Litchfield enquirer., 1853-01-27

erIul address "a tie Thirty siAIh Annivrr
sary Meeting at the American Coloniz Iio,
Society, held nj Washington city on iu'
evening of the I5 h inst. We wish ex
ceedingiy that we had srnce TO spar" FOL
the transfer TO our columns Of tie entire
document. But We must cp;Ient ourselves
with few extracts. These Consist Chief
Of defence al colonization. and an nrgu
merit upon tho capacities Of the A fricau
rice for high intellectual cultivation -
What noble institution is this Col mia.
lion Society. L is one Of the best Adolf
ton and Missionary societies ia the world
and il hes Tho conf leuce alike OF the
benevolent stakeholder and the Chris,ia,
citizens VI lio free Stntes. We nre glad
To know that it is increasing in power az
veil as in usefulness. Mr.. Everett said
1.-THE Africans. ynu say. I'VE. severed IL
their original bu,b:ri ~ E,r five thousand
yeas. Well. the !EhghD S"xnn race did
Iha same thing f'r nearly fur ,hr"s""d
| years. Mnd it, III" great clIrUn"in!y I"
Providence, a lhOasnnd years "e buI
as ore day
/ a lnIle mnre lhaH ten centuries ago
and our SnxDn anc+.iois were hot moe
| civilized than sumo Of the African tribe:
Of tire present day. They wrre savage
wartke reopls-piraits by sea. bandits "r
shore, emsI"veh by The darke.t suprrsu
lions. w0rsh'ppi"g divi"itirs as dark "n.'
cruel rs themselves aud the slave " re
was carrie on IN Great Britain rigm han
he'd years ago as Iulhlrssly as upon The
coas Of Africa III the present time
"But it pleased Prov Deuce I" pour the
light Of Cir istianliy upon ihIs midnight
! darkness. By deg 'e-s. ciii:x .Iion law.
IIbeny, letters al arts came IN. AMI ~
the end Of eigh, centuri-s we talk ri the
essential inbTD slpr IiUrIry IF the Au2D
ISax1n Face, an,I l,juk down with iii dd n
ui lnuse PORTIONS Of lie HUMAN family VIII"
nave Jagged IIl'le behind us IT, the march
Ut civilization.
Sir, at the present day Africa ia not
the abode of utlerLa bIrIsnI. Hare aSaI"
we do n0I discT intimate: "" jn iSs IN a."
gross. Some IL her tribes, are iud.ri g..
ijpelessly broken dowA bv internal WAS
and the foreign slave trade. and :hs si'ua
ti0M Of the wi,ule ointment il exceedingly
adverse to any progress in culture. But
they are not savages: the mass Ut the
population live by agriculture; there is
s"lne traffic between Ilie coast aud the i"-
tetiur, there Is II rude agriculture; guli
dust is COLLECTED. irOn IS snrlted. WeHIDns
aud u,ensi Is of lluspa,ldry aud household
use are wrought: cloth i, manufac mreL
AMI dyed, palm oil is expressed, ani schools
are tanght Among the Alahome.ian
tribes Tive Koran is read have seen a
native African ia this city who had passed
furry years Of hi, Ii y rs slave in the
field, VINO, at the age Of seventy, wroln
The Arabic character with the elegance Of
scribe. And MungO Puk tell. us inat
law snils are argued with as much'abil'ty.
dueDcy. and at as much length ia the ia
terror Of Africa, as 10 El,nburgh Ger
lanly am aware that tho condition OF the
most ADVANCED tribes in Central Africa ia
wTelched, mainly III consequence of the
slave trade, which exists amlO1g them ia
the most drplorabIe form. The only won.
der is, that with this cancer eating mo
their vitals from age to age. any degree OF
civilization can exist. But think It may
be salt, without eAaggerA'ion. that. degra-
died. as are the Africans, 80 O00. 900 exls, ia
Europe, 10, which each country cmlrb Ites
her quota. not much less degraded. The
diffe. ence is. and certainly On all importan,
difference, that in EEarope, inlermingled
with thGss ninety millions. are fifteen or
twenty inillions. possessed Of all degrees Of
culture, up to the very hi CHEST, while ia
Africa there is not an individual who. ac>
cordiag 10, our Standard, has attained IA
high degree Of cultivation. But il curious
causes for this can be shown, ii l. un>
philosophical To infer from its essential
inca paciy. Bot al: doubts Of. the. capacity
of the African race for sell, government,
and their inprovability under favorable
circumstances, seem to me 10 be removed
by what we witness ut the present day
both in our own country and on the coas'
uf that continent Notwithstanding the
,iisadv artages of their condition in this
country, specimens Of intellectual, AFFINITY
the talent OF writing and speaking. capa
city for business, tor the ingenious Mnt
mechanical arrs, for ACCOUNTS, for tho or,
binary branches Of acadrmical learning
have been exhibited by our cOlored brelll
rem, which wuald do no discredi. tn Anglo
SaxonS. Paul CATER. well recolIectei il
New England, was peIsou of greal eneE,
gy. His father was au African slave: his
neither, an Indian Of the elizabeth I>lnnds
Mass. have already alluded to .he ex'
traordinary attaiuinehIs OF Abderraian an.
A maa OF better manners or more respec
table appearance never saw.
I 4" The learned blacksmith Of Alabama,
now in Liberia, has attained celebrity
scarcely interior TO that Of his white broth.
er, known by the same designa:iCn.
| frequently attended Ihe EXAMINATIONS ut
school IN Cambridge. at which BsverI!
! Williams was pupil. Two youths fru.l
Georgia and u SOD Of my own we're his lei
low pupils. Beverly was born slave il
Mississippi, aud apparently OF pure Afri
can blood. He was one ot the best sChO
lars. perhaps The best Latin scholar, in b.
class. These are Indications vi intehec
tual ability, afforded uader. GlscoIIag'p
circums lances at home.
| "Oa the coast OF Africa the success q
Liberia (ihe creation Vi lhls Society on2tl
| tn V,nt IA veal ALI tOnhtS -O,. lima uu.sli0n