New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-19

| ri-cs sod cocpcrstcs With ta,~. oppr>.us,s la.
sil more Oppressive paeac opsnsenI ON sdna sseA !.
be the character OF the leSsaon end the puslr 80
ent Of the coanry IN reference 70 the Tree coi,rs1
pcpuetscn Of the country.
bu, does this furnish any vaai practical uu~-.
sssin's Coioni1stson' Does tho fact shs the fes a.
orei y uniusiy treated IN thls coany-sast h =
oppressively excluded from all the eligible csr>s-x r.
lie in the United Ststssfurnish any argument "a, -
should nOt resort 10 tho region where his Fsihers were
born TO q climate more congcasi with the AIR.
costuf,on-s so generally Fertile and on. . -
II every iay becoming more probable s reh In iepoe
its Of ruldt Fer myself ] must own that tbs ssts a
lesislsnon and public opinion 20 sronz cons,I
crstons in fsyor OF immigration I cannot reconeJs
with real kindncss toward our free colorci populsf,o
the Stempts which have been made and with consider.
ahle success 10 prevent theu emlsrarng from tAis
country where their posifon Is Of hardship aad a.
ability to country which promises them every nssi.
able advantage,
What sort OF kindness would !, have been toward
the pcrsecated PuritaDs who in icoS conpcsei tie
Eftie deck which serwsro became the Pilgrim Church
az Leydep TO eadesyor 10 persuade them Al hazards
not 20 leave Enslsndf Or what motive q re9 e.
tcmr,t In reference TO Governor Wnthrops much hrrx
and more efhcient company in lho Would have
been the part of real friendship TO 20 sncns them s,l
tel them they the yictoms OF cruel laws and ssn
rore cruel prudices to bed them remember hs tAey
were horn IN England tEat they had good right .
live there "a their oppressors 10 cxhot them TO stxAA
ppon their riphts and Il need be to bleed Tor them -
epict the Western Continent and their probable atsrs
the darkest coiors.
uBui this Is the precise counterpart OF the language
coniir usly addressed 10 the tree coorcd population
the United States by those who claim TO be their pecs
her friends Or to take possible more nearly
parael-tbai Of the suffering Scotch, lrrh Swss, Ger
mans Norwesisns aud Others who 10 the number Of
hundreds OF thousands annually are engrstny 70 the
United States wuud IL be deemed act OF friend
ship or rsther OF rehned cruelty, or at least OF mo
mistaken Kindness to 90 among the suffering pcpustioe
OF these several countries whose Thoughts are mrucd
toward America land Of refuge and plenty AMI su-
,,,f> kin1no their Dlinls
bid patriotism bitter nstonsy-Urging them to stay
and starye rather than find employment position snd
prosperity for themselves and children ON this aide u
the Atlantic.
Soosa-Ru, must pass 20 another very important
object Of the Colonization Society IN establishing INC
colony OF Liberia and that Is the erectua suppression OF
the slave trade throughout It's extent and wtnin inc
phere Of t influence |, IL grevous 10 rehect thst con
tsmporsneously with the discovery OF our own conn
neni and from motives OF Kindness to IT. natives soe
whole western OF Africa was thrown open 70 'nG
esolatng traffic which from time immernorG had ocos
carried ON from the ports OF tho Mediterranean ny tne
Nile and along the eastern coasts OF the conunent tn
.ull more painful to consider sna ms w sono
making the rapid progrees 10 that at which Ancs
began suffer the most from IT'S WIN Europe
IL was the age OF Shakspere OF spencer OF hooker tod
ord Bacon OF those other brightest suns In tho trina
ment OF Engands glory, that her navigsfors hrss 60
Gagged in this detestAble traffic, and vessels bearing.
