The weekly Anglo-African. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1859-1861, 1860-03-31
DIR. Pennington and the African
Civilization Society.

Civilization Society.
This gentleman lectured in the Rev g.
w Levere's church, Brooklyn, in opposi-
ton to the African civilization movement.
We regret that there was SO few persons
present, as the doctor had thoroughly pre-
pared himself for the occasion. Taking
the Cooper Institute meeting for his text,
he claimed that said meeting was ill-timed,
badly gotten up, and badly managed.
That it was badly managed, because it
had invited six gentlemen to speak who
were old colonizationists, and had not been
committed to the views of the society, and
that it was great oversight on the part of
the managers of the meeting, that they did
not have resolution drawn up to put in
to these mems hands, that would have COM
mitted them, and that DR.. Tyng's absence
was not accounted for satisfactorily. That
it was ill-timed, because the leaders of the
Republican party, with the Hon. f. P.
Blair and Horace Greeley at their head,
are joining in crusade aolth the african
Cacltt2Gtaon Society, to secure the expat-
sion Of the free cotOreI people from THIS
country. His proofs for these assertions
were the speeches and letters of VIM. III.
Seward, Judge Bates, Senator Wade, F.
p. Blair and Horace Greeley. He then
called attention to the fact that some of
the Northern States were already acting
upon the measure. The lecturer wanted
to know, in view of these facts, if this was
time for colored men to be found uniting
with our enemies in the formation of socie-
ties for our expatriation Shall we, after
having stood up so long for our rights in
this country, now sound retreat? He
denied the rights of the society Or its sec.
retary to beg money to send the people to
Africa, because they have not said that
they wanted to go. He said that he was
in favor of the society at the time of its
formation, because he supposed it was
formed for the purpose of educating going
men, and assisting to pay of the indebted
ness of our churches but having discover
ed the real objects of the society, he will
oppose it to the best of his ability.
He called upon the people to rally
against the society, stating that if they suf-
fered it to exist, "there is death in the
pot" that the society had determined that
every colored minister who opposed it
should be driven from his charge, and even
laymen killed, as far as their influence went
He proposed that the African Civilization
Society should be disbanded, and the ques-
ton taken up de aeOU0.
The Rev. Mr.. Levere then made few
remarks in appreciation of the positions
taken by the lecturer, and at the sugges-
ton of the Rev. Mr.. Prime, (who counseled
the people not to make up their minds UNI
til they had heard both Sides very kindly
consented to open his church next Monday
evening for free discussion of the whole
subject.
Dear "Anglo,' your reporter being a
member of the A. c. s., and being utterly
astonished at some of the statements made
by the lecturer, is not sure that he has suf-
ficiently to give an impartial and
accurate report, but that [ have tried to do
so as well as your limited space will allow,
is the asseveration of BoBIN'-AROUND.