The Colonization herald and general register

              AND GENERAL REGISTER.
CONDUCTED BY  THE   PENNSYLVANIA  COLONIZATION  SOCIETY
WHATSOEVER  YE   WOULD   THAT  MEN   SHOULD   DO  TO   YOU,   DO   YE   EVEN  SO   TO  THEM.
Vol. I.—NEW SERIES.
PHILADELPHIA,  WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER  24,   I 8 :_ 8 .
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SOUTH AFRICA.
Expedition of Discovery into the Interior of Africa
through the hitherto undescribed countries of the
Great Namaquas, Boschmans and Hill Damaras,
performed under the auspices of her Majesty's Go
vernment and the Royal Geographical Society.
Conducted by James Edward Alexander, F. L. S.,
&c. &,c. &.c.    Henry Colburn.
A highly valuable addition to the already numerous
works which have issued from the press upon the same
subjects. We shall give it a more ample notice in our
forthcoming number, presenting our readers, in the
meantime, with the following interesting extracts from
its pages. The first is the account of the murder of a
missionary, which some of our readers will remember
hearing of about ten years back :
"Our next out-span was at Silver Fountain (nine
hours.) To reach it we passed first through rocky
and shaky passes, with walls of rock on each side, and
where I thought the wagons would have been dashed
to pieces every instant, and then through a fine open
country, with scattered hills and Euphorbia-coveied
plains. The farm house at Silver Fountain is on a
plain, with a garden of fig and peach trees, through
which water is led, and near it are some rocks, below
which is the grave of the murderer of the missionary
Trelfall.
"The Rev. Mr Trelfall was a young man of great
zeal in the sacred cause of converting the heathen.
Ho hud been some time in the pestilential cliimte of
Delagoa Day, and on his return to the Cape to recover
from a fever attended with delirium, he resolved to try
the west coast of S mill Africa, and to penetrate tothe
Damaras. His undertaking was a rash one; for he
took no precautions for defence, and no one can travel
far in Africa trusting only to the good will of the na¬
tive?, • whose tender mercies are cruel.'
" Mr. Trelfall crossed the Great River, and reached
the Warm Bath, in 1820. with two Hottentots (Jacob
and Jan) and three pack oxen. Here he got the guide,
Nangnbib. who murdered him. The murderer Con¬
fessed as follows. That the chief at the Bath asked
the missionary for powder, who, being unable to fur¬
nish a supply, wns desired to leave the kraal, which he
did ; hut being forced to come back for water, the chief
told Naugabib to murder the missionary when he got
some distance on the road, and to call in assistance if
required. Naugabib said that, being afraid of the chief
(who barbarously cuts the sinews of the necks of those
who offend him) promised to obey his orders. They
again left the Bath, and travelled north-west, towards
the Fish River, and falling in with a hunter, armed
with a gun, Naogabib persuaded him to join the party.
though the missionary objected lo it, owing to the dif
ficulty of finding fiod.
" They had ' packed off' near the Fish River, and on
Naogabib being refused some tobacco he wanted from
the missionary, he not in a great passion, and threw
back the trowsers and handkerchief he had got for
guiding the party. The missionary then pacified him,
and gave him some tinder-boxes and beads, to go to a
Bosch man kraal near, nnd endeavor to get some food.
The jruide went to the III—1. am. toM 'bo B<vel.mpns
what the orders of the chief were regarding the dispo¬
sal of the missionary; the guide slept at the kraal one
night, and next day having arranged that five Bosch¬
mans should join him in the evening to carry his pur¬
pose into effect, he brought a goat with him to Mr.
Trelfall.
"In the evening the Boschmans, armed with bows,
arrows, and javelins, came nnd sat by the fire; and
after the missionary had sung a hymn and prayed, he
and his two Hottentots lay down to sleep in the sand.
