New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-02-16
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AMERICAN
81 COLONIZATION SOCIETY.


belief that the only hope for the ultimate enfanchise
ment Of the negro depends upon the success of
the African colonization scheme, we have concluded
to make such synopsis of the document will give
clear and accurate idea Of its spirit and letter.
The report opens with appropriate tribute to the
memories of the late Senator Clayton, Of Delaware;
Mr. Quincy of London Vice President of the Society
Rev. Thomas Bond, and of the Rev. Asa Cummings
all distinguished for their devotion to the cause of
colonization and who have gone within the past year,
| to the brighter and better world. -
Almost Immediately after the announcement in the
last report of a subscription in Maine, which had
reached nearly half the sum required to obtain ship
for the Society of which they stood in much need,
Mr.. John Stevens of Talbot county, Maryland, offered
to donate vessel to the cause costing from $35 900
to $50 900. 1t is needless to add that the generous
offer was accepted with alacrity. The ship was built
at Baltimore and is seven hundred and thirteen tons
burthen. To fit her out with extra convenences and
accommodations as a permanent emigrant ship, it
was deemed proper to expend eight or ten thousand
dollars more on her construction, which sum was
mainly supplied by loan from the Maryland Coloni-
zaton Society," to be repaid by the conveyance Of
emigrants from Maryland to the Independent colony
by that State at Cape Palmas" Other useful gifts
| are appropriately acknowledged
The necessity for the ship proposed to be built in
Maine having been superseded by the generous gift
of Mr.. Stevens, the committee of the Society sug
gested to their friends in that State if they had de-
| termined to suspend operations for the present,
that they should ''still pay over the subscrip-
lions already made to this Society for its general
| purposes, yet to be held as fund in trust until
such time as the Maine Society should be pleased
| to apply the amount to building ship, or desig
nate some particular object in connection with the
cause to which it should be applied" A response
to this suggestion was received to the effect that
when the wants of the parent Society and the grow
| ing nation on the west coast of Africa demanded
other vessels, the call would be favorably met.
Referring to the efforts of several State Societies
and other friends to increase the revenue of the So
ciey and thereby extend its usefuness-$ 100000 or
more being requlred-the report goes on to state
| that favorable answers have been received which
inspire brilliant hopes for the future. The condition
| of the colony planted by Maryland and honored by
her name affords theme for warm congratulation,
and creates new "hopes and purposes for the colon
cation of Africa It. from an infant settlement, has
risen to the dignity and is clothed with the attributes
of an independent State. Tirginias devotion to the
cause is eloquenty noticed and the significant and
| memorable words of Governor Wise are quoted :
Africa gave to Virginia savage and slave Vir
ginia gives back to Africa citizen and Christian.
This truthful and magnificent observation alike ap
plicable to the Old Dominion and the other slave
holding States of the confederacy, goes far towards
redeenlng and relieving the eccentricities of the
famous Executive Of that renowned old common
wealth. Had he employed a volume of thousand
closely printed pages he could not have expressed it
half so well. 1t is also burning and consuming
commentary upon the mawkish and hypocritca phi
lanthropy, so called of the age; while its TRUTH like
twoedged sword, cuts the Pharsees to the bone.
The fact is shareholders have done everything Of
practical value that has been done for the slave,
while the phiianthfopists-wha a missioner have
done nothing but ey steal, calumnate and foment,
evil so far as the white and the black con-
cerned
The table of emgrants showing the number sent to
Liberia by the American Colonization Society and its
auxaries from each State, from 1920 to 1856, ncla
sve Massachusetts, "a, Rhode Island 80, Connecticut
49, New York 100, New Jersey 80, Pennsylvania ITO,
| Delaware s. Maryland $40, District Columbia 104,
Virginia BIS, North Carolina 1,l5S South Carolina
AS, Georgia $780, Alabama 10i, Mississippi 536, Lou
isana 2G1, Tennessee 9Th Kentucky 49, Ohio 50, In
diana 49, Illinois a. Missouri 49, Michigan /, Iowa g.
Texas IL, Choctaw Nation 8, Cherokee /, California
L,
purchased their freedom 326 number emancipated in
view of emigration to Liberia $500.
We ask our readers to look over and compare the
figures given above A comparison will show that
the South has done nearly all the emancipaton-the
maligned and illuminated south-while the North,
the pous, christian, charitable, philanthropc North
has done comparatively nothing.
The South need not fear to go to Judgment on her
own record. 1t is the hypocrcal, slanderous North,
that has to fear. There are plenty good men at the
North, and many belong to this Society; but, the
masses so far as represented by their peculiar reeso
organs are about as pharasacal the classes that
ceyed and merited the denuncatons of the Saviour Of
Mankind
The large and increasing value of the African trade
is next referred to in the report and it is thought
titled to the consideration of the Government.
We quote: Great Britain is sensible of its value,
and while in 1851 the trade of the United States to
Africa generally was 522 that of Great Britain
rose to 1913 900 900, about six times that amount
document, carefully prepared mentions the increase
of the palm oil trade in Liberia during the three years
preceding 1855 to have been from 600 gallons year
to 700 G00 and that in 1855 than thirty vessels
were freghted with this article at her porta This po
sition is argued at length Here are, certainly CON
sidefatons worthy the attention Of Congress trade
that does 50 much in its infancy may be made I'M
mensely valuable in the course of brief period Of
time.
The financial statement shows the receipts to have
been ISL ,3SS Al the expenditures S79394 70; ant
the expenditures $24, 1876 "a.
The Society has been fortunate in obtaining seyera
legacies during the year, the payment of which fo
some time has been delayed. The whole amour
from legaces is sl4 675; of this s. 900 is the balance
of the Graham legacy for the support of schools il
Liberia.
For the expenses of emigrants this year ($32,G16
auxiliary State societies have paid in cash $9,199
Affairs in LIBERIA in political and religious view
and the character Of the emgrants, next appear a
length, all showing the invaluable blessings whic
have been conferred upon the race by this nobl
Society.
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