Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-06-02
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We have heard much Of late years from
Ethiopian philanthropists of the down
trodden and oppressed African-the gross
injustice of the individual and social pre-
JUDGES exis ting against him-how suscep.
tible he is to the cultivation, and how
easily made acquainted with the higher
arts Of refinement, and naturally enter.
prising in the industrial pursuits. We do
not deny that there is grain Of truth in
all this, for We remember the excited
sympathy Of our school boy days, when
with tremulous voice and slow we read
Bryant's Captive
"Chaned In the market place he stood"
But how in the present state Of society
to amelioratc the condition Of this unfor.
,unate people, and multiply their means
of happiness and development has been a
vexed question. Benevolent men have
shared their possessions with them, only 10
see them squandered ; calculating men
have gathered them together in their an.
cestral land, with liberal laws and impor-
tant advantages--to witness their incapa.
city for self government the equality"
party have admitted them to political pri-
viliges which the furriner" could behold
only great way off, still the icebergs Of
public feeling kept drifting around the un>
happy African. All projects failing it was
reserved fer ex-minister, doctor, specuIa.
tor, J. S. PaEscorr Of Spirit Lake, to dis.
cover for this people North West passage
to happier land.
Let the reputed descendants Of Caanan
rejoice end be glad for their deliverance
is at hand The amiab'e Doctor, grasping
the idea of their social and political ele
walton, turned i,inerant preacher last VIM
ter and proclaimed to the colored brethren
Of some Eastern States the exceeding
beauty and richness Of North Western
Iowa, and its pre- eminent advantage for
the amelioration Of his chosen race. lie
proposed to lead colony hither-told
them that here they could enjoy the lar
gest degree Of civil liberty-make their
own laws--choose their own rulers-grow
in knowledge, wealth aud power. Verify
the African caught glimpses of new ex-
stence-dreamed Of the cocoa and the
palm--conceiyed it to be land of spices
and promise. We do not believe that the
astute Doctor can succeed in his ebony
project. In the name Of common sense
what could he do with his colonial band
upon the broad, bleak and woodless prai
ries Of Cherokee, Clay or Dickinson
Does he believe that the negro is the
favorite child Of the sun, and attended By
4 tropical heat wherever re ~anders, fsnd
that his coming would moderate the elm
ate Or does he regard him All Orpheus
whose musical tones will cause the trees
to follow and the streams to obey him. and
thereby supply us with timber and water !?
The whole thing is too absurd for seri
business on the part of DR.. PsEscorr. 1t
looks more like private speculAtion--an
attempt to make something out OF the
misguided sympathies of eastern aboli,
tionists, and whatever they may contribute
to this insane project will be thrown to
the winds. Certainly it will not tend to
improve the condition of the co!ored race
Such colony is not wanted, and cannot
sustain itself here. Its Introduction would
only create during the winter months an
active demand for undertakers and coron-
er's juries. The burden Of the negro's
| song would be
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