Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-10-28
Vermont Colonization Society.

| This society held its 18th anniversary on
Thursday evening, October %, in the Rep
resentatives' Hall The meeting opened
with prayer by Rev. II. A. Spencer,
! chaplain of the House Rev. j. X. Con-
verse secretary. read his annual report.
| The Vermont Society. he said. had con-
tributed 100000 for colonizing Africa
! Mr.. Converse. who is secretary of the dis
! trict comprising the states of Maine, New
| Hampshire. Vermont and Northern New
York. has forwarded 10 Washington for
hc American Colonization Society nearly
! $1,000 the past year. The number of
cooni9ts in Western Africa is 1000, with
% churches. Since the war, 3,l5l emil
grants have been sent out-more than ever
before (with one cxception) in nine con
secntivc years.
The address was delivered by Rev. Geo
w. Samson. D. d. Of New York city. The
speaker reviewed the action Of England
and America in attempting to put down
the slave trade In the United States it
WAS first proposed to send the negroes to
Canada, then to Ohio; but these schemes
were found mpracticable on account of
the climate. Jefferson, Madison and
Marshall all opposed sending them North.
In 1916, the first seizures of slave ships
were made England tried to establish !,
colony on Il sandy promontorv of the
western coast of Africa convenient for her
ships to touch upon as they passed. In
1910. Henry Clay struck the keynote for
colonization in the Kentucky Legislature,
and Vermont echoed it. Out of this came
the colony of Liberia. Two years before
South Carolina attempted to nullify, it was
first proposed to expcnd S15,0o0,0oo in
sending the slaves to Africa. which, it was
thought. would colonize all.
Had that been done it would have saved
the late civil war. The colorel men will
tell vou frankly that they don't want the
civil rights bill. Nh Bcecher's con@regt-
ton invite them to come in. bat YOU will
only see two there who own pcws: they
know they are not wanted and don't want
to 70 They prefer to keep 10y themselves.
The speaker cOntcndei that there never
was more necessity for colonization than
at the present time. We have Stolop men
from Africa, and the least we can do is to
take til" captive back. Let Congress
appropriate go or Sl0D each for that pur-
pose. and after they get there send them
libraries AMI colleges. Let Vermont
move in this matter. DR.. Sam>on's dis
course WAS an able and interesting one
and WAS heartily applauJcl at its CLOSE.
EprCN1IoN>I. MATTERS The report OF
the Board of Education AMI the Secretary
are not vet finished bat we have seen sheets
ofthenl and find th.t thcvtollow the genera
tenor of their predecessors. The Boar,
THINKS one Normal School should be e.
tab,i~hcd and Secretary French ur-r~ ~cv
rtal measures tn. Substance Of which j.
contained in his previous report.
Y bill was Introduced yesterday into the
House to abolish the Board and there is ry-
id.ntly Il strong tc ling in favor of til,
movement. In rou'lr that presents il
~cltto thinking Iilrn i that perhaps. should
,h:~ b. done, i falling back OF the state in
educational matter, would ,n,ur. I'll,
Board ~ W. stated last year ht> FILTERED
away il i,ll .cnc.. by too much interest in
Tho lt,<--b,oh question. havr no wish
t. see the Board abolished nor do we par
ticlEuIv c.,tc t, i..,vv it saved if some ,.l:ur
Shall BE- adopted that viii give u IN incl
Ii-rnt and t.f.r1rtF supervision OF oar
school system.
Til those at the heal O.. educ .t.onrl
u4tt"r~ have II. confidence OF tn. people.
thy c,n do b5t l.tir towards advancing
our schools. We very much douh. # tn.
plan of having Il >ttt" superintendent
which works Successfully in many OF til,
states j. not better than our own. But
the idea Of ab i>hing our present system
Of supervision. and putting nothing in It's
place cNcrp. circular letters of the >e,.r,.-
, ttry Of Safe to gather III statistics of til,
o lbs and ends Of Joint and di>ointeI III,
lri.tS is iltorr;hc. too crude We prc~l:m,
the Holrd VIII lie retained. though W,
think il Il direct vote could he obtained, :;
majority in the legislature woulI vote tC
to away with it and if it i preserved ",
hope it, member, and the General Assem-
bly, VIII see that 80 longa Il il ats II Il wet
nurse fl Textbooks thr drain on il
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