New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-02-25

We give in another part Of to-days paper so
much of the late speech of Mr.. Blair of Missouri IS
relates to bis plan for the colonization in Central
America of the free negro population Of the United
States. His views however, are not confined to
the colored population already free. He looks for
ward to the ultimate exodus of our entire slave
population leaving the broad acres of the South
open to the occupation of white cu.tvators, while
the negroes might find in tropical America favor
able field for developing for their own benefit our
system of freedom in q climate suited to their
sttutions, and amid population with which they
could amalgamate. The parts OF Mr.. Blair's speech
which our limits have compelled US to omit, are
those which relate to the existing state of things in
Central America, and in which he contrasts the
British policy of planting in the regions of the
tropics the system of free labor, and equality of all
before the law with the too evident and even
openly -ayowed policy in vogue at Washington of
employing the powers of the United States to ex-
tend into those same regions that curse of Negro
Slavery from which We have already suffered so
much-an extension evidently undertaken with
view to the ultimate dissolution of the Union.
Mr. Blair does not propose this scheme Of colo
nization as any new suggestion or project Of his
own. In fact, il was originally started in Virginia
more than sixty years ago BY Jefferson and other
far. seeing patriots who perceived that Slavery was
incompatible both with democratic institutions and
material Development; but who saw, also in the
prevalent antipathy Of race on the part of the
whites, serious if not iuvincibe obstacles to eman.
cipatiOn on the soil.
A number of causes have cont ibuted Of late
years to throw these ideas of negro colonization into
the background. The Colony of Liberia has en-
tirely failed to fulfill the enthusiastic expeditions
of those by whom it was planted. Indeed, there
are powerful reaons cursoriy aludedtO by Mr.. Blair
himself which operate to disqualify Africa for the
purposes Of such colonization. 1t is but justice to
say that the founders Of the Colonization Society
not unaware of these objections. In selecting
Liberia as the seat Of their experiment, they were
guided rather by their necessities than their wishes
At that time, no other place was open to them.
Eeero Slavery then existed in all the tropical re-
eons of Americs-Hayti alone eXcepted-nor even
apart from that objection were those countries then
open to colonization.
The col0DIzauon scheme, Wnle luus apparently
failing in practice, has been simultaneously attacked
in theory from two very opposite quarters. The
Abolitionsts have sssaied it an unworthy sub
mission, and even wicked encouragement, to the
groundless and unchrstian prejudice ofcaste, which,
instead of helping on the cause of emancipation
puts new and powerful obstacles in its way; while
the new school Of the advocates of Slavery, IS sn
Institution of God and nature, sanctioned by the
Bible, and in harmony with the best interest. Of
both bond and free have, on the other hand
secuted the colonization of the negroes 40 not
merely unnecessary, but As positively injurious-a
removal in fact Of one Of the main corner-stones
Of our republican system.
But what has contributed much more than AMI
thing else 10 the neglect into witch the co,olus
ton echrme hss Aven, has been tia &c lies which