Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-09-13

i-s tie H0remeat-Hls 4ddTsss 10 tte CoioraE
/ People.
WASHINGTON, August 25-Ssnator S. C.
Pomeroy has, By request Of the President, CON
5ented % organize emigration parties Of free col
Ored persons, for settlement In Central America.
and been commissioned accordingly. This gen
tleman's former experiences in Organizing smi-
I grant expeditions for the settlement Of Kansas
and Colorado affords a guarantees of bappy
| contamination Of his present plans. The gov
| eTnmeut proposes % send out the emizraBts Ill
/ good steamships. and provide them with al tho
| necessary implements Of labor, and also susie
nance until they can gather a harvest
/ Ihe following address, prepared by Senator
l POmeTOy, las been sanctioned by the Presidens
To the Free Colored People OF the Uni cd States
The hour has now arrived in the history Of
your settlement upon this continent when il is
within your own power to make one step ths1
viii secure, If suecessful, the elevation, freedom
and social position Of your race upon tie Ameri-
can continent The President Of the United
States has already signi6ed his desire 10 carry.
out fully, in tie letter and spirit Of the late act
OF Congress, the desire OF the national legi5la-
turs. which made an appropriation 70 laciitats
your emigration and settlement iu some favOra-
bic locality outside Of these States and at hiE
request have consented and agreed with him 30
aid you IN organizing this en- grafton, and IN Sc
-scting locality that viii be valuable and at
tractive % yOuI people in Itself, as well as give
the promise 10 you and 70 Us that it shall bs a
suitable location tor great, free aad Dr1sDsrOus
people l now address you as one awake 10 this
m0meut0us revolution IN American history, alive
also 10 your interest n this conflict 0I arms
whereby you are led to hOp5 that in thi5 unset
tling Of established Institutions your people may
90 free. This, then, IS the hour for you to make
one earnest effort to secure your own social posi-
ton and Independence, by cooperating with
those who now reach out their hands 70 aid you
ask you 10 do this by the pride you may have
70 make another exhibition % Jhs world 1f th8
valOr, her0ism and virtue Of the eol0rsd race,
blythe love you may bsve for your struggling
aud oppressed people now among US, as wei By
the hopes you may indulge OF making smooth
aud prosperous the pathway Of coming genera
ti0ns
] propose on the lst day OF Oet0bsr next, 70
take with ne one hundred c1.ored nuen As DE-
CEeets IN this movement, who, with their mmi-
les may equal the number Of I've hundred
souls, and for whose benefit the appropriations
IN the acts Of Congress referred to we're made.
he President viii provide Us the means 0f
transportation, and the protection Of the SET
tement. Being familiar with Organizing and
settling the early emigration to ny own STATE,
(ksnsSs), / indulge the hope that that expert
suCs msy be Tuade serviCsab.s % you I am
y
and prospective. l want you TO consider this
as an suspiciOus period tOr you If this travail
aud pain Of the nation beOE1es the birthday
OF your freedom, let Us plant yOu free and inds-
pendent, beyond the reach Of the psver that
bas oppressed you. Consider this as an opening
by the wisdom Of Divine ProviIsucs whes y0u
are called Of God TO 20 with me 70 s country
which your oppressed people are soon 20 re-
Ceive iJr their inheritance.
I propose to examine, and If found satisia--
tory and promising to settle you q CbilqUs,
In New Granada, with the approval Of the
goysrnment) only about one weeks sail .1Ju
Washington, D. O.. All persons Of the African
race, of sound health, whs desire 70 tEke with
me, the lead in this work, VIII plesss send their
names, their number, sex, and ages Of ths re-
spsctivs members Of their families and rlsir
post 0tice ADDRESS 70 me, at the city Of Wash
iugtou, ID. c. No white person viii be allowed
as a member of the colony I want mechanics
and leb0rers, earnest honest and sober men Ter
the interests Of a generation. it may be- of usu- -
kind, are involved IN the success of this eIper-
meH-, snd with the spprobst0n Of the Amsri-
can people, and under .ia blessing OF A.u gdty
God it cannot, il shall not fsiL
s c. PONEBOY.
United States Sansts.