" "i I ‘”I),_I1i“3E£tT‘Y—_-intern. "co'w‘r'>'_r:ir.__ ,
l’ *~ Freedom has a thousand charms E) sh0“'»
That slaves how’er cotiteiited, never "QW-
The mind attains, beneath tl;1er,lf,3P,l)h)’ lslgslvd
The c_rrowtb- that Nature eant 5 e, no
§ua'in ;’
.- The varied fields of science; 3;‘-var hew,
Opening and wider o‘p_'e'riing,_o,n.her view-,
she _'p‘9mums onward with a at-osperous force,
i_,1lVhile no base fear _iliipetit_3_s_ er in her course.
Religion, richest favour of the skies, [eyes ;
[ands mo’st _r'ev'eale'tl before the freemau’s
go shade}. of superstition blot the day,
Liberty blfaslesdall that gloom away :
The soul ediaiicipated, unopprest, , , . ,
Free to ‘play; all things,and hold fast the best;
Iiealhs much ; and to a thousand listening
_ minds ._, . _ g ,,
Commiinicates with joy the good she findst
Courage in arms, and ever pl'Ol1]'pl.'l'O show
His manly foiehead to the fiercest foe ;
Glorious in ‘war, but for the sake of peace,
His spirits rising as his toils increase,
Guards well-wliat arts and industry have won,
_ And Freedom claims him for her first-borii
_ son.
Slaves fight for what were better cast away-
The chain that binds them, 8:. a ty rant’s sway;
But they that iightfor freedom, undertake
The noblest cause mankind can have at stake:
Religion, virtue, truth, what’er we call
A blessing--freedom is the pledge of all.
0 Liberty ! the prisoner’s pleasing dream,
The poet's muse, his passion, and his tlieuie ;
Genius is thine, and thou art Fancy’s nurse ;
Lost without thee th’ enuobling powers of
, verse; _
Heroic song from thy free touch acquires
Its clearest tone, the rapture it inspires i
Place me where VViuter breathes his keenest
And I will sing, ifLiherty be there; {air,
And I will sing at Liberty’s dear feet,
In Afric’s torrid clime,or India's fiercest heat.
it at vi‘: -)f- -X- -)6 -)t-
Incomparable gem ; thy worth untold ;
Cheap" though blood-bouglit,and tluoiru away
when sold ;
May no foes ravish thee, and no false friend
Betray thee, while professing to defend '
Prize it, ye ministers ; ye monarchs, spare ;
_Ye Patriots, guard it with it miser’s care.
. ,___
For the gratification of several friends who
have expressed a wish to peruse the following
Address, we give it a place in our columns.
.An increased interest is iiiiparted to the pro-
duction by the fact that the author is a native
ofthis"place,and known to many ofour readers.
\Ve have also another reason for publishing it.
Vile wish that, public attention should be more
thoroughly aivakened on the important sub-
ject of African’ Einancipatioii, and that a
knowledge of the plans and the proceedings
or the American‘ Colonization Society should
be wider spread, and an interest in its behalf‘
deeper felt; and we know not that our wish-
es can he more easily or more fully gratified,
than by placing before the‘ public the claims
ofthe sons of Africa upon’ their compassion
and their benevolence, as set foffli in the fol-
lowing address, and others delivered on a like
occasion, winch we shall hereafter publish.
CHRISTIAN i5ATnIoTisit.
.-Hn ./Iddress delivered at Concord, .N'. H. July
Fourlh,I8‘.l5,b_y Rev. NA’PHANlELBOUTON.
Christian Friends and Fellow Citizens-
LET us welcome this day with gratitude to
God. Next to‘tbe landing ofthe Pilgrimson
the rock at Plymouth, it forms an era in our
history, which must ever awaken the most in-
‘ - assembly, convened on the Fourth of July,
1776; 'colild,we see them listening in (199?
suspense to the declaration of their rightbfilld
the entimeratioii of their wr'o'ngs; could we
know the thoughts ilvhich shot quickest acl05-S
their intellect, or the emotions‘ which 5831
strongest in their bosoms, when the sound
never before heard, “we are’, andéf Tight
bilght to be free and independent,” breaks up-
on their ear ; then should we know how reli-
'gion was mingled witliall their early and ten-
der associatioiis ; how the inipreSSI0l1S Of
wrbrig for conscience sake, which they had re-
ceived from their ‘pious ancestors, from tradi-
tion and history, were reviving and concen-
trailing in the daring resolution that they would
“ put their hand to the great instrument ofin-
dependence, and write their name where all
naiious should behold it, and all time should
not efface it.”