When all was quiet, Naogabib went to the Boschmans
and said, 'Now is the time.' The guide, the hunter,
and the Boschmans accordingly surrounded the
sleepers. The Hottentots were first assailed with ar¬
rows and Btenee, and Jacob's back bone was shot
through with a gun, on which the missionary awoke,
and asked if there were lions near, nnd getting no an¬
swer from his people, be rolled himself up in his kaross
and aerate went to sleep. The hunter now said it
WonUbe better to leave the white man to die of hunger
and thirst in the wilderness, which he would certainlv
do, as he could not find food bv himself, but the guide
said, ' No! he must be killed like the rest.'
"Accordingly, Naogabib pulled the kaross off Mr.
Trelfall, who grttinir up and s-eing the murderers
round him, immediately understood the desperate cir¬
cumstances he wns in, and putting his hand to his
breast as if to search for a weapon, he fled towards a
neighbouring bush. Naugabib and the others at first
hesitated to follow him, thinking he was armed, but
seeing no weapon, arrows were discharged at him, and
then an aseegaye wns thrown. The devoted mission¬
ary next fled towards the packs, nnd knell down and
prayed (doubtless for deliverance from the bitter cup
•of death which he was then tasting;) but, poor man !
his fate was scaled. The infernal Naugabib knocked
him down with the blow of a stone on the temple, and
then ordered the Boschmans to destroy him with their
assegayes, and also to finish Jacob who was still groan¬
ing in the agonies of death. They did so; and then
the baggage was plundered, for which tbe murders
had born committed. Mr. Trelfall and Jacob were
also stripped; but Jan's clothes were too full of blood
to be of any use: the three bodies were left to the wolf
•and the vulture.
"Thus p rished Mr. Trelfall, the victim of impru¬
dent confidence among savages. He had pistols, but
he did not load them, nor had he one about him to show
when he was assailed, or he might have frightened his
cowardly murderers."
The next our readers will peruse with singular in¬
terest. It will put our own pedestrians somewhat to
the blush.
"On the 13th of March we continued our journey
■over the same delightful country as we had seen the
day before, nnd in two hours and a half descended to
the bank of the Gnuanuip river (whose name is un¬
translatable), and out-spanned at JTunis" (or Mud)
Fountain, where lay Henrick the hunter, "par excel¬
lence."*
"From Tunis we saw the long line of the 'Un'uma,
•or Bulb mountains, two or three thousand feet high,
east of us, and between us and them was the Koanquip,
a branch of which was the Gnuanuip.
"In the evening, Henrick came from his huts to
vi-it me, he was a span1 made and athletic Namaqua, of
forty years of age, about five feet eight inches in height,
nose low, but inclined to aquiline, teeth rather promi¬
nent, but covered with his lips; a good humored smile
about his mouth, and altogether with a very amiable
and intelligent expression of countenance. He was
beautifully formed, deep chested, small waist, and
muscular arms, thighs, and calves, without any extra
flesh beyond what was necessary to give perfect sym¬
metry to his figure. His feet were small, as is usual
among the Namaquas, but his instep was particularly
high, and even rose in a sort of knob in the middle:
this may have added to his astonishing power as a
runner.
"The reader must not imagine I indulge in a tra¬
veller's licence .when I say that Henrick could catch
and kill zebras by fleetness of foot: I believe he has colony, is questioned. It is, undoubtedly, a good work, stiasivc force of a wholesome public opinion, and trans- though regular and uniform, possessed none of the lit-
often done this; for I have seen him turn zebras to- but what has the church to do with it? The proper, lated to the shores of Afiica, these men will be as su- tleness which sometimes belongs to those descriptions
wards the guns; and when 1 tell how he managed to design of the church is to perpetuate and extend the perior to the native races, as the whites are to them, of men. It formed a majestic pile, lhe effect of which
catch them, I may be believed; if not, I must lie under Gospel. This is the main or leading object, in her And the prejudice of color being thus removed, the na- was not impaired, but improved by order and symme-
an evil imputation, which I would willingly avoid—for, efforts. This is the end, which our Boards of Mis- tives may be civilized and enlightened through their try. There was nothing in it to"dazzle by wiidness,
Hora et sempre, now and always ' Truth me guide.'       sions have in view.    While other objects are contem-  agency. They can there blend by intermarriage, with-  and surprise by eccentricity.    It was of a higher spe-
" When Henrick's powder ran short he took a hunt- plated, such as the instruction of the ignorant, raising out the aid of Mr. Tappan. They may plant the cross cies of moral beauty. It contained every thing great
in.: knife in bis left hand (for he was left handed, and to civilization the degraded heathen, introducing the amid the sterile sands of the desert, and be the heralds and elevated, but it had no false and tinsel ornament.
