Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-10-20

NTEEFIt 0EZ3LHE
induced TnAYEs's visit to The valley 81
EG~uyapaotte, and we trust hiss reception
will serve Ia disabuse the minds Of hi
fellow Of their gross deluf
ia regard to the sentiment Q!
Western Virginia.
E From the Richmond South.
The Colonization society an ABOLITION
Institution.
A Black Republican paper in PhilaI
deIphia fqHs ali apt illustration Of the In
Hiuence oft the IColonizatiop Society IL
the u Iteration of seyenty-fve slaves, BY
IIsAAcIK. R~oBIKTsoN. Of Charlotte, and
niinietytDnelby Mrs. CoALTER. Of Stafford
county. Virginia" We agree with ouI
.cstempbraay, that these instances furnish
.additi5pal evidence ef the abolitionizing
tendensy " the Colonization enterprise.
but We lseahnpt allow that they commend
lit Is popular favor in the South, with
whatever elfeet they may appealfto the
sympaa IF the anti 9siayery party II
the North.
III lib origin the Colonization Society
ayowea d ssecial regard for the welfare Q
the neA but at the same time it was
not uninindEhl Of the interests 9 fthe dom.
iinanllt mace. lis ostensible objects were
te fesaae e free negro population from
n life qfdestitutipn aud debauehery or
Ithis cdItiHent, and 10 transfer HIM to AT
fica, WheHa!, under happier auspices, he
might aleyake himselfin the scale ofciyi
iz2tionIaHdfcontribu to the enlighten.
ment df ltAe savage aboriglnes. Mean.
while, lib 3ht fulflmen lit of this grand mis-.
sion, ths colonization Society promises
10 rehdle TIL South of a mischieyous ele'
msnt i'll its social system. With wha
tfdeiity hak.e these pledges Been redeem.
Has Die Colonization Society diminish.
led the proportion Of the free-negro popu.
Has it even reduced the ratio o
s4tleir ialear7eass ? Down 20 1856 the Soei
ety bad sdntIo only 1864 emigrants to III.
.beria. pf whom But 1928 were born free
lMith 4o lAtia efficiency does the Coloni.
zatiba E5SodetY operate in respect to on
#of ills prinEipal objects
Its sffo1ts, are still more futile intht
endea4or establish a negro government
in Africa, and tp propagate the lglto
Ghriskanity and civilization among tn
natives. tTh9 republic Of Liberia is
cofnten ptibleE caricature. Of free institu
tions. TAe bulk Of the population, de
spite lleit theoretical liberty, are in fac
mot at ali m5re ialdepedenk than4he slave
Of Tie Southern States. They are held i
bondage blythe ~inexofable necessities Q
qaturs aid for a bare subsistence ar
EcompelEed t9 toll under less indalgen
masters tlIaa they left behind. They en-
coantdr d cffuef climate and what wit
want, exhaustion, and that S kening de
Espair sdai which always Expresses ii,
IeNile, Tile inhabitants of Liberia are s
ravagsd tAat they would disappear II
few Years ii they were not recruited b
constant ls4pplies from Amefica. 4
1.-THE population Is not self. subsistent, S
neither eduia tile government protect i
scR against anarchy and external attach
Hifit we're hot TOT the assistance Of Gfea
Btitaib and the United States. G
course ths colony is utterly impotent 70
Hall theE purposes of civilization, and s
far from q asinIg the Influences Of Chris
tianitY AMONG the ignorant and idolatrou
natives, id itself in imminent peril Of re
llapsing inkp@ 4 condition Of hopeless BAL
Hbarism. But for the aid Of their Euro
pqan and American patrons, the free NJ
gro republicans of Liberia would peris
HUE lack 81 bread, Or be reduced undt
the sway f their less enlightened bu
more eneigetie neighbors. In short, u
Colony III a ailpre-an undeniable ~
miserab failure.
1T deesE not follow, however, that ii
COLONIZATION Society IS incapable ofhatl
because III Is impotent fol- good. So Il
otherwise that II has shown itself amo,
e~nergesic md effective nstrnmentofes
as regards The interests Oh the Suoth.-
HThes total humber Of emigrantsw which
has sent u Liberia since its organizatlc
is Just abhut 8 900. OF these but4.0l
we're bsrlE free. So that 5000 slay,
have been llberated for the express pu
pose af transportation 10 Africa. Coz
siderine }liat but few Of these emigran
aae ii dxsreme Did age. We may safely /
4 their averRg value az $500. Here, the
Is al argae gate capital Of $4,000 900.
which tls South has been deprived BY q
agency III the COLONIZATION Society. Bl
these figures convey 4 very inadequa
idea Of DqF los because no account
!, made 81 Die natural increase of the 5,ot
emancipaEed slaves. Twenty millions
dollars an not represent even en- approx
mate estimate of the loss whIchthe Sou
/, has snFeted from the efforts of the Coi
nization Society. To comprehend Z
full proportions Of the injury we mu
recoilect how much the development
1.-THE resources of the South has beenfI
tarded 81 al insufficient supply Of labc
I and how nnequally its political power b
I Increased Id competition With the Stal
Of the North.
aThe Colpnization Society" j a n
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