The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-08-14
Interesting TO freedmen.

Lne interests OF either.
Interesting TO Freedmen.
We find the following letter from
the Financial Secretary of the Ame-
r1can Colonization Society published
IN our Georgia exchanges In con-
nection with it, we copy the following
comments cf,the Augusta Chronicle
and .Ssasn4r!:: >
Many of the colored people are in.
splred with Il laudable ambition to
rise III the social scale above the gene
rsl degradation of their race 1t is
very evident that, no matter how
many civil rights bills and declara.
rations 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 pestilent
champions of equality originate, and
1t has been SO from the time Noah
entered the ark, wherever the white
md black races come in contact. It
Is not strange, therefore, that the
colored people, who wish to have u
fair and open field in the race of :.d-
vancenlent, should seek the land of
the black man, where all the avenues
OF advancement are open, and where
there can be no jostiine of races.
Ihe history OF Liberian progress, it
is true. is not vi the most cheering
character. It is much fairer, how
ever, than the history of those locaG-
ties where the colored people have
sought political power in connection
with the white race.
The only place in history where the
colored lnan, AS Il race, has made pro-
gress III the scale Of civilization, has
been IN the condition Of seryitude.
The voice Of civilization and philan-
thropy (so-called) have torn him from
that congenial and happy sphere, and
inspired him with restless loncinps
tor 4 condition Of equality which is
Incompatible with the structure of
our soclcty-abhorrent to reason and
repusnant to nature. It is better.
therefore, that those who aspire to
rise above q condition Of dependence,
should be coloniZcd and removed
from the disturbing influences which
attend their present condition. It is
tor these reasons that We commend
the circular Of the Colonization So
cl"tv to the attention Of all freedmen
who have imlihcd the teachings of
equality which have obtained such.
A!Aci'ieVous currency among them:
CoLoSIZATIoN Rooms,
MAsH1NGroN, ID. c., Aug. 6, 1e6G.
Ny DHAH SIR: In your paper of n
late date, you mention that many Of
the colored people in your State are
aSitatinS the question of going to
Liberia, and you want to know where
are the agents of the Colonization
Society. 1t is true, we have no agent
at present, III your State, but we have
not been idle. We have written to
many, and have sent copies Of the
-4D|'cu" R'2'psdpry, and of our last
annual report anl Of various tracts
and Sort art les to thousands in
your STATE. we have had many let
|, ters from persons in Macon and in
Sparta; and We have promised to
have Ship ready at Savannah the
lst November. to take one hundred
people from each place, and about
fifty t. seventy five from Newberry
District, South Carolina. and we
promise them :. free passage to Ii
berln and six months support there.
And We are prepared to promise the
same To a, many worthy people as
will be ready to sail by the 1st May,
1867.
We shall be happy to have you
state these facts in Your paper, and
say to any who want to go this fall
or next spring, that if they will in
form us, we will afford them all in
formation and every facility in our
power.
send you herewith specimens Of
the tracts we are circulating among
the colored people. You may find
III them material for paragraph that
will do good
We Will send you the Reposiiorv
regularly, If You desire it. that You
) may sec what is going on in this
cline. ". MCLAIN.
Financial Secretary \. c. S.
j. I: Boyd, OF Beaver, Pa, has
found III his garden Il gold coin,
nearly ln n1Oc.. aud Ea,,.;,,,. l.l,