The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-08-22
Interesting to Freedmen.

!. We fud the following letter from the
Fenian Secretary of the American Colo
nization Society publishedin our Georgia
exchanges. In. connection with it, we
copy the following comments of the Au. :.
gusta Chronicle and Sentinel: =~a-.. n. =.
Many of the colored people are in
spired with a laudable ambition to rise
in the social scale above the general deg
radiation of their race. It's very evident
that, no matter how many civil rights
bills and declarations of equality cumber
our statute books, the white race is bound
to be the, governing class. It is so in
New England; where most of the pesti-
lent champions Of equality originate, and
I it has been so from the time Noah en- .
tered the ark, wherever the white and
E:black races come in contact. It is not
strange, therefore, that the colored peo-
pie, who wish to- have a fair and open
field in the race of advancement, should
seek the land of the black man, where
all the avenues Of advancement are open,
and where there can be no iostiing Of
races. The history of Liberian progress
tits, true, is not of, the most cheering
character. It is much fairer, however
| than the history of those localities where
the colored people have sought political
power in connection with the white race.
+ The only place in history where the
| colored man, as a race, has made pro-
gress in the scale ofcivilization, has been
in the condition of servitude. The voice
ofeiyiliZation and philanthropy o-calledg
( have; torn him from that congenial and
happy sphere, and inspired him with
restless longings for condition of equal
! lty which is incompatible with the struc-
ture of our society -abhorrent to reason
and repugnant to nature. It is better;
therefore, that those who aspire to rise:
above2a condition Of dependence, should
be colonized and removed from the Sdls:2.
turbing, influences which attend their
present condition. It's for these rea-
/ sons that we commend the circular of
the Colonization Society to the attention
Of all freedmen who have imbibed the.
| teachings ofequality which have obtained
such nischieVous currency among them: !:
<1E:-..:'s l. a..s ~ CoLoNIzAT1oN RooAs, -
| "WAsH1NeToN, D. G., Aug 6, 1856. ID
Ny DEAR SIR: In, your paper. Of a late
| date, you mention that many of the
colored people in your State are agita-
: ting the question of going to Liberia, and
| you want to know where are the agents
of the Colonization Society. It is >truet
we have no, agent at present. in your
State, but we haye,not been idle We
have written to many, and have sent
copies Of the African Repository, and Of
our last annual report and Tof various
tracts and short articles to thousands in
your State We have had many letters
from persons in Macon and in Sparta;
and we have promised to have a ship
ready at Savannah the. 1st November, to
take. one hundred people from each place.
and about fifty to seventy-fye from New
berry District, South Carolina, and We
promise them a free passage to ,Liberia,
\ and six months support there. And We
are prepared to- promise the same to. as
t many worthy people as will be ready to
sail by the 1st Of May, 1851 r>+z -
= We Shall be happy: to have you State
these facts in your paper, and say to any
/ one xho want togo this fall or next
| spring, that if they will inform US, we
, will afford them all Information andeVery
facility in our power. :, = -..." - =. , ~
II send you herewith specimens of the
tracts We are circulating among the
/ colored people: You may find in them
material for paragraph that may do
good. ~ p. - H. -.-- ~.
We will send you the Repository reg
ularly, lfyou desire it, that you may see
what is going on in this cline: -.
-. A,,.~a = W. .McLATNj Z.
=. ~ Financial Secretary A.eC. s., r
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