New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-21

SQUADRON down 10 this time. Now, without refer
ence TO any Of the objects which l have thought
proper TO present 10 the Senate, without regard
to the suppression Of the slave trade, without ref
erence to the Advancement of the great interests
Of colonization | think, as a mere measure OF
financial economy, il is worth considering whether
we shall expose the lives Of our gallant seamen
upon that inhospitable coast-expose them TO the
danger Of that inhospitable climate. at such
vast expense TO our shipping, and with so little
benefit from the operation.
But own that the subject Of colonization. i'm
portant as think it is in view of the great object
of the suppression of the slave trade, commends
itself 10 nv mind by other and additional consider
atoms | declare to you, Sri may perhaps be
extravsgant in my vieWs-but think, OF all the
projects Of the age there is none which is TO be
compared n that great project Of Transporting the
free people Of color, with their own consent from
the United States to the coast of Africa. What Is
TO be done with them | ask sgain, what 10 to be
done with theml They are here under our very
noses; and in this District in the course OF the
last ten years they have doubled. In number
of the States laws are being passed-rlgorOus
laws-of exclusion of them from their Territory.
Some States, indeed are introducing into their
fundamental laws into their Constitutions spro'
visions against the reception of any free people
Of color within their borders. What IS to be-
come Of them | ask again. In the name OF
humanity and justice, what is to become of theml
see no other remedy than that Of sending them
back to the land whence their ancestors were
taken and | can conceive Of no interest of any
portion Of the people Of the United States that
will not be benefited by such transfer OF thetree
people of color from the United States to Africa.
The whites at the North will be benefted-the
whites at the South will be benehted-the Slaves
at the South will be benehted-the poor creatures
themselves will be benefited; for, instead OF re-
naming in a country wbere'theylnever can be ele.
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the whites-where they must forever remain
degraded, corrupt, and dissolute class-they can
be carried 70 the country OF their ancestors, and
rise into an Importance there which they never
will attain here. Every conceivable interest Will
be promoted-commerce will be promoted civil
eaton will be promoted, religion will be promoted
by the transfer of the free people OF color, with
their own consent, from the United States to Arl-
ca. And what portion OF the population OF the
country will be injured by the transportation OF
these persons None whatever
Sir, | will not detain the Senate longer upon
this subject. | would be extremely glad II hon
orable Senators would turn their attention to the
executive document TO which have referred, and
give some consideration to the suggestions have
made. All! if we could only give up-it we could
only renounce-these unhappy subjects OF agita
ton which have disturbed our country so long and
so greaty-if the people of the North would only
allow the people of the South to manage their own
domestic affairs in their own way, unaffected and
uninpeded by them-if they would only reflect
that if slavery is fraught with evils the evils are
not felt by the people at the North, but they are
confined to the South where the slaves are-ifthey
would only cease to agitate each other and our
cauntry, and endanger our Union itself, by contin
uing these unhappy subjects of strife and contro'
versy and all would come together upon this great
common object, in which the free States are Just as
much interested as the slave States uniting all our
energies in sending the free people of color the
shores Of America to that place where they can an
enjoy real freedom, and pursue thSis q; ~ ea '
nessZwbat a glorious result would II De lot our
country
Sir. | beg pardon for this occupation OF the time
of the Senate / move to dispense with the read
ing of the petitions, and that they be referred to
the Committee on Commerce.
They were accordingly SO referred.