The Aliened American., 1853-04-09
The Aliened American.

The Aliened American.
The issuing the first number of new
paper, necessarily deyolves upon It's pub
Usher statement of its objects and aims.
Not but they may, to a considerable c1-
tent be already understood, but because
of an indefnablc something which de-
mands sign-board over every new busi-
ness, and in the proprietor's own words
Acknowledging the business of the de-
mand by yielding to it, we proceed briefly
to "say our say"
We commence by quoting our Circular
already published, detailing the action Of
persons Interested in the new project, and |
thereby allowing them to represent the
felt necessity of that project:
''In the State Convention Of Colorca C;tiznns
Of Ohio, in January, l8!3, the establishment of
"A Newspaper in some of the towns of the State,
which paper shall ho '.l.le organ of the people,
was mOOted,
"ln the Convention of 1850, the following
Resolution was adopted THAT the Convention
apr mt a Committee Of seven to consider the pro-
= prety of establishing paper devoted to the IN
terests and claims Of the Colored People Of the
State, and that said Committe suggest plan for
its establishment and support" This ResOlu
tion was sustained by Messrs WILLIAMS Of Ross
County, JENKINS Of Franklin, BURNHAM of Mus
! kingum, DIVINE of Greene, j MERCER LAYGs-
/ TON, G. H. LASGsroN, and others. The Commit
tee appointed were j NJ. LANGsroN, w. II. DAY,
| d. JENKINS, c. II. LANGsrON, G. K. WILLIAMS and
others This Committee deemed it expedient to
report, through the Chairman, that "the peculiar
condition Of the Colored People of the State, i'm
periously demands that we establish such an or
I gan that We may talk to each other and to the
''ment and its nomination of w H. DAT, and g
H. LANGsToN, as Editors, were adopted by the
! Convention
"In the Convention of 1851, there was appoint
ed similar Committee, and similar report
adopted. The undersigned was again one of the
Editors named, in face Of his positive declnatiol
of the honor, for the reason stated in his letter Of
declination. A part Of that Report was-"o
the means for the advancement of people placed
as we are, none are more available than Press >
"Ihe State Convention of January, 1859, al
| Cincinnati, appointed Committee upon Press
consisting of d. JENKINS, W. H. DAY, H. F. DoU.
GLASS, l.. d. TAYLCR and p H. CLARK, and
adopted the following Resolution proposed by
! W
! llshlng Weekly Journal in the State of Ohio
edited by cOored man, devoted to Art, Litera.
ture, Morals, Religion and the political interests
of the colored race" The Select Committee on
the same subject, proposed plan to establish it.
In accordance with that plan, an Agent was aD-
pointed to sell the Stock. 1t was also ordered
that the subscriptions to the Stock be paid in in.
stalinents' the last by the lSt of September 1852
hat time Is past. Nothing in this way has
been done
"ln the Convention at Cleveland 1852. IL was
not deemed best to again make it q Convention
matter. Still Newspaper for the benefit Of the
| Colored Citizens, is needed Individual enter.
prise can establish it. The remarks of the Select
Committee of 1852, in reference TO Press, are
as applicable now as ever. Say they-"I has
been, and still is an admitted fact that no neopIa
can be truly elevated or get beyond the dire and
lhhuinah grasp OF the Oppressor, without the
means 10 enforce and encourage education indus
try and morality. This is especially true n reIa.
ton to the Colored People of the West The
best and most speedy means to raise our people
from their present stupor, and cause them to see
more clearly their critical situation is the estab
lshment and support of an efficient paper, that
shall advocate and encourage the cardinal prin-
clples Of our elevation"
"The undersigned in view of these wants thus
expressed in view of the almost unanimous ac.
ton OF the COlored People of Ohio expressed in
Convention by their representatives. and from
the urgent solicitation and advice of numerous
TRENDS, has yielded his personal objections. and
has Determined to enter upon the publication of /
a Weekly Newspaper, at Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, as soon as sufficient practical eDcour |
agement is given to do So"
So much as to the need Of new
paper, expressad by those particularly
interested.
Again There are, in all the United
States, but two newspapers conducted by
Colored Americans, and those in New
York State, while west of New York
State, reside the majority of the Colored
Americans of the Free States. This por-
ton of our fellow citizens, deprived, for
consecutive years, by what is miscalled
Law, of almost every right dear to free
men, and because thus deprived, made
helpless, comparatively-this class of
native-born citizens, thus treated worse
than foreigners-have had no mouth
piece to speak for them. This paper
speaks for them, first through its name
Aliened american. Born under the United
States Constitution, and entitled by it, to
all the rights and immunities of other
citizens, the State and National Govern.
ments have not only disfranchised, thev
have ostracised-have made them aliens
their Law, their Public Opin-
ion and their Community Regulations i
Our color has been, generally, mark of
degradation, no matter how learned, how
eloquent, or how well-dispossd we have
been. In the honorable instances ofcom-
munities and individuals where color has
not been regarded crime, it has often
been owing to our becoming better known. |