Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-07-01
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tr,nr, tbe Liberia Herald. NOV. 9th, 1851.
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BAssA Cow, Oct. l4th, 1851.

.Le last number OF the August FeT"auJ' W give
IN our views in reference to foreigners being per-
ne - ossess interest in the cultivation of lands
IES:Lr;a that it came TO hand. have unavoidably
ID sod more than month to close lowing to the
nssnre of business) before responding to your
prs either nro or con. For which need make no
mrther apology nor even LOT 1iSSens iIoa 5Ou ".
ys (should this be the case) because we are not
hangers and are wont 10 allow such poor PRIV
,ros in correspondence that would, Perhaps TO 9TH
IS e nrove highly offensive
As the word interest in your article, may ne APP
rod in the premises either in restricted, or more
Pntndpd sense.-until you define the precise limi-
Zion of YOUR application Of that word, shall be at
loss how to express myself, whether as agreeing
9th YOU, dissenting.
If sir by foreigners, you restrict the term 20 "nlte
oone and by their possessing interest in the cult
Potns of lands in Liberia, you restrict that interest
y, the investment of capital in the cultivation OF
lands exclusively owned by Liberians, (such LIbe,
ans as our present Constitution recognlzes,) and
with the exception of refundment only through
H. r,adium of the products IF the land they thus
.o ba allowed to cutivate-an interest to this ex-
ianf though attended with some dangers as we'll as
benefit in our infantile state have no inclination
10 oppose perhaps might measurably become Its
advocate until such arrangement began to wear
suspicious or undermining aspect.
But. sir if you that their interest shall com
brphend the owning of as much as square men on
ibcrian SOIL either singly or jointly to this must
hncompromsingy object, and think that Will hrm-
" maintain the opinion for many years 10
rome perhapS to the close of my earthly career.
confess that there is considerable FEASIBILITY in
YOUR remarks that the fearful apprehen7lons OF ma
nv of our fellow citizens that their rights, &c &c.
will be liable to abatement provided, which are
permitted to reside in this country, originates from
the fact that nine tenths from the south where
they were accustomed to seeing money-power and
Intelligence on the side of the whites
1t is but reasonable to suppose that persons bred
and born under such influences will be thus strong
Iyimpressed Cor it is an old and pretty we'll receiv-
rd SAYING that burned child breads the fire and
cordially agree with you-that such persons should
not be ridculed for entertaining such notions.
But sir, after all our specuatons in the premises,
must he confessed. that there is something serious
" true in the fact. that knowledge is power.-and
wealth is influence, and will always predominant
over their oppostes. When speak of knowledge
Icing power in reference to white men. | beg that
7ou Will not consider guilty of the current BIAS
Jhemy Gin countreS) of asoribing intellectual
Superiority to them Though immodest circulation
given to such false sentiments, by those who would
scribe or assume this superiority to themselves, and
which in my humble opinion but lily accords with
The refined manners and good sense of the age. Yet,
let my tongue become palsied before it uters such a
eminent, and my right hand perish before it pens
H. simply mean that they in advance of us
acquired abilities, owing to well known circum-
tances which for centuries have given them the adj
anage over
These acquired abilities one of the prominent
and consequently of the prejudicia distinction kept
Up between the Two races, though living in the same
country for wealth and power are the product of
cqured abilities, and which distinction more or
less preudicay kept up, will never cease, until the
distant and scrupulOus (aS to homes) separation oil
the takes place. and the African in process oil
time by development of his powers under equal
advantages demonstrate his equality and suscepti
bbieS IN every respect.
But by this time l. e. when this demonstration
dGT fhnrio oh, md ~,
the paneS) to be the great centre of attraction tC
the Colored race, and the instrument of it's exaIta
ton in the scale of civil AMI religious emnence, will
no doubt possess sufficient numerical power to de-
nand and coerce that" which, reason, morality anc
rlGon have failed to produce in the bosom of thell
WOEsSed vGtaries. & True Liberty,"" Perfect Equal
ir"
But sir, until true liberty and perfect equality pre-
mnates in every Anglo Saxon heart as they d.
now their tongues, there is much danger and NJ
less folly in attempting union of the two races il
tie same nation. | know you believe it to be i'm
lsSible in the D. States; you convinced that thu
prejudice is too strong there from north to south
and from east to west, to admit the colored man t.
gl privileges and perfect equality. Show
dozen abolitonists Throughout the whole length anc
breadth Of the land, that would he willing for a col
cred man to be President of the U. s., unless h
was doubly below par, would consent for coore(
man to marry his daughter. And if this prejudice
universal and deep rooted as that the religion
and different fraternites Of the age cannot effectu
ally reach it, may we hope for any change shortly
nthe United States or even in the Anglo Saxol
oSOm in Liberia, though he became nominally O
, Mutually citizen.
/ But sir, please indulge me by listening to on
more objection to any attempt of Identification 0
= whites with us an | will have done. Though i
IS nay not seem strange to you, yet it may sound boil
T. Aange and incredible abroad especially to self-as
:. lned superiority hat there is us much feeln
Y. distinction in Liberians with regard to white mel
4 md women, as existed in the United States to
re- Yards our race Do you know, sir, that that whit
" @y has never been born in the L. States as vet
pa some men Of Liberia would suffer their t
TO marry; nor has that continent produced the whit
h. 2ateman that some men in Liberia would Civ
le Ue" daughters in wedock to.
IL though Liberans glory in treating ali we'll be
es ed white people politely and hospitality and dis
OF h the betrayal of such imbccility letting pas
nd "So tar triumph over reason to manifest an
ST, oNS Of the latent fire without Yet ] assur
at u mat ma ory to-day in Liberia had rather Sc
r rr sons and daughters nailed up in collins and de
n SNed IN the house appointed for all the living
d. aan form a matrimonial connection with any whit
at PRISON the U. States produced--they wis
us connection Of the kind, they despse it with a
re- Iucn-and in fact with more real Indignation tina
20 b greatest pro-savery man in South Carolina
III "%pS the truth Of these assertions may be ques
,' T abroad but sir, appeal to you residen
ILoerla' and as one of her nobieSt sons-are the
'"e essence OF truth.-they are facts and will re
)e m So DIS I0ng as the pref udice of the y. State
by ~ ~ ."""ro our race There is powerful rcactio
uT "c' Preluuce 1t is both juStifable and efficient
reciprocal 'A10'e"
ese lou must therefore see sir that q white rors.
in crest In real or any other estate in Liberia mn,
vas G!oer very limited if to exist at all
gn, Uu propose extending this article to dozen {
Hse VIC pages, but have since changed nv mind su,