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

my lamuy, an exemption from the tOlIS
to which the best 3 years of my life had
been devoted, and to which the living Of
my dependent family had been sacrificed
Neither to travel and lecture, nor to edit
a paper, in whole or in part, was my de-
termination. | commenced lecturing,
however, just 48 hours from my arrival
hither, and | have been at it, ever since.
And am requested to edit one paper, to
act as corresponding editor of another,
and, am regular contributor to a third.
So the determinations of my manhood, in
these matters, have proven little more
stable than the bubbles, and cob
houses Of my boyhood. To the charge
of fcklcness to which this statement may
subject me, | reply, simply, that one
of my earliest and firmeSt dctc rnina-
tons, one yet unshaken by years of poy-
erty, and progressing premature old age,
was 10 serue my own people, TO lie ertent Of
nay pery limited abiiay,-,ohens0eper, how-
scorer, amt Wheresocper, might hare OPP
Portunity. Therefore, though | have not
. penny " invest, in newspapers, while
sd bankruptey forbid ny dsyo
ting other hours T. this service. than those
can snare from the toll needed "a sup
po'V and educate my large family, am
as ready, now, as | was fourteen years
ago, when a young man, to do, cheerful
y, what in me lies, in the promotion of
our sacred cause. Hence, my acceptance
OF The humble post, to which the fondness
of my friend W. ii. DAY, ESQ, assigns
me- as one Of his corresponding editors,
of this Journal.
feel less responsibility in the matter,
because of the weIl-known efficiency of
Mr., DAY, on whose ship, simply engage
for voyage, as second mate, and be-
cause, to keep up my nautical Gf not
"1U9hty) figure, the plous and learned
Rev. DIR. PENNINGTON, is the first mate of
our gallant vessel. The former gentle
man | have known from his boyhood, and
the latter has known me from mine
From both, | have always received the
klndest, warmest friendship, and | take
great pleasure in saying, with all the in
terIonty feel, in comparison with those
gentlemen, | am proud Of the distinction
of being in so intimate a sense a fellow
laborer With them-a subaltern to them.
Before saying more, beg leave to ir.
innate, that though a resident Of ;,notbc
country, from choice, and ardcntlv at
tached to the Institutions and Govern
merit ofmy adopted country, l shall not
IN thus PAPER, say aught savoring of dis
! Courtesy, towards my American Brother
as such, nor shall suffer myself to Civ
a British coloring to any of the subjects
shall herein discuss In the maintain
an"o Of al resolntan, ,shall Is. saiI~,
no more by my sense of propriety, tha
by the fact that | am editing BritisI
newspaper, in which | have ample scop
for saying all the British things, | desir
to give publicity to.
The Black People of Ohio, in particu
lar, and of the Great West in general
are the most progressive of our people, il
the United States. Neither in Americ
or in Europe, is there to be found an ex
ample Of people who are a very smal
minority, in a State, robbed of SO man,
civil and political rights, and liable to 5,
many outrages, who have made SO mucl
progress as these people have, during tn
past quarter Of century. The paupe
classes of Europe, find all manner of civ
il equality and general encouragement
They may rise to any distinction, or en-
Joy any honors or emoluments after whicl
they may lust. That they should make
progress in a country that fosters anC
shelters and encourages them tha
they should vigorously and successfully
labor to enrich, adorn, defend, and build
up country thus endeared to them, is
not for a moment to be wondered at
Nor is it 50 great an achievement, on THEN
part, after all. They find country am
pie for their residence, a soil rich in ex-
haustless resources and Liberties already
ItoagM for and IRON by others, ready to
their hand, and for their enjoyment But
the Black Man escaping from the savages
of Slavedom, finds here disbursement,
disfranchisement, prejudice, Negro hate,
in every nook and corner, of every local
ity, and almost in every individual wear
ing sort of whitish skin In spite of
all this, the noble Blacks of the West, are
progressing, | repeat, as rapidly as any
class of poor people, however free in the
land. If greater riches are to be found
among our people, in the Eastern and the
Southern States, they have been longer
period acquiring their wealth, and it is
much less equally distributed.
The learning, talent, energy, and en-
terprise of the Western Blacks, think,
place them on a par with those of any
other portion of the Union. And it is
less fatterlng than historical, to add, that