The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-03-11

color in that State whose numbers are rap
IDLY increasing may be goa rid of and
planted in place 10 be called Missouri in
Africa, 10 be pecpled, forsooth by Americans
called Africans Following is a letter from G.
4 c. Merriam, Of Springfield, Massachusetts,
notifying Governor Roberts Of present OF
Webster's Dictionary, and an appropriate reply.
These are followed by sn interesting essay on
Native Africans in Liberia-Their Customs
and Superstitions,p by DIR. G w. Lugenbeel,
the Recording Secretary Of the Colonization
Society. A short article respecting The Ran
dolph Negroes" in Ohio states that they are
worthless pests upon the community We
have understood quite differently. But were
il so, whose fault is it, Would white men %
better in q community OF eolored men, II tAcy
were maltreated as these worthy peoPle have
been An eulogistic account Ct llecr's tos'
lows but the writer makes several mistakes n
his historical facts
Extracts are made from the Lslrsah Rtra1
Of the celebration Of the FoCkVs 90 gcas al
Liberia of Congress ef Ksass SnS Caas& ID
the Interior, of Revival Il 2sligim. Il tht
Productions and Trade. as2 Sf Office plsnsing
&c At the celebrasSor. we krt piiG ths
President left at an early hBIr when che vim
began to circulate frpsay A-auna Sle sshle ana
the pleasures &C BsceAns ssBre gsssha1 indulger
by some 50 thai q sesms lhs-r sno dsIngel q
the NAME LLSC0K Law lging eIausted there ~
present
The RErrrrrs fir pHrt at l,pnugry sr,
given. by xAsea ~q lsisIn Siast the Society 81
lers frOza az 1A@ tsahsr National '-heBevosent
sOsie1ssS IzKsEsnucf ~ trrr..uuaSters Of tbe rc
eesprs sauus from slayt States Ia y tar other
ws-. VISA bi,e AruariuH tihh <ocisry Il Il {
r M. ke NsRr tiH ctDscydf tiIe margarine w
hAps . ar,iaf Statement Of the thirty-tifti uYni
vsrsx-v 81 ths Sacisty DkgIEI. WEBsrER pre-
si5s5-Sht Same man who said IN Risssachn
~sa1s N 1922 with rrisrunce 70 thK Society
Un6trsrRD6 rhs whole prgleot II Is Sohem'
I II the shareholders "a gei rid at the FREE mr.
grsss ! vii have nothing "a do with 81 buI
Iaz1ss eisEngE and msn change with them.
Thus have VIZ gwen n general view Of the
essrss1Sts I'D tine periodical and the principles
- ss.s %ssrsaf1 u >aunnt escane tine artentI0r
81 al vino Krrentrveiy observe liz operations
read ne Repository that the esssFcsve poiIcF Of
the slave SsRtes and tiIe Legislative aets Of iree
StEtes. with rafersnce 10 the exriusun I'd psgTlle
IT eJdT. are always narrated without oensuie
4 non wuh tacit approximation. No marvel
sls1, that tiR huclsty N Hans> -....uss-as iT
sz.sl.sEent .e0lored psnyAe Ea6 Masked uy,on
with Eysrslm by fisr EItl-sEEtHry tneDds
They consider the Irlnegaes sf ths Sorietr
equally uIlEstIilusg,hsoaa md snehrsstian DID
they preval On asilsr safslsets What resoroS-
ti0ns could bs reasonssly expected We should
am 30 erGalcIis what Il ssnfsl. not remove the
Elcrinis- Co3o~iEssa0n proceeds On the assamp-
tsaa shaa even the Gospel eanno; remove the
er0el preJodsce sgaiDss the people Of color, and
tA2t Their removal, nos the repentance Of their
persecators. is equally sound policy aud en-
Egbtepei Christianity. But we have not space
70 pursue this subject, and conclude by saying,
God calls upon this nation TO repent Of its sin
o. negro-hating, which originated and has sus-
tsiDed this expatriation scheme; and. if it is
persisted in, we may well apprehend the re-
tribotiye justice Of the Almighty L. T.
PS Nr. Webster, in his recent reply to
the address Of the Mayor of New York, uttered
some great truths. How strange--strange, if
the speaker were not an aspiring politician
that he should not perceive that such senti-
ments as the following are in sad contrast with
the enlOgiums he recently made on the Coloni-
zation Society: " The great desire of all is to
have Government that shall protect industry
protect labor, secure property, secure reputa-
ton, and give 10 every man, according 10 his
talent and viTfue and industry a chance TO rise
according 10 his ovn merits, and not borrowing
consequences from his birth, of ancestry, or the
artificial circumstances that may surround him.
but standing upon his own ground, and upon
his own feet that he may rise to such an eleva-
ton that his talents and virtues demand And
long may il be that such state of things
will continue