Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-11-24
For the American.
For the ~
Colonization.
FOURTH PAPER.


A great hobby in some parts of the
South is Colonization. This ere allure was
bred in England. did it's work there. and
Was then shipped to this country aud so'
many years has been kept in the North
Several years before the commencement
Of the rebellion did it's keepers find h'n'
an Improbable animal, without strength
or speed. It's vital energy has long since
been exhausted. Requiring high feed and
never capable Of much labor, he never
paid expenses. Becoming convinced OF
his worthlessncse the owners turned hin
out to pasture upon the common. long
before the war. and no one believed it
would pay to advertise him. Now the
stock in Dixie having become scarce, they
have picked up this creature among the
old horses Shsridan's cavalry turned loose,
and their admiration Of his good points lie
great. II they succeed in fattening him,
they will try to play him off upon the de-
funct politicians Of the North. l hope no
one. Democrat. Republican or Cnionist
will &c, fooled by the joke.
Since the commencement Of reconstruc-
ton, 10 question was oftener put by the
+. F. vs.. than :" What are yoa going to
do with the "niggers 1.-The yankees
have freed them and now what are they
going to do with them - Ny answer has
invariably been. The yankees have not
freed the niggers and are going to have
nothing to do with them" This reply
would naturally excite further inquiries
respecting the views Of the North and the
probable policy Of the government. This
reply if not strictly true. is logically cor
rect. and had your correspondent the
Southern teacher understood it's signif-
canoe. he would not charge the philaa
throply Of the North with cruelty.
have never scrupled to deny that the men
Of the North wen, into the South for the
purpose or even with the wish to destroy
slavery. They enlisted with the deter
miuation to save the country and the war;
circumstances required the destruction Of
private property Of all kinds. Dwelling
houses were torn down when in front Of
our batteries. Thousands Of barns and
grain stacks were burned under my own
eye. The time came when vigorous
prosecution Of the war was demanded, and
to thi. end slavery had to be sacrificed
No man dcplorcd the circumstances which
required the destruction Of private pro-
perry more than mysclf bat no one was
more willing to apply The torch. because
no one MAS more deeirous Of ending the
war. A shot was aimed at slavery, and
when Lincoln gave the word. it pierced
it's heart. phian,hrophy neither aimed
the piece. or applied the match Did she
help in the battle. it WAS ny u dcsultor,
Are of a few skirmishers, or the helehing
roar Of her cannon, so far up the bluff
that they always oversize. the mark. 1t
Was the cruel, bloody. relentless war.
The destroying angel with dagger drawn.
demanding the first fruits and first born OF
the land, required that these chains should
be broken. had determination been deereed,
history would say Of our people
The mon.trous eight
Struck them With horror backward, hut far worse
Urged then bshiEd.'
The confederate. rem nlhcriug how long
they had trembled in fear of this blow.
and having seen it's crushing effects upon
the confederate force, can appreciate the
argument better than the Northern .ympa-
thizcr. have scarcely ever found man
in the South who would fail to understand.
that if circumstances or necessity had nc-
complshcd the work Of emancipation, the
Yankees were not responsible.
But colonization is in itself inexpcdicnt
and i.npracticable, were the North favora-
bic to it, and the government determincd
upon it. So long as the phantom was held
to at the north. it cost hundreds of dollars
for every person colonized: and til. pro-
cess WAS a. slow AZ costly. Were it
practicable, the dissent of another interest
cd party renders it inexpcdient. speak Of
the emaucipated slave. He was born
and bred in the South, and there should
be his home. He does not wish to leave
the place Of his birth and have his little
once sent to An unknown land. COLOMBIA
ton would require such arbitrary proceed
ings on the part Of the government. or
those entrusted with their removal. and
cause such hardships and sufferings among
the colored people. that they would not
endure it should they submit.
Every person is entitled to support in
his own land. To obtain this support he
i. under obligations to labor Pcacably and
use economy but should these efforts fail
through any oppression or extortion of the
white man. the colored man will doubtless
resort to other methods, and thereby be-
come more obnoxious, perhaps dangerous
to the white man. But no plan of colon
ization should be undertaken by the gov
eminent because the +. F's.. have deter
mined this the only way Of obtaining
peace. They have always demanded
something Of the north. quite as closely
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