Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-01-30
AFRICAN COLONIZATION.

Mn. PREsirrNr--I have several Pc
ti;ions which desire to present. Two
Of Them are on the same topic. signed by
large number Of citizens of the State
OF Indiana. The petitioners state that
they are anxious to remove from our
land the greatest cause Of discord and
TO ,tcurc he future welfare, harnory
and permancncy of the Union having
in view an object upon which they be-
lcve the great body of all parties and
OF every section Of the country can
unite-and respectfully pray that Con-
gress would pass bill providing means
10 remove from our country all that
portion OF the All lean race who are both
wlling and ready TO enigrnte 10 Afri
ca; also. that suitable provisions be
made tor their real wants lor one year
after their arrival in Africa and. as
greater inducement for them to emf.
CRATE. that hnuniy in land be given
them Oh their arrival upon which they
may, with industry aud economy. sup
port themselves. and make such other
provisions as may be most desirable.
have another, Sir bearing some an
alogy To the former and which take
particular pleasure in presenting both
Oh account oi the distinguished aud res
pec,ablc source from whence it eTan-
atrs. and on account Of the prayer of
the petitioners. 1t is petition from
Rhode lslani, and is signed by IA large
number Of Senators. and most Of the
members oi the House of Representa-
tives, ami 10y great number of ex Gov
ernors. eA-Srnators. and eX-me hers Of
the House Of Representatives as well as
by many of the li'erati of that State.
heads Of colleges. and by many private
persons. This petition. Sir earnestly
invites the attention of Congress to take
measures for the more ciicctu,l sup
ressi0n of the African slave trade. In
their petition in iriglIIiuI, but | think
not exaggerated colors, they depict the
horrors ol that trade. hey state ,ha,
tie measures which have hcen adopted
by ;hc three great powers Great Brit
ain. France. and the UniIcd States COM
bncd-io suppress that trade, by III, ans
Of keeping stationary squadron on the
coast Of Africa. have totally ia led of ac-
con'pllshlng that object. They say that
the only elleclual rcmedy-and, Sir,
an happy lo be able 10 nfrm that
statcmeHt from the records of the Am
eriran Colonization SocIeiy-ihus far
the only ciicctuaI remedy Tor the sup
preston Of the slave trade has been
found TO be The establishment OF colon
les upon tie western coast OF Africa ;
and so far as they occupy that coast
and wherever they have been planted
there has been an entire and universal
suppression oi'lhc African slave trade
so tdr az that portion OF country is G II
ccrnrd They, therefore. sir. pray that
Il ine OF steamers may be established
or il line OF sailing packets. for the aug
ncnling Of the inhabitants 0i'the coIol-
ies. with Il view to the turtherancc OF
The object they desire TO see accom-.
IIshcd.
MIR. President, will the Senate pardon
me for awaiting myself of this occasion
10 add a few observations ~ Oh the gen
cral subject? Sir, document was laid
bc!o the Senate a few days ago.
thnk il is No 6-contaiuing the cores
pondcncc between our pubic functional
ries at Rio de Janeiro and the Depart
mcnt Of State. II well deserves the al
ten'ivc pcrusal Of every member of this
body, and ! have given it such. 1t ap
pears from that document. SIR. that not
wlihstanding all that has been done bS
the three great powers TO which | be
Tore referred the slave trade is now
carried topcrhaps Il greater extent il
the empire Of Brazil than it has ever
been before During the years 1876
lSi7. lS4S and lS49, wrhin the singl,
province Of Rio dc Janciro, l73 0U
slaves were imported. The number
imported into the island of Cuba ! DE-
not know, as have no data before mr
to show; but believe that the number
is not greatly diminished. Ii is equal
ly extended in other portions Of Brazil
beside the province OF Rio de Janero.
This document also discusses other
facts, which no American can read
without profound regret. II shows
on to all parts OF Brazil from the coast
of Africa, chiefly by American vessels.
In the course OF four or five years
past ninety three American vessels
have cleared from the ports of Brazil
for the coast of Africa and most of
them acknowledgement Of them were
capturcd- but the must of them how
ever. returned laden with cargoes of
slav,s. The mode in which they ac-
complIshed that object Is worthy Of
some notice. The American vessel Is
bought IN one OF the Brazilian ports
but she is 10 be delivered in AN African
port She sails under American col