New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-03
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

7s n, E1ao, Of TIE n. J. TnbVne
SIR: In your issue Of Monday, Nov. 3D. VINE com
usr,pr upon a letter written BY the Hon. Ell lha9er
40 Berismin Coates esq., you say, AS general
,ositior mn nerson no embarks Ia colonizing or
81, o,tsrnrise a. viii ever render It any substantial aid
% Ina ,i5ed by it or its fGentr. Aud II it is
mem, bv tois paragraph 70 ignce the Feasibility OF
nonoir, ppon white people for pecduiary ssss.snce,
Ydo,o..,tba. "Emsrant Aid S)cietes' FOR the popu
,,o, q, well as pe,unary assistance OF K.nsas, are
,i,he, evideaces Of faulty judgment on the pat Of
.h. ,ob,e men that originated them, or disprcO Of
your proposition just referred to. not indifferent
TO nor 90 refuse to obey, the direction Of that under
cuueit ahch runs through oil THE TRIBUSEs articles
On ooored enterprise, efficiency, ard repu.abily aud
would ocd tLat If sought more generally to bathe
ourselves 10 that currLt with its indicated properties
a. .s,nosinees cxetion and selfdependence, It would
do much 10 remove moral, intellectual pp''lca
.thagy but there is tbs feet just over against the
admission viz, tl.at the rheumatic pains caused by
lingering mercury in the system, may prevent maa
rom ,encbiI rnedicatsd BATH for the drst time who
II helped there, might not only reach 1t the Scc0nl
timc. but find hilosef beyond it's need
No Journal knows better than The TRRrsE the
seisN of HCmcubus u pre- Ndtce-the poisonous prop
critics Of the steel Of commercial prescription the
naarOus ingredients o the political atmosphere that
have cOnduced to our deiormef, bleeding and efna-
ciated appearance; for, in becomlng the organ 81
Gods poor, whether white or black, 1t has exposed
ise tO received the anathemas OF the devils rcn
whether French or American, and with due Difference
to the opiIio OF THE TRIBCNE-whlch are never 80
weighty with me Us when cisegree Wth them-i
must say, that every word in the Inter part OF your
etricucs on tue letter ref rrcd 10 is difficult Of eXplf
nation. will not frmt myself 10 believe that you
wish 10 discourage those phil nthrOp'sts among the
whites VINO might lend pecunlary ali 10 thls auiabe
enterprise; for 10 ssy nothing OF the vast hed winch
ttaf "a be
tural enterprise among the cOlcred people, who hav
neither the means the incentive to cn9a g III such
enterprise here, where foreigners are taking away the
most meuia as well all other occupations there are
there hundred aud fifty millions Of immortal minds
whose reason needs the enlightenment Of civilization
and whose aft ctions need the Christening of Christian
love. DO not tdcrstand me to imply IN these remarks
any superior fitness OF physical constitution or mental
organization in the cOlortd man for labor in Africa.
believe that the command to "preach my Gospel t.
every creature" was intended to biud the jew, TIE
Gentle the African, the AngiO-SsxOn. Aud II, rs is
the case, the pulpit the countng-room and the coln-
oil chamber this cOantry are closed against the voice
that should "cry aloud and spare not 1t becomes
nv duty to seek another sphere for usefulness and the
duty Of 1HT ~ Y. TIIBI NE and other phlanihropletS
to glvc me In my poverty of its abundance the means
to get there. Let me explain further, by saying do
not recommend the lnpIacucabe scheme of en- masSc
emigration. Those men among us who are occupying
Il useful sphere here, much needed a. they are
in Afnca; for whether Ere ierick Douglass edits pa
per ably or lectures efficiently, whether II. H. Garnet
digniigs the pulpit by his humility and Christian Zeal
or cecrifes hundred by his eloquence, or VIII. ether
stephen Smith of Philadelphia, or Henry Knight Of
Chca 90 become respectable for their wealth and COM
mercial energy, all contribute their quota TO the re-
specsbity OF the colored people gencrely and cX r
mn important influence for the better upon tho prtu
dice whites, and by their stay Christianity an
humanity are alike benefited.
Allow ne, then, to any that i think the "loruba
enterfrse" is important one, and one, too whose
claims are as strong upon the whites as upon the
blacks Of tlis country; do think as a colorcd
man. that 10Y pride or punctiOusness wlll allow me 10
scoin tho pecuuiary crutch supplied me by white
Christians tin my broken limb be thoroughly knitted
or the " excess OF sympathy, as being manifested by
all philnlthropiss. Africa needs our help. We need
American dollars TO got II her. There are many
coloIod men, resye uuder tue CALLING yoke of Anrn-
can republic anism; there are an excess Oi natural
ability, n supcrabandauce Of literary attainment
which lack opportunity Of development or spnere ior
employment among us here, that could be turLed 10
account there II you ask why don't 90 TO Liberia
answer-6nt, it is bad lOcatiOD second, It Is un
healthy; and third don't like to be driven. But in
Yoruba the climate is heahy, the location is good,
and Christianity is needed. To have Atc AMERICANS go
there OF their own free will ,ud be advantageous to
,his c0unirys government and church; nor does the
fact OF our getting pecuniary aid from those who have
Ill TO give involve the consideration that it will be
.sproitctcd," "impcllcd,' " directed" and sub
sisted by whites think it il bona file move
,nept of Afrc.Auericans and hope THE TRIBUNE vii.
making men better by placing them where they can
labor j. STELLA MARTIN.
Bugaio n. T.. Nov l9. 1883.