The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-10-17

Coloulzaslon,--1s 1t q 6olQtlon Of the Negro
Question !

Question
Tho Negro, whts shall We 10 with him? is
question which las long been agiy4tol, and
which no" demands lmptratiyeiy an apswer.
That .t would ultimately become question 0
immediate aud pressing Importance, as j. .s to
day has long been torescen, and there aelo not
wantIn. those who sought earnestly for the best
answer to this question, while to find the answer
was dCcu.cd matter Of expedieueJ rather Khan
OF urgent nee sslty Tao Colonization scheme
was deliberate attempt 10 present practical
bic and practical answer. has it done this
Has it given promise vbac II vii, DO it, OF dem
onstrated hat the scheme s u sound one not
embracing elrols that arg fundamental, ia its
theory? Alter forty years OF trIai wba5 is the
result, w4at must be the vtlaict? So lar as the
prime object the oliginatois of theechem9 8
concerned, il is generally conceded to have been
lai urc.
ILe march Of events il ar new world can
moi tarry Tor the working OF plan, + at after
forty years, has redeemed bat One-tortieth part
of those whom 1t was designed TO bring out Of
the house of bondage.
Why then we ask has the colonization scheme
failed to answer the expectations of its origlna-
torsl IL seems beautiful aud efficient as theory,
and the reason OF its comparative lneficiency in
practice does not lie SO near the surface as to be
apparent at glance. That a race suffering
from cruel oppression should wish to leave the
land of their degradation aud wrongs, and as
did our Pilgrim Fathers seek an asylum in
distant land, seems so natural and proper, that
we are apt to assume that that they will do So
as logical and necessary consequence. When
We add to tie force OF our reasoning the thought,
that the African, in leaving America, is fleeing
from persecution and prejudice ten-fold morein.
tolerable than that which made the Puritan an
exile, and that he goes to colonize not barren
and inhospitable coast but returns to the home of
his ancestors and his race, we are likely to be
overwhelmed with the conviction that we have
found beyond peradventure, the true solution
of the neglo problem. Fit were not for the
stubborn facts, to some Of which we have al
luded, and which must be accounted for, our
reasoning would seem incontrovertable.
An error in the above reasoning when practi-
caly applied to the case In hand, may be stated
thus 1t white mans reasoning, founded
upon white mans aspirations and feelings and
logic, but applied to the solution of a problem
in which only the African, and not the Anglo
Saxon nature, sentiments, will and capabilities
can be counted on. 1t is applying the methods
of civilization, in reasoning, to a nation not yet
civilized. The uncultiyated African ought to
be sensitive, high-toned firm and resolute. lie
should be heroic, and value liberty more than
life. lie ought to be all this, but unfortunate
~, alter centuries OF oppression, he is none oil
these. Here and there Prof Freeman, edu-
Gated, anu refined by rare culture, awakes to a
sense OF these truths and is inspired by senti-
ments to which most Of his race are strangers
They may feel the crushing weight of oppres-
sion, but have not the heroism that prompts to
leave home and friends and iatherland 10 escapo
from il. they lack that broad philanthropy
which seeks the welfare Of a race rather thar
present individual ease or enjoJ ment. Local as
socations, the timldity bred by ignorance an
life of servitude, bind them for the most par
with chains which the feeble will cannot break
Let it be granted that they ought to be daring
but still the fact remains that they are not lie
it be granted that they should be heroic, bu
still the higher sentiment which sacrifices pre-