J . . . ft . 10 ceil tan Hint in r. 1 iw vnrr in l ' .' ' wiitu j f, fii! obj'et connect d with. u. geiir, rt vie a , wil l you pray tlirir egitttative care? A our'fn-e colored p pulatiou ltav been lng denounced i" aliuiiance & u pet, there be i) in litis denunciation, may tve not revaij on our fecial iture to aflVd s.imo la c liitie's for t heir transporta ton ? This has been rmisidered un ulijt ct not unworthy I lie legislative re gard of our gistcr of Virginia, nor can we suspect less magnanimity in l U i h stole, especially, when it is recollect ed that private munificence (in which tikis society bore an humble part) has been found sufficient to charter a ve- gd, for the accommodation ot 119 emigrants to a clime, more congenial to their nature, and auspicious (o their happiness, It is believed (hat many of our citi zens are desirou to free therostves of the anomalous practice of holding men in slavery in a christian repub lic -but are withheld by the almost insurmountable difficulties in the way to Emancipation: ( The existence of which, decisions of pur Supreme court on 'his point abtKidan'ly prove) (in! , is bcginiiir g to view the subject ofj f e sma B'ition made to their hap grat:ual Kmancipaiion and Colomza pinessby bestow ag that liberty which Iter, a iusipar My connected with, is merely nominal, while they remain of ri i s country. 1 his is conduetiug those immunities which enhance the hi political economy to fair coniilu ! value of that blossing. Second, the sion on the comparative valueof fre continual dunge of their redaction lo and slave labor ; and showing him the; a state of slavery, by the eireumven supfriory of the firmer over the lat j lion of knaves, which must cotmnue ter.Tor nil 'purposes of national Vealth (so tofig as our laws permit the flimsey and greatness: It is rotiseing his la I pretentions of the it bile claimant, to MES--AOK Oj 1ln ' .ihc'.ii Oj the Manumission ' SvieUj oj vYorth Carolina, ddiven a j a l i h.t'dnnuul Meeting (il Center Meeting house, in this conn tij, an the Hth of September last, lu linw JJ mbers of Hie Manumissiou Society oj JS L S nfe tin- period of our HemiAn nual mreling in Ma'c'n but few cvei C -iineded with the object of our ins'.i lull have fallen fully within my knoledc, as to nable inc in mm king (his communication, to maik with much precision, our progreseu towards its attainment. riin the re f urn of Delegates, you wilt be ena bled to discover,, to what extent the Bociety has drawn to itself additional members within the last half yea ; this, however, will not form (he pn. per. or (Tie only ground oti which to estimate the progress of public opini on, in relation to the future destination uf our coloured population. The history of the day furnishes u hundaut evidence, that the (atesman gisUUre of Ohio, to a manner cinrts-1 view xjT nrivule inUTCft, was so den- siveof the sense in which wo under sUud her proffered kindness : ' Itucol lecting (hut the policy for which wo arc Contending is diffused over uu ex tent, einbraciug no inconsiderable por tion of the wealth and population of the state. i'ho Colonic Uion Society having ly inten hied m keep oil' i he inwsii. gallon : 11 it now, that both slave holder a. d itun sliiveholder are uni tiug logHihtr ; eonscious that procas linating the enquiry will not lessen its intricacy and that the country can ot avert her danger by obstinately clo sing her eyes upon it; And hy llu ir tent emrcies, to vindicate tbe.purity of our fundamental principles fioni the ii 6idu(us iovaiens of anti-repob-iican practice, and to rescue that beau tiiju I and sublime theory, which is the admiration of the world and the pat- tftigma which uLsuru auu corrupt ap plication has cast upon it. The min ister of religion is averting his eye in rfispleusurc from the soul-chilling as p. c: of va salago, which degrades (he duster, debases the blave, corrupts them both and disgraces the Church ; and with his mild and gentle rebuke is bringing hack his Hock to the si- pUyjuMl, and equitable principles of I e Gospel, Yere it not that it would pre occu py the spaee allowed for matter more immediately interesting in our present cap eii , we might here with pleasm e indulge in1 a brief retrospect of the d elarations and labors, of many of our wortiy statesmen and divines, gome of wt ooi. atas ! arc no more Ti e heo- ohn exe' i"nH of the cler k') ! aid of thai irol, rational insti 1 utir. t lie Colonization Society, merit the hiejhcH encomium : bni their re wuid i- above all earthly praise. "Y bile liicse things pe k to u in tonei of coiiviclion, that " the spirit in moving upon the waierB," let it a waken our warmest gratitude to Hea ven, that ve are permitted to five at a day, and in a countrvt where the om ration if public opinion. tue gent ai d virtuous, can remove the most -in veW- nte prejudices of habit, rectify the gr al t ai u reform the ni" nbu d systems and avert the greatest scourges. Aud while we move for ward with firm a and steady purpose, r hot Co be dherted from our object, let lis studiously avoid all unnecessary irritation of (hose deep rooted preju dices vwhich have grown up with ma ny of our countrymen and cannot he suddenly eradicated without sensible pain i hut will yield to a course of