In derision the venerable names OF jesus and solomon.
were sent from Great Britain to the coast OF Africa
st time when some OF the last remnants OF the toudaf
systems were broken down IN England aud rrsnce-
Wien private war had wholly csssed--whea men began
10 venture from the covert of the walled towns and ira
verse the hsh roads and live In the open country 10
.aety these very states, the most civilized In EsrogG
began struggle tor the monopoly OF thai cruel trace
which was carried by exciting the bsrbsrous races
OF Africa 70 new fairy against each other, and ~
introducing Of universal war, not merely bctween
nation and nation but between tribe snd tribe village
ans, village and almost between house and house Ia
foot IL not without example that theso beings
have delivered their wiues and children to the slave
deaers Thus the Western coast OF Africa became iika
the Northeastern and E9tern coasts, one great slave
market, and so remained for nearly three centuries II
about twenty years since the powers OF chTsten
DOM excited to activity by phianthropc operations and
benevolent individuals, began the warfare upon this
cruel traffic. The American Colonies, before their In
dependence passed laws for its abolition, which werr
uniformly negatiyed by the crown. The Revolutionary
Congress in the first year OF its existence denounced
the traffic and the Constitution of the United States sp
20 nted date for ts prospective abolition.
This example has been successfully followedby other
states The trade IL forbidden by thelsws Of every
Christian aud most OF tho Mohammedan powers CT Eu
ropo and Asia IL still exists however, to frghtful
extent aud the active the means used 10 suppress
by bloc ksdc and cruisers the greater the cruelty Incl
dent to It's practice, by crowdng the slave ships with
greater number OF victims Such being the case many
Of those in England who have taken the greatest interest
in the suppression u the traffic have serouSy PROPOSED
TO abandon the system OF blockades aud cruissrs and
resort TO other expedi.ns and of these, unquestonaby,
DO compared for efficiency with the settlement
OF the coast Wherever colony IA founded by England.
France, America tie tralhc u broken up, not merely
for that of coast but the whole interior region
which found outlet through IT, In this way the traffic
has been wholly suppressed for extent OF at least one
thousand mles from the northerp extremity OF the ju
nsdeton OF siere Leone TO the southern bounds Of
Liberia.
II Is necessary only to look the map to what
important extent OF country has been rescued In this
from the direst scourge which ever afflicted human
y The last OF the ancient slave marts, Gslnas has
been lately purchased and brought within the limits ~
Liberia Along line OF coast not less extensive thar
faff, A.tVs haS gifl.
the shelter OF every headand Of which this traffic
carried on within the memory OF man. the slave traffic
has been wholly rooted out What could not be effected
by Congresses OF Soyereigns at Vienna Ak Ia Cha
pele by qulntuple treaties or by squadroons OF war
steamers has been brought about by these feeble colo
NAL settlements, Of Which that Vi Liberia has been
obliged to struggle its way into permanence of late
without the cooperation, amost without the toeration
OF the Government-drawing IL supplies almost exciu-
siyey from the perennial fountains Of Christian benevo
lence.
repeat. Sir, wherever these settlements have been
founded the slave trade has disappeared and AZ we may
trust, for ever. IL 10 that ii no other benefit
were anticipated from their extension that this slons
would constitute an sllpowerial motive What object
IN hie Ia this country or In any country indiA
ydua OF African decent propose to himself at all 10
be compared with that of forming IN his own person.
port Of that noble line of defense by which the shores
81 his native land 10 be forever barren against the
desolating usfho But, great 10 the importance of
Ibis object Il yields In interest 10 another connected
with H. but far more comprehensive and nom sntos--
and thai is the civilization u Africa
The condition Of tne African continent u reproash
10 the civilization Of the world With extent nearly
three times that of Europe considerable portion oftho
Known regions Of great fertility teenns with vegetable
and animal etrsyersed by lofty ranges Of mountains,
which send down from their sides the tributaries Of
noble riva'-connected by the Mediterranean on the
north both with the ancient and modern culture Of IN
ropt-the Western shores reposing on the Atlantic
Ocean, the great highway Of civilization. The south
eastern running within near proximity 10 own
eontlnent-the eastern coasts spread out 10 tho
commerce OF lnds, and the whole Oriental world
while the Red Sea and the Nile throw open tho
approaches Of the Asiatic continent. II would
seem that by natural endowments and geographical
position, was destined 10 be the emporium and garden
OF The earth Man only throughout these regions,
has remained in arrears In the great progress Of I'M
manly. and instead OF keeping pace with his ellowmon
IN other part Of the world 20 have been so much de-
pressed By various csusss of degenersey, finally
have come under sppicon Of natural in6rmty, OF
which must own | have no belief | have no doubs
that among the numerous races Of Africa A of The ether