The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-01-29

never mix with the white man. as his equal in the same
land Among them of the South, though released from
carry with him from village to village and from county
TO county, possibly from State 70 State, the title TO his
freedom be must always carry the evidence OF his right
TO freedom through all the South
II was moi reproach to the people OF the South that
this was exacted II Was from necessity, prudence. and
safety, that II was demanded. When free, In what
dton was be Was be useful There might be excep-
,ons; but in many he who had been the slave OF
KIND master, when emancpated, became idle, worth
lees. druaken vagabond Why was this The answer
as sfs Ss.s their mind no no su"h
tuous action, every motive to industrious habit, was
taken away. He lived as moving creature upon The
lace OF the earth for mere animal indnlgence and this
must ever be the condition of the black man In the
country so long as the white the master of the
county, and gave the country law He had no tempting
associations; the professions were all closed to him
pursuits remained 10 him except the most humble duties
Such were the subjects upon whom the society pro-
posed 10 ac different picture was presented when the
black man had landed the coast OF Africa and become
man. with all the rights oil freeman, and in the enjoy
ment OF them. He would inquire il the scheme the
society proposed possible, and whether il pract
cable q remove from the United States AL The free black
work OF day but OF years. but when the act OF consum
nation came, it wonld bless both the black and white
races.
In 1900 there were in the United States los 900 free
blacks In 1890, when the first emigration passed across
the Atlantic ocean and took IFS place on the shores OF
Africa, that number had sweed up 10 51s,O0O-havng
more than doubled In twenty years. Ten thousand of
these those who had been emancpated in the State
OF New York, IN ls4o there were $4,000 free black
people in the United States and they constantly in
ceasing upon us. These were the materials upon which
the society to operate. Lii no action was had, in
thirty years there would be at least one million OF this
population in the United States. il there united
on from North South, and East to West eleven thou
sand might be annually removed, and this was about the
natural increase. Assuming the expense for carrying
actual cost $l,loO,0oo would be annually REQUIRED for
this purpose 10 Keep one OF our regiments OF seven
hundred men IN service during year costs as much az
that and he would ask from which the greatest benefit
would be derived, to keep regiment in service, or to
take eleven thousand OF these degraded people TO the
shores Of Afrca He believed the means for this pur
The colony had already secured seven hundred miles
Of the coast, and only hundred and fifty miles more
were needed TO be secured the slave trade on that
whole coast More than eighty thousand Of the people
in that region were under the influence of this colony
towns had been built and churches erected the school
master was abroad among them farms had been opened
cley Black had been the agents OF the society in
doing this work and therefore he might well say that this
society had done all this England, with all her power
$3.50, 100000 in attempting TO colonize the black man.
and had aed and her colony at Sierra Leone had been
abandoned This society had not resored to the same
onet of the soldier and the armed vessel but had simply
appealed to the Judgment and conscience OF those
on whom they acled. They had made the black man
schools and workshops in carrying out their scheme OF
colonizaiion The colony was but the other day an
fant, which the society had fostered with mothers
the strength OF man; and then they had said to u,
Take care of yourself" This the condition OF the
colony Of Liberia. They had taught this colony the
principles OF seit-governmen and in their constitution
they had one feature OF which he was proud; which
was that no white should loot OF the soil OF
Liberia Another feature in The work OF this society
and perhaps the bright and beautiful, was that u
look the black and carried him back 70 the land OF
his fathers They should go then. and continue TO
bless the white and the black races erect republic on
the coast of Africa and put end TO the slave Trade.
The report was accepted and ordered to be printed
The Rev George w. Bethune, ID. d.. then offered the
following resolution; n
h eminent blessings upon cause 70 take courage
and go forward with redoubed zeal
He said they had met upon common ground, where no
advocates of that had right to compromises the so
ciety by an expression OF individual opinions which
might clash win, or appear to be antagonisnc TO- Inc
opinions OF others. He bad some consolation 10 being
the society (Mr. Cay) would open il with some remarks
He anticipated that they would be short but, falling
from mouth that never uttered word without mean
ing, aud whose one sentence worth more IN ex
preston and force than hundred such as he could utte
he was very sure that principles would be advocated and
established behind which he might venture to speak, and
no more fear the collision of conflicting opinions than he
should fear the spray OF the alter il had dashed
against the adamsnine rock This society had met with
the virulent opposition by fanatics, both IN the
North and the South and he called that man fanahc
who under the influence OF perverted conscience, al
lowed malgny take the place Of benevolence, and to
oppose without measure his honest opponent. Some
time after this cause had been begun, the society was
charged with doing wrong to the free black man, be
cause il took him away from his home in the South, IN
stead OF leaving him 10 be thorn IN the side OF those
who held his fellow countrymen in bondage This was
the language used. And, again. was urged that was
10 attempt c0lonze the continent oil Afr
ca with such instruments as these-the refuse, was
said OF the United States Now those men were dong
the very thing for which they mpeached this society Tor
il was notorious that they were engaged IN decoying
black men from the South, and attempting 10 establish
colonies the very borders Of this Union, Canada IN
climate which was wholly uncongenial TO the negro VI
all the remarkable events which characterized the pres
ent century, there none more remarkable than the
establishment OF the colony Of Liberia. The history oil
the black man. from the earliest days TO The present time
had been that OF slavery; and the establishment OF this
republic was one of the brightest efforts which dstin
gnishsd the present age. E
The reverend gentleman entered into an elaborate de-
scrption OF he principles OF this society," and urged with
much energy It's claims TO public support. ~, .
The Rev. Mr. Gurley, who has recently pad VISIT 70
Liberia said there had been great progress made by he
settlers on the Acah coast since the day when he nrs
observed them AT that time not exceeding two hundred
in number had pitched their tents upon The borders oil hs
great wilderness. They had adopted simple form Oh
government and under that government. during ne las'
twenty-five years, the town OF Monrovia had grown 70
some six hundred welI-cons,ructed houses MANY Oh
them were built OF stone, and many OF tne warehouses
had been built of the enduring rocks dug from 'he Ioun
daons OF that cape. All OF them were well. copstuc'ea
habitations and occupied BY peaceful, iaw.op-
fhrving whose churches gave evil