The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-10-08
THE COLONIZATION SOCIETY ABOLITION
lied.

Notwithstanding the Tract Society, through
its Executive officers, has consented to preach
an emasculated Gospel in the South, it is look
ed upon with disfavor by some of the leaders of
public opinion in the slave States. So, too,
we find that the most conservative of Northern
journals, organs of the Cotton interest, are re-
garded by the ablest Southern journals as I'M
safe, dangerous, and not to be countenanced.
Even the Colonization Society has not escaped
the suspicious of these guardians of the
precious institution of Human Slavery. The
Richmond South, in a spirited leader, at
tacks this ancient and time-honored Soci-
ETY., which has heretofore had its best friends
among shareholders, and characterizes it as an
deficient agency of Abolitionism." 1t would
uproot the Society-would abate it " without de.
lay" We quote paragraph:
" The Colonization Society is palpable mis-
homer. A statistical statement of its operations
proves that the institution is utterly impotent
for all the legitimate objects of its organiza-
ton. In fact and In effect, it is an Abolition
association for, of all its emgrants to Libe-
ria, down to 1856, nearly two-thirds were slaves,
whose emancipation is obviously and directly
due to the efforts of the Colonization Society.
We intend no reprosch upon the motives of
those Southern gentlemen who are connected
with the Society, for among them we recognise
some of the stanchest supporters of Slavery.
Our purpose is merely TO illustrate the tenden
cies of the institution and having ascertained
that it is in effect most efficient agency of Abo
litionism, we perform duty to the South in
exposing its mischievous operations. In our
judgment, it is nuisance which the South
should abate without delay. 1t hatters and en-
courages an Anti.Slavery feeling in the bosom
of our own society. 1t diminishes an already
inadequate supply of labor. 1t detracts from
the recources of the Southern States, and les
sens their daily-decressing influence in the
councils of the Federal Government"
No one can question the logic of the South.
If Slavery be perfectly right, if it be desira-
BILE institution, why foster emigration to Liberia
of manumitted slaves and incidentally encour-
age emancipation? The Colonization Society
will perhaps initiate the Tract Committee, and
issue circular to the people of the Southern
States, promising only to take the free negroes
of the North, and thus disarm their Southern
opposers
The defenders of oppression grow logical.
They will have no dealings with men who blow
hot and cold-who justify slaveholding, but call
Slavery an evil. If Slavery is wrong, it should
be abolished If it is merely physical evil, it
should also be abolished. The only tenable
ground is that taken by the leading Southern
iournals-that the institution is not wicked
one, but is desirable, aye, Indispensable" the
cornerst stone of the Republic" Then, of
course, it follows that there must be no tolera.
ton of writer's or speakers who hold other opin-
ions. The negro slaves must be treated like
so many oxen, and the right to treat them as
beasts of burden must not be questioned for a
moment. Shall the Tract Society be allowed
to circulate little books on I" the duties of mas.
tiers - to their property, when the right to that
property is questioned AS well might we ex-
pect Brigham Young to read tracts issued by
the Society against Polygamy, or upon the
treatment due from him to his forty wives So,
too, how foolish in the eyes of the logical de-
tenders of Slavery, the encouragement of col
onization. Why should the human sinews so
much wanted at home go to Africa As well
encourage the expectation of gold in times of
monetary panic. Besides, it encourages a
meddling philanthropy and philanthropy of
any sort cannot be tolerated with safety to
"the institution"
The attitude of the world against the gigan.
tic system of wrong in this country has driven
it to its present position, and our Societies
will soon be driven to range themselves for or
against it. Then will come " the tug of war;"
and that which is barbarous, unchristian, and
wrong, will give way before the truth and the
banded sympathies of the world.
The SENATORIAL QUARREL IN VIRGINIA
For some time past, the Virginia journals have
been INDUCING in some pretty plain language
respecting the election of new Senator. Gov.
Wise and Mr.. Hunter were pitted> against each
other for the Senatorship, and the quarrel
grew SO decided that the opposition papers, like
the Richmond Wing, were making capital out
of it. The disturbance has come to an end, as
we learn from the following paragraph in the
Richmond Sos,tb