The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-19

ments. Il would be an afftont to your discernmen
tpargus, Sir, Tread lest yssr n ths nswepa pers
an anecdote, which seemed to PM this point in &c
permission VII repeal III citisen d Rap xSa
in Louisiana, with biz servant, stafted for Cslifor.
pia, hoping to improve bic not prosperous circunl.
stancel ~ sharing the golden harvest of that re-
ioqt mhis ny were ;cscessfu but the
that-distant region, under constitution forbid
ding slavery, and in that new and scarcely organ
ICED society, what was the conduct of the saye.
Priest and Levite, as the master lay i'll of tyPhus
the other side. But the faithful servant tended.
watched, protected his stricken master; by day
and BY night bis comp MON, nurse, and friend.
At length the master died. What then was the
conduct of the slave as he stood IN those lonely
wastes BY the remains of him whom living be had
served He DIG his decent grave in the golden sands;
gathered up the frt8 of their Joint labors; those he
Considered sacred property ofbis mia ster's fam
~; toiled few more weeks undsr the burning sun
California summer-to accumulate tne means OF
paying his passage to the States, and then return.
ed to the family Of his master in Louisiana.
cannot vouch for the truth of the story. have
heard of tales which, if not true, were well in
vented This, Dir, 10 too good to be invented;
believe, kn0D it must be true And such fact
proves more for the possession by the African race
Of the moral sentiments by which the land of their
fathers is to be civilized, than volumes of
gumcnt Sir, that master and that slave ought
b. d
humble as myself; SO soon, to, pass away and
be forgotten, dare promise it, would say their
memory shall never perish: o fortunate nm
bro! 81 quid mes carnuira possint; nulla dis
wealth in that incident beyond the treasures of
California. If all the gold she has already yielded
to the indomitable industry of the adventurer and
all that she yet locks from the cupidity Of man in
the virgin chambets of her snow clad sierras were
all molten into an ingot, it would not buy the mo.
raj worth of that scene.
Sir, leave you to make the application have
told you. You knew it well before how Africa is
to be civilized, and who are to do the work; and
what remains but to bid God speed to the under
taking. EH
MIR. BSERsTT was frequently interrupted by ap-
plause throughout the delivery of his address
The Rev. CHARLES H. READ, of Richmond, Vir-
ginia, in the course of his remarks, said the as
sembly had listened to an abstract of the thirty
sixth annual report of society which, during the
period of its existence, has been controlled by the
wisdom and been under the superintendent and
counsel of some of the best and wisest men of this
nation. The most eminent men in all sections OF
the cotntry5 and of different political faith, men
distinguished for thei. education and piety
in the various denominations Of religion, have
engaged in this cause with their sympathies,
laoors, and prayers This is no ephemeral
product of excitement; and unless be mistook
the past history and achievements, and converging
lines of Providence and prophecy, the cause never
was before 30 strong in the regards If the people
as at this time. Great difficulties have been en-
countered by it and overcome; but as il had been
suggested by the gentleman who preceded him,
that we should remember jamestown and Ply
mouth those who have studied the history of Chris
tianity knew too well the early earnest struggles Of
that cause to be retarded in their zeal and efforts
HE believed that there was great moral principle
by which they should be actuated and which they
could confidently publish to the word--a principle
which could command the respect of the wise and
good every where. The colored population of this
Snstaiu auch a rolls tn he whit
laton, (to whose hands God has entrusted nteli-
gence, and wealth, and power, invests them
with certain positive rights and devolves upon the
whites certain positive duties The matter of colo
nization did not eimply involve the power and
means of getting the colored population out of the
way, but whether large mass of human beings
should be crushed and tramped upon in their
present condition. No one State can take up the
subject and deal with it as circumstances require.
1t becomes national question The oblig alton de-
wolves upon us whole people to take this cause
under supervision and exercise control
over it as our child; and not until the objects of
our care can stand alone do our obligations cease.
This point the gentleman eloquentIy enforced.
The Hon CHAs. F. MERCER addressed the audi
ence, and, in the course of his remarks. made
feeling alusion to the death, within the last year,
of the aonored president, Mr.. Clay, and one of the
distinguished vice presidents of the Society, Mr..
Webster. He did not come here to pronounce their
euogy, but for practical purpose He then entered
into history of the Society from its commence
LeHt u Tue present lluie, COnCuTTlHg III He SeutI
ments of the gentlemen who preceded him, and
enforcing the claims of colonization upon the lib
erality of the American people.
He said that Monroe, in fact, was the founder of
the colony; and for that reason, when they called
it Liberia, they named the capital Monrovia.
They should guard the Society against the fanatic,
Abolitionists on the one hand, and the equally fa
natic advocates of slavery as abstract good on
the other. He mentioned the fact that two Kroo
men had requested the Society to establish colony
two hundred miles east of Cape Pamas, and there
was no point on which it was more important to
plant colony than on this. He did not see why
Congress should refuse to aid in this, line of
colonies were as SO many stockades against the
slave trade. The honorable gentleman having
concluded his interesting remarks agsE
The Society, on motion, adjourned ass