Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1869-07-17

nationality or civilized government, or
literature, or history or single anieee-
dent which commands respect They
have never written book or panied q
picture, or made statue. or built SNIP
OF mustered an army, or erected temple.
Those in the neighbolhood OF the sea
have never spread sail, and the interior
| tribes are fewer in numbers and more bar
| barous Than when brought 10 the Hnowl-
edge of the civilized world, from two 10
| four hundred years ago. With such a
] stubborn and notorious fact attaching
10 the race through lis Whole existence
and with q physical difference which dis
,inguishes them a, glance, what hope oil
equality for them can there be You
may listen to the miscege whom
even the negro Of any refinement must de-
spise, or you may listen 10 the party pol,
i,ician. or TO the mere sbolIlons'. and
give to their wisdom or philanthropy such
aspect as you ihiuk they deserve; but
the ColonizationisI says-slways has said
that the interest Of the African race the
world over, demands an African nation
ALTA. a country, government. pow-
er, which shall not ask respect which can
never come of charity, bot demand II and
redeem the black skin from dlsrespect
wherever it is found. pole star 10 which
every man of color can point from every
country in proof OF what the AlhcSn can
be, from the fact Of what he has actually
became, and not be Left 10 the dreary task
of trying to prove it by speculation in The
face OF all history.
With the active good will OF oil the civ.
ilized nations OF the world, which Libe-
ria now enjoys. il may become with some.
what Of the rapidly Of modern times, one
Of the most productive countries in the
world. which would Of course ensure q
corresponding commerce, rendering IL The
home Of wealth, education and refinement,
with advantages for the propagation OF
Christianity upon that continent. which
distant nations can never possess.
What was frs, an asylum the lar-seelng
willing to give thous-
and dollars, or one dollar for an end which
should not be realized until he had been
dead for hundred years-always looked
10 as future sea. Of power. Were II 80
to-day The status OF every black man in
this country would be changed Tor the
| better. What made il OF value IN an
quarter Of the Ancient world for man TO
! be able TO say : IL am a Roman" or
now, IL am an Englishman," or "an
! American!
If any one says, it is late in time for
snch an enterprise to be undertaken Tor
The redemption OF continent, and race
answer that this may be owing TO the
shor-sighiedness Of him who thinks so.
! If the millennium is TO last 3G5, 900 years,
as some who claim to understand unlulhll-
ed prophecy tell US, il is comparatively
early. With regard to many vast works
Of charity we are a, the beginning Of
lhinps. Many are not yet begun al all.
Ethiopia comss by name within the
scope of prophesy, and there locally Is
the place to which providence and nature
points for building up q nation which
shall be prophecy's (uifiIlmen,.
These people are well disposed end
are entitled TO our friendship. Their con-
duct as a whole people. every where and
under all circumstances through the la'e
war. though just what the Southern Peo-
| ple expected. was precisely the reverse OF
! wha, every body else expected, and has
| entitled them to that increased good will
which they now have. Such has been
! the present writer's concern for their we'll
fare that he devoted several years exclu-
sively 10 their service, and would joyful.
ly do so again if called to it, as no service
was ever more agreesbly rendered or
gratefully received. Ii is This concern for
their elevation upon which character so
much depends that has always induced
him 10 withhold his conseu TO the incOr-
! poralion Of such OF them as agree with
! him in religious opinions into lis own
! church, that is so far as their ministers
are concerned. slough private members
are as welcome as any and will have all
the care which others receive, and until
other and better organizations for them
can be prepared. He will not consent to
! their ministers aud vestTcs occupying
such position OF nlerioriy as such in.
corporation would consIgH them to
/ There is indeed an inferiority in the case
which neither The black man or myself
has bad anything TO do, and which TeIlhcr
Of us can now prevent, but II should be
fell as little az possible, and therefore
would have our coIored brelhern organ
lied into church of their own. indepen-
denl--in communion with ours but upon
terms Of official equality, with Bishops
OF their own who shall mngle with the
people. sympaihizing with them and do
ing for them as none other can: then there
will be all room for christian affection and
good Offices. and linIe for modification
on one side and embarrassment on both
But to build up Liberia and give il
commanding position among the nations
OF The world, will prove the most compre-
hpnsiVe blessing 10 the whole coIored
race, especially to such IS nave the enter
prize 10 establish their families in that
good land. and in lesser degree 10 the
whole people wherever they may reside.
g. W. Z.
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