The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-02-05


-
one Of the great purposes which we had ia
view when, thirty-one years ago, we met to-
gether in consultation for the establishment OF
this Society; and in few years afterward,
when the purchase of suitable territory was
made-now about twenty-five years sgo-the
frst colonists were transported from this nation
to tbs shores Of that happy countryside ceun-
try OF the black race, the inheritance OF a long
line OF their ancestors.
know. fellow-ci,izens. that il was agreed
then, and since that time, that there were other
places than Liberia. 10 which these Colonists
might b. sent with eoual advantage: but do
| not concur in this opinion. Looking at ex-
p.use alone. Africa is certainly the most inyi.
| ting Mac. for we have been told that $50 il.
| sufficient 10 trapsport one of these Colouists
| and support him six months after his arrival
| To no other place could Won send an emigraut
on such terms AS these; 10 no part Of The Paci-
nc coast-to Mexico or to Oregon. But Africa
| WAS also The most inviting in another and more
important poipt of view. Would YOU send
your African .mipraut 10 any other place. YOU
| deprive yoarself of this great moral principle,
their harmonious union with those among
whom they go to reside, miugle and amalga-
mate. To no other place can this consdera.
ton attach.
| H., :, :; IA AZ, ,h. ,,,xnos.s os coIon;,.
lion me- IT,, nnd.r,aL.n hy ~ Covs,nm.n,
;,saif ..,a, 4 .ooo,n,I;shay. e., :, = ;n,nos.
| ~ - ,-a.o., 49, A r.. h., s,,oh n,..nI 81,
The frss nsonls If color in IN, Un;tsd states -
WIN gsn,Ismsn n lam not m;s,aLsn ,bars
comes sssrly into III .;ng,s nor, Of Nsw Yo,k
an sm;;,,s,;o, .n,oun,;n,, sImos, 70 A.. .nnn.i
,nc,-ass Of III n.n,,.,,on in ,h., s;,y ana
narbans s,cs.d;na m. .nn,.I ;nc,s..s 81 iii
,bs re- n.onIs ~ eoIo, in ,hs uni,sd S,.,ss
| And this : don. yoIunta,ilv. mon the orea,
no,ivss Of al hnmsn ac,,on Thns ,ha c..
man and Irish emigrants flock to our shores an
nually, with no inconsiderable aid on the part
of their Governments and with no individual
aid, in numbers equal, perhaps, 10 the annual
increase of all the Africans in the United
4 States, bond and free. These all come TO our
country IN obedience 10 one OF the laws oil our
nature,-in pursuance oil the great controlling
Phncipie OF human acuon ana which enters IN
20 al great enterprises, thsy come mere 10 Del
yer 'heir conuiuoh; ana nope tney VIII better
'heir condiuon' And SO II would be with all
our Zee people OF color. were they 10 De
transported from 'hs oniteo states 10 Airica'
"ouia DO, their eoholtioh De physicaiiy, moral
y socially ana pohucauy better ana happier
man anything when they could attain TO or
nope ior mere IL Is IN vaia 10 attempt 10 eradi-
cate the ieeung winch keeps asunder these Two
phy or humanity TO attempt what Is SO utterly
I,nPtacueaoe as Joining 'oge'her uose whom
600 hln,seh' oy 'he oinerenee oil color ana va,
''"us o"ei us""cuo"s' Perhaps mas ueeiaieo
oogn' 10 Do separate tEheeis;) linen, 10
Se"" .he"i W h'iioa-no. W "o'enee, no. W
coercion not against 'heir VIII, out win 'neif
own iuii consen,-iet me say 10 hpoiiuonis's
and 10 those on the other extreme 10 all men
why should not ine Tree coiored race residing
among US nave the oP''oh 70 go 10 africa or re-
nam IN 'Iie ohi'ed states
know IT is sometimes alleged that 1t 10 in
human and cruel TO send these blacks TO Africa,
where the climate Is so inhospitable that death
soon takes them. Upon this subject our records
bear the most gratifying testimony, to which,
| II you please, We will listen.
The Colony Of jamestown, in Virginia, after
seventeen years had elapsed, End after 5000
eolonists had first come out, and one hundred
and fifty pounds sterling had been pc nded in
pla nting that colony--at the end Of seventeen
wears, of those 3 900 emigrants less than :, 900
remain; all the rest had fallen victims, either
| 10 the climate, the savages, or the circumstan-
ces connected with their change of condition.
And IL we 90 10 that other early settlement in
tins Countrywide Plymouth Colony think
history has recorded, il | do not mistake the
testimony, thst IN less than six months after
their landing, one half were destroyed, or died
| from the ravages Of disease. Now, compare
these facts with the history of Liberia, and what
| IA the result In twenty-fi FIVE years, during
| which, emgrants have been transported from
this country to that colony, the total deaths
| amount TO only twenty per cent. ON the total
emigration; show; ng mortality, in twenty. ave
wears, far less than that which took place W nth
in six months after the settlement at Plymouth,
| and far less than that of the Colony Of James
town for The first seventeen years. Indeed, the
mortality at jamestown, in seventeen years
was more than four times greater than in Lii
| be ria during the twenty-five years Of the esii-
mate to which | refer. We have nothing
then, in the bills Of mortality to frighten Us
in this experiment, or dissnade US from its pros
| ecution.
But il is said We have vet done but little
Well. all IN. GREAT enterprises of men have hui
small BEGINNINGS. Tn. founders of Rome her
self. II we NAV credit history in the case, wer,
suckeled by a wolf The colonies at Jamestowr
and Plymouth, to which have referred, Ian
guished for wears after the period TO which
nave caI.d your .,,.ntion. and nov. ON wba
and IA there "A spet. on what sea ~ there n sal
floating. that does not carry the enterprise. IN.
skill and the courage Of our New EpaIau,
b,e,he,nl Great cheeriugh And on xha
battlefield, on what council-,hsmber, and il
| what portion of the country ia there a solitar,
SPOT upon which we do not find the impress o
the Virginia character everywhere displayin,
itself. whether in the councils, or in the battle
fields of the nstion9 And have said TINT al
The great epts rprises Of men have come from
small hsg;nn;ngs. Our colopv has been in one
ration twenty.iiye wears. and we have sent on
8 600 .migrsnts. besides %. 600 natives. VIII,
were never in the United States, and who ar
now asking for the support and be of tn,
Liberia Society. Well, SO far as we have gone