The weekly Anglo-African. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1859-1861, 1860-05-12

their services for nothing say IN calmly
considering these facts fair estimate may
be made of the 6en>volencc of this new
scheme of English capitalists for the "trans-
fer" of these laborers "from one British
colony to another"
That such scheme as this should be
earnestly urged by certain West India pro-
prietors and English capitalists to promote
their own selfish purposes, is not surpris-
ing; but that it should be advocated by
Miss Martineau, and that the "Anti-Slave-
ry Standard" should publish the letter with
out comment, thus giving silent assent to
theexodus of SO large aportion of the color
ed population of the United States and
Canada as is here contemplated, is not SO
easily understood, especially when tits no.
ticed that the class referred to by Miss
Martineau are the fugitives from Southern
slavery who have recently sought home
in Canada, and those free colored men now
suffering from the atrocious laws of some
of the slave States of this Union, many of
whom, in their ignorance, may be led into
much suffering even in the swarm plains
and Islands of the West Indies" for Miss
M. very truly says, "Still, there is enough
of colonial prejudice about new methods to
render necessary the most vigilant care in
the making of contracts between the en-
ployer and employed"
AS Miss Martineau evidently perceives
some of the difficulties connected with this
West India emigration scheme she is advo-
eating, perhaps she will, in future letter,
inform her colored friends what are its adj
vantages superior to African emigration as
advocated by the "African Civilization So
ciety." If / understand the objects of this
society as expressed in Article 2 Of its
Constitution, as well as in the preamble
thereto, it does not propose to encourage
colored men to leave America to work for
low wages to advance the interests of Brit
ish capitalists and the wealth Of the British
empire, but to benefit themselves to raise
cotton, sugar, and coffee on their own farms,
the profits of which will accrue to them
selves, their children, and their race, while
at the same time they effectually suppress
both slavery and the slave-trade in Africa
by afording profitable employment to all
classes there-the natives as we'll as the
emigrant on their soil; and by thus bring
ing free labor into competition with the
more expensive slave labor in the United
States, they can undersell, and thus use
the surest means to destroy slavery in
America.
When we notice the very rapid progress
that is being made in agricultural pursuits
both in Liberia and other parts of Africa,
and that the objects of the African Civiliz-
alton Society contemplate government of
their own, to be conducted on enlightened
Christian principles such as already exist
in Liberia-encourageing only moderate
number of intelligent and enterprising men
to go from time to time as circumstances
may warrant tit seems surprising that
any true-hearted man or woman should be
found to object to it. And in contrasting
the advantages of these two plans-that
advocated by Miss Martineau and her
friends of transferring" colored laborers
from the United States and Canada to the
West Indies to promote the interests of
the aohite MIN, and that advocated by the
Rev. Henry Highland Garnet and his
friends to promote the welfare of the black
nsa,,-it should not be difficult matter
for sincere Abolitionists to decide between
them. Let thorough and intelligent ex-
animation of the two plans be made, and
1 think that every impartial man, and
even every prejudiced man, must decide in
favor of the latter. think that even
Charles L. Reason, George L. Downing,
and those other intelligent men who lately
called meeting to consider the merits OF
the African Civilization Society, in response
to letter from Miss Martineau, will hard
ly, on reflection, sustain the views of this
lady in preference to those of their friend
Mr.. Garnet
In his comments on the late meeting in
New York just referred to, let me ask if
the editor of the "Anti-Slavery Standard"
has not made some very great errors when
he supposes that large majority Of tho
colored people of New York are opposed
to the Civilization Society," The attempts
there made to identify it with the Ameri-
can Colonization Society certainly could
not have deceived the intelligent editor of
the STANDARD" He should have known
that the Civilization Society is thoroughly
anti-slavery in its objects and aims, as may
he seem nv the third article of lie Conet;tu