The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-02-12

them, and if it be not presumptuous ;,
so, is il not carrying out the Divine viii N say
SOP Africa was without the light of Cb,;a%1u'
ity. Those who met together for tbc ''lao
pose demonstrating the formation oC,bo qua Tut
onizRlion Society, saw that not orIy Coh
good would be the consequence 10 ,bSo e'Nl
pie of color, by restoring them TO their Y"
actcr of lfeemen, but that they wonld '. a
carry back with them the arts and scioa ~'N
of civilization and Christianity. lC yL'V.N
What Christian country does moi feel anI'
terest in sending missionaries to spreod ' I''
! light of the gospel 10 heather nations; Pa
what missionary effort can have half the ~
feet the sending those men amongst ,b,,
who have the same feelings and the sor re
color? In time, he begged leave TO sayl6o'
would accomplish in this manner, more,IS
an equal amount Of missionaries could sc',
tered throughout the whole globe. Il w.,
said that there were places where coonig
might be sent with greater advantage. w.
have been told this eYening,in the reportb,
fifty dollars will send man to Liberia and
support him forsiX months. Where caDN,
be done? Not on the Pacific, not in Oremr
No! beside, the blacks could NOT there Ina,
mix with the whites. lie alluded 10 Il,
great immigration Of foreigners to our com,
try. Why did they come TO our shores; The,
came in obedience to the laws of our nature
in pursuance to The great and conrrolro
motives ofhuman action which propeI me
in all great cnterprises-tIey came 10 bele
their condition. lie hoped theymigLt And
so Of the free people of color TRANSPORTED N
Africa. by removing thilher they win Loro,
,I, Iifia,, t,l,.ygico1I,r "A .''N'
cialIy. They would be infinitely 6euer ~
than here. lie referred to the adverse a.
cumstances attending the colonization If
their condition with that Of Lbera. TO show
that the complaints Of unheaIlliness of eli.
mate were unfounded. During TWENTY-FIVE
years the total number of deaths in Libers
was only equal TO twenty per cent Of the en-.
igration-iar less in twenty-five years ihanm
six months during The settlement Of Plyn.
outh. And how was il in Virginia? Was
its settlement abandoned? Look at lis cili
zens. They were found in the councils Of
the nation and in the battle fields. Cheers.
A remarkable case with regard to himselfoC
CURED three or four years ago in Alabama
where slaves cannot he emancpnted. Arey.
erend divine in that State, left him in Il vii.
twenty-five or thirty slaves. lie was sur
prised when he heard Of this; hut he bad
reason to believe that they were devised to
him in the hope that he would cudeavor 10
send Them 10 Africa. He took measures &C.
cordingIy, through the Colonization Sociely
and he was happy TO ascertain, since lis ar
rival here, that Iweniy-thrce had obtained
means to carry them 10 Liberia, aud that the
others will embark from the port of New
Orleans for the coast of Africa; cheeruIIv
and happily going 10 the homes Of their an
cestors. lie had 10 take these slaves TO New
Orleans as his own slaves, where they will
bc regarded as his own until they get be!cd
the jurisdiction of the United States. lnnr
clusion, Mr. Clay beseeched the aboItio'sy
and those WHO carry slavery 10 extreme
would bcseech all men 10 look dspassIoHsG,
" al the great objects of the society; in The
name of God under whose smiles aud prov
idence he believed this society was cnahG
10 preserve its existence, he bcseeched aIp
lool; nj the objects ofthe society dispOssiOE
ately. He expressed the belief that LeE
was no instrument in the hands of the GOV
of the United States for the sUppTcs
sion of the slave trade, so elieciual us 10 co.,
er the Western coast of Africa with colonies
all ofwhich would be SO many senlries, urged
by the principles Of their nature, 10y the love
of their race, TO resist the progress of he
slave trade. lie spoke as to the prospecisoi
the new African republic, and eXhorted the
society TO go on in their noble cause lie sad
| may soon leave YOU and this theatre of0c.
ton forever: but trust that the spirit which
led TO the formation ofthis society will survive
and, in other hands and under other auspi.
ces, encouraged by their cooperation, emf.
grafton will be encouraged ; and he 'rusiedh
would be. until the two races shalt be en-
tireIy separated. impore blessing on
this good, and noble, and righteous cause.
from that God whose smiles have hitherto