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present verifiet this remtirlc. There- pie of c o)tur arpfnot only an nnfiap-11 may behuAed; but. frJ"n6t jfarrVet
fo'e, we fthoolri. not he surp'ipJ . nt py aifegradeifiihut a dangeroiii rrasonii.5 to nv Har it itooM tv-t '
t lie denunciation , of the 0l'nizn- cliiss; arty thai tn get ml of them be rightly tted. iMCHUReit t lias been v
tiar. Horiet; nor should that ncu ty f;raduttfyV and quietly is nn ev ni or mny he nfued. Iri quite noil- r;
he disheartened. Th"y must patjenLv gr'catlW.bg diitedt .are tak easy :lliing'l iiay--.that ahinu. 19 ji-setinT. .
ly tnl;e heir slmre of the tfiali and of per.for jsanfe;. hut (vhieh unfo tu- to it nnd 'htt more evil ;h-n e I
nArsociitiiiiis. ivJneh hnve fillen to riHtf Iv.'fililv exnerienee ndcnonishes must naurnllv. and neressiiriU fl w ..-V-
the lot of other Gitiefetors of the hi- u if;ltf Unnecessary to,-, perform. fnih.it. I do nof urd rsf and that vr
man rue. n'h, "however, is the Kvery.iran, at a I acquitted with this proposition hasbiferi ni int nr& .'
well Hiioded Jtcp and usfiirance f thf iatFCnal condili6njf the hon- by ItvufsLtLn.. nviej. I? friendro--rr-JMic.eess
i.n their patriotic ant) br.n v' lave?rioliiig, es well a theflae tike other men, liable to errl Bnfif f -(dent
chtyMfV,thiit I a tit fore Ad U) be- hidltes, knows that tlitiarioro want nfTiHscretiuit in theiit is.tt.b'
UV,U$Pjwi tftuf ' Jertioii wr thi-Ci&efei
Cution ' With a teadv siep, untirins; Free is mischievous and truly a- greater force may the want of disci e-
iienc, aa etin-nteiied Z'oi- larmiog in lis cnaacier. 11 is " - "-o' ins m urgea as an y
Mietlier r no th'v squill pursue t hir , in tie extreme, to temporize, to pee- objeetinn to th opposition rais d a- "
plan with perseverance and etierg) ; 1 ulateipon this evil, and sit with our ejainst it. The la snage and conduct
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ti:iil wneitur 1 11 pi r t uoris simii ue ; arms touiuu, iitiieu ip jaiai seeuruy, 01 mme mm, nave ineu uen n M
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" fROM TIIK C3TI rUTION AL W H!G.
4 T nUSllHOri H AillLYG'VO Y ESQ
- JPres dent f t h c A neican Colon ?za
tiun iviciety.
crowned with wiiceess, or they are
dootntd to dna, 11 ri t merit in all their
h'ps and wih s; the olliee ' wliiclf
Vftii hol.i is one of real diriiilv. '
, Vour rtflention i not eaMed 10 these
and hoping for the snecial ioterposi ,creet in the highest deffteej intmper-
tion of Divioe lMercy tovrescue us j aU and rash . .
from it. It is lime tQ.act---and in It is nor a fjood ohj-rtion to this
acting to exercise all our discretion society, that they are producing ilrs
and eall forth all our energies; that, content and insubordination t;ming
fjw line-, h'veanse there exists an nn under Proviilence, we may b. restor- ( slaves. They deny that , such i iho
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jnt;rt t r- nt VMpurpe -4
d ossing y'i to use the lan.uage'.iif
Jl :.!!.ery. B it t he oecassior of this
udly r.-qoires, that some noiice
ah -old b; tkn of our claims to the
respee' ofyur fallow men.
I do not sp nk to yo as a private
'Citizen; hut a public oflieer. V.ki are
th" he4d of a htif atje and benevolent
intitn(io . ftM'l the eyes of the civil
ized world a"" on, you.
Itespeetabilif y and integrity in pri
vate'life; rval legal learning nut! a.
' bility; hil)ituat. ui'ideration ol'lfirier,
' and 0 mind aluavs under the itUlti-
about tlio'. praclicttliilitv, expediency
and exunu'vc hneticen-ce of the
sc h cm e of c 0 1 0 h i 2 alio n ; of c a u 5 e i t
is helievcpf,-thai fyoii h.-ive hee.ine
weary otwv'Jif-.ltinjg... ly t.Jet i
toadvKe yab, that t It mi sand's i of your
fello w-eitiens of the J-outJi, and ol
you; native "Male, (who rejoice to see
y oti fit the head of ihis asoci at ion,
moiil nourtily wish oiruc re; io
the mtin approve your plan and r.i
eenlings; ami wish, not only to exeitr
ijuil to re ne vied nhd increased effort",
hut v.iftf r., to grciiier energy tu pa-
meriean CoUnizatiou, aocieiy are di
red d by prudence and necessary
self defence?-and are. truly patriot c.
