The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-03-24

feasible. ans in many respects, more desirable
ihaa 10 be eenigeiied 20 sand al the enisneiPa-
ted aegroesio Africa The benefits TO Alice
of fonrpshing coionissof emancipa.ed negroes
hcn,thi.,couuiry. located ON her borders, cannot
be TOO highly e1toIlsd, and ] hope that the be-
nevcsni:e Of individuals, whether any Of the
States sdopt systems Of general emancipation
or not, sill continue 10 send thousands year
from this favored country to enlighieen, civ
ilise and Ness that benightsd people. But !
have two objections, and with me they are seri-
Gus ones, % any system Of emancipation that
contemplate the transportation Of all the eman-
eiPated negroes from this continent TO Africa.
One fmy objections is. regard such a scheme
as impractcsbls; and the other objection IL. that
regard 'nch scheme as impolitic, and in q
degree unjast 10 the people we would benefit and
bless, even were it practicable
The object Of emancipation is, or should be
two-fold-hrst, TO rid ourselves of the sin and
evils Of slavery, and secondly, to elevate and
bless the emansipated. This two-fold object,
think, would not be secured in the highest degree
by sending all the negroes 10 Africa.
We hive on this continent and under the con-
troll Of oar government, an immense public do
main, which IL uninhabited except by wild
beasts AMI savages, andit is desirable that these
vast regions Of country should be dotted here
and herewith colonies and settlements of civil
ised PeOPis, speaking our language, copying our
habits and manners, cherishing our religious
and civil in,tiiutiOns, and carrying out in the
spirit and 'eiter the principles upon which our
government is based
IL dsinct Of this unOccupied territory,
lying west Of theRocky Mountains, sufficien,
In extent 70 accommodate and support FIVE mil
lions Of people, could be appropriated by gov.
eminent for the establishment of a colony Of
freed blacks, giving them, to a certain extent,
an independent government, yet with suitable
restrictions and liabilities and then let ernanci-
patton, thougl gradual. be so rapid as TO give
hope to portion, at least, of the present gene
ration Of SLAVES, and certainly to all who should
be born aftera fixed date, and / am inclined 10
the opinion mat Kentucky would not long b.
alonein furnishing emigrants for this new world
One great OBJECTION in the minds Of intelligent
men throughput the slave States, to any scheme
OF emancipation, has been, and is, that coloni.
saiion TO Area, except on limited scale, seems
to be cut Of the question:; and to emancipate
the millions OF blacks, without providing for
them elsewhere they suppose would be ruinous
not only the slaves, but to the States in
which theyreside.
The porti'n of country most likely to be sci
of for the Purposes Of such colony, will soon
be accessibletO emigrants, so that thousands
upon Thousands could be sent yearly a, trifiing
cost, and precision might be made by sending
forward a sufficient number Of freed men, under
the direction of agents appointed for the pur-
pose, to prepare houses and raise provisions for
the number to be sent the following year, and
so on until the work should be completed
such colony, established under such auspices,
and governed by sound principles, could not
fail to become happy, intelligent and prosper
Gus people The details for the internal organ
isation and management Of such colony could
easily be f'rsished at the proper time, and |
have no doubt that the North would readily
unite with any or more of the slave States
TO carry OFT such project; eheerfully co-opera-
ting with hem TO render their burdens as light
as possible Could some plan Of this nature be
adopted to relieve us and the country of the
evils ander which We now groan, should ex.
pect soon to SEE the vast wilderness, from the
Mississippi to the Pacific, and from our north
ern attitude TO our southern, populated by civil
ised and happy millions Of christian people
Our glorious Union would then cease to be
threaened with dissolution, and we should be
the gratesi, the happiest and the strongest fam
lily OF motherhood on the face Of the earth.
shouldlike 70 live 10 see these results--I should
like TO have my children live to see them, and
| shoui like TO have the nOblemen of this gen.
GRAFTON Henry Clay and others, whose hearts
ara as hrge as the continent, and whose sympa-
thies ae as expansive and deep as the Pacific
ocean, i've to see, at least, the dawaings of such
eiori,us day; and with wise counsels and gen.
erous learts we rnay live 10 behold at least, the
rising Of this Sun. Let Kentucky set the ex.
ample, and she will sOon be followed by others.
l.. w. G.