We will then on this day ascribe thanks-
giving to God. He fitted our fathers for the
work, which they accomplished by suffmiiig,
and blood, and prayer. Their character is
drawn on the face ofour government, 3L their
spirit diffused thro’ all otir institutions. The
Constitution which they adopted would not
have suited Greece nor Rome in their liappi-
est days; it is inapplicable to any state in
Europe, because the intelligence and virtue
ofthe people are insufficient to support it.-
France once attempted in imitation of our
example, to model herself into a Republic-
biit slie'fell into anarchy; was convulsed and
torn asunder by the fury ofher own elements,
anti was saved from utter ruiu, only by wel-
coming back and placing on the throne her
‘legitimate sovereign.’ Give our Constitu-
tion to Spain, just as she is, and probably for
a time it would be worse for_ her than the folly,
jealousy and tyranny of Ferdinand, and the
tortures and fires of the Inqiiisition. The
civil liberty which we enjoy, you cannot yet
impart to the brave and noble minded Greeks,
nor to the Patriots ofthe South. Bolivar, the
Washington of South-America, when con-
sulting on a Govern_ment for the people,
whose liberties he has been instrumental of
achieving, declared that the successful opera-
tion ofour constitution for so many years, ‘£8 a
miracle, and that at present it is wholly un-
suited to them. Had he better known the
character of our fathers, he would not have
pronounced the success of our government a
miracle ; but it does show the influence of re-
ligion. It proclaims to the nations while they
lobk on and wonder, “ Happy is that people,
whose God is the Lord.”-—At the same time
it teaches us to respond. “ Not unto us, not
unto us, 0 Lord, but unto thy name give
lory.” To Him we offer our gratitiide.——
Let itascend pure frotn the altarofevery heart.
Happy, might it thus arise along our coasts
anti plains, and reverberate among our hills
and mountains; happy, ifin every part ofthe
nation, patriots should be seen crowding into
the sanctuaries publicly to celebrate God’s
goodness; happy, if the thousands of voices
echoing on this glad day from every quarter
ofthe laud, might mingle in one loud anthem,
and ascend up to Heaven.
Here it is proper to remark on the ronne2:z'on
between Religion and I’alriolism,and to show
how they may be united in the some breast.
In introducing the subject of Patriotism, I’
am aware that I have touched a theme over,
which poetry has thrown her finest embellish-’-I
tueiits, and eloquence poured forth her loftiest
strains of declamation. N0 attribute of liti-
man character sooner awakens esteem and ad-
miration. You love the man who loves his
country ; who endeavors to promote the civil
happiness of the community to which he be-
longs § whose eye is ever open on their inter-
ests,watchful to prevent cvils,&. quick-sighted
in discerning methods to retrieve them. Ifai
his country’s call, he steps forward to a post
of danger and sheds his blood in her defence,
téresting associations. The public ackiiowl- you enibalin his name in your memory, and
edgment of the Divine agency in the affairs
of nations, is a dictate both of reason and re-
iigion; for it is still true, that Jehovah ‘ rulelh
among the nations,’ and that ‘people only is
happy, whose God is the Lord.’
_But in otir case, the recognition of the Di-
vine hand i'n alliliat distinguislies us, is pecul-
iarly proper. “No people,”said Washington,
“ can be bound to acknowledge and adore the
invisible Hand which condticts the affairs of
men, more than the people ofthese U." States.
Every step by which they have advanced to
the character ofan independent nation, seems
to have been distinguished by some token of
Providential agency.”
