Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-02-27

NnInniLation schcmc,.

Aucn- the recent projects 60 cclom-c the col
orei people Of the United States, the following
are worthy Of special notice
FJra-Au earnest, formal appeal comes from
the Hayticn Government. presenting great APP
parent Inducements for them to cmigrate 10 Hay
/ ii. general agent is employed TO obtain the
desired emigrants. whose compensation Is some
/ $50 per capita. \ large company are az length
induced 10 90: many Of whom die soon after
] their arrival 0fthosc who survive, some return
10 the United States, and others it is sail. are
imprisoned for refusing to perform the labor re-
quirel Of them for the wages oiiercl
Scc0pd-A certain party, claiming TO have q
large interest in land in ChriQui, Central Amer
lea, represents that country as a uitable place
to colonize negroes. To effect tie proposed sell
Element tbs aid Of our Government Is solicited
for the transportation Of emigrsnts and for their
Subsistence and comfort for given time ia their
new home-also, $50, 900 for mining purpose,
to he refunded in coal, which, It was said, could
be obtained there in great quantities. The sum
Of SOS, 600 was paid from our national treasury
in the prosecution Of this scheme, hut a remon-
STRANGE against the establishment Of such colo
ny from the authorities Of New Granada, stop
ped all further operations in that direction. Il
is stated On good authority. that all tho claim
the party in question had in Chiriqui, was the
right Of way for a railroad, and thst there Is
no coal there worth mining.
ThirG-A man Of enterprise leases Of the
Haytien Government for twenty years the island
Of A'Vache-a neighboring island, which IS said
70 cover an area Of about a hundred square
miles. This island. though uninhabited, is sup
posed 70 contain very valuable timber, end 3
fertile soil, adapted to all tropical productions.
The lessee, of course, wants ''fed hands 70 cul-
tivste it, and he comes 70 the United States af-
ter negroes, and seeks Governmental sid in the
prosecution Of his object, and is hopeful Of get
ting S2el, 900 from the treasury, but finally
fails. Whether he viii aucceei in his COLOMBIA
ton project remains 20 he seen.
Finally United States consul at Hsyti has
leased about 800 acres Of land on the island for
seven years for the purpose Of raising cotton and
sugar for market lie Of course wants laborers
and he is now in Washington after negroes to col
onize the land in his possession. lie only asks
the Government TO pay their transportation, and
support them six months or 50 after their arri-
val
Such arc some Of the colonization schemes
which have Of late sgitatei the public mind
When compared with the benevolent scheme Of
.4frieaH colonization, they must appear in the
judgment IF an intelligent community, as selfish
and oppressive.
Il was decided more than forty years ago. af-
ter due deliberation and able discussion on the
subject, that Africa was the only country that
promised real and permanent benefit to the free
blacks Of America. The committee TO whom the
subject was referred, say in their report
"No other, adapted to the colony in contem-
plation, presented itself to our view nearer than
Africa, the native land Of negroes; and proba-
bly, that is the only country on the globe 10
which il would be practicable to transfer our free
people Of color with safety and advantage TO
themselves and the civilized world Il Is the
country which. in the order ofProvidence. seems
to have been Appropriated 10 that distinct famly
Of mankind And while il presents the fttest
asylum for the free people Of color, it opens a
wide field for their Improvement in civilization,
morals and religion. which the humane and en-
lightened memorialists have concoivclit possible
in process If time. TO spread over that great
continent.
These words of wisdom and forecast are album
dainty verified by the events Of history during
the existence and operations Of the American
Colonization Society, In whose behalf they were
uttered How then can the true friend Of the
black man do less, what can he do more for the
welfare Of the race than help sustain this lencf-
cent institution
JOHN CIRCUIT,
Secretary American Colonization Society.