The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07
From the Windsor journal
The Vermont Colonization Society.

Mr.. EpITCR A communication appears
in Your paper Of the 21'h ult., in which it is
affirmed without qualification, that the Yer
mont Colonization Society is "of no practical
value" grand humbuS,' a "handmaid CT
slavery" &c. With no wish for controversy
and no expectation of taking further notice
of language of this sort, beg leave to sub
nit to your readers the following facts:
l. The Vermont Colonization Society has
existed since Oct. %, 1919. 1t sprung from
rs benevolent hearts, as wise minds and as
sklllful hands, as were ever known in tie
state. 1t has enrolled from the beginning
and it now numbers among its members and
friends, many of the most honored names III
the commonwealth. ClerSymen aud laymen,
Christians and nhilanthropists whose claims
to respect and confidence have never been
doubted, have literally contributed to its
funds and earnestly labored fer its benevolent
object.
Fer fort;-on years (perhaps nearly as
long period as the memory Of your CORES
pondent will cover,) this society las been re,
garded by many good peoile in the state
iwho are possibly as well qualified to Judge
y
and philanthropic institution.
>. This society, iii connection with the
American Colonization Society, is successful
ly aiding to the solution Of the problem re-
speeding the capabilities CT the negro race.
1t has demonstrated the title of the black
man to place i'll the human family and a
name among the nations, by giving him the
means of culture and development, with the
institutions and arts Of civilized life under
his own control, and upon the sell of his
forefathers in Africa.
The schools and churches and industrial
products; the laws and commerce, the peo-
pie and government of Liberia, form Il tansi-
bic demonstration Of the justice of the color
ed mans claim 10 respect. The enterprise
Of this society has alone, and first in the his
tory of the world, given n,,iiouali,y to the
black race.
3. This society has aided in placing some
hive thousand emancipated slaves, whose
bonds might never otherwise have been bro
ken. in the land of their ancestors, with the
blessings Of freedom and religion under a
government controlled by men of their own
color.
Within the last year the friends Of this So
ciety have freely contributed more than twelve
hundred dollars for sending TO
Liberia a family of emancipated slaves, eight
cen in number, who might otherwise have re-
verted to servitude. 1t has also aided nearly
as many Thousand free born colored people
who wished to better their condition. to en-
igra.e to that new republic and there find the
blessings of which they despaired in this
land.
4. The Vermont Colonization Society has
aided in providing place of safety and the
best Welfare tor the rerdpt,Utd ririim of the
Slave traffic. Not less than two thousand of
these n.ettAed creatures have been landed
n MonroVia within the past vear-eleyen
hundred from Key Yves. and large number
from tie "Storn, King" and Erie" taken
ABOUT iiity miles off the Congo.
D. Inc enterprise of this society has been
instrumental Of breaking up more than thirty
Oarracoons' and OF putting an end to the
slave traffc tor more than five hundred miles
along the African coast, and within q space
OF at least thirty Thousand square miles. In
connexlon with other agencies of similar
nature, it has efectuay stopped the African
save trahc' neari! the entire distance upon
the coast north Of the equator.
6. This society has aided in onen;no =
peaceful commerce with Africa, which NAV
result IN benefits that cannot be comnuted.
to the natives Of tina: dark continentrand IN