For what did our Fathers fly their native
land? VVhat could induce them to bid a final
adieu, not only to England, but to every culti-
vated spot in Europe ; and to embark in frail
vessels on a boisterous ocean, to look for a
resting place in a distant wildertiess, and a-
mong savages ? Were tllere treasures to eti-
Iich them, or prospects ofpleasure and honor
to allure them ? Their history and character
give the answer. No—they‘forsook England
and Europe, because there was not a spot
where r they could enjoy, undisturbed, the
rights of conscience and the privileges of their
religion. They came here, not so much to
escape the oppressions of tyranny, and to
' found a separate political -government, as to
enjoy religious institutions oftheir own. The
spirit which glowed in their hearts was that
of RELIGIOUS raccoon. That spirit, first
kindled at the altar of God, fanned into a
flame by persecution, kept alive and glowing
by the fuel ofwrongs and ofoppressions,light-
ed the pathway of our fathers to Independ-
ence. Their childreqheard the story oftheir
sufferings, almost before their young minds
could comprehend it: thus it became inter-
_ woven with the earliest and tenderest recol-
lections ; and down to the third and fourth
generation, there was scarcely one but could
tell some sad tale, of woes endured by his pi-
ous ancestry. No wonder then, that when
they saw the storm of revolution gathering ;—-
the cloudsaising and spreading and thicken-
ing on every side, all they had heard in their
younger days came rising on their remem-
brauce. Hence, i-n their petitions to parlia-
ment ; in their remonstrances ;- in their oili-
cial docurneuts, and in the sermons of minis-
t’ers,tlie original design in the settlement of
this country was strongly represented. It was
urged as a motive to rouse the Americans to
action ;- and perhaps more than -any other, it
invigorated them during that long and doubt-
ful conflict.
, The Declaration of Indpendence, was of
course,poliiical in its character. It was drawn
up with referent_:e to- the establishment of a
new goverqp_ient,'and" could not directly inter-
meddle with» religion. But could we now con-
veyuurselves into-the midst of that august
erect a monument to perpetuate his glory.
Conceive now of such a patriot discharging
his social duties, without regard to the rela-
tion which he and his coiiutryinen sustain to
God. His eye is fixed on their temporal wel-
fare, and his efforts unceasing to promote it.
Butlet the love ofGod mingle with his love of
co'uutry,an‘d soon it will shed a holy influence
over all his actions. He will not relax his ef-
forts for their temppral good; but the motive
that actuates him will be purer, and the end
in view more worthy ofaccomplislimeiit.
What then is the difference between the
patriot who loves God, and the patriot who
loves hiui not P The one, regards his coun-
trymen as sustaining a relation only to this
world—tlie other, to heaven; the one, in his
labours for their welfare, thinks of tlieiii and
feels for iliem, only as members of the civil
community-—tlie other, as subjects also of
the divine government, and as destined to
immortality.
[We here omit several pages of the Ad-
dress in which the “ connexion between Reli-
gion aud Patriotism” is still fiirther illustra-
ted; the recent proceedings at Bunker Hill
alluded to ; and some remarks iuade on the
visit of Lafayette to this cotiniry. The ad-
dress then proceeds as follows :—]
But ariiid the sacred and joyful recollec-
iious which we this day cherish, arise tho’ts
ofmelaucholy hue, and demand an utterance.
On us, as_Pa1riots and as Christians a duty
is imposed, which involves the political and
moral interests ofour Republic. Let the pre-
sume on-your attention, while I lay before you
the object and the claims of the ./flinerican
t..'alomzation Society.
This Society was organized at lVashingtori
in 1817, and is now patronized by many ofthe
niosi distinguished in the iiatiou. Its direct
object is to colonize (with their consent) the
free people of colour residing in the United
States, in Africa, or some lotlier place,tliai
may be deemed suitable. A rritory has been
procured at Cape Moutser-, 0, probably the
best for the purpose, that the whole south-
western coast of Africa contains. A colony,
consisting at present of about 400 has been
established. The name ofthe Colony is Li-
beria, which denotes a settlement of persons
inade free; and the township which they oc-
cupy is called Monrovia, in honor of the illus-
trious late President of the United States. A
government is established, in which the colo-
nists have a ‘share, and which has hitherto
been found sufficient for the maintenance of
good order. Laud has been distributed to
the colonists; and theyh-ave already made
considerable prtigressiii erecting houses, and
-clearing and enclosing fields. The climate
is so well suited to their constitution, that far
less mortality has taken place among them
vthan usually attends new settlements in other
V .
countries. Accounts recently received rep-
resent them as contented and h'appy—re-
joiciugin the blessings of.»Freed_om. They
have their common and their _Sabbath
scliools-—their own place of worship ; and:
what must especially rejoice the heart of ev-
ery Christian, God has recently blessed theiii
with the special influences of the Holy Spirit.
