Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1849-01-10

cd When Paul Cuffee, noble negro Of Bedford,
Mass, carried the first enIgra0ts 10 Africa In 1875
a company Of % in his own ship, at his own ex-
pense, II was believed every Of color in New
England was then anxious 10 20, had the means
been at Command. Would we know why this cur
rent has been checked and turned back 2we must,
after the early disasters Of the enterprise, ask the a.
oolitionists OF the North-not Virginia, whose To-
gislature repeated in 1916 her testimony Of 1900.
aud has uniicrmly adhered to the opinions VI her
| great statesmen, early and uniformly expressed.
HE only question then is, Con TOE wsake an op-
p'vprsasioa drasabIe to he great object Of unioe'sd
desire--fhs entire rsmoraf Of the free coiorcd popu
| lotsonS We suppose now they are willing The
COLONIZATION Sdciey for $50 takes out an emigrant
III their Packet and setilce him five acres of land,
which Is made his own IN, fec simple, and provides
Tor MN susiena1co and medical attendance for six
months This they are constantly DUNG They
nave by The voluntary contributions Of the friends
VI lie cause, sent nearly one thousand within
the last year, and COCO in all Let there be an APP
preparation of $50 900 year for five years. and let
The amount appropriated to each einigrant DO lim
ted 10 S25. This will deport 1900. We may
suppose that number will be found, who with suit
aoie direction and encouragement will readily exert
themselves to earn SUN equal TO the State appro
P.auon, to secure their passage Ind settlement
we may then suppose This movement will awaken
an equal number Of enerprising men among them
10 earn The entire amount necessary to give them
passage with their brethren. Then siill another
already atiF 81 raaspU<, themselves tor nnt few
haso acme property. Then taking eqgll nun.
Der or children, who can go with their parents with
little or no expense and we have nearly 5000 emf
grants year from Virginia, sufficient 10 reach, in
twelve years, the full number now in the Stale. If
the means proposed seem inadequate to the results
now stated, let it DC considered also, that the Col
onlzaton Society is constantly collecting funds from
the benevolent for the same great object-aainable,
We believe, by great united and perseyeriDg effort
On the plan here proposed
True, these results to some extent problema-
ucal suggestions So is every thing in experiment:
and we must enter on some experiment meet our
certain doom. But not these results probable
from the causes we propose ~ create and will not
the awakening influence of personal effort better
prepare the emiyrant, who has labored TO Some ex-
tent 10 provide for himself The moral effect of
hrs' awakening desire and then making labor tho
means OF gratifying that desire, will DO much 10
qualify him for his aud elevated position in his
new citizenship. The agencies now in The field
under the organization Of the American Colonization
oCclety are adequate to promote and produce these
results, and when our State Colonization Society is
revived, as we trust it will soon be- these agencies
become part of its organization, the best possible
machinery, and ready your hand to execute your
plans with economy and despatch
we say. then, this Is work which ought to TO
done and done no,c. Every pecunary, moral and
social interest requires 1t. With sumo honorable
exceptions, the free negroes are, as class, ndo-
lent, vicious and dishonest. They underworld tho
poor white man, when they work at all, depresa
and discourage him--they corrupt the slave and aid
him in every evil course-lie as an incubus ON So
cieiy without profit to themselves OF any definabie
benefit to society. They form excresence on tho
body polite, which requires amputa,ion.
. With such considerations before us, can we too
urgenty ask for immediate action While we de-
lay, the evil is in progress. While we sleep, it
gathers strength. While we stand still, time pass
es, children are born, grow 10 manhood, our free
colored population mutpies While we ask time
to consider, The demands upon us arc increased.-
When in M, Mr. Jefferson first proposed the re-
medy we now propose, few hundred free blacks,
composing the whole evil in Virginia, could have
been easily removed. Ten years afterwards, DIR.
Thornton's proposition had TO graphic with thou
sands. Our Legislature of 1900 with deep con-
Germ, sought the removal Of $4,000 free negroes
In 1916 they again bring the subject into consider.
ton, and find that number doubled. In 1888 they
look at it agan-the number is trebled, and they
hasten TO appropriate 100000 for their REMOVAL
You look again ia eighteen hundred and foyty nine
and they quadrupled. Do nothing slilT, and
that quadrupe q,tadrup!ed will be the Inheritance
ofyour children. Speak quick CT the evil may be
beyond control. If we are afraid to look it in the
face and meet it now it will tread with iron heel
on the necks Of our children.