Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-09-04
The Plan Of Negro Colonizatin in Cen
trail America.
Commissioner Pomeroy's Address
to the Colered People.
WASHINGTON, August %, 1862.


WASHINGTON, August %, 1862
Senator S. G. Pomeroy has, by request of
! the President consented to organize emgra-
tion parties of free colored persons for settle
ment iu Central America, and been commits
stoned accordingly. This gentleman's former
success, in organizing emigrant expeditions for
the settlement of Kansas and Colorado affords
guarantee of his present plans. The govern
ment proposes to seLd out the emigrants In
good steamships and provide them with all
the necessary implements of labor and also
sustenance until they can gather harvest.
The following address, prepared by Senator
| Pomeroy, has been sanctioned by the Presl-
{ dent:
! To THE FREE CoLoRED PEOPLE OF THE UNITED
! STATES -
| The hour has now arrived in the history Of
your settlement upon this content when 1t IS
within your power to take one step that will
secure, if successful the elevation, freedom
and social position of your race upon the
American continent The President of the
! United States has already signifed his desire
to carry out fully, in the letter aud spirit OF
the late act of Congress, the desire of the ma
tional legislature, which made an appropra
ton to facilitate your emigration and settle
ment in some favorable locality outside of
these States /; and at his request l have con-
| scnted aud agreed with hi / to cid you 10
| organizing this emigration and in selecting a
| locality that Fiil be valuable and attractive to
your people n itself as well as give the promise
| to you aud TO US that it shall Oe suitable To-
cation for great, free and prosperous people
| | now address you as one awake TO the momen
| tous revolution in American history alive also
| to your interest in this coufct of arms, where
by you are led to hope that i'll thus uusetlling
established institutions your peope may go
! free
! This, then, is the hour for you to make ali
earnest effort to secure your own social posi-
tion aud Independence, by cooperating with
those who now reach out their hands to aid
you. | ask yon to do this by the pride you
may have to make another exhibition to the
world of the valor, heroism and virtue of the
colorcd race by the love you may have for
your struggling and oppressed people now
among US, as we'll by the hopes you may ill.,
! dulge of making smooth and prosperous the
! pathway of coming generations.
! propose, o the first day of October next,
| to take with me one hundred coored men, as
pioneers in this movement, who with their
/ ldLli!ltS; uidS Suuul VI OOO SOulo,
and for whose benefit the appropriations iu
the acts of Congress referred TO were made
The President will provide US the means Of
transportation and the protection of the settle
ment Being familiar with organizing and
settling the early emigration to my own State
! (Kausas), | indulge the hope that that eXper-
ience may be made serviceable to you. | am
in earnest for the welfare of your people, pre-
sent and prospective. | want you to consider
this as au auspicous period for you.
If this travail and pain Of the nation be
come the birthday Of your freedom let US
plant you free and independent beyond the
reach Of the power that has oppressed you
Consider this as an opening by the wisdom Of
Divine Providence, when you are called of
God to go with me to country which your
oppressed people are soon to receive for their
inheritance,
l propose to examine, and, if found salts
factory and promising, to settle you at Chiri
qui, in New Granada with the approval oi
the government), only about one weeks sail
from Washington, D. c AL persons of the
African race of sound health, who desire to
take with me the lead in this work, will please
send their names, their number, sex and ages
Of the respective members of their families and
their post Office address to me at tue city OF
Washington, D. c. No white person will be
allowed as a member of the colony. | want
mechanics and laborers: earnest, honest aud
sober men for the interests of generation,
it may be of mankind, or involved in the sIc-
cess OF this experiment, and with the approba
tion of the American people, and under The
blessing of Almighty God, it cannot, it shall
not fail. S. POMEROY,
United States Senate.
Senator P0meroy has entered heartily into
the Presidents colonization scheme. He ha:
become a thorough convert to the President's
policy, aud has a colony ready to start with
him for South America about the lst of Oc
tober Mr. Pomeroy devotes his attention
practically to this subject, without any pecu
mary compensation or benefit
A FUNNY INcIDENr-On the steamer Indt
ana, on one of her trips down the Mississippi
there happened to be on BOARD Hoosier from
the Wabash, going to New Orleans, who haG
an old fiddle upon which he continually scrap
ed away, to the annoyance of the passengers
A Frenchman of delicate nerves and musica
ear was greatly annoyed. He luttered, fdget
ed, swore at the fiddle, and begged the Hoosel
to stap but it was no 60 The Hoosir swore
he'd Emusic as long as he pleased" At last
big Kentuckian placed himself before the
fiddle saying, III fix him, "and commenced brag
ing with all his might, and drowned the screech
ing of the fiddle The discounted Hoosel
beat hasty retreat, greeted by the shouts Of
passengers and the delight of the Frenchman
During the night the Kentuckan lett the boat
The next morning before breafast the passen
gers Were stirt!, by the dScordant sounds OF
the old fiddle again. Hoosier had discovered
that the coast was clear, and was bound for
revenge on the passengers. The Frcnchman
just seated to read his paper, one the first
round arose, and looking anxiously around
shrugged his shoulders. and then shonted =