The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-06-27
>. G. MERCER, Editor.
I,berIa-CoIonizatIon of Free
Negroes,

slaves who will be from time to time
freed by owners in self defence, and Tor
thousands of others who will be taken
from their owners by the Government as
the penalty Of treason. 1t is CONNER
cial fact which no intelligent man can
fail to see, that negro property IS be-
coming worthless in consequence oil
the miserable policy, or rather want
of policy on the part Of the rebels. The
Secessionists have proved them selves to
be the only radical abolitionists of the
country inasmuch as their course has
made slave property worthless, almost
and will in six months more make 1t
worse than valueless. The very men
who are now expressing great fears lest
they shall lose their slaves, will by that
time ask the government to take them
off their hauds. We do not argue for or
against the institution of slavery but
only state fact fast being developed
'Jy The friction of,0ar," to quote the words
of Ex-Gov. BRowN, in his speech at Co
lumbia. We can no more fight against
this great political and social fact by ar
gument, than we can turn back the adj
vancing tide or stay the descending av-
alanche, or the torrent of waterfall, |
by q process Of ratrocination &C
cording to the rules Whatley's logic. 1t
is the business Of statesmen not TO frame
impracticable or impossible theories, but
to make the best use Of events and facts
which the progress of time has develop
ed, and which, coming from God himself,
no mortal mind can reason away, and no
mortal power can turn aside or control.
We wish at this point to consider the
subject of colonizing the free negroes of
this country,-not as an act of humanity
to the negro, but as an act Of SAFETY and
interest 10 ourselves. We must do il I'm, o,v
otCn security Liberia thirty years ago
attracted the attention Of the all-grasp-
ing and far seeing mind Of HENRY CLAY,
who was far ahead Of his contemporaries
in his views on the subject of colonial
ton, and the rejection of whose advice
on that subject Kentucky to-day bitterly
regrets. The late researches and explo-
Tations of LIVINGSTON and other travel
lers, and of the intelligent and humane
gentlemen connected with the Colonial
ton Society--of which despised, villif-
ed but noble organization HENRY CLAY
was the founder and first Prcsident-havc
shown that Africa instead of being a
mere arid desert, breeding nothing but
tigers and boa-constrictors, embraces a
vast region of the most fertile soil on the
globe, producing in astonishing abund-
snce the finest qualities of Cotton,
Coffee, Sugar, and all the fruits of
the tropics. We think it may be laid
down as an irrefutabe proposition
that Col Rerer iegtocs either material
or mental resources i0idom intending that
they shall be Developed, None but n
besotted fanatic whose brain has been
shrivelled TO a cobweb, and whose blood
has grown cold as a scrpcncs in studying
the divine right Of HAM, SHEM and IA
PHETH, will venture to deny this PROPOSE
ton Providence is generous, but never
spendthift To whom then does this
magnificent country belong? Not to the
white race, for it cannot live there for any
length of time. II certainly was intend
ed for the home Of the African. It is
the negroes habitation. The history ofthe
Liberian colony will compare layorably
with the early history Of the early Cav
alters who first settled Virginia. They
are more healthy more. industrious,
more thrifty and moro moral, Many
of the colonists are wealthy and
still more independent, The colony has
Of course some idlers and vagabonds,
who are not great deal better than the
hre-eaters of South Carolina, the repudi-
ators of Mississippi, or JEFr DAVIS and
his cabinet at Richmond There are
probably fellows who would stop to play
the part Of JoHN b. FLoyp, OF IsuAM G.
HARRIS, if they had chance but these
creatures are found in all countries and
in all ages. Experience has shown the
colony TO be a success Now, as we said
before, looking merely TO our own well
fare, and the safety Of the republic The