Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-11-11
THE AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY IN
NEED OF FUNDS.
CoLosIzATIoS ROCKS,


WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER l, lS4S.
The peculiar condition in which fad ourselves now
placed induces to make earnest appeal to all friends
and to benevolent public generally, for assistance
Our last annual report closed with the following paragraph:
500 is the lowest possible estimate Of the inds
pensabc present engagements To prosecute
vigorously and with advantage operations during the year
supon which en,er and not incur heavy debt, will
therefore require at least $4,000"
The first of the above estimates based upon the fact
that then 500 in debt and had engaged send
$40 emigrants Liberia. The last upon the probability
that many others would want go, and ought be
Since that time have actually sent AS emgants to
Liberia, and have csd applications to send from Baltimore
50 more and from New Orleans Az If we had the
dispatch these SGT waiting for passage, would
make the number sent within the year l,0l0.
1t therefore appears that the estimate which made
the beginning of the year much too oo Allowing $50
to pay for the transportation and support six months in Ii
IBERIA Of each emgran would require $50 500 for this
gle item The estimate OF $780, 0OO therefore, does
simply the transportation and support Of emgrants leaving
of view entirely the other expenses Of the Society in this
country and in Liberia.
Let now look moment at receipts thus far Ten
months Of the year are now past The total amount Of
receipts $780, 90. This much below the proper
proportion Of the estimated $4,000. Unless therefore,
receipts greatly increased during the remaining too months
we shall at the close OF the year fall short of that estimate
which itself falls immensely short Of real demands
The reatire condition of treasury better than
the beginning of the year, that to say, then
estimated that S42, 500 would pay the liabilities of the So
ciety then DUE and the expenses of $40 emgrants We
have paid those Debts 443 emgrants and la
biles are now &c. 543 81 which is only fraction above
what they the beginning Of the year. while
epts are ST. 1898 OF below the estimate S42, 500!
This. think, sufficient to show that the affairs of the
Society," have, during the year thus far, been carried with
have contributed funds may therefore feel assured that
their gifts have not been wasted squaIdered in vain
periments.
We to the burden Of this appeal From vari-
Gus had beer assured that money would be raised
sufficient to transport all the engrants who should desire to
go Liberia On this basis encouraged the spirit of ei
grafton and requested all who ANXIOUS the subec,
apply The consequence is, that after having sent
this year 443 there SGT waiting for passage We
are under pledges furnish them They all anxious
to be Of, many of them impatient They needed Ii
Liberia. They ous not to be detained in this country.
But tce haze Rot got the to sead them Unless
therefore, our friends Immediately help what can
do The present debts Of me Society he met.
Allow $50 pay the expenses Of each of the SGT emgrsns,
and it makes SIS, $50. Where shall this amount be OBJ
| tanned
Of these persons, l52 free of whom, reside in Cen
necticut, in New York in this city in Virginia
Is in South Carolina ~ in Indians 80 in Aiabsma SO
in Tennessee 2 in Ohio and in Illinois.
How easy would be for few individuals each Of those
States the responsibility of sending the emgrants
from their State
The remaining Ais slaves, the freedom Of most o.
whom depends upon their emigration to Liberia
Here field for the exercise of benevoence and phlan
thropy upon tne largest sclle.
Great and important this work is, cannot forward
in it without We therefore present this
the to friends AMI the public generally, praying
them to come at once, and in their greatest bera to
assistance.
Whatever funds contributed, be raised should he
Immediately order the desired result
In behalf OF the Society
w. McLAIrF, Secretary.
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