The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-08
L,ber.. and the CoIon,x alton Society.

FAILURE OF THE PHiLANrEEoPIsrs IN rHAr QUAR-
TKk-ANoTHIR SCHEME FOR CivILIzisd AFRICA
PROPOSITION FOR A FREE NEGRO MLIfAsY CO.
LoNY AT THE nKAD OF TaR NIGER.
TIE colony of Liberia, and the operations Of the
American Colonization Society and of its several
State affiliated societies, now occupy considerable
share Of public attention. The project OF providing
new home for manumit,ed aud recaptured slaves
on the west coast of Africa, and Of thus establish.
ing there nucleus OF civilization and commerce,
was q favorite enterprise of phiianthropsts of
both the North and South some thirty years since.
Lately their operations seem TO have dNinded into
the clean and slippercd pantaloon' of old fogyism.
The sacrifices oil the earliest pioneers Of their
have been forgotten by those who should have re.
menbered them. The Northern coionizationists
have become abolitionzed, and in the South Gov.
Wise is the only wide awake man who lifts up u
voice in support Of the scheme.
The chief results Of these societies al present
visible are the charitable support of some inefficient
establishments on the unhealthy shores of Africa
and of few agents and clerks in America.
As means OF spreading civilization over the land
OF the Ethiope and Of Irritating valuable com ner
cal connection, the colonization scheme is worthy
of development. Better still is 1t, as anOrding a
new field OF enterprise and honor for many OF the
free colored race who in our own land, feel them.
selves ia false position.
Permit me TO offer hint which may result in
awakening interest in the cause and In re.
organizing it upon basis more in accordance with
the advance of the world.
propose the organization Of n military cxpcdi-
ton, composed of free coored men. TO be oihcered
and led by white men Of energy and ability. The
influence Of our government might sc ,ure them q
landing upOn the coast OF Morocco near VS. south
ern boundary, and the privilege of passage through
the dominions u the Emperor. Thence march Of
600 miles over the desert along the caravan route
marked on the maps, would lead thom to the great
central regions of the continent, where the capital
OF q central African republic, at the bead waters OF
the Niger ard senegal. might lie founded. whose in.
fluence would be extended every direction finally
TO absorb. renvi yorate and render permanent the
now fast failing republics of the west coast.
Conformity with this, an expedition up the Niger
and its sources, under American auspices might
succeed better than the attempts Of the English on
the same river
Here on this elevated plateau Of Bimbarra, there
are health fertility, aud great future tor the tram
melted and despsed co!cred race, whose energies ere
wasting amo us for want of free dcyclopemc N.
We have given many OF them superior education
there is great mental and physical ability among
th,m aud yet the chain Of social custom binds then
| 10 everlasting inferior position. They BEGIN To
replize their isolation race. Their natures are
fretting them into action. They have become sl.
bued with that intelligent. conservative, demOcrdtic
| spirit which is the basis n n lasting republic.
| y Give them the sword and the Bible, ard place
them upon that grand look out plateau where, with
the desert on the north and tho ocean on the south
and the mountain clls towering around them they
can lay deep the Foundation, of an enduring state.
Compared to an organization ike this. what are
The puDy results Of shipoad OF fifty or bundled
psaln-snQing darkies, landed once or twice year
| ON the sckly aud enevating shores OF the coast,
| nerveless from their just broken bonds ignorant.
INDECENT and unfit for sclfgove~nmentl Africa does
not want mere missionaries any longer She needs
Hannibal TO plant his dark cohorts Of disciplined
legionares THROUGH her land, to build to cultivate
to reveneae and to open to the world the vast and
| wasted wealth Of he tropical regions.
| let the White man land three thousand American
| colored men in those interior regions armed and
disciplined: let him then retire, and tire republican
education the go ahead spirit and the christian prn
| cpics which we have given them will enable them
| 10 do the rest.
| This will he finale, and fitting finale TO the
| Colonization Society.
| Are there any merchants, capitalists and philan
| thropists TO entertain these viewsg b.