Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1866-12-12

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| There is no sort Of dagger that the sup
ply Of labor win fail from this cause
where we loose one black laboref we woal,
be certain TO gain half dozen from abroat
far better skilled and more Eekable, ofFou
| own color. I VIII admit that if all tn
| black population Of the South were sent Of
/ at once, that il might produce vacuum
that il would take some time to fllup
1 Even this would soon be replaced. Wer,
such a measure % be adofted bf Che GOV
\ eminent il would be heraIded from one ex
/ trene Of Oils continent to the other, anJ
1 Europe would feel he mfHenpe Of OK
/ wave that would bes.iii % rise in Shose re
mote regions, to gather strength a. Il al
vancsd upon the South 20 fill up tho
I vacuum. 500 laFoff
However, al that this bin proposes, is tC
! give aid and encouragement TO those o.
this race who desire 70 emiRrate Il con
/ templates no violent disfupttre Of the
| present labor system The number that
viii be influenced to 60 at first
! Of course will be small, and, as I
have said, more than Teplenished BY
immigrants from Europe and the North
ern Statesmen Of our own language and
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men who have all the capacities for useful
labOrers in a far higher degree than the
black man, and none Of his disabilities.
II Is universally admitted by all who
have had the opportunity 10 test the ques-
ton, that the black man, as free laborer,
is far inferior to the White man; and this
might reasonably be expected. 4 The black
man, wliilea slave, worked under many
disadvantages. He has acquired what III
tie skill he possesses under a system Of
labor that embraced two antagonistic prin-
clples--the one forcing him 10 do as much
as could be got opt af him, and the other
impelli Jung him TO do.ae ittle as could DOS.
sibly be done and escape punishment. He
has never learHed to labor all he knows
has come to him rather instihctiyely than
! by the regular modes Of acquiring knowl-
edge. His manner of life, his entire de-
pendence upon q higher and controlling
will, together with the faet that he has had
no incentive to labor above the domestic
animal, has developed character, now
that he is free from all restraint, that is
incapable Of any reliable exertion, and has
reliable as man. 10 ih' Ii" 'i
make these statements with no desire
20 depreciate or find fault with the black
man. L only state facts as they exist, and
are seen and felt By every candid observer.
50 lar from detracting from the black race,
| willingly concede him many admirable
virtues, and I feel sure that there are no
other people on the face Of the earth that
would, if placed under similar circnm@
stances, have done any better, or eyenrso
well. He has shown himself, under all the.
degrading Influences that have continually
surrounded him, harmless, dociIe and al.
fectionate being, untinctured by the violent
passions and vindictiVe resentments that
are sooften witnessed in other unenlightened
nations; and in many Instances he has e1-
hibited intellectual talents equal 10 any in
our own race, clearly proving the falsehOod
Of his mental and intellectual inferiority.
/ have thus attempted to show you that
il would be profitable for both races that
they should separate IbeTieve that both
have destined purpose to filflIfn the
great designs Of Divine Providence, and
that each must work out that purpose in
their own way and upon separate fields Of
development. For some wise design this
untutOred being has been permitted 10 be
severed from his own country and kindred
and doomed to sesYitude amongst us, so far
IS We can see, alone, that he might receive
and acquire a higher degree Of knowledge |
than he could in Erica ;1and nov il seems |
to me that | can see the finger Of Provi-
1ence pointing him back 10 that country /
Is his future home, where he is 10 bear 1
back the knowledge be has gained here, so /
ans benighted brethren. fi har
Il was in view Of this fact, that as far /
back as the year 1917, number of earnest
formed the design of plant
ng colony Of free men Of color upon the /
,oast Of Africa. This design HaN greatly
strengthened by the active cooperation of
many OF our greatest statesmen, such as
Jetierson, Clay, Fillmore, Edward Everett
md others The American Colonization
Society was in that year organized at
Washington city, embracing, as / have
aid, manyof the greatest statesmen and
iivines Of the day. This noble enterprise
iad to contend from the first with many
harrow minded protested christian philan-
hropists, men who were incapable Of esti-
mating the vast schemes of Divine Provi-
ience, which. is by this means prepar-
ng TO redeem Africa from barba-
ism by the very wrongs which have
,een done 70 her sons in making them
layes on the American continent Not
great opposition, which at
hat time came both from The North and
he South, this society went fearlessly for
yard in the prosecution Of its noble work,
" that time the continent Of Africa was
uiy known along its coast. The interior
d thatVast reagion had scarcely been visit
d by a solitary traveller. The slave
rade, that dark blot upon the records Of
he eighteenth century, was actively carried
n along the wholewesterh coast from Sierra
leonto Cape ofGood Hope, notwithstanding
had been declared piracy by both Eng
and and the United States, and many 9TH
! natiohs. n Hundreds, nav thousands OF
'retched human beihgs were yearly ira rs
orted from thatcoast and sold in the West |
ndies, and even IN our ownCouhtly. From 1
SOB TO 1880 three million five hundred |
iousand slaves were imported 10 Cuba and
rail. The whole sea coast was Inhabited |
Y tribes Of merciless savage Inarauders, |
.ho, instgated ~ chpidity, and rapine, and
ruelty, carried on q continual war with |
leir ihterior neighbors, slone to procure
lptiyes to supply this inhumsn trdiac.
ne OF the objects Of The society. was to
liant a eolOhyupon this unacceptable coast,
{ free persons Of coiar from. this country,
lat might be able IL time 10 dispOssess
lese free-booters, aud int that way stop this
lhnman traffic. The society, in pursu-
hoe Of It's benevolent purposes, shortly
ter its organization dispatched Dr. Eli
yers and Mr. Stocton to the western coast
Africa, if possible, to communicate
it'll some l0f these ma radiEg ehieftains,
no held the country, and procure by pur- {
lAse title 10 enough land to COM [
ence the experiment. This mission was
lmf le,ely Successful. The two agents
Hded tupon the Z coast and through /
uoh danger and difficulty they reached
lie tooty barbarian, King Peter and I
is chiefs, and brought back an {
title 10 land for several !
agues around the harbor Of Mesurado. !
This was the beginning Of what is now /
lie Republic Of Liberia. The little colony {
gan its existance shortly after by the
ndlug Of several hundred emigrants,
AIDE up from she free blacks from various {
arts Of the country. They took possession I
the land allotted 10 them blythe treaty, |
ld there they have remained ever since,
-adually enlarging their boundary, as new
,cruits from the United States arrived. and {
leir necessities required Il, until now, the c
hole extent Of territory owned by the r
epublle embraces over SIX hundred miles
coast, and extends inlahd for some lifty r
iles @
Il has already closed up the slave trade '
ON nearly the entire western coast. Ii
as extended its jurisdiction. by treaty and I
harEias anu iias now brought within its .