The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-08-31
The African Race.

Nathan Appleton Of Massachusetts, has f5ceh'y
made contribution to the American Co'"IihA"g''
Society, accompanied by the sll6oned iel's'' -,
this region Of the country some Of the POSITIONS -
ehe writer would be considered unsound, ana e5,i!
and successfully combaed but in the main, 'I'e
views Of Mr.. Appleton are enlightened, Jud'c'o'I'
..andid and manly. After reading tie violent PINT
pics, the Slang essays, and the senSeIes5 RAM "
those miserable fanatics and dlstaroerS OF Tue 'u'0
harmony, Garrison, Birney, and others, u IS
ing to peruse paper characterised by tile "I7I's
the fairness and good sense which evidently gu'.1e
The writer of this letter. We copy it from liie Nj
.ional Intelligencer: ,,..o 1913
PIrTSFIELD, hugust y, lSi .,
Dear Sir have yours Of yesterday calling my "a o9r
to the colony of Liberia and asking for donallo"
age emigration to It. r, -, q ,,o-,. Interest
ing event and now, as | have heretofore done CI'eain
contribute to ITS support eQSne' 1t 1aIa6e Of evil
Zation and regularly ORGANIZED government. Ia Ia
question OF deep interest ms econ? mas fo the f DE-
ginning under circumstances highly laIQrapS " nav rn1
VeOumeui of the powers OF the race, ana no 1t
tnue to fulfil the sangune expectations OF Us
moderate increase by emigration from thIs "a
seem most favorable in calling INTO actIon Inc
necessary to success The effect OF this colony IN
the large native population under tel go' el' ib the
ence is the Circumstance which VIII be iooASu DIT wa"
do not consider the efforts Of the Colonization ocie.y a.
having any appropriate bearing the question OIL lt
,On is so small as to he buc dcOp from the buckle Con
tn fine annual increase of the black population II sd 7
% enancio9ted in he slave States But the want OF edu
cation and of moral character IN most OF these -
number would be favorable to the experiment OF Ci"o
| which important to cary out 49,. i 4 IN the
question of emigration Of blacks the West Indies e eG!t5
10 the English ands, where free labor IS 50 mucll
and tn which the expense of emigration Is 50 Trims co
to that of Africa II appears to me subject wen "oi' "
| attention of the Colonization Society. t
! ,vla,n l. he
curse which has been ertaled upon US cons'tt H.
mendOus social and political evil IL desa,TS laop '
of weakness in the State which adopts Il, PM We o4 Ne
England are free from It. and ought to be able 10 ionh d"
cooy aud calmly think the South wrong n claT'lns h
rjght to Introduce slavery into territory row lte'
gnments appear TO me weak and basPIeSS. II Is GI'U'
found a natural right original rrOAg MS can
houd be resisted As matter of principle by the whoeO Of t
Tree States At the time practical question ID u
nroha by unimp0ant there apparently no induce
ment TO Introduce slave labor either Oregon ah9na
New Mexico. The whole ground was yielded Ml.i -
As TO the existence OF slavery IN the slave state
by the Constitution reason why we Of me I,S
should make ourselves very UNHAPPY aDoH5 H. w iy ,4
leave the parties Immediately concerned II Is a
sufficiently Troublesome without our interference me
the affairs OF Others Is always htstasteI'I' t
hateful. especially when accompanied by me uehu1,lo
OF sntqnessi Such den4Hcalion Coate W on h
from tabie humanity Tie quee' !oi Oh SIh |
kept where it belongs between the individual ana MS hIi
As political question, the abolition OF slavery III the sa
States hes difficulties apparently lSufhouhttole 49,.
As question OF property, involves an amount OF 'nIL
thousand millions ofdOlaB for, whatever may ne >a t,t
property to all lntents ana purposes III vi
have established slavery. Property essentially the ere
taIIy reinTnsbed or annhiIated? Would be possible
make the Naturalization on any pnnc'Pe o. IN"
0aIitcs rights Let visionaTes say what they will there
an impossible gulf which separates the two races NE
people in the mixture of their blood At all events as
matter of fact amagamatlOn Is impossible. Can ne W.
is believed be impossible. Without change IN hama
nature the powerful race VII 0ppre the WeaKef W u
ness the actual of the Jews the mdstoi Chrsenu"u
IA A. me sane me- u1' M6'GT SaI5aIv he abolished in tn
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