There are now scattered over the United
States, about 250,000 free people ofcolour.—
But in what does their freedom consist? Go
into your populous towns and cities; travel
into the middle and southern States, and you
find the free blacks,tIie most ignorant, degra-
ded and vicious class in the community.-—
They are objects of compassion and _benevo-
leiice——too often, of conteuipt and insult.-
They niiiiister to the vices and pleasures _of
the. whites, and by those best acquainted with
their condition, are regarded as even iuore
wretched than the slaves themselves. Public
opinion has set her brand of infamy and ex-
cltisioii upon them. While they remain in
our coiiutry, they must be cast out from the
privileges of freemeii, and subjected to hope-
less degradation. As long as they retain the
complexion which the God ofnature has giv-
en them, their condition among us cannot be
essentially improved. You may call them
free ; you may enact laws to make them free,
but “ you caiiiiotbleaclitlieiii into the enjoy-
ment of freedom.” .
In behalfofthis unhappy class of the coin-
mtinity, an appeal, Fellow-Citizens, _is this
day :iiade to yuti; made to the spirit of patri-
otism which you cherish as Freemeii and as
Christians ; made because the object is a na-
tional one. and tlie'resources of the Society.
inadequate to accomplish it; and made on
this occasion, because connected as it is, with
all that renders life most dear, the hearts of
the‘ truly patriotic must be quick to feel and
their hands prompt to execute.
Remove this portion ofthe black population
froiu our coiiutry, and establish them in a col-
ony, and you not only free our nation of a
great and rapidly growing evil, but confer on
them, both the name and the reality of free-
dom. Soon they would emerge froiii the abyss
of degradation in which they are now sunk-
they would feel all the iiiciteiuenis ofliberty
stirring within them, and ere long would form
an intelligent and happy community, with a
goveruinent 8:. iiistittitioiis similar to our own.
But then with the colonization of the free
blacks, is connected the removal ofslavcry
jrom our country. I know that the very men-
tion ofslavery is euougli to arouse the indig-
nation of the free-born and liigli-niinded sons
of New-England. While they are ploughing
the hard soil, and gathering the fruits oftheir
labour from the rocks and liills——there is not
one, but can say from the heart,
“I would not have a slave to till my ground;
'I‘o carry me; to fan me while I sleep,
And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth
That sinews bought 8L sold, have ever earned.
No—-dear as freedom is, and in my lieart’s
Just estimation prized above all price,
I had uiucli rather be myselftlie slave,
And wear the bouds,thau fasten them on him.”
While I speak, I remember too,that slavery
is opposed to the first principles of our Coti-
stitotion. It V was not repugnant to the de-
mocracy of Greece and Rome. '“It is in
"perfect harmon'y with the systems of govern-
ineiit which, excepting Great Britain and
S”witzerland,_prevail in every province of the
old world.” But it stands in direct opposition
to-the acknowledged and boasted uiaxiius,
which are the basis of our political institu-
tioiis. Oh ! what a solemn mocke-ry—-I speak
it with deference-—does it cast upon the great
instrument of our Independence ! “ We hold
lhese truths to be self-evident, that all men are
created equal ; that they are endowed by their
Creulor, -with certain umzlicnable rights ; and
that among these are life, 1.iBi~;it'i'v, and the
pursuit of lu1_ppiness.”
But, E clluw-Ciiizeiis, slavery does exist a-
It was introduced when we were
moug us.
oloiiies under Euglpnd ; and has grown with
our growth,&. streuglliened with our streugtli.
it becomes us not now to waste time in crim-
mating those who more directly tolerate it;
but to utiite our efforts to remove it. It is
generally admitted,that great and alarming as
the evil is, it will not do to proclaim iiuiversal
emancipation. Set the slaves free, ignorant
and degraded as they are, they could not take
care of themselves, but would spread over and
infect every portion ofthe country. The work
uitist be done gradually. audit seems to me
that the Colonization Society proposes the
only judicious plan that can accomplish it.-
By colonizing the free blacks you open the
door for gradual emancipation. Many slave-
holders stand ready to give up their slaves,tlie
moment they can be removed out of the coun-
try. Here then, pause, and look steadily at
the object proposed. A way seems opened
which ultimately may remove from our coun-
try the greatest calamity that ever afflicted a
nation. In 18°20, ou. slave population amoun-
ted to one million five hundred thousand ;—-
their aiinual increase is estimated at 35,000,
and their number doubles in less than 22.0 yrs.
