The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-05-15
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New York State Colonization seslet


This society held its twentieth ami, orsary, in
Metropolitan Hall, on Thursday evening. 1t was
numerously attended.
The VICE RESIDENT, Csev. Gardiner Spring,)
made few remarks the object Of the society, be-
fore prayer. He said, the objects of the Llberian
Colonization Society combine two great interests in
the highest and noblest sense-poltical and moral
Political because it consults the peace and harmony
Of our own land, and smooths down the turbid and
troubled political waters to a calm and placid lake.
Moral, because the republic OF Liberia will be
Christian republic, founded on the great principles
of the Bible, and hence the grand efforts persisted
in by its officers, to select of Christian feeling
to lay the foundation of the infant republic. God
has given men for Liberia and people for her colon
zation. We look upon Liberia as Afrca's glory and
Americas boast and will continue in the good work
depending upon Providence for success. $3.50
After prayer by the Vice President, and singing
by the choir, the annual report was read from which
we make the following abstract =
ABSTRACT OF ANNUAL REPORT.
The friends of colonization have met to celebrate their
twentieth anniversary in New York, after year of
ampled prosperity in the colonization enterprise Aim
ing at the amclioraton Of the condition of Africa her
children at the progress Of Christian missions in Africa
and assist in the suppression OF slave factories and the
extinction OF the slave trade they find in the peaceful
and prosperous progress Of the affairs of Liberia in the
augmented spirit of emigration among the free colored
people, and the manifestations of growing
public favor motives for gratitude and conrat
FuSps
The donations colec considerably exceed those
reported in 1851 From the failure to obtain adequate
agency the receipts from that have .hen off
than fifty per cent The income The society appears
by the Trcasur,rs report s2 o33 A. exclusive of the
sum of about $4,000 returned from Liberia). This
sists of Sl $40 o. Of general contributions $1,000 special
donation for eucaton S6394 from the appropriation by
Congress to for money expended for the Pons
slaves by this society in 1916 and from miscellaneous
sources, 500 81 The donations direct through the
Corresponding Secretary in 1851 1922 35 for the
present year they So 80 nearly 60 per cent in
crease If We include donation OF $4,000 for permanent
fund for education pledged by friend at Newburg and
now bearing interest the amount il 5000 81 The
church collections reported in 1851 S3352; this
year SO 700 81 The collections reported from agencies
$1,44 90.
On tho conclusion Of the reading of the report
the Vice President introduced the Hon j. II la
THRoBE to the meeting. loft, he said, home Mt
some distance from this place, and bed of sick
ness, for the purpose of witnessing the honor that
il done to the cause of colonization by the assem-
blage see before me. | have waited for this OPP
portunity for thirty years. When ! first saw the
small gathering of men--more brilliant in talent
than great in number-who met for this purpose in
n small church not remarkable for its architectural
beauties, upon the pillars of which hung few tai
low candles giving light, instead of gas, it is
thirty years since; and when look around me here,
find am compensated for leaving sick bed. My
friends, what is African colonization 1t was well
defined by its friends to be the colonization of the
free colorcd people of the United States with their
own consent on the coast of Africa Some call this
colonization a mere chmera, and are opposed to it,;
some there who support it because they wish to
make The slave more valuable, by removing him
from the free black man; Others support it because
they think that the sands of Africa would absorb the
products of the loom and the anvil. Colonization
has fulfilled that part of its existence which was to
prove the practicabity beyond cavil of colonizing
our black population on the coast of Africa, self
supported and selfgoverncd. (Appauss) The
speaker went on to describe the effect that the abo-
ltonis doctrines had the progress of colonization
He said that in 1882, twenty years ago, they
tried the experiment of making the two races
of whites and free blacks live in harmony
together, and intermary but they failed.
Abolitionists tried this-preachcd this doctrine
collected the white people and the coored people in
halls like this, and made it matter that they
held no distinction between the races. He (the
speaker) believed that two races who will not ANAL
gamate and marry together will not live in social
and political equality together. He could not
praise abOtionists, because, he stood before his
Maker, he claimed to be the black mans friend,
and abolitonists have been his curse. (Applause }
On the conclusion Of the address a Hymn was sun,
by the choir. The Vice President then ntroduc cd the
Rev. Joel Parker to the meeting, who spoke ut some
length, but from the late hour Mt which the pro-
ceedings terminated, we are unable to give space
for his remarks
After a prayer ny the Rev. Mr.. STRING, the
meeting separated.