Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-02-14
COlOred People Of New York.

Governor Hunt in his late annual message
took occasion to recommend liberal appropria-
tion by the Legislature, for the removal Of the
free colorcd people Of the State, under the aus
picos of the Colonization Society. lie also pre-
scnts the inscparable accompaniment of al colo
J.. cation recommendations, viz: slander Of thu
coloroG population. Lie talks of their inferi-
ority"--ofthe " life Of scrviity and drudgery."
Says "thcir anomalous position forms one os
tho most ss,ious obstacles to the emancipation
OF the slnvc," SC.
The coloicd people in All address to the peg
pie of New York. vindicatc themselves from.
these charges with m ability which renders
their inicnority to Governor Hunt, quite ques-
tionablc, whether VIC consider their rhetoric
their logic or their morals. In conclusion, they
protest against the adoption of his rccommcn-.
dation, to appropriate funds for their removal
to Africa or anywhere else, for the following
reasons:
First-Decause the appropriation is un-
constitutional. The 10Th section of the 9Th
article of the constitution states, that "lhe
credit of the Slntc shall not in any nnuner
he given or loaned to- or in aid of any indi-
vidual association or incorporation" The
American Colonization Society is an "asso-
citation" foreign 10 the State, aud unknown
to its laws. by granting no matter what
sum 10 that society, the good faith of tho
Slate would bc pledged to The cruel aud
monsirous doctrines on which that society is
lounded--tlal man has no right 10 live in
the land of his birth.
SprpuIlV- Ilpputlsp su,l, ot,prnt,riutiOn -
entirely unnecessary. OF the colorcd pop
hlatlon of this State, there nre not fifty per-
sohS, all told, who desire to emigratc TO AZ
rich. Even the New York aud Liberia Ag-
ricliltural Association, no longer held tOgeli-
or ny Tie cohesive power of eleenIosI nary
l''uniier, Is organized to send other persons
10 Aifica--oilicr persons having been con
Ihreu up Tor tile purpose of lining The pock-
cts ol The members of the nssorintion.
we need no State appropriation? shoulJ
1t ever occur that we shall hc called uuon
TO leave uur native State, having means Of
our own, we shall not burden the nubI;r
fund in unr departure, any more than we Jo
while remaining ut Iionc. In consulting the
'iysieiiis of Providence, touching such de-
;'lI.Hrc, and with his face turned toward the
Fast, our worthy chief magistrate has nor
been vourIiSnicd the true reading Of the n,l-
gllries mionmt Mcrum: The road is short TO
Canndn from whose fertile fields aud equal
Institutions, we might I've permitted To wit
ness Tie Prosperity OF that State, which, IN
giving us BIRTH, has entwincd in It's coninnn
wenl every fibre of our being; this would
take away half the bitterness of our exile,
aud would leave us the privilege, should
peril come TO her, OF hrcing the breasis of
black men as n shield To whatever blows
might bo hurled agnins. the heart of the En-
pirc State.
Thirdly-We protest against such nppro-
prialion, because the American Colonization
society Is II gigantic fraud, protesting TO love,
Willlo It SYSTEMATICALLY encourages hate n
mong mankind; protesting to llieraie tho
slave, whilst II binds more lirmly.lhe chains
ol Tie entlirallcd; protesting To give pcccu
whilst 1t is the last sironghu Il for the organ.
izcd disturbance of the entire Union, pro-
tssing to evangeliZe Alrcn whilst il hurrics
10 lis shores Il population which has the hest
reason TO linlc Christianity which sends them
there; with no other merit than that of n cold.
crafty, implacahle halrr OF the rolourcd A.
InercaUs; II pushes It's Jesuit head among
nigh aud low, a mouller OF, nnd proiitcr hy
public opinion, il keeps alive an mr.
my Of agents who live by pIundering us OF
our good name.
aud laslly-We protest against this appro-
lraion, because we remember Them lint
nrc III honds, ms bound with them !" bone of
our bone, aud flesh of our flesh, tnay evil be-
TIE us when the hope OF gain, or tho fear of
oppres ION, shall compel or persuade us to
iorsake them 10 the ruyless gloom OF perpet-
uul Slavery.
Adopted by the Stnte Convention of Col.
ored Citizens in the City Hall, Albany, Jan.
20th, 1852.
J. w. c. PESNINGroy, Pres't
Henry Hicks,