The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1868-05-14

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many or cur ablest statesmen Years
ago II occupied their serious attention,
Ii was forseen that the natural incTcase
Of the negro would DO such as 70 make
il necessary to do something TO relieve
the country Of their augnenscd num-
bcrs, aud philanthrOphy suggested the
practicability of coIonixiog them upon
the shores Of their native Africa. Hence
arose tho GEOLOGY OF Liberia; and the
coIonixation schemc numbered among
i.s rcaIons adsocates many 81 the first
mea ofihc nation, I,at i had ia enc
mics also. The abolitiopis.s opposed IL
from Ithe beginning; and the negroes
themselves, With slew exceptions, were
either aserse 10 h, or indifferent 70.
wards Il. A few thousands Of emf.
grants, with their children, to-day com.
posssfhsa pepulasion u Iiberia. That
colOny has not Increased in numbers,
nor grown Ia Importance, IS rapidly 40
was apsicipaied. II has disappointed
the expectations Of It's friends, although
il has been so literally fossered and en-
coursgcd. The State Of Maryland, for
many years, annually appropriated ten
thousapd dollars 70 colonization purpo.
ses, and wesahy philaathropis,s, 10 va.
riousi parts ofathei eosatry, literally
aided enc cause with their means. bat
the numbers d he blacks have not
seusibly Diminished thereby Ga tho
contrary, shey hare continued 70 In.
crease, until they nov amount to up.
wards OF four millions, aud outpumber
the whites in several Of the Southern
States. osi Yrrolla se fz~'' e
Lasassly, however, colonization seems
to be growing into favor; aud wc have
seen tho statement recently Published
that four thousand negroes have lately
applied, for transportation 10 Liberia,
Whence comes this new impulse 70 the
colonization schemes What has caused
this large number Of the descendants Of
Africa, all at once to be seized With
desire tea rctufn to their father.lald I
Have they discovered that il Is, AFTER
all, the proper place for them, and The
only place where their hopes and aspi-
rations can be fully realiscdf We can
not answcrIthesc lnterrogatorics, Bat,
one thing j. apparent, We think, 70 every
rejecting mind, and Tint Is, that colo
nization is the only peaceful solution o.
the question which forms the caption to
this article, ,4ess
In tho progress Of the revelation
which has swept over this country since
1860, the bcndman has been set free.
1t is too late, now, to discuss The policy
or impolicy Of the scts We must accept
j, as thing accomplished and what
ever may be thought Or the manner Of
its accomplishments, few can DO found
who would restore the institution Of
slavery il they could. We are now TO
consider the relation sustained BY this
class Of our population to society, and
TO determine Is present aud future
status. To do this, has not only become
a public dnty, but it is forced upon the
people Of the country BY an all-perya.
ding necessity.
Since the negroes have been set free,
certain class of politicians would en-
franchise them and endow them with
all tho rights privileges and i,nnupi-
ties, enjoyed BY The whites. A great
political party has been organized, with
negro equality, Ia civil sense, at least,
as It's chief corner stone. The negro b
not only toiave the ballot, but he Is 70
DO admitted into our work shops, count
ing-housess learned professions, courts
Of Law, schools Of medicine, the jury.
box, the bar, the bench, The pulpit, and
to the halls Of legislation, State and
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