The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-10


pheres, en- analytical, historical and highly iu-
tcrestilg synopsis Of the great Fenian organiza-
ton which is to put an end to British rule in
ireland, place "the green above the redo and
make the Emerald Isle the Eastern State Of the
great republic. We can spare hundred thou
sand Irishmen from our victorious army to
finish up that little job in the neatest of Styles
without reckoning at all upon the unimported
Fenians who never breathed the free air Of Ame-
rica We have hundred thousand more of our
own .restless, ambitious and war-tried braves to
\ step over into Mexico, and intimate TO Messrs.
Macmillan, Napoleon and Company that they
| are unwelcome visitors in our poor neighbours
establishment ard that, like Lady Macbeth's
guests, they must not stand upon the order Of
their going, but go quickly. And we have still
one or two hundred thousand more of Africans
swarthy sons to do the work allotted to them
| in these marvellous times.-to wipe out the last
vestige OF the slave trade, to substitute Christi
anity for fotichism and to obliterate the human
sacrifices and other "grand customs' of Daho-
mey substituting for them even rude imita-
ton Of TIE religion, the laws, the agriculture
|
J. short, we have solved the problem Of "what' TO
do with the neyros" There is grand work
before him We have I'll heard Of The Dutch
having captured Holland. Why should not the
negro capture Africa?
Philanthropic England has been making use
less efforts for over q century to explore and
Cbristianize Africa She has had her Mungo
Parks, and Spel1es and Burtons. and Living
stons to make known 10 the world the horrible
destiny of the untold millions Of that vast con-
tinent, and she still has, in combination with
ourselves, cruisers along the coast to thwart
Spanish and Portuguese factors in their ncfari-.
Gus slave traffic. There is a short and eheo-
tnal way of squclching King Gelele, his Royal
| Majesty Of Dahomey, trampling out the fetch
idolatry, with It's fearful human sacrifices, CIV
ing a deathblow TO the slave trade and other
! African abominatons, and bringing that long
accursed continent within the circle of ciyilza-
tioa. Need we designate it? Does not the
idea occur to every mind? Who can fail to
| perceive that the moment has arrived SO long
foreshadowed by the apologists Of slavery in
this courry--wben Africa is to be redeemed
! by her own children, who will return enlight-
ened, civilized, trained to agriculture, social
| sciences, and the military art able and willing
to clear out ell the dospotic kingly and priestiy
savages that may stand in their way An army
of white missionaries with tracts and prayer
books would be far less efrectual in spreading
! the religion and civilization OF Christian lands
among the African heather than few divi-
| sions of colorec troops with rifles and cartridge
boxes. Tbey are the real civilizers, the only
effective teachers that can be sent TO "Afcic's
coral strand"
What a geld is thus open for the enterprise
: Of American citizens of African descent There
are empires TO be founded, races to be re-
deemed from baroarism, great continent to
be brought within lie influence Of modern
civilization. Americans have the honor Of
having opened Japan to commerce. Let them
also haye the immcasurably greater honor Of
clearing away all the barriers TO trade with the
1 land Of ivory and palm oil, to be converted
/ also into the land Of cotton and coffee. II ap-
I pears 60 us that, for africa, ''now is Inc ac-
! ceptea time, and now IS the day of salvation
/ Let expeditions he fitted out, under The direo-
( ton of our government, Of eve, ten or twcnsg
ihorsand men in each, to be landed in tue
! heailliesi parts Of Africa. there to establish
F, laiilary colonies, to be followed hereafter by
hundreds Of thousan ds ana millions of peaceful
! em.gisits from The cotton States, as rapidly as
these Ststes are filed with white laborers.
Orr military friends might ffa.erLizo with the
Amaz9ns; and having he foe ihus within their
arms, the kingdom Of i..homeY, with all It's
abo.'natioDs, would fall an easy prey. Fred
Douglas mas brains enough, energy enough,
and ambition enough TO be the Moses of This
return 70 Egypt, to lead bis people back to "a
land Towing with milk and honey, 20 establish
y ccse of laws for shcn,, and to icund nation
thni may hereafter rival in greatness the Ming
dem oi tho PhasaoAs. il fssed s2cs ret aspire
70 have the afiy Of "preat' app ended 10 bis
name, after the style OF his Prussian namesake,
theie nrc. douhtlcss, others Of hi race who
world be as well qualified to take the leader
ship. There viii be 10 lack Of yaiisns men,
trained IN the Petersburg campaign, 10 take
the rart OF JOSHUA, ,he son of Nun. Aud as
tor Aaron, we have many reverend colored
brethren Doctor Garnet, for instanoe-io hc
associated in the great work, and to repersorm
the miracle of producing new power that
will swallow up AL the snakes OF African
superstition
We Go not mean to be considered es at III
jesiing in this matter. We ar in serious ear
nas'. Il IS not The time now to discuss he de-
tails Of the ENTERPRISE. but simply TO skotoh its
outline. sc have an army, now without en-
ploTnent, Of one hundred and fifty thousand
cclored troors, to whom even the rankost cop
pernead organs give the credit Of bravery and
discipline; and We have some loose MILLIONS Of
c cciored population who belong, Of right, 10
their mother country, and about whose disposi
Son wisaacres are yainly troubling their heads.