mild, gentle and consistent tneacuies. It annul have escaped your obieiva li n, that - these propossvssions are gMierully found obstiuate in piopur lion to the age of the party allected with item, 'l lus points out to the active Philanthropist the propcrfteld for Ins labors, aud nft'irdsbim (he con bolation ('f seeing the youth of hie country growing up with -a more ex alted sense of im country's houor, and inin e consilient views of his own duty as jiatrioi uud ciiTisHan. In pursuing (he supplicatory course which l In Sncielv has marked out fir l,eM If The fubjeci cl petiticiiilifi Ihrnen txiicral Awbly-will etoin your hrm aUectitu-fit it be txptiiciji impose the burden of proof on th' bUck person claimed. Thirdly, the path of Emigration from Worth-Carolina is not y et laid sulliciently open to admit an easy access to those he nevolent -Vfts erg, who would place t h c ir ftltt v ei be v on A. A h e ffe t o f n a r -.. . repacity. It h therefore, submitteu to your consideration, whether it be not expedient to appoint a special a gency, whose duty it shall be to open a correspondence with the Coloniza tion Society, through its rerrident agent: and with other agencies for emigration to the Island of Hayti, with a view to ascertain the most practieable atrl expeditious means for their convey t'lc to mme port for em barkatioo, if practicable within this feiate. The opposition that has hitherto been made to Iluytiauemigiation, seems mostly to have resulted from fear, (that ever haunting and spec treat shadow of e;ui i t ) lest the growing importance of that Island, combined with other events in the Southern half of our hemisphere, should effect the slave system n the United States, in . wjy unfavourable to the wishes of its advocates The visionary lea h and false representation concerning that Island, its government and in habitants sufficiently refute them selves, and leave on our mind a clear conviction that citixeuship there is in- fiuitely preferable to vassalage, or nominal freedom here, and that it is no less for our own interest than it is for the happiness of the colored race, to promote their emigration -nor can we fear that both, the channel to Hayti and Liberia, will drain off this part of our population faster than the true interest of our country require; Should you resolve to persuc mea sures as suggested above- such an agency, to make it efficient, would re quire to be vested with ample discre tionary powors. The very cool and repulsive man ner (to say the least) in which the satisfactorily demonstrated (he prac-! labors anil calculations are showing ticability of its olject--hul the I jibe- incaulrovcrtably, not onlv the moral rian Colony fa rising iuiu political guilt, bat "the political absurdity of and commercial consequence: may slavery, but are proving with ruafhe. we not look forward to the next see-j iiialieul certainty, that our republic s i o it of Congress as a proper period at must ct no distant day, be placed (to which to unite our prayers with them.! in en lion no more recent instances) in that the patronage of the natio al go-1 hucli a predicament a- Home b) her vernmcut may be extended to that lu-J I'Jebinns aud Greece by her Helots Milution r However desirable it may be, that our Senators and liepresen- tativeii be Hpoken to on this subject! have been. -Is it not reonab!e to ex pect that this avenue to the public eye shall be a little more liberally onrned through our State Legislature yet j tons? Are our opponents afraid to mav w' not indulgo the hope,'! hut il meet us on (hat ground and record the subject is in any way brought be fore Congress, pecuniary aid will be afforded, at leest to the amount appro priated for tho suppression of the S uve Trade. their answer lo ou declaration. Bat it miiKt be observed, and to the honor of the Editorial fraternity, that many of them have acted, recentlv. wilh 5ia imjiaiiiauiT auu lilUCienueOCv The American Convention for (he on this subject ; indeed m st of their Abolition l Slavery throughout the; papers have been within a few years U uited Stales,' seems never to have lost sight of their grand object : their me. linct, it is believed, have been bi ennially held in the City -of-PiiiladeU-i ge might ba wrought through the in- .,. - aft ft . ' - I ' ''ft i ' It will bo recollected, mat mat in-1 gerjerally vvhasi situation is so fa stitution became an active coadjutor i vorable as ihe editor of a periodieal Whenever vou much improved,' iu being dives'ed of thbso odi'Q fijurx p--; fixed to slave advertisements. What hatrnv ehan- 1 1 j in that first great step towards a, re formation, which was effected by both Great Britain and America, in the year I80i. But 'this t)y no means completed the grand design, or reali ze! the patriotic and benevolent views of 11 ociciy, of which, a Franklin, a Uush, a Uenzet, and af emberton wpro members ; It is much to he de sirod that ail the numerous Societies, yhieU-hava race, coufll come together in one Gen era! Congress, and thus give systema tic and united energy to their labors, in this all iinpo' lant and national cause I he institution above alluded to, seems to form the ground for this coalition ; and willing to afford every facility to their follow citizens of the. more soUtht-rn states,, whose condition'! so imperiously require their early and unremitted efforts, they I'ave adjourn ed their session to the City of Balti more on the 23th of October. A let ter from the secret ry of the acting Committee, with on extract of their C n s i u 1 1 o n , w i 1 1 h e r e w i i t h be submit' ted to y ur consideration. The subject of establishing a Press, devoted to the cause of Emancipation and Colonization, will probably be brought before vou from some of the Blanches, where it is understood to have been taken into coiibideration. piper Whenever vou uliail iinlj.. it exp di.