continued so, though it was through his left arm he had arts and sciences among barbarians, nnd in every way ; of salvation to a benighted people. We feel little in- It was not the model cried up by fashion and circum-
received a ball at the skirmish at Bethany) and know- ameliorating the condition of the people. But these clination to offend the moral reader by any attempt to stance; its excellence was adapted to the true and just
ing there were zebras in his neighborhood, he went are all subordinate, and follow as natural consequences expose the ridiculous and revolting scheme of amalga-; moral taste, incapable of change from the varying ac-
out to the field to seek them, to their grazing ground,  of the grand objf ct. ! mation ; let its projectors be classed with those fanati-  cidents of manners, of opinions and times,
and to run them down. j     How is it with the American Colonization Society? ■ cal advocates of temperance, who would substitute but-       General Washington is not the idol of a day, but the
" Walking on his toes with an elastic springing step, What is its prominent object 7 Is it not entirely secu- termilk for wine in the Lord's supper. It is by colon i- hero of a ores ! Placed in circumstances of "the most
at the rate of upwards of five miles an hour, he paced lar ? While the diffusion of religion is a mrre second- f zation alone that the descendants of Ham can be re- trying difficulty at the commencement of the Ameri-
over the plain glancing at the ground for foot-marks,' ary affair. This, the constitution and published docu- deemed. There are at present but few spots r>n the can contest, he accepted that situation which was pre-
and on each side of him, with his keen eyes.    The   ments of the Society, clearly show is the case. African continent settled for this purpose, and their  eminent in danger and responsibility.    His persever-
prints of the compact hoofed zebras are observed on : We have had experiments enough tried, to convince growth is feeble and sickly, as were the colonies of ance overcame every obstacle; his moderation concil-
the sands, and presently the troop itself is seen grazing us that all attempts to civilize barbarians without the Jamestown and Plymouth on our own shores. Butthe(iated every opposition; his genius supplied every re-
near. Henrick stoops, disencumbers himself of every Gospel are perfectly futile. So that, independent of I little fountains that now swell up in the desert may source ; his enlarged view could pian, devise, and im-
skin covering which might encumber him, even to his the other objection, this alone would be sufficient to multiply and blend, and roll on until they sweep on-! prove every branch of civil and military operation,
leopard skin cap, and steals as near as lie can to the   cool our zeal in this cause. ward, not unlike their own Nile, in one resistless and j He had the superior courage which can act or forbear
game without being perceived ; but the watchful eye i Let me not be understood ns condemning the Colo-' fertilizing stream. How long was it before the early j to act, as irue policy dictates, careless of the reproaches
of the stallion discovers the hunter, when he leaves the \ nization Society. My object is lo secure for it a more j colonists of America toiled up the summit of the Alle- \ of ignorance either in power or out of power. Ho
cover of the bushes, and giving the alarm to the rest, general support. And to this end, I will venture to ghany, and from another Pisgah looked down upon the ' knew how to conquer by waiting, in spite of obloquy,
the whole gallop off. Henrick, without putting him- make one or two suggestions. Let it be so modified as , land of promise ? Vet as they descended, in little more j for the moment of victory, and he merited true praise
self at the top of his speed at first, follows them; the to become a Christian institution, or rathf r a Mission- j than one generation of the children of men, empires j by despising undeserved censure. In the most ardu-
zebras stop to gaze, Henrick running like a race horse, j ary Society ; having for its officers men fearing God,' have arisen and cities have peopled the wilderness. i ou* moments of the contest, his prudent firmness prov-
with his stomach mar to the ground, bounds toward with an eye to his glory in what they do, and sending! The first fruits of abolition we have already gathered, [ ed lhe salvation of the cause which he supported. His