They w ill he bt nificial to u 111 a mor
al Mid poli icel point of view.
used to nccomplish it. 'I l ey have
nothing to do with shves, ex pt
through their masters heir n.oral
iiifliM i-iC on the proprietors of slav- s
is happjly s;rCHt; atd tt is I opi d w II
I hute "aid -'hat the views of this 1 prepare their minds nnd conseirueeg
.i stieie.iiiyf are piiilanthiiopic. The for th work ofgradual ematieip ion.
most skeptical 'of their opponents will Men are lorn lime ac ued of vicei;
r.oi deo , thur they wish at d intend din et ly the opposite' of the t'lttu-t
ft I J ' I ' t 1 I " - A . t I
er iHsti;t? iienetits on the 1111-1 wimcji snin' k i fir lives. 1 n n--:
O COltl
-appy heiogs, nlnni tfiey are striving
to raise tu the si ai inn of freemen,
rtit v oioy bt mit uken; but their aim
to gite liberty and happiness to
pnrtrrs of the th me of ColoniZHt 10a
(regai ding slve g humi b iocs,
and in some decree rapable of tlittik-
ing nrtd feeling.) have confidently he-
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V;T -'f ? , family.of inanj your h 'iug a near nupp-trt tif i-heV t cheme of Cf lomr.a f fret-men in Africa, they hope t,o humnnit in the (itt aisd gratitude 'j'L1-- 1
' ki'tsmio arnl hearin" the name of Vim l,,-o Vojtr mi ltd. would itot.requu . -arry there "the at 's a:uL coin for is urd and attee-ion in the la at v '.J. ' ,' ,
.'!-;'r-'?'V:r gave, in?ierey to man, to " ' swuil aid .tihieb I c.aihl!Teude-. 'desKig.- Of eiiltziiun.And u eJirisi --li s-ittii a -v)iil-.lijerfJMi tttli r
"s"''''i-':- Aiv,hi'si. riio'-al Hher'tv in ihi tviirii- in atriviiT at jusi couelusiaiis oil tin naniz. the savage With heaven- sncioly, that some of Its " mem her f - '
the fidelity and abili'v with irhi.-h su -lee; veo it your epioions werH
nu have d'-charCed yojir dut ies in n"1 ;,r ll,.v "'niei. lisu you mus
not tiutiK tm' presiHii'i u;nn ni oil
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Ijf'r-the honorble anl resivmsihlf tv(Vi-e CLnU,-IJ'K ,n(' presump' ut.M 111 i ll -r-
X k' own to our ?awshave enjfhined PrM5,,rdt language whtch
1; M-ure vou the love eratitmlp and cannot excite the angry feelings; or
rttr
gratit
vnerarimi of your country men. E'n
jnving a largo sh ri of public ei-teeoi
and confidence. yu have been railed
to preside over an institution, which
flpeks to better the condition of our
own count? y hy cheeking a great and
gruw'ing v i J; and in benefit the w orld,
by oduig the arts and blessings of
civilization into a savage and hemgh
tc;' portion of thp globe; by restoring
t the a..(nity f humane nature the
( nd d and oppr. ss'd African; aad
binhling. nn"the ruins of Idolatry, the
Temn'e of the only, the living and
trii
IVnnit me to say, that the office of
Vrrsidenf of the American (Ioniza
tion Society is far from being the
lowest or least, which it has been
your fortune to fill. That this Soci
ety is the off'tpriog of private henet
ohneejthat it is connected with, or
supported by. the. tiovernmeit;.ftha
it has enemies who denounce, its olti
eir, '.n gents and advocates, as poliii
al and rel ginus enthusiasts, fatiaJics.
weak and misguided men, who dis
turb the country with their vmonary
ae' ernes of impracticable benevo
lence;, that pride, avarice, deep root
a d a-k polrvil a t m n ant t a a r w a a-ha
are invt keil and arayeu tn tormina
Ida force against this Soriefy,itg olfi
cers and fri-nds, are circumstances
which, in th" Judgement of sober rea
g- n, do not in the smallest degree de-
- it it. t f rlomals ciuuac tjer oxie.iueij.lh.e.
dignity of the high and holy olliee
Which you fill. r VKen wa$ it known,
that any man, or aisociatiop of men,
made efforts to do good, without meet
ing opposition? S m times, the more
. humble, unat liming, inolYVoHive. pu
cifie anl rstiima- the means tised,xbe
direetetluenevolcnce, t hey are txeit
inpj t itMn!4el ves to uiuke amendti to
degraded Africa "far a'.l the wrotit'o
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wish tonhinin the aid of IheF.-tf :;TaI'
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awaK-ii nit- ieors ii any rciiecung
man, who reads I hem.
