
evidently disappointment TO the audience many oil
whom had doubtless been attracted ththcr by desire
to see and hear the distinguished head OF the fret sue
ccssful Colored Colony.
Rev. MI. PAYNE, also OF Liberia--a colored man
was next called upon for a speech lie had had twenty
years experience in Africa and among the natives, and
he could see no occasion for splits and differences in the
classes established in various places for the eleya.
ton Of the Coored Man. He thought they all should
unite and put the Cause through-iudged that both
classes were OF good aim and both endesyored to
place the Coored Race upon their true and righteous
footing. He could reason hence, why the Two
should disagree. OF the individuals VINO decfy th'
Colonization society i-hl hel tt lutiu udt 4l 'i'
way-ior he felt perfectly assured that God viii bring
everything out all right and that He would not per
init -Four Millions of human beings 10 spend all their
days in degradation, in wreichedness and IN misery
Therefore il that the citizens composing the Line
TIA Republic had fallen in, very naturally with the
measures of the Colonization SOciety-and tnc motive
f0r so doing is the elevation OF the downuodden AM
and Of all that great People VINO lOf so many year
have been in darkness and destitute Of the blessings Of
Civilization of the Gospel OF the ordinary c0nVe
ences OF life He thought the object worthy the con
tnued efforts OF the friends OF the Colonization scheme
and concluded by urging upon them IN strenuous terms
the duty no less than expedency of still carrying on
their humane operations.
Rev BEVERLY Il. WILSON, OF Liberia announcedo by
the Chairman as an old standard bearer in Airca-ob
served that he could bear testimony to the correctness
of the preceding observations Of his brother lie had
lived in Africa fourteen years, the present being the
fifteenth lie went there with the view Of returning II
ne did not like the countrybut. seems he has ianced
it well enough make it his home and up TO this time
none of his previously formed expectations have been
disappointed He had found !, a vast field for human
abor-and expatiated upon this at some length but we
cannot devote more space to IT, Mr. w was remsIHs'
Div freespoken and perfectly independent IN all MS
remarks giving ample evdence-as III TACT he assert
ed-tha his conscience and sense OF Right could not be
bought nor silenced-
Gov PlNNEY formerly Of Liberia and one OF IL pic
neers made few observations on the subjects before
the meetng-and when he closed, coored clergy
insisted upon hearing and Aadit despite the extrsor-
binary efforts of the officers OF the meeting to combat
some of the positions set forth in the remarks OF the
speakers Of the evening This parsonage standing up
on the rhetorical platform, was largely endowed Tor
the time with sense Of the largest liberty -pausns
satisfied only when assured that special meeting was
to be held the next last evening in the Anthony
Coored Church for the express parpose OF hearing nd
answering such ceunterargunents. This being am ca
bly settled the meeting ourned itself IN great good
humor-leavng behind token OF substantial interest N
the cause OF Colonization.
WILMoT OUT FOR Vas BUREN.-lt has been
stated that Hon. Mr.. WILMoI, OF the Bradford Dis
trict was supporting Gen. Cass for the Presidency
Such is, however, not the fact. Mr.. Wilmot ad-
heres firmly to the principles OF his celebrated Pro
viso-he IS now, as ever opposed TO the extension
of Slavery into free territory, and for that reason
cannot and will not support Mr.. Cass. who is the