'I"liings remaining as they now are, in 1840,
we shall have tliree iuillions of slaves; in 1860
six millions; and in 1880, twelve millions. A
uaiioii of slaves, larger by four millions, than
the whole white population now spread over
this vast coiiutry, from Maine to the extremi-
iy of the Floridas, and from the shores‘ of the
Atlantic to the Rocky Mountains. But it
will be" a nation, .‘ scattered and peeled,’ a na-
tioii ‘ meted out 5;. trodden down,’ and “ God
forbid--that it should be written in the blood,
and echoed in the groans of. that generation,
‘ anatiou terrible fr. the beginning hitherto.’ ”
But what is to be their condition? Policy re-
quires even now, that they be kept in ignor-
ance. Tliey may not be taught to read even
the Bible, because they will learn their rights,
and the means of asserting them. As their
uuinbers incieasc,the hand ofoppression must
be laid heavier upon them, and their chains
closer rivetted. But as year after year passes
away, how iuucli anxiety and terror must be
endured by our brethren in the slave-liolding
States! Plots will thicken l set-vile insurrec-
tions spring up ! and flames be kiudled,wliich
can be qiicuclied only with blood ! These, 1
imow, are words of terror—but their terrible-
iiess is no arguineiit against the truth of what
I say. lftliiugs go on as they now are,Words
more terrible than these ‘ must be familiar in
our mouths.’ Ca a million and a. half of
men, can fwclvc n illimzs be kept in ignorance
and bound in chains forever ? Can you pre-
vent them from learning that they are letter-
ed, and that ‘freedom is the birthright of hu-
manity.’ The air which they breathe is free
—-the soil on which they tread, and which
they water with their tears,was ‘spec wet with
the'blood offreemen. Around them are the ‘
memorials of freedom. Eilery yea'r,when the
anniversary ofour Independence is celebrated,
they will hear the voice of Liberty, and learn
even froui her discordant notes-—that freedom
should be theirs. Nor do I know what influ-
ence the independent government of I-Iayti
may ere long exert over them: but unless
something be dotie to remove them from otir
country, we must expect to witness scenes
which will make the hearts of the mightiest
recoil. The slave-holder, armed while he
sleeps, shall be reused by the flames of_ht$
own dwelling kindled around him,orby shrieks
of nitirder breaking on his ear. Ttie moral
and the physical sirengtli of one part of our
country will be gone '; and not unlikely, a tra-
gedy far more strange and fearful than that of
St. Domingo, will be acted over. “I tremble
for my country,” says Jefferson, “ when I
think that God is just ;" and speaking of the
probability that the blacks ‘may assert their
freedom, he adds, “ the Aliiiiglity has no at-
tribute which can take side with us in such a‘
contest.”
As the removal ofslavery fromour country,
involves the interests of the nation, it is siti-
cerely hoped and expected, that the general
government will more liberally aid the Col-
onization Society ; and take the Colony, es-
tablished in Africa, under its protection. But,
in the meautinie; an appeal, Fellow-Citizens,
is made to you. While in this sanctuary, on
this joyful occasion, offering prayers and
liyinuing praises to Him who hath made. of
one blood all the nations, you are invited to
evince your love ofliberty, by affording relief
to the enslaved. “fill you co-operate with
thousands ofyotir countryineii, assembled in
similar circiitn:.tauces, in different parts ofthe
nation ? Will you act in concert with the
worthy and distinguished patriots whose
names are enrolled on the records of this So-
ciety ? Shall Ireinind you that this is the
cause in which Samuel J. Mills", whose praise
will long live in the Churches, laid down his
life? that in England, Wilberforce and
T8lgnlll()lllll,‘l&d on a marsballed host, resol-
ved never to relinquisli their object, till all the
sons ofAfrica befrec? Shall I tell you, that
the first voice ever raised in France against
slavery and the slave trade, was the voice of
LAFAYE'1"1'E ; that, wiili his own money, he
purchased a considerable ntiuiber ofslaves, to
educate them for emancipation ; that he lion-
ored, \V.;lll1..lIlS presence, the last annual meet-
ing of’; _,,}'COl()l1lZaIl0n Society, and is now
one. ofi s'Vice-Presidents?