It is i.Mi in 114-li 1 1.e fuhhicn, to hear
with suipiei .n, nil that is said, re
specting the condition of the free
people ofcolour, arid the domestic
slave iujome of tit IX-Stales----Yet;
there have been found manv patriot
and philanthopists, who reside iu
d flVrent and distant parts of the
country, who have shown a disposi
(too to change the condition of the
first class, and, by so doing, to confer
lusting benefits on ourselves, and sof
teo the rigors of slavery. They,
same years ago, organized a society
at Washington, with ofiicers aud a
gents to make an experiment: which,
whether it shall succeed or not. will
be a lasting monument of glory to the
hearts - which conceived, and the
heads which planed it; to the country
w hich' gave it birth, and this age of
moral and intellectual improvement,
io tvt)ieh the work is begun;
I'he grrat object of the society o
ver which you preside, is to send to
Liberia-vr. the enasl of Africa, such
tree people of colour in these United
States, as may be willing to go there.
plain langu ne, tn the mind of any
unprejudiced man, it must appear to
It i li strango (passing strange)-that
human iiiteg,rit should have invented
so many objections, as have been ur
I have said that the views of this
iociety are patriotic; They ' wish,
a' d are t riv mg, to diminish an evil,
Wjeh httiLgrowii to art alarming size,
and by rap'd ad ances is overspread
ing the country; 1 heir object is. to
get rid f a4 mptHattfmr;whichr' has
( iiivi- rn en in pM formir'g-ttLhii.wo1 k: 1
'I Irev. like other citizens ftVrithni'
(Jocsfnuiion ot the l nited Hlates"
Borne arc for n strietV others fa.
free interpretation of that instrument-
in:ne for stale rights; olhers-lttti-- -
tudutarians. It i r ot just, to fix, a-
this soeteiy the slipjma-of Vhdaling
the Constitution of the. United laHs,--
or vvishipg to do ttn to effect their. :
pnrpos'S It is- true, - that- somriif.
the" teek ihe assiitance of ('nogreif 7
in tupportiiig their colony it' Af ica;
but it is exceed-npjly unjust, on this
account, to cast 011 the society allj!,i
odium of soliciting the? 'more) !Tind',
means ol the nation 'or uncnriftilu
tional ptirposi s. 'Tlj!;;rnfnentl .
ha in sundy rnstances, laid asido;
these eonslit tional sr rup es Ii hns
acquired territory by purchtise; t wit--r
ness L uisana and the Florida!-- ?at ! "
established colonies; as in (.nuisisna.
a nd Fior ida; and in many 0 ti e Cj h
stances ha- planted a colony of. freo
recaptured blacks on the eons, of A .j
r Iea;w h i e hjs.ntlw prut ccieilJ il u r
navy and 9 iipporiedr by ;the tiation.
A grand schemeV for the preservation -a
u d c o o n it z a t i 0 b of the : I n d i an s , i 9 '
!pSSF
Thev vvieh o tutust m pnli;; an
end to the 'stave trnde, whieh has
long disgraced the civilized w orld
Their -agency in this good work has
already been great, and will doubt
less become grea'er.
Thry wish to open an outlet, not
only for all the free people of cotoui
no w i n t h e V 111 1 ed Mates w h o m ay
choose to avail themselves of it; but
for them who mav be hereafter eman
cipated by t eir present owners;
Tlius will another 1 lass of.our popu
lat ton be diminished, whose numbers
are rapidly increasing; tvht are a
standing reproach to our tree govern
ment, a curse to the country Good
feelings mil ometimes excite, mony.
either.when'theyj'approacliHbe term
of earthly existeuce, or at other tims
when conscience directs 7 to'liberei
their slaves. riraji?:t?
by the fear, thafitfrtliey wtioiTre e
mancipated remain ' in the tfniled
Stales they will. belessUiappy-f.itt
their new and untried state of fffe?
dom,- rather half freedomi) than
if subject to humane masters. Gouid
an an asylum far distant be provided
for siieb as may be hereafter freed.
this dilfteulty and restraint -tipoir
slave holders woolu be remo vel;aud
at this time the subject of deliberation I
al AVn All nalnn f t.a n ' r Uiml mk.W !. '
II Main BH' WM f ' J 1 I"" I
t he-beeretary-ofWnr )-Andrwitll
a f u 1 1 k n o W ffge 0 f a 1 1 t f 1 e s e '; t h i 11 gt,
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lion, the number of slaves lessoned.
T e colony in Africa will otter this
as)lum.
Is there any thing in all or. any of
asked, to brand with their dipfeTsuro
tne vi fiier ican society z tor ne. coloni
zation of ftee peopl; of colour,; he
cause some of its friends set k asss
these objects whieh considerate and j laace from, the government; '
xelielingmeu.jvjlLcj3od' mn? Noncj,!- The humble ii dividual who, ac!
so far as I am tof rmedfha7r
ed directly and openly to. arraign 2ptzalion sticiety are not . dcpcndeiitljBCiiri
them: but some have found fault with Congress? and, perhaps, een fy-tj; .- -the
mkans vkeo to obtain them. well w ilhuut their ail further than
It is npt a valid obiectitn to the as that aid which is unavoidably 1Wii-L-:1.
gncialion over which you preside, that dered by ' ihe national vessel t 'f bat1
someitf its friends and Hgenis have"visi thr'eoftif orAlu
more violcut and frantic is the oppo-j beeo, aud will ever be (so long as we been iudiicreet in thair manner of re- lection to the colony of reeaptuied-
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