them. Away they rush again, snorting, and tossing ! out only such as will promote the interests of true re-• and the branch which bore them is of the tree of death, j conduct was, on all occasions, guided by the most pure
their striped heads in the air, and switching their light   ligion. \ In its destructive progress abolition would more speed.- > disinterestedness     Far superior to low and grovelling
and mule-like tails in the pride of fancied fleetness and j Or if this is impracticable, let us f« rm a Board inlhe ly effect a revolution, but when its wild fury shall have ■ motives, he seemed ever to be influenced by that am-
freedom. The hunter "sits on their skirts," snd re- church, auxiliary, if you please, to the National So-1 been exhausted, its stormy depths will settle down into bilion which has justly been called the instinct of great
laxes not from his pursuit for a moment; he clears Iciety, or to the Board of Foreign Missions. You will ; a sullen and stagnant pool, not unlike the sluggish i souls. He acted ever as if his country's welfare, and
stones, bushes, and other impediments; after three or j thus remove a Standing objection o.-' Christians to this waters which sleep upon ruins in the valh-y of Siddim, I that alone, was the moving spring. His excellent
four miles he is in perfect wind ; the ground seems to j cause, and place its claims on the same ground as those j containing no living thing within their bosom. Colo- mind needed not even the stimulus of ambition, or the
fly from under him; and, as he expressed it, he was of the Missionary Society. You will not then hear ; nization, with its mild and wholesome influence, ope rat- prospect of fame. Glory was a secondary considera-
now unable to distinguish the heaven from the earth. : that the Episcopalians, Methodists, and Baptists, have j ing slowly but effectually, will lead the children of cap-1 tion. He performed great actions, he persevered in a
The zebms stop and gaze occasionally, as before; but; their Missionaries in Liberia, while we have none— i tivity forth from the house of bondage to the homes of j course of laborious utility, with an equanimity that
it is now but for an in-tant, for their enemy is closing ; (though there are two Presbyterian churches in the J their fathers, in n clime peculiarly fitted for their habi- neither sought distinction, nor was flattered by it. His
with them; he drives them towards a steep fare of | colony.) j tation.     The strong arm of the Deity is no longer I reward wns in the consciousness of his own rectitude,
rock; they hesitate about the means of escape; Hen-! They, very wisely, have societies of their own. stretched forth visibly to chastise and subdue with fa-
rick is amongst them in a moment, and seizing one of j While we, in the extravagance of our liberality, spend mine, and pestilence, and fiery plague; but the incon-
the striped troop by the tail, he swings it to one side, . our energies on the general cause, which is mainly J veniences and evils of slavery press with a constant ac
celerative fi>rce, and may ultimately compel the white
man to strike away the fetters of the captive. Although
the bars of the prison door may not be again thrown
throwing the whole weight of his own body towards i secular
the ground at the same time.    The zebra falls on its       Besides, you will then be furnished with an unan-
side, when Henrick instantly plunges his knife into its Iswerable  argument  against   Christian  Abolitionists.
chest, and then allows it to rise and run off; it keeps Can a follower of the Saviour denounce the project of I back and the bonds of servitude forcibly torn asunder,
un with the rest for a short distance, then gradually sending the Gospel to the heathen . Dare he retard yet, under the blessing of heaven, and with prudent
falls behind the troop, weak from loss of blood. Its | the work of God . Can he withhold his support from councils, the good jailer may himself relent, and invite
comrades wait for it till Henrick again dashes forward, j the only plan for evangelizing Africa? the captive to come forth.    But should the abolitionists
.repeats his fatal thrust, and if two Btabs are not sufli-1 It seems to me a conscientious man could not resist j succeed in their turbulent efforts, in the hour of depar-
cient to 6tretch the zebra dead on the plain, a third is  such  an appeal.    Any member of the church,  per-1 ture which they prepare, every " lintel and door-cheek
given, which rolls the beautiful body lifeless on the
ground, covered with dust and perspiration. The suc¬
cessful hunter then returns to his huts to send his peo¬
ple with pack oxen to bring home the prize.
