Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-01-20

1cINe W ouPIpis natuiol INV 80
to b prepared by these scoun-
drels looks I'd death nd destruction only
NOV and foiever. II Il
/ repeat that Africa cannot be civil
ICED or Chistianized by any Of the
means which, weak. a short sighted, per-
haps wicked philanthropy has brought
into requisitiIn. Send cargoof Priests
amongst its people-amongst coward
men and nalea sronaen; and you Will
soon see from which class converts are
made. The Evil One, who knows hui
man nature FIR better than Deacon Pebid:
DIV 4 Co., smiles at the experiment and
urges it onward. No. sir, Africa. If civ
liked at all, must be civilized by very
different means. 1t must be colouized
,by the Caucasian race! Her sons and
daughters must be distributed amongst
the civilized nations of Europe and
America. Athletic, and capable of en-
durance in climates uncongenial to the
white man they can be taught the arts OF
industry, the elevating and ennobllng
precepts of usefulness, and made to con-
tribute to the welfare and happiness OF
the whole race Of mankind. Hitherto
and on their natite soil, they have done
nothing in this great work. And Is IL q
hardshi p that they should be compelled
to do this? to bear a common. part IN =
common destiny? IProtest, l see no
hardship. no injustice in the scheme.
- l maintain that the highest, and most
effective elements of b, human develop
ment progress and Improvement are Ia
Dor, industry, usefulness. Deacon
Pebiddy IL Co. will not dare controvert
it openly; and if ten thousand of these
dorn-trodden Africans SO much the OBJ
iects Of Puritan Philanthrophy. were
suddenly transferred to Marshiield or
Worcester, / doubt not they would find
ont some means to make them labour,
though it might be with no higher pur-
pose than ~ cheat them out Of its pro-
ducts. Yet for any other people to adopt
policy Which may compel them to dis;
charge their part Of the great work allot
ted BY Gtd to man, is an abominatlon
and curse in the eyes Of Deacon Pebid-
dy and Company One quarter of the
Globe must be kept an eternal wilderness
its population remain horde Of indo-
lent, superstitious cannibals throughout
all ages lest the nostrils of Deacon Pebid-
DIV l. Co be offended, and their corpse
like religion be outraged! They, and
thev.pniy are to determine the great ques-
ton of human progress and Development
inward and outward. They alone are to
hear and determine as to the men and
MEASURES necessary TO carry out this
great work A setof tlipperr pedagogues,
Cotton -spiDners, pilfering Ledger-men,
and nasal preachers, presuming to med
die with such a subject! AS we'll leave a
calculation of longitude te litter of pup
pies, farrow Of pigs. Their minds
are too narrow, prejudiced and ignorant
to embrace subject of such magnitude,
much less tc guide and direct it.
am much surprised to see the opposi-
ton which appears to have manifested
itself in regard to your recommendation.
The prohibition Of the Slave7trade is a
great wrong both to Africa and the
world Will Europe or America attempt
by a similar law to prevent the migration
of white men from the one continent to the
other? Will they venture to declare
such migration PIRACY lRthink not
Why then do so in respect to Africa y?
Why then exclude her from he common
benefits OF civilization. Press back
her offspring, to tester and to stife in her
own womb? By what authority from
man or Heaven, do they presume to ex-
crcise such authority? If they sought
only to prevent or punish what is &C
to beevil IN the trade, let their
so provide. Let their laws
declare the torcible abductida of her peo-
pie to be piracy, and punish the offence
as such. Though this be not amongst
their rights though it is an exercise OF
authority grossly arbitrary, it might be
tolerated. But to declare that the peo-
pie of Africa shall not enter into the
sphere of, cirilization-shall not place
their feet on Christian soil. on such
terms, either of absolute slavery, or limi-
ted apprenticeship, as they may be will
ling to enter into, is daring assumption,
known only amongst despots. .. Is the
African race now amongst us, in lower
and more degraded state, than their
brethren beyond the Southern Atlantic ?
If so, why the establishment Of Colo
MES, the Institution Of Colonization and
Missionary Societies, with view Of set
Ting the former amongst tho latter? Are
crimes to be punished but by worse
crimes and greater criminals? Is Afri-
ca to be reformed and regenerated, civil.
lied and Christianized by black mission.
airy Conscripts, more demoralized and
and debased than her own benighted pop
ulation? Or, if on the other hand, the
race is. more elevated by their residence
amongst us, why is the blessing arbitra.
rily denied them ? and by those, too,
who are, par ereellence, their peculiar
friends And can these men layfheil
hands upon their hearts and say, before
God that, in righteousness apd in trutl,
they are seeking the regeneration of AT.
RIGA? the happiness and the welfare o.
her people? No, sir. No !, This crusade,
this canting philanthropy, both: in Eng,
land and Yankeedom. is Goddefying
hypocrisy, founded on and fostered by
ghastly Felity, and brutal greed and
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