Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-09-26


, comply with pleasure. The objec
proposed is one which recommend
itself TO every good citizen. Rea
the circular:
OHIO IN AFRICA.
To the Friends ofthe American CoIoniza
D don Society I'm Ohio.
In April, IS45, it was suggested
: through the Cincinnati papers, tina
: an effectual blow might be struck a
! the slave trade, and liberal provis
ion made for the settlement of a Col
, ony of Colored people from Ohio, by
purchasing an additional portion o
Territory on the coast OF Africa.
This suggestion was responded to
by Charles McMicken, Esq, OF Gin
cinnati, by an offer Of sufficient funds
TO pay for the necessary amount o.
land for a Colony of the kind pro-
posed. The Secretary of the Socie.
ty, the Rev. William McLain, in his
answer TO our inquiries. on the 24th
lof June following, recommended that
the purchase be made northwest ol
Liberia, so as to include the CALI
mas, and thus "break up the slave
trade in several of its darkest dens."
President Roberts, of Liberia,
reached the United States shortly af-
ter the plan of Mr.. McMicken had
been announced, and gave to it his
decided approval. On visiting Eng
land, the President explained to
Lord Palmerston, and others, the ef-
feet Of purchasing territory and set
Ting intelligent coloniSts in Africa;
and succeeded in convincing them
that il was the most certain mode of
destroying the slave trade. Samuel
Gurney, Esq, who was present, pro-
posed to extend Mr.. McMicken's
plan, so as to include all the territory
betUeen Sierra Leone and Liberia,
and pledged $4,000 for that object,
being one-half the sum supposed TO
be necessary to complete the pur-
chase.
Lord Palmerston, in behalf Of the
Queen, presented to the President
a beautiful armed vessel, of the rev.
enue cutter class, in which to sail
home 10 Liberia, and to be retained
for the protection OF its commerce.
An order was also issued, directing
that part of the British squadron,
on the coast of Africa, should pro.
ceed to blockade all the ports, from |
which slaves have been exported,
within the district proposed to be
purchased, until the chiefs and kings
should consent to sell their lands to
be annexed 10 Liberia. This block
ade has been rigidly enforced since
that time, and has greatly contribu-
ted to the important result now at
tanned.
In a communication dated the 18th
of May last, and recently received at
Washington City, President Roberts
that he has completed the
purchase of the GaIlinas and several
other tracts, including, with trifing
exception, the whole space desired,
and that "by this act the coast of Ii
IBERIA has been extended TO 700 miles
n length, along the whole course Of
which the slave trade was formerly
carried on TO a great extent"
The Rev. Mr.. McLain, our Secre-
ary, notified me on the 18th inst. of
he purchase having been made, and {
md that Mr. McMicken has remit {
ed TO the Society the $1,000 which /
lie had pledged TO pay for the lands {
or the Ohio Colony. The portion /
If this territory purchased with the {
unds Of Mr.. McMicken, is designed
or the colored people Of Ohio, lndi, &
ina, and Illinois; because their prox- {
nifty to the Ohio River will enable I
hem to act in concert in any move
nent toward emigration; but it is to 9
axe the name OF Ohio S
With the consummation of this I
lct, new era in African Colonial /
ion commences in Ohio. To give t
greater efficiency to the enterprise Z
n which we are about to engage, q
he parent Society has appointed a ,
Committee of Correspondence for $
Ohio, who will be called together as I
'oon as the health of the country {
will permit, TO organize and adopt i
measures for the promotion of the I
Colonization cause in the State. II
In the meantime it is deemed i'm
portant to call public attention to I
this subject. and 10 urge the necessi-
~ of the adoption Of an efficient i
system of securing funds, TO carry
out Mr.. McMicken's plan Of estab-
fishing the new Colony Of Ohio in
Colored men in various
parts Of the State from time to time, :
have had the subject Of emigration
to Liberia under consideration, but
as the Agent had no permanent
fr,nf m xuhsoL a. Irn.., a. IL thar l..