"Henrick is rivalled now in fleetness by his eldest
son, Jan, which would not be, says the father, if it were
not for his own crippled arm. Lately, the two were
out in pursuit of giraffes, and getting close to three,
the father told his son to assist him in stabbing the
last; but Jan said, "No: let us attack the first and
largest." Which they did; ond after a smart pursuit,
mann«od to stab the first with fatal effect.
"It must be borne in mind that horses come up with
both zebras and giraffes, but still the powers of both
Henrick Buys and his son must be very astonishing to
enable them to rival horses, and thus to show what a
man is capable of accomplishing with temperance and
training."
From the Presbyterian.
CLAIMS OF AFRICA.
The general spirit of tbe article with this title, we
approve, yet we are fearful it may convey a wrong im¬
pression on one point.    Even admitting that the Colo¬
nization Society is a secular institution, and has for its
sisting in his opposition to such a society, would be a   will be sprinkled with blood, but not as a token to the
proper subject for church discipline,
I known not how this subject is regarded by the
Christian community at large. But there are many in
the church who, in the present state of things, feel an
honest reluctance to aid that society.
The only hope for Africa, humanly speaking, is in
colonizing pious coloured people from this country.
We should, therefore, exert all our energies in this
channel, until G.d, in his Providence points out an¬
other.
As to the plan of sending out all who oiter, without
regard to character, it will rather hinder, than promote
the spread of the Gospel in that country.
These thoughts I beg you to submit to your readers,
in hope that some plan may be devised for carrying on
this good work more efficiently.
Yours, &c. E D. B.
Extracts from the Southern IAlcmry Messenger.
ABOLITION AND COLONIZATION.
red right arm of the archangel that the inmates are to
be consumed."
It is not the discussion of this exciting and alarming
topic to which the south objects; but they do object to
making their slaves a party to the controversy. They
object to the artificial formation of a spur ons public
opinion through the agency of associations acting di¬
rectly upon the slave and stimulating him to rebellion.
For they think with Milton: "Who knows not that
Truth is so strong, next to th" Almighty; she needs
no policies, no stratagem.., no licensing.!, to make her
victorious." She dis 'ains all combinations, clerical or
political. Like the mighty eagle, Truth soars with
steady flight and unblenching gaze into the higher
heavens, while those timorous companions of her early
flight, penetrates these abysses of light in which she
floats in solitude, undazzled and unalarmed.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
It is good on every possible occsion, for us Ameri-
Abolition of slavery in the southern states, and the I cans to ponder the character of this man.    We have
admission of slaves to the rights of freemen, constitute ! never seen a finer picture of Washington's greatness
the wildest scheme that ever entered the brain of vi- ; than the following.    It appeared in the London "Cou-
eionary enthusiasts.    The color, the character, the ca- | rier," then a leading British government paper, on the
principal object the temporal comfort of the colonists, j pacity of the negro, the condition and morals of the free ; 21th of January, 18(H).    It was at that time cut from
still it may have a direct claim upon the support of
Christians, and may be sustained by collections made
in the churches on the Sabbath, without any infringe¬
ment of their sanctity. Benevolence is a part, and a
very prominent part, of Christianity ; the spirit of cur
religion is glory to God and good will to men ; and our
minister to the temporal comfort of man on that day.