I know that in such a cause you are earnest
to tiuite. But, before putting forth the hand
ofyoiir charity, consider what influence you
are about to exert, with God ’s blessing, on the
iuillioiis ofAfrica. Through tlieirifluence of
the Colony, ofagents sent out by the govern-
ment, and of vessels ofwar stationed along
the coast, the slave trade, that “ horrible traf-
fic,” which, for ages, has been the scourge of
Africa,aiid the disgrace of civilized nations,
may, in a great degree be prevented. I speak
indeed ofa horrible iraffic—butI cannot de-
tail to you its horrors. I cannot tell what it
is to be torn away from country and from
lionie—to be carried in chains to a strange
land, and doomed to a slavery worse than
death. But I can tell you one plain fact that
speaks louderthan words. “Not less than
60,000 slaves, according to the most moderate
computation, are annually carried from Afri-
ca.” And it is stated on good authority,that
many oftliese are smuggled into the Southern
states and sold. In ilie latter part of 1823, a
vessel arrived at Baltimore, with If slaves
from Africa on board. These were rescued
through the humanity of soiue of the active
members of the Colonization Society, and
provided for by bei.ig distributed among sev-
eral families in theneighbourhood, to remain
till they should be able to express their wishes
in regard to their future destination. Soon
after, however, an interpreter’ was found by
the name of Wilkinson, and they were exam-
ined as to their wishes to return, by the navy
agent at Baltimore. The general question
was put to them, severally, whether they
wished to remain in this country as freemen,
or be sent to Montserado, and thence il'prac-
ticable to their homes. Dowrey was the first
who wascalled to answer. He was a chief
in his own country, of whom Wilkinson had
sortie knowledge. He replied, “I wish to go
liouie. I wish to see my father, my wife and
children. I have been at Montserado. I live
but three day’s walk from that place.” Bar-r
terou answered, “ let me go home ; I have
a wife, 1 have two children, I live a_ morning's
walk from Dowrey.” The next person ex-
amined had been living with Gen. Harper ;
(who was one ofthe most efficient members
of the Society, but is now in his grave ',) when
asked if he was not disposed to remain and be
instructed, and go home hereafter and teach
his couutryinen ;—be replied, “ Gen. Harper
is a good inau; he will give me clothes and
food, but he caimot give me my wife and
clii|dren.” The reply ofthe next was, “Why
do you ask this question over and over, I am
so rejoiced at the thought of returning, that I
want words to express myself. Do you not
know that nothing is so dear as a niau’sliome.”
Another said, “ My mother is living, my fa-
tlierisliviiig, I have two sisters, lshall be
grateful to those who send me to my family
and friends.” Similar were the answers ol .
all ; and I am happy to state, that thro’ the
agency of the Colonization Society, they
_were all restored to their country and homes.
Happy—-thrice happy, he—-who contributes
but a mile to teriuiiiaie a trafiic. which besides
its legion of other evils, thus tends asunder
the cords of the heart.
But besides doing much to prevent the slave
trade, the co’oiiists which you help to estab-
lish at lllontserado, will cultivate the arts, o-
pen their schools, and erect their churches.——-
Eroin them and frorn the English Colony at
Sierra Leone, light will emanate on the stir-
ioundiug darkness. Probably " two centuries
hence, the little band who are now cultivating
their fields and building their houses at Morit-
serado, and spreading over the wilderness a-
round them a strange aspect oflife and beau-
ty, will be remembered by the thousands of
their descendants with the same emotions‘ with
which the little baud wliolanded at Plymouth
two centuries ago, are remembered by the
thousands of New-England.” Ere tlut titne
Africa will have lifted her head among the na-
tious,aud beholdiiig the means of tier redemp-
tion,_wiIl have " stretched out her hands unto
God.” Instead of the groans which for ages
have mingled tvitlitlie sullen murmur of her
rivers, or swept uulieard across her deserts,
“joy and gladncss shall be heard in her,_i
tliauksgiving and the voice of melody l”
A
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_ A ‘max ‘eon At-iaibx.
The following is-extracted from a Sermon di-
liveredat New-Haven on the 4th of July
last, by. the Rev. Leonard Bacon. Thé
Address has been piiblished in a pamphlet:
form, under the title ofa Plea for flfrica.
