The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-03-31

PIa. OF Ens.eIp~sss. ss'a Csssuisss'sn
70 the Edifers Of fhe EIami',e:
Having occasion to spend few days at tins
lace. ON my way east, and seeing the article
ont you from St. Gcnevievs, published IN your
,aper Of last Saturday, take the liberty TO send
ron another on the same subject, detailing some
what the plan to which therein referred.
The plan suggested, and which would COM
mend to the people Of the United States, as be-
ing perhaps, the least that we can do for the
heretofore wTonged black man, and the best we
can do for ourselves and for posterty, is, in adj
dtion 10 sending, with their consent, large bodies
Of colored emigrants to Africa, with the view Of
breaking up the slave trade on the African coasts
of civilising and Of christIanising that dark and
benighted people, TO ask Congress to make
grant of land, Immediately west of the Rocky
Mountains sufficient in extent to support from
FIVE TO ten millions OF people; say a district OF
country four hundred miles by three hundred and
fifty. The territory might be granted on condi-
tons somewhat like the following, viz: The
grant or district of country should belong to,
and be under the control of the free blacks, who
should 90 from this country and organise gov
eminent, the negroes nov free might emigrate al
once, and the present slave population, as soon
and as fast as hey may be able TO obtain their
freedom for that purpose, the government TO be
formed there, though substantially independent,
should be strictly in accordance with the princi-
plies Of this government, without the power Of
changing it. This new government should sell
| to no one man more than one hundred and sixty
acres of land, and then only for actual settle
ment, and should any be too poor to purchase,
government should grant them permits to locate
and settle on forty acres, and protect them in
their possession 50 long as they should occupy
and pay taxes on the same, but in no case give
them the power to sell and transfer until they
should irst pay into the treasury of the State,
the government price for said land at the time il
was located. The government should have nc
power to form treaties, declare war, or make
peace with foreign nations; should have no Min
isters or Consuls at foreign courts, but should b
included in, and protected by the arrangements
and negotiations Of the government of the Uni
ted States, with the various governments Of tn,
world. After the frst FIVE or ten years, the peo
pie should protect themselves against Indian in
vasions, but up to that time the government o
the United States should render such aid a
might be necessary.
The expenses Of this new government beinl
small, an adequate amount Of revenue coul'
easily be raised by direct taxation; and with tn
proceeds Of sales of public lands, (until eel
tain amount, atleast, should accumulate shout
be appropriated to the creation of fund for elu
cational purposes.
All disputed questions of authority, or powe
under the grant, should be settled by the Suprem
Count Of the United States; and any powers nc
conferred BY the grant, which should be desire
by the government, might be brought before n
Congress Of the United States, by petition frol
said government, and then acted upon; but Co.
gress should have no power to legislate for then
or over them. except at their own request, mad
e known in a constitutional way. The Unite
y States should reserve the night to run throus
> said Territory, railroads, canals, military road
" and public highways, without LET or hindranc
d The above are some of the conditions woul
suggest for the government, or grant TO which
have referred. There are many more suggestion
. which might be added, but, as the subject vou
= necessarily undergo thorough discussion, il
unnecessary now for me to write them, or for yc
to print them, or for the public to read them.-
My great object has been to suggest some Of Il
outlines OF plan, leaving the minuter detail
for wiser and more experienced heads TO suppl
There are several grave considerations nnOvir
tosome such measures as have suggested abov
n and among the frst, is, that we have a popul
=. ton OF nearly or quite 5000, 900 of slave
,e whose numbers are constantly increasing. al
for aught we can tell, viii continue TO increa.
, 80 long as matters remain as they are; and u
l. second consideration is, that the sentiment
y the slave States, and of the civilised world,
: beginning to call for q change; and the hi
le consideration is, if any change takes plac
'e land change seems inevitable, what shall il b
~, What shall be the consequences to the white
,r TO our families, now and hereafter And VIII
y shall be the consequences to the blacks whom v
N would permanently benefit and bless, The
considerations demand serious and cand
thought.
3 LII these ,000. 900 Of slaves are to be emane
'e pated and all retained in our midst, il seems
!" me that we cannot provide, as their interes
Will require, either for their temporal comfort
their intellectual improvement, or for their NOR
m elevation and well-being: and besides, the inf,
D. ence upon our own families, and especially upc
3. our children, would, in my judgment, be detr
is mental to our highest moral, intellectual an
b physical improvement The project of sendir
all the negroes to Africa, as soon as thew a,
:. set free, | regard as impracticabls, unwise. an
: unjust.
o iwouid encourage emigration TO Africa, i
o great numbers, OF such as are in some degre
u htted to accomplish the objects Of such emisr,
|, non; but while this great work is going forx a,
+ | would establish a colony or nation of free
blacks on our own Continent, to be called Afr
cana, OF some other good name, to which all IRE
. blacks might go.
Should such colony be established, hav
: no doubt there are from twenty to forty thousap
. men and women now free, and Who would be
once set free Ton the purpose of such emigration
Who would 60 within two yean, organise a so,
eminent and commences settlement. Hovevs
tady the States might be in adopting systems
emancipation, yet, have no doubt there ar