negro in the free as well as in tlie slave states, bear I the paper, and has been preserved in a family scrap-
melancholy testimony to the truth, that if the colored : book ever since. If it has been republished in more
population are to remain among us, the safety of the   recent days, we hnve not seen it; but we are persuad
white mon, and the happiness of lhe black, as the
weaker party, require that the blacks should be retain¬
ed in slavery.    We will not presume to fathom the
Divine Lord thought it no breach of the Sabbath to  designs of Providence, we will not attempt to indicate
the peculiar destiny, or the similarity of the children
ed our readers will own, even if it has appeared since,
it cannot be revived too frequently. We have no idea
to whom its authorship is to be ascribed:
"The melancholy account of the death of General
Washington was brought by a vessel from Baltimore,
and tbe success of his patriotic efforts.
As his elevation to the chief power was the unbiass¬
ed choice of his countrymen, his exercise of it was
agreeable to the purity of its origin. As he had neith¬
er solicited nor usurped dominion, he had neither to
contend with the opposition of rivals, nor the revenge
of enemies. As his authority was undisputed, so it re¬
quired no jealous precautions, no rigorous severity.
His government was mild and gentle; it was benefi¬
cent and liberal ; it was wise and just. His prudent
administration consolidated and enlarged the dominion
of an infant republic. In voluntarily resigning the
magistracy which he had filled with such distinguished
honour, he enjoyed the unequalled satisfaction of leav¬
ing to the state he contributed to establish, the fruits of
his wisdom and the example of his viitnes. It is some
consolation, amidst the violence of ambition and the
criminal thirst of power, which in so many instances
occur around us, to find a character whom it is honour¬
able to admire and virtuous to imitate. A conqueror,
for the freedom of his country ! a legislator, for its se¬
curity ! a magistrate, for its happiness! His glories
were never sullied by those excesses into which the
highest qualities are apt to degenerate. With the
greatest virtues, he was exempt from the correspond¬
ing vices. He was a man in whom the elements so
were mixed that "Nature might have stood up to all
the world and owned him as her work. His fame,
bounded by no country, will be confined to no age.
The character of General Wsshirtftoa, which his con¬
temporaries regret and admire, will be transmitted to
posterity; ond the memory of bis virtues, while patri¬
otism and virtue are held sacred among men, will re¬
main undiminished."
From the Lady's Book.
MRS. SIGOURNEY.
It is a difficult and delicate task to sketch the biog¬
raphy of the living, particularly so, when the portrait
is to be drawn for a personal and an esteemed friend.
But in the present instance there is little to fear. The
talents and merits of Mrs. Sigourney are universally
felt and acknowledged. She has nobly won her high
place in the literature of our country.
Lydia  Huntly was born  in Norwich, Connecticut.
ages the planting ofchurcl.es, and is opening the way
for the evangelization of Africa, its claims are greatly
with the human family, as does the prejudice arising I limbs, though rather slender, well shaped and muscu-
from color separate the Anglo-Saxon from tbe African. : lar.    His head was small, in which respect he reser
strengthened. The suggestion of our correspondent, No matter whether this prejudice be implanted tor bled the make of a great number of his countrymen,
to engraft missions on colonization, we commend ; the { wise and holy purposes, or whether it be the curse of His eye was of a light grey colour ; and in proportion
way for this is already fully open ; but we cannot see j the age, it exists, its roots are deeply implanted, it is a j to the length of his face his nose was long. Mr. Stew-
anv propriety in an attempt to convert the Colonization | part of ourselves, and he is but a shallow observer of j art, the eminent portrait painter, used to say, there
Society into a missionary one.
mon, a blind and bigoted  philosophist,  who will over-j were  features in his face totally different from what
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Colonisation we regard as a project of pure benevo- of Ham to the descendants of Abraham, but it is mani- | which arrived off Dover. General Washington was,1 °** was the or,lv .cnlld 0l "er parents, and coneequent-
lence, and in its present form it has strong claims upon j fest that the distinctive character of the Israelite, dees ! we believe, in his 68th year. The height of his per- j y brouSnt UP Wllh ?reat. tenderness. Her parents
Christians.    But when we remember that it encour- j not so effectually cut him off from a full communion \ son was about five feet eleven ; his chest full, and his   were in that naPP-v ™ediocnty which requires industry,
yet encourages hope ; and the habit? of order and dili¬
gence in which she was carefully trained by her judi¬
cious mother, have no doubt been of inestimable ad¬
vantage to the intellectual character of the daughter.
