Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-04-24

THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL "a
COIONlZATION.

p. Blair, OF Missouri, the general wisd0m
Of the policy OF colonization rfc"mu' Med
by the President, as necessary conrom-
itant Of any scheme OF emancipation that
may be devised by the S'.,-s and foster
ej hy lhe General Gov sInmeDt, is defend /
Cd at length, and supported with great
ability. Thu colonization ot the African
race on thi, continent ha> tound its ablest
supporter, in the wisest -tatesmen of the
past. rs we'll as thr present tim"s. Ii
was warmly favored by Washington and |
Jefferson, and in later nmrs by Daniel |
Webster, Henry Clay, and edward Ev-
ereft, and many other distinguished men,
l. is based upon the philosophy Of the in
compatibility of the races, and the natural
prejudice of the white race to association
With the black upon terms OF equality
The amaigamation of the races, S.AelGh
must follow more or less the intermingl-
ing of them in social life, is claimed 10 be
demoralizing in its effects 10 both, and 1t
is insisted that it would be detrimental IN
the highest degree to the welfare and
happiness of the country. Colonization
will lead To- an ultimate separation OF the
raoes. and thus promote the welfare and
happiness of the African and the Anglo
Saxon, and free the country from pop
ulaton that must EVER be a source of
trouble, so losg as it remains in. any con-
siderable numbers.
The testimony of Mr.. Blair, upon a
phase OF the present rebellion, which con-
meets itself with this subject, i. worthy Of
bph consideration, coio;og .: :; :; 55SS22 35SS2 trqS
consistent foe of domestic slavery, and
from one who has from hi- earliest l'te
been familiar with it. practical workings
and the tftc, it produces uFoh the white
race where it exits,
Mr.. Blair says the present rebellion Is
supported as determinedIy by the non,
slaveholdors of the South a. by the slave
holders themselves, strange as it may APP
pear at first thought. Mr.. Blair contends
that while thousands of the great planters
and slave owners were among the last 10
be drawn into the rebellion, the poor
whites were clamorous for it from the
start. This grew out of their ignorance
Of the purposes of the Republican party,
they l.aving been made to believe by the
southern demagOgues and partZan news
papers that the Southern States were to
be abolitionized under President LinColn's
administration. Thus was the ground
work laid for an etfectual appeal TO the
prejudices of the nJn-slaveholders towards
the negro race. 1t is the fear of having
the blacks made free, and elevatiug them
to the condition of the white working
classes of the South, in the social scale
that unites the non-slaveholder with ths
stakeholder in the rebellion.
In this view Mr.. Blair maintains tba
If practical system of colonization car
be devised, by which the system OF slave
ry shall be gradually removed from ih'
border tates, and the Africans withdraw
by their own consent to Il latitude con
genial to their tastes, habits and tempera
mea,, it will moi fail to receive the warn
support of the very class of whites in tb
South who now oppose emancipation til
most strenuously. For with this class
10 not love of slavery, but prejudice to th
African, which makes it the ally of slave
holders.
President Lincoln undoubtedly take
a Somewhat the same view. He was boz
in Kentucky, and has all his life lived i
Pio"ihiiy ~ 'hC Oia'O StdtSs, anu klU"
how strong this prejudice is, and how al
most impossible it must be ever 10 Grad
I cate it.
We hope the system Of colonization wi
be discussed in The border States cspe
elally, and We therefore consider thi
s. speech Of MIR. Blair rs opponune. 1t wi
d ooubIl.ss do much 10 turn the thought, q
Tue people upon a course OF Iolicy, ths
q slaii ere lopg be found in the providence
Vi ooi, practical avenue ihrough whic
had the country cut of the terribI
eT'is In which the condition Of SLAYER
81 has involved it.