Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-01-26
The American Colonization Society,
again.

again.
OF all the inpadent, soulltss organizations
that ever existed, the American Colonization
Society is entitled 10 rank as first. Under
the guise Of philanthropy, under the p%retence
Of beneftting the Aftico-AmeGican it assumes
the right TO send him from the land Of his ma
tivity and in order 10 obtain the means to
effect his expatTiation appeals TO the worst
prrjudices of the whites, fosters their hatred
OF the colored man, and pronounces his de-
graduation here inevitable, his oppression IT.
remediable. Although the colored popula-
ton have, from the very inception Of the
scheme Of African Colonization borne their
testimony against it with remarkable unanim-
ity, and ably exposed the pretended philan.
thropy of its supporters, the Society has urg-
ed its claim upon community, and with the
protest Of those whom it is oSien.i5iy design
ed 10 benefit, ringing in their ears, its agents
have as coolly demanded contributions to ex-
port the colored man from our shores as though
they were asking aid to send ice 10 the East
Indies or mackerel 10 France.
lis latest movement so far as we are aware,
is the presentation of a lengthy memorial to
the Legislature of Ohio, by David Christy,
an agent of The Society. Its object and its
doctrines may be gathered by the extracts
we shall make. The memorialisi says,
"a careful examination of the census ia
bles, together with a knowledge Of many 9th.
er facts connected with the subject, proves,
very clearly, that the Ohio valley must soon
become Tie home of a large proportion of the
free colored people,"
He then proceeds to show statistically thai,
causes have been operating in three of the
Middle, six Of the Southern, and the six New
England States TO repel the Tree colored peo-
pie from their soil, and therefore infers,
"From all these facts, it appear that caus-
es, having a uniform action and producing
uniform results, are exerting a repelIing in
fluence upon the free coloTed population Of
the fifteen States above named, and that near.
ly The whole current Of this emigration, thus
set in motion, is pouring into the Ohio val
ley. And further, the events which have
transpired in many Of The slave States, since
the last census, teach us that these repelling
causes are augmenting instead Of diminishing
their force. These influences have also been
extended TO many Of the States not above
named, and the conclusion is therefore forced
upon us, that The Ohio rdAcy is nOO The COcus
foOrards Which nearly The entire free cohred
emigration Of The country is concentrating"
We are not inclined TO dispute the correct
ness of the idea which thus far appears to be
49, o;et &c ,bo ror,or;,1 bnt ro,bnr r.;o;oo
TO know that although the West is very far
from doing justice to the colored man, YET
the climate, soil, and other advantages it pre-
sentS, serves, in some degree, TO make it a
desirable home for him.
But the Colonization memorialist goes on
10 say,
sin view, then, of all these facts, it ap.
pears evident that we cannot, by any legisla.
ton of ours. reach the causes which force the
colored man into the West, and that the Ohio
valley is therefore TO become the Asylum fol
the victims Of slave oppression, and has beer
selected by the colored man as the theatre
upon which the great battle for the achieve,
ment of his rights is to be fought"
And why should Legislation be invoked tc
forbid the native American who wears a co
lored skin 10 seek a home in the West! The
idea that such an exercise of Legislative pow
er would be Unsuitable, is horribly oppres
sive, and would never be referred 10. excep
TO condemn, by any one whose hatred Of tn,
negro was not stronger than his love for God
His soul must indeed be contracted VIII
would not gladly welcome to the Ohio val
ley "the victims of slave oppression" An
il the colored man has chosen this State a
the theatre where is TO be fought the battl
for his rights, let every lover of human free
dom see 10 it that he throws no obstacles i
his path to victory, nor affords his oppressor
aid or comfort.
The memorialist also further states,
"The trainers Of the constitution undo
which you act, never designed 10 Africaniz
the State and its white citizens, iudgin
from past and present indications, will yt
oppose, 10 the utmost, any change of that ir
trumen which will give TO colored me
equal social and political privileges"
This certainly is anything but complimer
lary either to the trainers of the Constitution
or its supporters. Yet judging from the di'
reimbursement Of the colored man by the fo
mer, and the enactment and enforcement
The odious Black laws by the latter, we fei
that it is true /; and that the citizens Of Obi
will not for a long time be sufficiently col
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