Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-04-22
DAILY EVENING STAR.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE,

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LIBER1A.-Y esterday evening. a neet;p, of
those favorable to the cause of colonization at
Liberia was held at the Rev Mr. Sunderland's
church. In Al street, which was largely attend
ed. Alter short prayer, the proceedings
were opened by the chairman Hon. JUDGE
Wayne, who made some remarks upon the diff
fculties that the Colonization Society had to
encounter in its labors Col. Seaton then read
series OF resolutions agreed upon and amend
ed from the original draft, by the committee
appointed to revise them at the last meeting
OF which the abeye gentleman had been an
pointed chairman. These resolutions asserted
the claim that the colony of Liberia had upon
the benevolence of the American people and
although they hoped for Congressional and
State assistance, yet their main reliance was
in the hberality of the public They pro-
posed to establish a line of packets to Liberia,
preferably steamers, and estimated the cost of
80 doing at 100000. Col. Seaton then spoke
in favor of the resolutions, which were agreed
to before the meeting adjourned He recalled
to mind, how, in 1876 he, in conjunction with
few others, had assembled to lay the foun
dation of the present society. Their president
was Henry Clay, the great western statesman.
or rather, he would say, the great American
statesman All OF these were now dead, e1-
cepting himself
The Rev. Dr. Robinson, of Baltimore. then
addressed the meeting, commencing with some
humorous remarks upon the unreasonableness
of the request that had been made to him. that
be should deliver an effective speech of about
twenty minutes upon African colonization of
Liberia The subject, he observed, vas how
ever, too vast to be Undertaken within such
limited compass, and he should not therefore
undertake It, for every distinct branch of the
subject was gigan ic, like the ''mastadop." a
single tooth OF which was of a greater weight
than man could carry. lie reviewed the oh
stacles that the Society had had to encounter
They had been told that it was now forty wears
since the enterprise had been commenced Init
in reality they had not enjoyed above twenty
working years. At first they had to encounter
Sickness and death, and the weapons of the
murderous savage, to which must be added
prejudice at home, and the malignity of inter.
ested parties in Africa. He knew that
the project was not one likely to please the
spirit of the age, which even in benevolent
undertakings looked for quick returns
This was becoming quite an American cha
racterlstic, and was exemplifed in the locust
tree, that they were so fond of planting. which
assumed its foliage so late in the spring, that
We were scorched before we could enioy its
shelter, and yet lost its leaves so early ia the
autumn; still, because it was a quick -growing
tree, it was a favorite. Notwithstanding ali
this, African colonization possessed great hold
upon the minds of the American people: there
was an inarticulate feeling among the public
that the question of the African must be
solved 1t was the sphynx riddle of this ma
ton, for although treated as political ques-
ton, 1t still exis, ed in other shapes The COM
promises of 1920 and 1850, and the Nebraska
bill were all good; but let slavery be entirely
settled in politics, and yet the matter was still
unsettled The speaker then proceeded to
point out how, oy line of packets, a large
amount of the colored population could be re-
moved to the homes of their fathers, calculat-
ing that, in the course of a few years. a large
amount of tae colored population might be re-
moved AZ proof of this, he adduced the
vast European emigration to this country
Mr.. Schenck likewise addressed the meet
ing, remarking that it was some years since he
last addressed an American audience He oh
served that this was subject upon which men
from all sections of the Union could unite: a
thing that could not be said of many other
questions Addressing the chairman, he said
''i on, sir, come from the extreme South, while
/ come from Ohio, and yet we can both agree
upon this subject, laboring together in this
cause. He then remarked that the Ameri-
can nation were under greater obligations to
assist the black race rather than the red men
The latter, notwithstanding received grants
and annuity, although they had contended
against the settlers, and were now only driven
back by main force, yielding to necessity,
whilst on the contrary the black man had been
faithful and laborious servant. He main
tanned that the establ ishment of line of pack
cts to Liberia would soon cause passenger
trade to spring up, instaneins the case of Rio
Janslro, where line of steamers had been es-
tabllshed between il and SOUTHAMPTON in Eng
land. He remembered that when thew first
began running, they took only four passengers.
but in the course of eighteen months it was ne
eessary to bespeak q berth some months in adj
vance Of the day of sailing This success
caused another line to be started at Liverpool
and a third from Havre, and a fourth from the
Mediterranean, SO that there were at present
four lines of steamers, in addition to lines of
sailing packets between different parts of Eu-
rope and Rio Janeiro.
In the course of the evening, an additional
resolution was agreed to that wealthy churches
should endeavour to raise thousand dollars
each, so as to entitle the pastors of those
churches subscribing that sum to be life direc-
tors of the Society. e
At the conclusion, some further remarks
were made by the Chairman ON the subject of
Congressional assistance, and likewise on Lis
IBERIA, which, he observed, was founded by
America, and yet which, if neglected, would
be assisted by European enterprise and be-
nevolence- The British government had given
the Colony vessel and acknowledged their
independence. The French had given them
a thousand stand of arms, and had likewise,
together with Belgium, acknowledged it as an
Independent republic.
HIPPopRONE.-Therei is no longer any un-
certainty upon the subject, that the Hippo
drome will be opened this afternoon. The per-
formances will commence to-day at q P NJ,
just as our paper goes to press. The exterior
and interior of the sneeinte have been hand