Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-01-17

they commonly treated both In me free and slave
States inferior race and deprived OF the social and
political rights wnout which freedom is but an empty
name. F-.a Ia our State they excluded fom the
syst essential privileges Of cizensbr oeoArred from
al participation in public employ ments rsJected rom
most of the institution of learning and religion governed
by laws which they share in framing ha wing been
denied the right q suffrage by vast popular majority
shut out from social intercourse and condemned to- life
of seryiIity and drudgey their condition amongst is
deplorabe in the extreme Any great improvement Of
their condition. under circumstances calculated to cu
the spirit Of manhood, morally impossible.
THE bightng effect of the inferiority to which they
subjected is in the fact that while every other
class has rapidly increased the coored population of this
State has dwndled from O027 in 1910 to 1887 in 1850
result so remarkable naturally exctes apprehens0ns
that the African, like the Indian race cannot permanent
~ co-exist on the same soil with the whites and that
necessary to prevent their ultimate extnc
affects the public sentiment toward the black race may
appear Its existence and its unyorable effect upon their
welfare cannot be disputed In several States this an
upahy is displayed in laws prohibiting negroes from COM
ing within their borders The people Of Indiana adonted
restriction Of that character an
majority II evident that every scheme for the eleya
ton OF the African to position of equality and full cit
zenshp in our country must prove delusye until pride
and the of superiority shall have been extrpated
from the human heart The instincts of nature too now
eru to DO counteraced by the refnements Of abstract
reasoning proclaim that the two must sooner or
later be separated.
The American Colonization Society presents the only
organized agency winch has contributed accelerate this
separation produce practical results beneficial to the
African This association was formed many years
ago by benevolent citizens in different sections Of the coun
try and has for its objects to the free coored peo
pie OF the United States from their social and political dis
advantages by placing them where they may enjoy the
blessings of free government spread civilization and
reglon throughout the continent of Africa arrest and
destroy the slave trade and to afford as are
willing to berate their slaves an ASYLUM for their recen
ton. For the accomplishment of these noble designs
colony composed ofree coored persons emgratng youn
tary from this country has been established in Liberia
the western of Africa For years the enterprise
many Obstacles but these have
by persevering efforts careful examination has con-
WINGED me of the feasibility and immense advantages of
the undertaking. and of its preemnent claims upon our
support Under the auspices of the society," nearly ten
thousand free coored persons have emgated many of
them being slaves liberated that condition They have
established free republican Government and acquired
by peaceful large extent of country embracing
two hundred thousand people, and Astounding in the ele
ments of agricultural and commercial prosperity They
have shown themselves competent make their laws
and administer their affairs with regularity and justice
Industry prospers schools and churches have been esab
hed and the people Of this infant colony carrying with
them the knowledge acquired in the of their former
humiliation, spreading christianity and civilization
over portion of the earth which has been sunk for ages
in heather barbarsm. The value of this consideration
will be felt when it is remembered that the population of
Africa is computed at hundred and fifty millions of
whom majority in the most abect slavery. By the
efforts of the republic the slave sup
pressed along several hundred miles of coast and the
traffic. Thus perceive that this great work of huna-
nifty may claim the double merit of redeemng another
tnen from degradation while it improves the condition
of 1t needs prophetic vision oresee that
of the great designs of mysterious Providence to
be fulfilled by restoring the oppressed of Africa to
their native soil after centuries of bondage.
A cause benehcent, identified with the lasting vel
fare of two of the great Of mankind rises high above
the party contests of the day. and appeals with resstess
force to the justice and humanity of the whole American
people hope it sustained by the liberal action
of the National Government seconded by contributions
from the several States The employment of Government
steamers to transport colored emgrans from this country
would obvate the necessity for naval squadron
the coast OF Africa which is maintained there by the
United States at great expense and of m for the
suppression of the slave traffic 1t may be objected the
claims of the Colonization Society that its operations
gradual, and that the contamination of its purposes will
require long series of years But should reflect that
is impossible to remove an evil of such magnitude by
any human within the period allotted single
generation 1t is not to be denied that the efforts of the
association have secured the liberation of several thou
sand slaves, result practical and beneficial than
has been produced by any other organization Until some
portion OF this Continent of the West India Islands shall
be set apart for the exclusive habitaon of the coord
race African colonization must be regarded the only
effective auxiliary of voluntary emancipation
growing desire to emgrate manifested the black
population and many masters have declared their readi-
TO free their slaves when be found for
their removal Some the States have made consider
able appropriations promote the object and
ing interest has been eynced by others New York ought
not to be behind her neghbors in the performance of
duty important to her welfare and beneficial to
large portion of the human family held in melan-
choy debasement Ii is work in which christians and
patriots of all parties and in all sections unite their
efforts without involving the country political geo.
graphical dissensons submit the whole subject to your
enlightened consideration in the firm belief that upon
full examination Of its merits you will deem ii in accord
ance with justice and policy and enlightened public
sentiment TO manifest your approval of the by
liberal appropriation for the furtherance of its benevolent
designs"