Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-09-16
NATIONAL NTELLIGENCER.
PIE CAUSE OF LIBERIA.

The following stAtement eXnlDllS ueBreo Va Gu
ergy on the part Of the officers of the society, and
of prompt and benevolent iberaity on the part of
the pablic highly honorable to both. What a re-
proach it presents to the labors Of the Abolonists
which are fruitful only Of injury to the blacks and
Of irritation to an entire section of the country:
FROM rHr AFRICAN REPOSITORY FOR SEPTEMBER
Special appeal for Funds Liberal Responses from
Friends
In the early part of August we issued the follow
ing special appeal for funds:
The Rev. T. D. Herndon wife, and two sisters, of Eau
qer county, Virginia, have oryegM slares whom they
want to send to Liberia in next yesselthe first of
November. They form family Several Of them can
read some write and one third Of them profess
sors Of religion The oldest is sixty six thirtyfour OF
them under thirty, and seventeen under twelve
They industrious, intelligent, ana anxious to go to
Liberia.
marriage and slaves belonging to other persons
who propose set them free if they can be sent to Lii
IBERIA with their friends
Mr.. Thaddeus Herndon has family, man and his
wife, with six children, of excellent character whom he
wants send with the others thus making in all seventy
persons Of whom sir are Slaves Their owners
unable to give them any thing beside their freedom
and an OUTFIT 1t will require sixty dollars each to send
them to Liberia and support them six months We have
funds at present which we can spare for this purpose
Unless, therefore, raise by some special effort
81 260 these people cannot be sent but must remain in
slavery.
To raise this money we propose get four hundred
and twenty Of friends to give US ten dollars each
We send each of them copy of this and we
hope for immediate We are persuaded that
they will consider it privilege to give ten dollars for an
object like this and we shall be greatly disappointed
short of the whole amount We hope to receive
it in publish list Of the donors in the Septem
Der number Of the Repository that we may have
pie time to get the people ready.
In response this appeal have received many nte
resting and encouraging letters from friends from
some of which make the following extracts as spec-
of the in which the appeal has been met by
many of those whom the circular sent The peru
sal ohese letters has afforded great satisfaction and
couragement and doubt not the extracts here given
will be interesting to readers
cit gives me great pleasure to be Of the contrbu
tors Of dollars in of such humanity, and
too in which you deserve much thanks from the Amer
people for the zeal and enterprise in which you have
engaged in it, Therefore, my mite is given most cheer
fully with my best wishes for the of the Colonial
ton Society"
&c have received your statement in relation to the
persons intended be sent Liberia and
forthwith avail myself Of the privilege to give ten dol
lars for an object like this
"We have great pleasure in contributing to this OBJ
ject and trust that enough others may esteem 1t
privilege to give ten dollars for object like this
"Thine Of the 1st instant to hand this morning,
and in compliance with the request therein contained
herewith FORWARD thee
noble object for which it is intended may be successfully
carried OUT
wishing yourself and the cause you represent the
best Of blessings from above, nclose dollars be
appropriated as stated in your circular"
beg leave to incose my check for twenty-five dol
lars to be appropriated towards the object named by you
Should you fail to accomplish the object named then
place the amount to credit of your general fund What
give give freely" .
at gratifying to my feelings to be thus called upon
to bear humble part in this noble enterprise.
would to God my were large as the desire
would then monopoze the entire happiness arising from
the performance of such christian duty and admit
other participant than the grateful hearts of the immed
ate recipients.
tis with more than ordinary satisfaction that COM
ply with your request contained in yours of the st instant
friend Of mine, to whom showed the letter, hand
ed me ten dollars requesting that should forward IT for
the object You will therefore find my check for
twenty dollars shall deem it privilege to be called
upon again under like circumstances"
81 thank you sincerely for selecting of the
four hundred and persons named in rcu
lar and hasten comply with your request by nclosng
the amount asked can assure you my dear sir, thatI
in my life made contribution for object Of be-
nevolence which gave me more pleasure"
Having felt deep interest in your society since its
formation could not bear to send you my mite by ITSELF
not wishing to be selfish and handed the circular
number Of my friends, and they entered heartily into
the spirit Of and contributed as below. Please receive
inclosed my check for hundred and fifteen dollars"
am much interested in the statement you have made
in reference to these colored people, and think it is
proper and desirable occasion which to besow the sum
of enc hundred dollars for which inclose my check,
payable to your order do not doubt my dear sir that
your appeal will be responded to to the full extent Of your
for this special object and may the Lord speed you
in the good work to which he has called you"
"To promote desirable object the liberating
and coonizing great number OF such small outlay
those aiding the enterprise should be responded to by
every friend Of the colored man"
ct gives me great pleasure to comply with your re-
quest and send you dollars for this object and you
may well be disappointed if any whom you send the
communication unwilling to render their assistance
81 inclose fifteen dollars, small but you may be
sured willing gift. If at any time you will accept my
mite, it will be freely given"
81 received your statement and cheeruly aid you in
your effort to berate SO many slaves Should any Of
your friends fail to respond to this your CALL shall be
most happy to assist in supplying any deficiency"
"Wih this hand you check for forty dollars-twenty
dollars for and the amount for myself. We
afraid your four hundred aud twentysx friends might
not oil respond to the CALL though trust you may not
be disappointed"
"My manual labor gives little than main
tenance that little DESTROYS Of dividing among reli
gous and charitable institutions ncose ten dollars,
with the hope that all others to whom you have sent cir
culars will promptly comply with your request"
ain aid Of the object therein set forth, you may draw
upon at sight for fifty dollars as the amount Of my
contribution"
al have the qualification Of nclosing twenty dollars,
ten Of which from my sister, to aid in making up the