“ After having detained you so long, I will
not exhaust your patience by detailing the
plans, or the history, or the prospects ofthe
American Colonization Society. You knowi
that its design is to establish on the coast of
Africa, colonies of free people of colour from
America ; and after what I have already said
I need not trace otit the influence which the
successful prosecution ofthis design must have
on the civilization ofthat continent, or on the
character and happiness of our own coloured
population. You can imagine for yourselves;
how such a colony, founded in the principles
of American freedom, and stipported by A.-
merican liberality and enterprise, would grail?
mid fl0"ll5h- giving a new eiuplovtiient and a".
ncw direction to commerce, adorning witli
villages and cultivated fields the landthat is
now halfdesolate with the ravages oftlic slavé
trade, and overspread wiili the untamed lux-
uriaiicy of the wilderness. You can iinaginé
how the rude tribes, gazing with a5mm5|m,e.,'{
on the arts ofa civilized community,’ would
soon become desirous of shat lug in a power so‘
wonderful ; and being cut off front that traf-
fit: in each other’s blood, by which they live,
would gradually engage in those pursuits, and
acquire that knowledge, with wliich (1 people
nmst commence the career of itiiproveiiieiit.
You can imagine liovi the light of christian
truth might be made to beam forth on the he-
niglited pagans. You can imagine how the"
negro, here despised and broken-spirited,
would'_there stand up in the full majesty of
manhood, and \Vll.ll Ilie iiispiration of all the
motives that are stimulating you to enter-
prize_aud effort. You can imagine too, how‘
all this might operate for the improvement
and happiness of the African who should re-
main among us, exciliiig him to industry, and
bestowing upon liiiu the consciousness ofwi-
der and higher capacities. Leaving all this
to your rtflections. I will only say, that tho’
the society has contended from the beginning,
and is still striiggliiig with grievous etiibar-
rassinents,its disappoiiitinents have been few-
er, ils calauiities less terrible, and its sticcess
more rapid, than ever attended the progress
of any similar enterprise. It has obtained a
rich and beautiful territory, adequate to all
its present purposes. It has succeeded in,
planting there a colony, nmv consisting of
nearly four hundred individuals, who are rap-
idly preparing the means of sustenance. not
only for themselves, btitalso for the thousands‘
who are anxious to join them.”
“ And, surely, if it is the noblest attribute
of our nature, which spreads out the circle of
our sympathies, to include the whole family
of man, and sends forth our affections to eni-
brace the ages ofa distant futuriiy, it must be
regarded as a privilege no less exalted, that
our means of doing good are limited by no
remoteness ofcountrygor distance ofduration ,
but wemay operate, if we will,to assuage the
miseries ufauother lieniispliert-.,~ or to prevent
the necessities of an unborn geueratioii. The’
time has been, when a man might weep over
the wrongs of Africa‘, and he might look for-
ward to weep over the hopelessnessof herde-
gradatioii, till his heart should bleed ;and
yet his tears would be all that he could give
her. He might relieve the beggar at his door,
but he could do nothing fora dying continent.
He might provide for his children, but he
could do nothing for the natioiis that were
yet to be born to an inheritance of utter
wreichedness. Then, the privilege of enga-
ging in schemes of magnificent benevolence,
belonged only to princes, 8: to men ofprince—
ly possessions ; but now, the progress ofim-
provement has brought down this privilege to-
the reach of every individual. The institu-
tions ofour age are a republic of benevolence’
and all may share in the unrestrained and e--
qual democracy. This privilege is ours. We
may stretch forth our. hand, if'we will, to en-
lighten the I-Iindoo, or to tame the savage of
forth our contributions, and thus to operate,-
iiot ineffectually, for the reliefaud renovation
ofa continent over which one tide of misery
ltas swept, without ebb, and without restraint,-_
for unreiiiembered centuries. It is ours, if
we will, to do something that shall tell on all
the coming ages ofa race which has been per-
secuted aiid eiislaverlfitrotitlen down and de-
spised, for a tliousaud geiieratioiis. . Our Fa-
ther has made us the almoners ofhis love." He
has raised us to partake, as it were, in the u-
biquity of his own beueficeiice. Shall we be
unworthy ofthe trust ?—-God forbid.”
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