The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-29

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1851
Colonization aud Abolition.
Every day now brings forth some discovery
more startling than
"lrsesssOr', coU-por, salralism, sad ga"
70 the minds OF the last--ur magnetism. mesmer-
Ism, telegraphs, and choroform to the minds Of
the present generation. In the political world,
also, the same busy, prying, inventive spirit is
manifesting tself-under which the toughest
Constitution Is made rs elastic a. caotchouc, and
the institution Of slavery soluble with slight
Infusion Of ebony"
But the last and greatest discovery, or rather
series Of discoveries, as " the cause aud the
cure Of the existing discontents, was divulged
but few evenings ago. ut the solemn convoca-
ton Of tho learned doctors Of the Colonization
Society, at the Episcopal Church, in this city, on
Friday night last-and their remarkable proceed
ings and proclamations may be found recorded
ia full on the first page Of the Republic news
paper Of the 23d January, 1851. To these pro-
cssdings, and the wonderful nostrum which they
advertise--thc neto cHLoRoFORM which is to give
"quiet to this distracted country" and heal
those bleeding wounds" which Dr. CLAY g.
Co. vainly sought to staunch with their Com
promise cobwebs--we solemnly invite the at
tention Of public somewhat sick Of political
quackery: Of the physic and the physicians
The entire proceedings Of this Annual Meeting
Of the American Colonization Sociay occupy
five columns and half of very small type, and
we will there ore content ourselves with brief
abstract
Mr.. CLAY, as President Of tho society, occu-
pied the Chair, and, after prayer by Rev. Dr.
EDDY Of New Jersey, made speech in which
he went bow-shot beyond the most fanatical
Aboitionist in this country--GIDDINGsa and his
friends deeming it only the duty Of Government
to aid in liberating the slaves, while Mr.. Clay
advocates not only the Ultimate extinction Of
the institution of slavery through the assistance
Of this Government but superadds thereto the
additional duty Of carrying them out of the
country altogether. HENRY CLAY, thus at one
bound, leaps far in advance of GARRISON, GIo-
DISGs, aud the motley crew, whom he himself
on the back of negroes into inhuence-4himself,
like a huge Colossus now overstriding the whole
African race-the selfconstituted Moses of this
new African Exodus.
Mr.. CLAY, DR.. FULLER, (an eminent Baptist
preacher, formerly of South Carolina, now Of
Baltimore,) and Mr.. STANTON of Tennessee,
chairman of the committee OF naval affairs, were
the chief speakers on the occasion. AS far
as we can Judge from their speeches. the two
former, though differing on some points, coin
cided in the sentiment that slavery was an evil,
that it should be abolished as soon as it could
safely and properly done: that great strides had
recently been made towards the consummation
Of that end and that now was the time for
driving in further the wedge, by the Colonization
Society, the special instrument devised by Pro-
yidenoe to effect this object firstly, by enlisting
the Government in shipping off and colonizing
the free blacks: and secondly, by holding out
inducements to the shareholders to emancipate
their slaves for the sau'e purpose. That it was
the duty of Congress- to mid in this work, by
moral and pccuniary assistance given to
The Ebony Linz of Steamers,
4hc bridge that was to "put asunder the two
races whom God had never intended to join '
A. Mr.. CLAY scripturally expresses it.
Mr. SrANrox did not 60 as far as the other
speakers expressing no opinion as to the alb
stract propriety or ultimate destiny Of slavery
bu. confined himself to the advocacy of the line
Of steamers, with some incidental observations, in
which he gave the simplest solution, and most
novel one, to the agitation now pervading the
country, that the discussions on the subject have
vet elected We hardly think it will be found
necessary for the inventor to take out a patent
for this discovery, since he will probably enjoy
it MS monopoly.
The Chairman of the Committee on naval az
fairs insisted that the free negroes North and
South were the causes the "bIeeding wounds
and that their removal by the Ebony Line would
remove the disease with the exciting cause.
I The free negroes at the South made the
slaves run away, the free negroes of the North
would no. let them come back hence the COL
lsion and the controversy between the whites
of their respective sections
ut ras their influence that gives rise 10 aie
sentiment of Abolition in the Northern Sides
remove them, and that sentiment would cease
That was his first proposition. The second
was, that Government had the power to en-
courage colonization, and that it was its duty
to do 80. The corollary then comes-the
browning result Of the evenings enter ailments,
Mr.. STANTON concluded thus
On these grounds he had presented the PROPOSE
ton 10 Congress, which. he hoped, aided by the
president Of the society, and others Of equal intel
ligence, wouid meet scith some little favor from one
,cRo.e position Is higher and influence greater. Zap
plause.l With these gentlemen in favor OF the
nroposi,ion, he hoped THAI the Government gire
an ;mpulse 10 coionzafion the east results efrhich
,cere 50 eloqueniiy d,peted here TO night.
The resolution submitted by MIR. Stanton was
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