New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-02-20
"c>oiattohs Adopted nj the Anti
colonization .Ieeting on the
Ifth Instant.

htSo'rsa, That the American Cul.ui-tii,u
/ society comments itself To our continued cv-
| etratIOnS, because among other cxerrobI,
/ reasons why 1t came into being was. that II
/ might force from the country the free colorcI
people 10 afford greater security to the hold
my their brethren in bondage because il has
iostered hate, prejudice. and cas- tc in the land
10 the detrIment OF the Colored man because
1t has murdered, williullv. thousands of our
race by sending them to Africa 10 get rid oI
them, under such circumstances as was nj
most certain, with its knowledge. to caus,
premature death because il has been fraud.
while II has pretended to be philauthropic il
has been cminently merccnlrv, the fact bcins
that not II! per cent. of the immense sums
/ 81 money II has falsely bcEg, from the pco-
pie, under the prctcn>c of sending caloycG
mcn to Africa, has been expended IN sending
c"lorcd men there, il having said al its las,
anniversary meeting (when il refused TO be
qucStioncd) that black men must 20 To Al
rlca, because the climate is fatal 10 white
men, at the same time saving within a very
u lew miles OF the l.ibcriIn boundary a most
saluhi"us climate PREVAILS aud that white
men live in Africa. rear families there. and
do not dread the climate: and farther, be-
cause 1t has used large sums for traffic, to
build magnificent stores and dwellings in
TINS country, in supporting here a rctinue
l''' "f'tt ItiSul> u traverse
the country agents under the
suisc of being concerned in colonizinr and
cNanGellzing Africa; because it has been To
the American conscience a salvc; because il
has aided persons i'll their last moments in
producing the allus0n that God NAV be
blinded or propitiatcd rs to Il life of Injustice
eiectng the colOrcd race by leaving a leo
acy to benefit Africa, as they supposed,
through this society; because il has tostered
III ITS wards the America African in Liberia,
diShonorablc caste feeling, the outracipg'
aE1 brutallzinS OF the natives, disregard OF
the dcccncics of civilized life because it has
tostered, in the language the most learned
Llberian, Prof. Blyden, "a nation of mend-
cants subsisting on the charity of others"
HeSo'red, mat America, our native land
our home, the abode of civilization and pro-
gress, of railroads and telcgraphs, with a
climate genial to us, claims our first consil-
Grafton, as being dearer to US than other
lands and that if tho American Coloniza-
ton Society, with its President. is honest in
Its declaration of regard for Africa, we sug-
Sest the eminent proprety of its members,
with their cultivation and their means, going
to Africa, and leaving us in peace at home.
Resotrcd, That we see i'll the brutal treat
ment which Fred. Douglass has, because of
his race, just received in Minnesota. the eff
feet of the teaching OF the American colonial
ton, which is, that COlOred men ought not
to be respcctcdm the United States, and that
this CALLING outrage is but an additional press
ing reason why this Congress should, before
adiOurnng, pass Charles Summers bill sup
Elementary to the civil rights bill.
Rcsoicci, That the bloody and brutal char
acter Of the American Colonization Society
IS evidenced in tho fact that it now sends its
agents in the kII-klux regions of Georgia TO
induce ailrlghted colOrcd persons in those
sections to leave the country, and it is sgniii-
cant that all OF its present dupe5 arc from
that State.
Whereas John Il. Syphax was clcctcton
the Grant and Wilson ticket clerk of the
County and Circuit Courts of Alexandria,
Virginia, and qualified as such and whereas,
in open and shameful violation of law, in the
face of the President and Congress, and I'M
do the very shadow of the national capital,
Judge X. III. COckcrilc. Of the said County
Court, removed Mr.. SyphaY evidently be-
cause of his color, and placed his defeated
Democratic opponent in his Office, thus ignOr-
ing the peoples will and reversing and spurn-
ing that principle which gave Us on the 9TH
OF November Grant, victory, AMI peace:
therefore be It
| Resoired, That we petition The Congress Of
/ the United States to pass the bill introduced
/ in the Senate by Hon. Charles Sumner to
/ secure all citizens in their rights, or such
other laws as will guard that sacred protcc-
/ ton Which the Constitution affords.
/ Resotred, That az westward the course Of
empire takes its way, it would be ilr more
| ia accordance with Christianity, civilization,
and enlightenment for the people OF the
! United States to encourage the wealth found
! i'll the muscle of the people of Africa to cone
I To this land of progress ~ well for their own
advancement as for the improvement of the
| African race.