-n to take up this subject, presuiiie you will be. disposed en tier to put in. operation a press of your ovii, or to afford prompt and effectual patronage to one already in operation,' pretty centrally si'uated in the wealth and population of the slate The great and enefeasing interests of the Society, require your delibera lion on other subjects of equal per- nere presented uut wiiicli, the short period prescribed for the session ne cessarily precludes, more especially as it is probable that sundry matters, will come up from the branches toge ther with others of equal claim to tt tenfion, from your Board of Manag rg should they report. - 'With this transient and ineofrVp?te view of the interest of the S iety, permit : ine in conclusion, to rem irk on the state of it generally If we com pare its present aspect with what it was in 1823, we have abundant rea son iabeJipve we. ore advancing with na tardy steps toward the consum mation of our hfipeM, t hat is, suci a renovation iu ntiblic opinion as will put in operation a sytem of. policy before which the, degrading an'nraely of republican slave laws will shrink into the legitimate regions of despot ism, or else be driven frorii the world. State, seems not to leiiten those sec tional feelings which can never be come t he so u rcc.i) f good to .ttur.com Uiob country and subsequeiilly the declaratioua, of some intemperate po liticiuiis, are obviously calculated, if not intended,, to excite them where they exist Aud create ihein where they exitU iiol, i 1 1 Mould be rerrooedur should (be official commuiiieation al luded to be considsred by "onyiter Sute, as thjD univerial senlicicpt ol North-Carolina : Itjmny net there, lore, he improper toltddrcts the Ic- riie expediency of this measure will ' We know that some Sf'Gsh mn have at some period demand a due ai:d at-Tende'ivotired to append odious ideas tentive invehtigation, The freedom' to the term reformation, affect to of the Press ts emphatically cal!-d the speak of what they ure pf-aird to call great bulwark of Liberty and our; self created societies wth contempt ; Fathers when they entered tbo social , and to stigmatise ,A all effort for the compact for 1 1; ei r own government, abolition of slavery with such epi declared it free from restraint that lliets as only proceed from tiiat con is as free' as we are " to assemble to- traded rulo of vision which is amply getherto consult for our common good, filled y the contemplation of their to instruct our representative, to pe- mistaken views of private interest. titiou for redress of grievances, &c ,J Whifli seems inctpnble of being ex whatever may be said of the Press in ' panded so as to tuke in objects of such this state, us ' the bulwark tit liberty9 magnitntf,4s their couniri-.W II 9, in tho sense in which that term was aud the happiness of uub'rn millions, used by the National Convention in! both white and black. But let us at 1776 ; we know that in a government ail limes recollect, that those are our like ours, it is the grand medium forj countrymen, and these are the preju the transmission of ideas, and the in-' dices naturally produced by a yiem terchange of opinions between man of slavery; our duty to them requires and man, that it is at once the vehic- that w e hold our indignation iburac- kle of intellige ce, and a powerful in-j tedh and while we feel a just ab horrence ot the system, ami lanor earnestly for its extermination, le u frieodly overtures of the State of O-I strument for the reformation of such hio, w as met by the Lxeeutive ol this practices as ure heterogeitiul to tree popular government, where it un de.r uo undue or improper influence JlJiese-t slublifhmei;is being generally p r i rat e pro p e r, and ' tho to mf or t ami co n v e n ieri ee of l hep r opr i e t o r r eon duetor. in a pecuniary point of view, dependent on 'heir judicious manage raf.nl It was not lo be expected ihut the cotHmrcB"oT on r-perrodical- print would be unhesitatingly opened to ad mil the diseuiciou of a wrong and it remedy (which can only , be adjudged and decided by the people) while pop j ular prejudice f p r ? w S i :i s , 0 CT tt h v as n-.urli as possible pity and spare its misguided advocates- Their pow r less n rts will in the end bave.no o t her e ll'ec t h a n to t o U9& t h? :n ! n t " wfgiefwitoirrt-trth-'aodJoiTl e e i" into more vigorous action, aud shnw mi a liiore luminous manner, that the Reformation eouieuded for ts to bft ef feele4l4f4UildestieiKUSn.ojLt he nobles of purposes, notk n lesj than the temporal dnd eternal happi ness of man. jt would a greit pft 'f ijnrope hav? bepri at thi-day, hid it not been for tlm r.busjd aodcattun-