Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1862-08-26

TO go anywhere, why not there? One
reason for an unwillingness to do SO IS
that some of you w5uld rather remain
within reach Of the country o. your ma
tNlty. do not know how much attach
ment you may have toward our race. It
does not strike me that you have the great
est reason to love them. But still you are
attached TO them at all events. The place
| am thinking about having for a colony
Is in Central America. 1t is nearer to us
than Libera-not much more than one
fourth as far as Liberia, and within seven
days run by steamers. Unlike Liberia, it
is on great line Of trayel--it is a high
way. The country is very excellent one
for any people, and with great natural re-
sources and advantages, and especially be-
cause of the similarity Of climate with your
native land-thus being suited to your
physical condition. The rticular place
| have in view is to be a great highway
from the Atlantic or caribbean sea to the
Pacific Ocean, and this particular place
has all the advantages for a colony. On
both sides there are harbors, among the
first in the world. Again, there is evil
dence Of very rich coal mines. A certain
amount Of coal is valuable in any country.
and there may be more than enough for
the wants Of the country. Why / attach
so much importance to coal is, it will az
ford an opportunity to the inhabitants for
immediate employment till they get ready
to settle permanently in their homes. If
you take colonists where there is no good
landing there is bad show, and so where
there is nothing to cultivate aud Of which
to make a farm. But if something is
started so that you eau get your daily
bread, as soon as you reach there it is a
great advantage. Coal lane is the best
thing know Of with which to commence
an enterprise. To return-you have been
talked to upon this subject, and told that
speculation is intended by gentlemen
who have as interest in the country, in
Guiding the coal mines We have been
mistaken all our lives if we do not know
whites as well as blacks look to their self
interest. Unless among those deficient Of
intellect, everybody you trade with makes
something. You meet with these thugs
here, and elsewhere. If such persons have
what will be an advantage TO them, the
question is whether it cannot be made of
advantage to you. You are intelligent,
and know that success does not as much
depend on external help as on selfreliance.
Much, therefore, depends upon yourselves.
As to the coal mres, | thing | see the
means available for your sell.reliance. /
shall, if | get sufficient number Of you
engaged, have provisions made that you
shall not be wronged. If you viii engage
in the enterprise, | will spend some of the
money entrusted to me. | am not sure
YOU viii suce 81. The government may
lose the money, but we cannot succeed I'M
less we try; BUT We think with care We
can succeed. The political affairs 10 Cen
trail Amercr are not in quite as satisfacto-
ry condition as | wish. There are con
tending factions in that quarter; but it is
true all the factions are agreed alike on the
subject of colonization, aud want it, and
are more generous than we are here. To
your colored race, they have no oljec-
ton.
Besides, would endeavor to have you
made equals, and have the best assurance
that you should be the equals Of the best
The practical thing want to ascertain is,
whether [ clh get a.number Of able-bodied
men, with their wives and children who
are willing to go when | present evidence
Of encouragement and protection. Gould
| get hundred tolerably intelligent men,
with their wives and children, and "cut
their fodder" SO to speak Can | have
fifty? If | could find twenty-five able
bodied men with a mixture Of women and
children, good things 10 the family relation
| think. | could make a successful com
mencenent. | want you to let me know
whether this can be done or not This -
the practical port Of my wish to see you
These are subjects Of very great import
ance, worthy of a months study, OF a
speech delivered in an hour. | ask you
then to consider seriously, not pertaining to
yourself merely, nor for your race, and
cnrs. for the present time, but as one of
the things, if successfully managed, for
the GOOD of mankind-not confined to the
present generation, but as
s.From age to age descsnds tho lay
10 millions yet to be,
Till far its echoes roll away
Into eternity"
The above is merely given as the sub
stance Of the Presidents remarks.
The chairman Of the delegation briefly