The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1858-07-07
Circular to the Clergy of the State of

Ohio.
The Executive Committee of the Ohio
State Colonization Society have the pleas
ure to submit to your consideration the
following statement:
For ages Central Africa has been to.
the civilized nations Il terra iac0giuta.
Recently shc heart Of the continent has
been penetrated, and is now being thrown
omen to commerce and missions. The
vast interior, instead of being region of
arid wastes aid malarous SwampS, is
found TO be a land Of wonderful fertility
and beauty-watered by noble streams
teeming with animal and vegetable life,
enlivened with birds Of brightest plumage
and sweetest song, and peopled by vast
communities, who dwell in families cult
vate the soil, weave fabrics, forge metals,
and are accessible to civilized and Chris
tian men.
The America African community, plant
ed on the western coast about thirty years
ago, has grown into an independent Re-
public, with coast range of more than
five hundred miles, n commerce amount
ing to several millions Of dollars per an
num, and a civilized and thriving popula-
ton of about three hundred thousand
! souls. Coffee, cotton, sugar, rice, and all
tropical grains and growths are found to
! flourish there, and the gold fields are said
to cover an area Of more than thousand
miles.
Though Africa is a world Of fruits and
| flowers, with Italian skies and perpetual
summer; though the mercury never rises
higher than ninety nor sinks lower than
seventy, the climate Of the coast is par
/ tcularly fatal to the white man. The
graves Of our brethren are found from
Sierra Leone to the Gaboon River; and
the sunshine which kindleS life in every
thing there, and stirs and invigorates the
blood Of the African, darts death into the
white mans brain. The tropical man only
can abide and flourish on that coast The
colored people who are going forth from
! the drpressions of our country, under the
auspices of the American Colonization
Society, have not lost their tropical traits
! by dwelling among US; and as they share
our spirit and ideas, and are peculiarly
fitted to propagate our institutions and
worship through Africa, we must rely
mainly on III m, under God, as our preach
ers and teachers for that dark land.
The objects proposed by the Society,
whose claims we advocate, are marked by
such dciinitencss and philanthropy, and
its operations have been fraught with such
blessings to ETHIOPIA and her children, that
we can cordially commend it to the con-
iidcuce Of all who seek the welfare of the
colored people. Colonization is giving
homes to the homeless; civilizing race;
suppressing the traffic in human beings;
developing the resources of continent;
building up great English-speakihg en-
pire in Africa, and spreading abroad
there our ideas and worship '''
The time hls come for the Society tc
enlarge the sphere Of its operations, aud
10 plant settlements on the terraces and in
the valleys of the interior The May ex-
peditiou consisted Of one hundred an. I
eight persons, all we'll qualified fer oul
+ work in Africa Others are now apply
! ing for passage; and as the enterprise i,
dependent on the free will offerings Of the
people, we bcspeak for it the literal sup.
port of the patriot, the philanthropist and
the Christian.
Believing that the cause of African
colonization merits the confidence and aid
Of all who desire the welfare of Africs
and her children; therefore, -5' z'.- =
ReSoIrrd, That the clergy of this State
be requested to bring this statement before
their respective congregations, and to take
up collections on behalf Of the cause OF
the Fourth Of July, and to remit The
same to the Agent of the Parent Society
Rev. 4. G. Nicholson, Hamilton, Butlel
County, Ohio. ' ..'
I RcSoiced That the editors of the news
papers throughout the State be requested
to give publicity to the foregoing state,
ment ard resolution.
! SAMUEL w. FISHER, OfMt
S. RAMSEY WILSON, / Erscu.
A. n. RIDDLE tire
c. C. COMEGY'S, NJ. D. Com.
WILLIAM JUDKINs, NJ. NJ. y
Hon. Ii. II. LEAvITT,
The Vote in Kansas on the English
Proposition. ~ - ssa-
We publish below Gov. Denver's proc-
lamation, fixing the time, place, and man
ncr of holding the election in Kansas, on
the acceptance or rejection, of the propo-
.sition Submitted by the English bill: r- iss
.... Es PROCLAMATION -at gsd, gli
To tie Electors Of tie Territory of hdnsds:
BY virtue OF an act of Congress senti-
tied "an act for the admission of the State
of Kansas into the Union," approved
May +, 1851, and in accordance with the
instructions of the Board of officers au-
thoIized to carry the provisions Of said
act into effect: ~sa hsaa. r
|, James w. Denver, Governor of the
Territory of Kansas, do hereby proclaim
and make known, that on Monday the I'd
day OF August next, the qualified elec.
tors of the Territory will assemble at their
various places for voting and. then and