Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-04-29

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skeleton is full load for ordinary man. 1t was no
his purpose demand more time, however but instea
of speech the subject to talk twenty minutes abor
/ this specific scheme with view TO which meet
/ There is more involved here than question {
building boat. This is germinal proposition and ;
great representative idea this regular line Of commun
cation with Liberia great man has said swords az
things" 1t is also that things often words gref
expressive words and Of this sort is this thing of
regular packetshp to Liberia. This project is represer
tatve of great step onward implying at the same tim
great step, the great step already made. An empip
has been founded, an asylum opened Now. shall we b
able bring that asylum practically within reach Of thos
for whom it intended? On this question propos
to 90 before the christian and phanthropc people of tn
country. OF this general purpose, to make the asyur
in Liberia accessible to the colored man, this project
" build boat is the representative. What the pros
poets of success? Rather what the necessary ele
Of in such call upon the public IL mus
| be shown that the in whose behalf we appear
Important that it has the elements of character to srk
ayoraby the public mind that II will likely be persevef
ingy carried ON in spite of OBSTACLES that it is feasible
not visionary that the liberal aid Of the benevolent is al
solutely necessary to accomplish its results
Now, as to the Importance OF this general scheme
colonization the rejecting the people need liz
tie proof In fact, this American Colonization Socet
in this regard is itself most remarkably of thos
things that cords 1t stands forth expressive of b
two great ideas which, either artculate inarcuat,
cherished or hated have ever imbedded themselves in b
minds of the American people: first, the immense an
alarming Importance Of this question of the African
in country demanding something to be done and,
condly of separation of the ultimately as
how the only reasonable solution Of the difficulty This
is the state of the to the feeling of the
try out of this grows all the agtatons and fears th
trouble The question of the African amongt
is felt to be the grand sphynx riddle of natonl
existence which must solve or perish; and oil relies
and remedies that full short Of separation Of Tia racss;
however well in themselves however wise to soothe skill
fully the alarm and agitation felt by rejecting men
not to have reached the ultimate question. All your
1 aot1ricn nf nd
Nebraska bill of 1854 wise they have been and may
be, great national of peace, incidentally
only affect the great question. Even when they shall
have accomplished all the results Of their most
gune friends yet confessedy have not yet solved the
great riddle The people, therefore, need little labor
convince them of the Importance of the gensral thing
proposed to bedone In regard to the next cited requi
site to successfuappeal to the public there in
points Of view not strong grounds hope This cause
less than many other enterprises of humanity adapted
to strike the current of popular feeling Of the times 1t
too vast in its scope to be fully understood glance
too slow in its returns of the pearl cast upon the
tiers to keep alive popular excitement in its favor
moderate in its tone to satisfy the intensive zeal for tho
roughgoing radicaism Hence hereafter, heretofore
we may meet with popular disfavor, occasionally taking
advantage Of the uneasness of the Tenera
mind which have referred; the Of popular ia
natcism may high against this course unter the
blasts of some Boreas Thompson other windgoa And
then also may expect tagging of zeal and mtience
of the slow results of this work in ennenty
distinguished by its passion for small profits and quick
returns" in the way of benevolent effort Nay this pas
sion will be found not to conne itself to the popular
timent merely but in the higher walks of ambition How
little now is found of the spirit OF Lord Bacon, to my
fame leave it to foreign nations and future ages Just
plant for shade and ornament the locust but
typical of the spirit of timeshe locust tree whose
leaves are latest to put forth shelter from the of
early summer and first to fall and refuse any longer relief
from the later of autumn, and than ALL which,
with its surfaceovng roots topples upon the first
blast of the summer squallsyet still cherish the 10
| Gust, because "it comes quick"
But, while this great work must labor against difficult
ties from these quarters it has the advantage of sp-
peal to oil those higher and more reliable grounds of
action which are peculiar to the christian and the phan
thropis-that strong confidence in Gods promise and
providence which, having done duty, patiently
wait rather which, feeling mpelled on as by some
higher impulse than external excitement courageous
ly work even amid dscouragements; that, in the true
spirit of the Jerusalem nghtwatchman surrounded by
desoations of his country, when the enemy SCOTS and
rails saying "Watchman, what of the night?" can
courageously shout back The morning cometh dark
it now is" The Son of Gods providence will be to
keep his appointment This is the spirit which has work
ed out all the worlds spoken epics all the worlds acted
heroisms. This is pre-emnenty the spirit which has
sustained the great of African colonization in its
innumerabe darknesses hitherto, and again sustain
it in time to If this scheme of beneyoence seems
be of too slow growth for the spirit Of our times then
let remember that all great purposes of God are apt
be thus The great scheme of redemption for
scheme, developed very slowly men would view it
Just the great oak is in the acorn this scheme
salvation was enveoped in the germnal PROMISE q the
seed of the shall bruise the serpents head and
planted in the clods of the wasted paradise to germnat
and expand and reach its full development after -four
thousand years.
But after ALL there has been no slowness Of growth in
this enterprise which should discourage the mos
sauguine. In the lifetime Of generation State has
been organized of ten thousand emgrans and embracing
two hundred and fifty thousand native people Had the
colony grown faster would it have exhibited now that
strongly frame which excites the worlds admra
ton?
have not time to discuss the question of the feasib
y Of promoting general emigration of the free people Of
color it needs no longer to be discussed The hardest
work has been done in opening asylum we can surely
do the easier The wonderful events in country
history during ten years past have turned into derson
the SCOTS Of those who denounced general colonial
ton as visionary The very pauperism of Europe has
coonzed across the Atlantic in ten years past not only
more than all the Free but than all the free and
slave population Of country combined Once open
equal facilities to LIBERIA and the very coonists them
selves win sson send and bring thousands to Liberia,
under the impulse Of that feeling which raises those
wonderful amounts which hardy Irish laborers
nuay raise as colonization fund to bring to them
family and friends word as to the necessity Of this
appeal to the benevolent Of the country in behalf Of this
work Why not appeal to the Government ut once In
ore we cannot afford to wait the slow and necessarily
cautious action Of Government. This must be done to
prepare the way for aid and help from Government.
| The Hon. Mr.. ScHESck Oate Minister to BraaiD OBJ
served that his excellent friend (Nr Gurey) who was
himself an old and efficient workman in this cause
cd SO determined to commit Mr. s. for speech that he
could not find it in his heart to refuse He regretted he
had done So for he did not feel if he could carry
OF those bones his reverend friend (r Robnson) had
talked about no, not single tusk of the mastodon
YET as he was one Of the committee who had reported