Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-05-13

ancestors were brought BY violence ana
fraud, to be made slaves Of strangers.
Their applications for an early passage,
with the names of such as are heads OF
families. and Of many Others, are now
before the American Colonization Socie-
ty. The Society has done nothing to
procure these applications. The freed
men themselves have made them, self
moved, because, after satisfactory inquiry
and deliberate consideration, they prefer
that country to this as permanent home
for themselves and their posterity. They
know, by correspondence with relatives
and friends who have preceded them, that
there is the Republic of Liberia, OF which
only persons of African descent are citi-
zens: well and peacefully governed, for
twenty years past, by elected rulers
acknowledged as a free, sovereign, and
Independent nation by all the leading
Powers of Europe and America, and hay-
ing treaties Of peace, amity and commerce
with many of them; with prolific soil,
and climate pleasant and salnbrious TO
persons of African descent, native or ac-
climated: with its churches, schools, and
college, its ablest men having been educa-
ted there, and with fertile land enough
Or their support awaiting their gratui-
tous acceptance on their arrival.
This current of emigration commenced
almost Immediately ON the termin alton
of the civil war, and has been gaining
strength and extent as time has given the
freedmen opportunity 10 collect informa-
ton and consider it. Powerful influences
have been constantly employed to arrest
itby those who wish to avail Themselves
of their presence in this country yet the
desire spreads and increases 10 60 to the
land whence their fathers were brought
to serve white men the land where they
can live and develop all their faculties,
and educate their children, free from
the overshadowingp presence of more nu-
merous, more wealthy, and more highly
educated race.
An unusual proportion of these appli-
cants are persons of established christian
character, who hope, while improving
their own condition and that of their pos
teritv, TO promote Christianity and civili-
zation in the land of their ancestors. For
this work they are better fitted, by their
physical organization and consanguinity
with the natives, than men Of any other
race can lie, and better fitted, morally and
il tellectually, than any other class OF
men Of men Of their own race now are OF
ever have been. Aud the experience Of
centuries has shown that there Is little
hope of doing this work at all except by
colonizing Africa with civilized Christian
men Of African descent.
Shall tho desire Of these men be grant
ed Z If 80, the society must receive pc.
cuniary aid TO a liberal amount, and
without delay. It, reserved funds are
nearly exhausted Not enough remains
to send out our ship another voyage with
full complement Of emigrant-. The aP-
plicants cannot pay the expen-c 81 then
own emigration. While slaves, tley had
only their living for their labor, and o.;
freemen they have been barely able Il
procure the necessaries IF life for th'm
selves and their faInilie- Ii they car
provide themselves with the smallest out.
fits that prudence would allow, it i al
that can be expected Of them. They must
have help to ernigrate or remain il their
present condition. which they regard az
emInently di-llgAntageou-, and from
which they desire to escape.
We solicit, therefore, the prompt ~ d
liberal assistance If al who think that
these applicants should b. enabled 20
reach the country which they have DELHI
eratcly chosen ~ their ham, and tha, OF
their po-tcrity."
The above il from an appeal of the
American Colonization Society in behalf
of these 800 freedmen Tho ease t. ar.
gent. The society propose to send them
ship, the Golcondl. the present month
but must have speedy help 10 30 so with.
ont great embarrassment. Among these
applicants are more than twenty licensed
preachers If the gp-rcl, aud ~ many NOR,
youug cular,d ia.r tul vs,i,.u wlHs lay,
been fitting th-rn-rly.- fr i..,..h"r- 90 ih,
Liberia schools.
We owe the-e poor pasi,c o doht ~,
shall never pay. They have eu'ribu, j
largely to our national wrilth Tn.
unpaid toll has spread orr tables with
many Of our luNurie-. Tiny Wrrr ii
our friend during the war. 1T "a piy.
them Our sympathy. our PRAYER. anI lih.
eral aid
There i, no rra-.uaLI objection - c..l
onizing thc,o people from "nr -h"r.- %
Liberia.
] know some lay. W. ~ani them h.rs
to work " But THIS objection j. wholly
selfish. il his not even d., merit Of orig.
inality 1t l. Pharaoh old objection
when God said LIT my people go that
they may serve me in the wilderness
Pharaoh said, . NJ, want them 10 ,tly
and work" 1t was because We wanted
the negro to work, that We stolc lin
away from his country, ANA it WIS be-
cause we wanted hil to work that We
have kept him ia very two hundred
years.
J. X. CoSyEKSE.
30 Z IF Colonization Society.
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of Gen Warren and the commissioners OF