The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-04-23
The Redemption Of Africa.

II 4nestSe0SIupLlOuo l rfAn1Ce- i.;.r
The ship Golconda sailed from Baltimore
on Tuesday for Liberia. She will touch at
Savannah, Co., where she will take as pas
sengers some FIVE hundred negroes who are
going out to. Liberia. to live. The Balti-
J more Sun states that among the emigranta
! are men Of considerable intelligence and
enterprise, who will be valuable acces-
7 sion to the Liberia Republic: 1' = r..
The colonization -agent states that ne
J could send vessel load every month, such
: is the desire. among the colored people to go
to the land Of their fathers 8 Tg5F g-F
4 Petitions have been frequently presentedt to
Congress of late, begging that body to make
4 provision for the transportation of large
Z numbers of blacks to Africa. These prayers
! have received no attention as yet. Con-
4 gress, in, the midst Of its plans for party
purposes, in which the negro is party
! necessity, y has no time just now to consider
i the question of his colonization. Its too busy
in arranging the plan Of keeping him in
q harness and working him through the Pre-
u sidential canvass. -, .,,.r. =,
i The emigration Of negroes from this
n country to Africa is an important subject
q An intelligent colored preacher named
4 BARNETT, who was born at Sierra Leone,
1 Africa; came to this country, or rather to,
| the southern States, just after the war, for!
the purpose of advocating the enterprise of
colonizing Africa with American negroes,
as the means under Providence Of civiizing..
that savage land, and subjecting its vast;
resources to the uses of civilized society,
commerce, and the arts. he first came
| during the war; but was Mortified on ar
irving in New York at beholding several
negroes strung up to the lamp posts in the
streets of that city Fearing that terrible
wrath had fallen upon his race, he, with
drew and went back to England. He Ire
turned afterwards, however, under en-
couraging assurances, and was in time 10
cross over to Virginia Immediately upon
the cessation of .hostilities.s
Coming to Richmond, he vsntured during
the saturnalia of the blacks which sue
ceeded the downfall Of the Confederacy to
call their attention to the object Of his visit
but they were not in the yein,' and he
was. under the pressure of something akin
to menace, compelled to desist and depart
8 from the city in search Of more hospitable
quarters. Strange to say, this native Of
sierre Leone found q home at the White
Sulphur Springs, where he has passed two
winters. We Think, however, from the
signs that appear, he may now venture forth
to advocate his expansive scheme with
safety, if not entire success 3 rs 49,
The idea that Africa may be civilized
through. the agency of the American negroes
who have reached a higher stage Of civil
cation than the negro race has attained in
any condition anywhere else, is indeed very
Interesting. It is q noble scheme, and de-
serving the consideration of the able men
of the country, as well as the negroes them
selves. The constitution of the white man
does not adapt him to that continent, or the
part Of it to which the proposed operations
are to be directed Central Africa--nor is
he SO capable Of working his way into sym:
pathy with the negro as is the black mis-
sionary.
Africa is as richly endowed with produc-
tive soil and mineral riches as any Of the
continents, SIS believed. Were it brought
under the system of civilized society it
would contribute immensely to the wealth
of the world, and vastly increase the means
of subsistence for the, inhabitants of the
globe. We believe IL it ever is to be civil
Liked it must be done through the American
negroes. 10 .s,s,,ays.s
70 them the idea presents many pleasing
reflections. No race Of men could have q
higher mission than to elevate their fellow
beings Of the same blood from the condition
of sayages 10 that Of cultivated and law and
order-obeying men. s,.s.,..,.. 4, .', 81,
The prospect Or hope Of achieving 50
great work ought to fill even q phlegmatic
person with enthusiasm, and excite him to
the most jealous efforts. 20 the philanthro-:
pist who has had the welfare Of the negro
st heart this scheme should unfold q bright
and glorious field. If heSis sincere in his
sympathy for the negro, that sympathy
ought to grow strongest as he aches the
native land Of the negro, where millions Of
the race are more sayages, little bstterthan
the brutes that range through Afric' endless
plains. -.
Really shis scheme 81 colonization and
hnmanizing Africa for. the first time as=
sumss the shape ,of praeticabilit !, and may
Jet, through the agency of the freedmen q
this country, be carried out successfully.
ltwould then seem that slavery had been
the probationary period prior 10 the cisili.]
sasion Of Africa, and that, indeed, it had
oeen the Morksof sProvidsneei Sc
a. DIcxEks's LAST Rxap1ss III this
country took place in New York 81 Monday
night. Before commencing, ia caused b q be
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