Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-11-28

Orleans, will be read with iniers,, !, y.
present time. 1t presents hi. ch., ,as
in more favorable light than any &C..
Of him published since his deces,e.
New ORLEANS, June 10. lasa
Dean SIR: A thousand th.nIs
your goodness in giving me the n.
information you have comnun;c,,sI
your letter Of the 9Th Of March ~.
relation to Liberia, and her nro,r. y
general. and 10 the people who
providence of God, l had some l.,,' ~
strnmentali,y in assisting TO reach ~:
father Land, in particular. III h... es
acknowledged The receipt Of Won, 80, ~
esteemed favor at a more early a..y
it reached Inc in due course Of r.,v1
was because l was incapaci,s,.d /, ~,
ness from addressing you. h,y. -,
lately an attack Of the Rheumatism ~.
which, indeed, ! am suffering u I'M, Al"
ment. For the last twelve month, ~.
ever, l have not enjoyed my sceu,,o...
feelings OF health, having been in - ~
ease, without being sick. Imputed /; |,
the closing fthe seventeen year n -
age, (generally critical period or -!
life Whether that was the cau,. !.
not, cannot say /; at any rate, with van
sir, am assured in advance, that il IN
be accepted as sufficient apology ia ~
having sooner addressed you.
heard Of your departure for As;c
and your return 10 your native land, viii
feelings of great satisfaction and ;ov
knowing that the grand object Of your \.
istence on earth (lIke Your prufoiyue. N
Paul, } was the honor Of God, and, cor,e.
quently, the benefit aud salvation Of you,
tellow-men; and that wherever ven
moved, his honor and glory would be pro.
NOTED 10y You.
Your opinion Of Liberia, and her pro,.
poets, filed my heart with Joy; add |
agree fully with you, sir, that the scheme
OF African colonization is one Of vast
beneiicence, merlting the earnest and Eb-
erai support OF the American p-ople;-
and tha, Liberia will, as you observe, a.
tract TO her bosom large portion Of lie
free colored population OF our county,
She must also receive, IN time, and chat
time j. not lar distant, the slave popnlsticn
OF the South, mauumHIed and sent iciheir
fatherland by their owners. God, in bis
mercy, is preparing the mean, and The
way. A few years more, and white h.
Dor in our country (from the natural -
we'll as foreign increase OF our popula-
lion, will be as cheap as il is Bow in
France and Italy. Whenever ihs, is the
case (and it has been going down lover
and lower for many years past) The Stare
holder will not retain his slaves will net
agree 10 keep and support them, bot will
drive them away, as white labor willthsn
cost less than it would require TO feed,
clothe and lodge his slaves ; besides being
in other respects more profitable.
The account you gave me, sir, cfihs
moral and religious character Of these
people whom | assisted TO &c; 10 Liberia,
and Of their happiness and prosperity
there, affords me great joy. My hra
great object in assisting them 10 reach 'rat
country was the honor OF our LORD and
Master. To that end I s;rose TO instruct
and prepare them, through long series
of years. day and night, and had them 10
strucied in The knowledge Of Him, and hn
righteous law. To know. then, sir, thr
they are laboriug in hi. Divine cause, wfA
a holy and pious zeal, fills my soul whi
delight and thanklulness 10 Him, the gls-
riuns Author OF all.
Can you inform me, sir, how and WHY
il is tina, the missionary societies Of our
country look with apathy or coldne,, (a1
may say SOY on the vast field Of labor
which is white for the resping, Hesihen
Africa, and send no helping hand, no y
borers to the harvest? Why, sir, gre
they not engaged in educating ard pre-
pairing hundreds, and thousands even, IL
possible, } Of pious black and eolored men
Tor the ministry, for the African bed
seeing that the climate j. fatal In The While
man? Were seminaries established fof
that purpose, where the black and colofee
man could be educated for the ministry,
and supported free Of expense, and ad'ef-
tisement thereof made, | doubt not hun
dreds would respond to The call, 10
cause the most glorious Of earth.
Will the government Of the Unhsd
States do nothing in the way Of an sPrfs.
pria:ion Of money-ssy, half million v
dollars annually, during ten or tweriy
years-;o assist in tran. porting the free
black and colored population Of the Urssa
States 10 their fatheriandf The time,
should think, favorable one for pressing
the subject on the attention Of Congress
more especially, as that great, viriuSa'
and good man. General Taylor. wac
without any information or knOwletse !
his opinions or views on the sublsc', =
doub, not, is fa,orably disposed tovafd'
it-ior his heart i the seat al every robie'
every benevolent affection, IS N 'as
Presidency. What subject Is there 'n'
after that of the Union, which Inferes.
the American people more than ihr =
special message on that subject 10 w.
gre>s, from the President, rscomHenaas
at the same time the independence o. y.
Liberian Republic, and the forming
commercial treaty with her, woE.ld, 20.
no doubt, he ueceded to by that body 49,
a law passed in conformity.
| perceive, sir, IN your interesting
dresses. delivered before the New 81
State Colonization Society latsly, ana n
fore the American Colonization Soelc'i
the 18Th OF January last, in Ws,hrrsoa'
that YOU advocate. as form Of 0o's'a