, 1862-04-28
Gerritt Smith on Colonization.
lErnm his sert nj letter tn MnntenuerY Blair

do not choose words too strong to express I
my emotions when I say an alarmed and dis |
political Caste Colonization party is in process
OF organization, and that gentlemen of the
high standing and anti slavery anteecdcuts of
yourself and Senator Doolftt1e are faVoring it.
It will from the Fl Fst, act in concert with, aud
vi, nE9eaels soon be- become one oeIp.t opeta.y one
which its Pro-SlayeEy leaders are now at
work to rally. Such g. Colonization party is
dis1ipgnishRble in narae only, and not at all in
effect from On open pro slavery party. The
well rs the Republican party feel that the
present Is emphatica11y no time for such work.
Until the war, which threatens the life Of the
country, is ended. they will have no part in
building up the Democ.atic or Republican. or
any other party; Until then, their one work
will be to save the country
Idtprecate the nascent colonization party,
not because fear its SUCCESS When slavery
shall be abolished land VIC are on the eve Of its
abolition the party will die. 81 ttred OF the
blacks. which is the pabulnm aud soul Of the
psrty, gets all it's life and virus from alHery.
Slage1F dead, and the desire to eolonize the
blacks would also be dead. You aud Senator
Doolittlc would find no more sympathy with
your scheme. My, you would yourselves
have no mere s. mpathy with it, And If slavery
sent on any terms to the colonization Of the
n,ass Of the blacks, either those in OF those
out Of slavery.
They vii, a: were the shareholders Of Mary
Land, be found valulng the services Of black
! men too highly to consent to their expulsion
from the country Nor do dcprecatc the
! parry because the first actual atre npt to
| drive millions of useful, Innocent people out
! Of rho nation would btgin q war Of 1aces in
/ which the dozen millions Of blacks in this
| hemisphere, aud the whole civilized word In
| addition, would be against US. For there
| never will be this first actual attempt, Wten
| the time for it shall have conc. the daring
and the disposition will both be Iaoking.
| It is for other causes that dcprec4se this
! colonization movement. Its tendency will
ing at the cause Of the var, aud to producc
hesitation, diversion, compromise at mo-
ment when the salvation Of the country calls
for blows, immediate, united, and where, at
whatever dauage to whatever other interest,
they will fall most effectively. Not its least
lanlenfab1e tendency Is to foster in the Amer
lean people that mean pride Of Face aud that
murucrous spirit Of caste By which they have
4 outraged and crushed SO many millions, and
for which they are now in the righteous prov
idence Of God called to an account so appal
Ing.
SecrefAry Stanton and the Generals
(eorxeepo4 4dence Of n. r. Times Thursday
There are not many matters Of local interes
now before the Washington public The re
l HQt4Eu E3HtA{t LA LIZ CaulQEL has EAE1IEu u1Dff
. attention abroad than it did here. Mr. St1n
Ton is said to have pcremptoriIy demanded
, | chapEe ofmilitary leaders in certain dep art
! nent, which the President as pcremptorily de
,, | clined to make. Political experts said th,
= Minister must reaign-but be did not.
This demand for q change Of Generals wa
> not gade In the district lying west Of the rcn
= nessee River, where it might With great pro
1 ptiety haSatskeu place. Gen. Grant has bee
: n3otheosixed by the Secretary Of War, in hi
! famous Letter to the Tribune, as one who con
- qners BIZ tstAe spirit Of the Lord" and b
:. tsmoy1nE immediately upon the enemy
worke. The massacre at Shiloh, wherei
. 5000 Union epldiers were lost through Grant
:. d,unkennees,' or incomretency, or both, Is
:, severe commentary On the thoughtless e1.hr
biasm which nominates Grant for a Major Ger
# eral en'the telegraphic account Of Donelson
l. fall. {pgopably written. By one of those coaY!
. | nient Haids, ~ and holds his example up,
the dispaI agement of every other man In Il
+ service who has less the trick Of sounding h
h own trumpet.
InGemuch rs few correspondents have Sal
o more friendly things OF Secretary Stanto
d than ], and no Paper has sustained him vii
a. mora universal loyalty than the 1fnEz, to
~ 1T least shon1a be allowed the privilege OF +
- miudfng him that he too Is mortal: and til
ae Qul1ouc Mlta sgainet the public Press, at
be rash appTov ais and censurcs Of military rae
a. whose real merit OF de1ner3t he ID aecessazi
| In great part ignorant ot, do not constitute al
III solid part of:e Minigte.s reputation for Il
discreet and successful discharge OF his mo
important National trust