New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-01-21


been tod that $50 is sufficient 70 irsnspor. one Of
hose Co'onisis and support him SIX months after
his arrival To 90 oiher place could you send an
.rnrrart on such terms as these; 10 part Of the
Pacific coast-tO Mexico or t. Oregon. But Aiuca
WAS also the most inviting in another and more I'M
por,aut point OF view. Would you send your All
can ernierant % any other place. yon deprive your
selfof this CREST moral principle their harmonious
union with those among whom they so 10 reside
u,incie and amaigamate. To TO other place eau
ibis consideration attach.
But /. is said that the purposes OF CeionzA'ion
were they undertaken by the Government i1sell
cannot be accomplished; that Il IS Impossible -
trans port 70 Africa by snch means AL the ree peo
ole OF color in the United States. Why. gentle
men. If am not mistaken. there comes yearly iu'o
the single port Of New-lork an emigration amoGnt
ing almost 70 the aanus increase Of the population
in that city. snd perhaps exceeding the snuuai IA
crease OF al the free people Of color IN tue pntea
States. And this IS done voluntarily, upon the ere az
motives OF ali human scton. Thus. the German aud
Irish emigrsuts dock 20 our shores annually, win
10 inc0usidersb.e aid on the par. Of their Gcvern
mants and with no individual sid. in numbers equal
perhsps % the annual increase Of al tho Africans
In the Uaited States, bond and free. These al come
20 our country in obedience % one OF the Avs OF
our nature-in Pursuance Of the great controilns
principle OF human seton snd which enters INTO al
great enterprises they come here 70 better their
condition: aud hope they will better their condi
ton And 50 Il would be with all our tree people
of color Were they to be transported ifom the
United States 70 Africa. would not their condition
be phy sicay, morally socially aud politically oeI-
ter and happier than anything which they could at
tain to or hope for here Il is in vain - attempt TO
eradicate the feeling which keeps asun6er these
two classes. lt is in vain for the Office OF PhilosO-
ply or Humanity % attempt what IS so utterly IN.
practicable SIS joining together those whom uod
himself by the difference of color ard various other
b,s Iatfah tn
/ arate. Cheers Then. to send them to Africa
NOT by violence not by coercion, not against their
will but with their own full consent-let me say TO
Abotionists AMI to those the other extreme, u
all men-why should not the free colored race re-
siding among US have the option u go 70 Aifcs VI
| remain IN the United States
know it is sometimes alleged that It is inhu-
man and cruel % send these blacks 20 Africa where
the climate is inhospitsble that death soon taxes
them Upon this subject our records bear the most
! gratifying testimony, to which, hyoa please We
will listen
| The Colony OF jamestown in Virginia. after
seventeen years had elapsed and stter 1000 colo
nists had first out, and one hundred and MY
! pounds sterling had been expended IN planting
that coony-at the end of seventeen years OF those
! o 600 emigrants less ban 600 remsined al the
rest had fallen victims, erher 10 the climate the
savaCes or the circumstances connected with their
change OF condition. And if We 60 20 that other
early settlement in this countryside Plymouth Col
onv-I think history has recorded II | do not mis-
take the testimony, that 10 less than six months
after their landing one bali were destroyed, or ded
| from the ravsges OF disease. Now. compare these
facts with the history OF IBERIA. and what Is the
result In twenty-five years during which emit
grants have been ported from this co untry TO
that colony the total deaths amount to only TWEEN
y per cent. on the total emigration; showing a
mortality in twenty five years far less than that
which took place within six months after the set
II q -. 49, D InfA fH.a
Colony OF jamestown for the first seventeen years
Indeed, the mortality at jamestown in seventeen
wears was more than four timer greater than m
Liberia duriOg the twenty five years OF the est
mate to which refer. We have nothing then, IN
the bills Of mortality 10 Brighten rs in this expert
ment, or dissade US from It's prosecution
But il Is SAID we have yet done but little. Wei,
al the great enterprises Of men have but small be-
/ gnnings The founders OF Rome herself II We
may credit history In the case were sucked by "A
I wolf The colonies at jamestown and Plymouth,
% which have referred, languishcd for years after
tho period 10 which have called your attention,
and nov, on what land Is there spot on what sea
is there sail floating, that does not carry the en-.
terprse the skull and the courage of our New Eng
| land brethrenl Great cheeringl Aad on what
/ battlefield on what councilchsmber. and in what
portion OF the country is there solitary spot upon
which do NOT find the impress of the Virginia
character every where displaying Itself, whether
In the councils in the battlefeds Of the nation
Aud | have said that all the great enterprises OF
men have come from small beginnings. Our Colo
ny has been IN operation twenty five years. and we
have sent out s. 600 emigrants beside 20 600 ma
tves who vera never IN the United States and
who are now asking for the support and benefits Of
the Liberia Society Well, 80 far as we have gone
good has been done. Is IL not better far, that
those four or FIVE thousand emilrants should have
been sent 20 Africa. tnan that they should have
manned here J and is it not better far for that
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s.ble tor them to attain to a higher moral and So
cia condition. IL 49, certainly, far better for Us
and for them. SO far then, have done some
good, though not all the good could desire
We shall ever wish that the Government might
be Induced 10 pay for their transportation. But
it will require time for this great movement to
grow into a national effort IL IS not the work of
day, nor year but it IS the work Of centuries
That ancient nation % which j have referred. re.
NAMED captive IN Egypt for two or three
centuries, and the Africans have been captiyes
ia the United States for about the same length
OF time When Government shall lend its aid,
and ! do not speak OF unconstitutional aid, but
OF such as has been furnished by the State of Ma.
ryland. which has set noble example Of liberslity
by furnishing liberal supplies 10 her colony when
the States, having the power, shall be ready 10
follow the example OF Mary land la this respect no
doubt there will be vast accessions 10 our Colony.
IL i not desirable, perhaps that should progress
too fast 1t should be Ia this case as in all other
settlements in new countries. There should be
pioneers, who will prepare the way,
raise subsistence, build houses make places Of
comfort and convenience for those who are to follow
them, otherwise they may be thrown upon the
shores Of the Continent OF Africa TO snfler. Bet
ter 20 proceed according to the laws Of Nature her
selt-so~ly, surely. aud 50. carefully measuring
every step that we take.
Beside these considerations connected with the
fact that the two races never can become one
there are others which will mention.
Ina what State Of the Union, now-t is possible
that Massachusetts, may be an excep,ion-ooes the
black man, however tree be may be, and from how
ever long a line OF free ancestry be may be des.
cended, have or enjoy political rights AS to social
rights, these are out Of the question. la no State
could he stand on equality as 10 bis social con
dition with the whites. Such is the law in almost
all the States that it excludes him from these aud
the Free states are equally chargeable with ricor-
Gus laws IN this respect with the States in which Sa
very exists. Aud Of late years the rigor Of these
lava have increased against the black population,
60 that 10 some States Emancipation is prohibited
A case IN point occurred With myself In the State
Of Alabama, respectable and kind gentleman
whom | never saw ia nv life d.vizet ~ M. -, ~