Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-03-02
CARRcLITeN. oHIC,-.MLLU ?, 1915.

/ THIS position IN pollh W nav 'S'''N'.
tbs shornesB Of tbs voyage. "hih mess
Things are duly eUnsilersd. u must b. e''i;n'
that 10 no other spot on the face oi lh' g'"o'
could free color,d people b, sent with snmlch
propre,y as TO ths coast ol Ainca' his'ii'' "
| any other placi that might b. selected you
would deprive yourselves OF oiaccomPIlshihg mess
high mora! AMI religious o6lccl'' wAlch' ID
Africa, may BE- so colG ienty hopsl lor.
But again; il has been SAID Ihaliho ocl;c' oi
carving all the free color3d race from lm'
country 10 Africa is one which the Gpvernm3n' /
luselC with all its means conld not cf1cI. NV
on thai pont let STATE la;i b. way oi r1piy'
lIrI am not mistaken, the immigration from
abroad into the pon Of New York alone N IN,
Icourse of the last year, was fully cqud 70 lhl
lannual increase of The lrse colored population
lof the Union.t AMI yet all was done voluntarily
and in most cases whho II any, or whh very IT.
tle aid. except from this society. The fact
rises ON the great motive which, 10 a greater or
, lIess extent. governs all human action. Why vi
liz that th, Germans and Irish have Ihns hhck
ed 10 our shores, in numbers 10 equal ih1 annual
llncrea;e of our rroe colored psoplc not only.
lbn as believe, that Of the slave population al
Is,l Thy coma in obedience To one OF lh2
great laws of our nature; they have cGma a..
Idar that efficient motive which prOpels m1n 10 all
anter2risas-the desire 10 bJItsr their cohdlhon'
A like motive will sway the free blacks when
enlightened as TO the real facts Of ih' case. II
Ithey reach the shores Of Africa, wh2Ih.r by
their own means, or by The aid and agency ..
Others, ths sr position will be physically, morally.
and politically better than by any po's bIlllY II
ever can be here 1t is not our oihcc 10 alirmp
imnraciicablics; 10 amalglmae Two races
. which G. D himself, by a dilfsranc5 OF color, be-
si les OH r ilh,r,ai distinctions, has declared
mnstb be 81 ,arate and r,mnin separate from each
ri other. Anl il such b., OF necessity, tbs col.
J.. JjloD here, 10 send them TO Africa, not by co'r
:. cioa, bit lhe.r own free consent, - surely tn
;. ,asl practical m 81. Of doing them gnoi And
Ih,r,I wanld say To those ia both exlr5m35 OF
;. panon aal Of s,Iing ou ,hs subj ct OF slavery
. i would say to all m N why Shoad tn, Ira
Deogla OF color in lh's. u lite Safes MT htvy
}. tn, opinion Of r'm wi ~ NIrica, or r1ma'nIaE
:. wh,r, th,v arr. iIu as lh'y the hS;ivls shti
= :holI,l TIA - I'll lhat wiwl>h 10 aIIrmpt..-
j. We wish ic serb To hin tn cuIllfJ. 10 rI-
!, ciae his emg grafton Ia II, AM Ihin ltlv1 hnn
n his ft,3 choic.. An il aft: this he r'lu''S To
!. g. why intarpo'e any obstacle in his way! Ii
J., rapIv il is said 10 b, ain at of CT I-liy 10 ssni
aim lhlre. The climala is represented az ln'
i, no ,pilable: he will b. exposed u ln1WlaoIe
:. sickness, and will probably som hNd grave On
.. that distant shore. To scnl culnr,d man oI
:, If the United Stat TO Il coalry kilhT' 4
: h Id up as an act of the gf1aIa'I inhIhluy.-
in Bat, happily, our records b,ar III, oAgrII1tL
=, testimony To lha reverse OF all ihIS.
Ltus for moment con1Ir! th5 morality
h, Of l. b ria with that of th' culInie; pa;ad o.
r oar own shores. Within Ihi first sav'nIo1n
!, y,ar, frpn thu S,illrn.n nj IIn'itnWl, IL
;. V.rginia. nine thollul c1'nllst' affvhI, al
i, El5)0 900 s,erling w,ra cSp1llh N lfm'pbr'
>. t,nI th2m from dan |. Vet a'lhi cll OF Ihl
efiol but ajDlt wv IhDIill ottht.n r1nuI
r. Il alive. All lh,r3N hliflll ~ viet n' eth ;
u the cIimlta, OF to lhI tInlhlHi ol lh3 SlV
orl age. ot hal pni1ljl IRON oh It ctI'i5. Tlr
:, look at P.vmlllh. Il i,oty ricorl' rhu ii las
than six mon hI aft The arrival of hi Nay
III flower Gull half Of all whl lanl3l hid b5an d.
>. sr1yed by disease, want AMI Satittng. NV
IN compare with lhase clfDrtS AT BRUSH conzI
~, tion the results of oar settlements at LIB ria
i. In twenty-five years sine. the first emlgraAt
=, landed from the United SAFES The deaths anoIa
n. 10 but twenty per cent. Of th3 cnIlr1 nun5'I
NJ, being far less Than died al P,ym1Ith within 81
months; fur less than at jamestown in seven
$50, teen wears, The deaths at Jam 5SlOwl wara /
N, seventeen years more Than four IImhi rs nnn''
IN Gus, in proportion. as ut Liberia III lwcniy-tlv
ng years. Thera is then nothing i'll the climate I
nj discourage Us, nothing in the alleged drladtl
IN, mortality of the colony 10 lright11 us.
IN, But il is said we have done very little. A
an, the great enterprises of man have ha small b.
~ pinnings. The loui lars OF R Im!, it W. ma
~, believe the tale of tradition, werh sucked by
uo' wolf. jamestown unl Plymouth both langnjl
ha. ed for years alter the period 10 which have ii
aII ready referred. YET now, what land is IhfI
the on The broad surface Of the habI'abe gIob
bo, what sea spreads out its waste ol waters, III
in. has not been penetrated aud IrdVerSed by II
,nr. enterprise, the skill, and the courage o our
tho England brethren! And on what batIe'tlol
.;o. in what council chamber can single spot IN u
~ vast country b. found where the Virginia cha
m, acter has not displayed iIsefn its g.lanlry
,an its deliberaIive wisioml | repeat ii; all Il
,.s, greatest enterprises of man hav1 had small b
,eir gnnngs. Oar colony is bat twenty-five yea
,nn old, and il has received already between 10
,on and five thousand colcrjd emigranls, basld
10. thousands more rocaptured Africans; all fwhlc
I;..h have been sent there by order Of Tho Cover
NO ment. Immense numbers O! the natives q
or crowdng into the colony to obtain the bansf
hv of education and Of Christianity. In addition
,io' all these thera are many thousands more in Il
ces U. S. now seeking The advantages OF conz
Of tion through tn. means held OUT by this Soci
ocIty. As lnr lh9n as W. have gone, GOOD is DON
90 Is il not better that tho'e four or five tho
!, sand emigralts should BE- lharo, Than that III
l., should have r,nll lined hers! Is il nat he'll
H., for themselves, is not better for Us! Eve
' year The progress of our colony becom
;ow more and mora chcer,ng and, with every ir
A. African sent over 10 it, those prospects brghIt
r and 50 much more Of good is done. True, y
that h"Ve 'io' uVPo a'' We .,L', H. S.,
five we o' y G"'"''u 'i'C'' ''i'oH ~ :, 80
we're mere al ocoo"i' "oo '"'oot' r