She early exhibited indications of genius. Perhaps
the loneliness of her lot, without brother or sister to
share in the usual sports of chilhood, had an influence
upon her pursuits and pleasures. We are by no means
in favour of establishing priority of intellect, as the
standard of real genius. Still, it is true, that many
distinguished persons have been marked in chi'dhood
as extraordinary ; the opening blossom has given forth
the sweet odour which the rich fruit, like that of the
Mangoslan, embodies in its delicious perfection. At
eight years of age little Lydia was a scribbler of rhymes
—like Pope, " lisping in numbers." Her first work
was published in 1*L">. It was a small volume enti¬
tled " Miscellaneous pieces in prose and verse." Be¬
fore this, however, _he had fortunately met with a ju¬
dicious and most generous patron. To Daniel Wads-
word, Esq , of Hartford, belongs the tribute of praise
s due for drawing such a mind from obscurity'
it had remained "afar from the untn>.r_.,t —
Mr. Editor You called the attention of your read-' l°°k or despise this pervading and resistless feelii g,   he  had observed in that of any other human being;
ers, a few weeks ago, to a subject of exceeding great i originate whence it may. j the sockets for the eyes, for instance, were larger than
importance and interest at the present time.    I refer       The only hope for the African slave is in his removal • what he had ever met with before, and the upper part
portance ami interest at the prese
to the colonization of coloured people on the coast of
Africa.
We are deeply concerned, in this country, but still
more are tbe miserable inhabitants of that continent, in
the success of this enterprise. And any thing that
would retard its progress is to be carefully avoided
from the house of bondage to the land of his forefathers. ! of his nose broader. All l^s features, he observed
I The unqualified advocate of slavery and the abolition- : were indicative of the strongest passions; yet, like
' ists occupy the two extremes of this much vexed ques- i Socrates, his judgment and great self-command have
! tion. But the scheme of colonization is the juste mi- I always made him appear a man of a different cast in
j lieu. This is the broad platform upon which the friends ; the eyes of the world. He always spoke with great
I of this unhappy race may meet in soberness and safety. | diffidence, and sometimes hesiiated for a word ; but al-
That there is less interest felt in this cause than its | rl'he morals and misery of the free negroes in the north- | ways found one particularly well adapted to his mean-
merits deserve, is too manifest to require proof. The;'ern states, the perpetual and bloody conflicts between ing. His language was manly and expressive. At
claims do not press on the minds al Christians, with j them and the white man in New York, New England, ; levee, his discourse with strangers turned principally
the weight of Scriptuie precepts. They seem to regard j and Philadelphia, show that to them freedom carries ; upon the subject of America; and if they had been
it as a benevolent scheme which may or may not sue-' no healing on its wings, and liberty, that blesses all, ! through remarkable places, his conversation was free
ceed, without having any great bearing on the cause of I has no blessing for '.hem. i and peculiarly interesting, for he  was intimately ac-
religion.    Some even doubt the propriety of it.    And j     Denied the protecting care which the interest, if not 'quainted with every portion of the country.    He was
others go still farther, and oppose the whole system.! the feeling of the owner, extends to the slave; subject-   much more open and free in bis behaviour at levee
Whence is this diversity of sentiment .    Let us in- j ed to all the prejudice of color; with some of the rights  than in private, and in the company of ladies still more
quire whether a sufficient reason can be assigned for l of a freeman, and all the sentiments of a slave; they  so than solely with men.
this difference among those of the same faith. j constitute an intermediate class, having no bonds of      Few persons ever found themselves for the first time
What is the real character of the Colonization So- j common interest, no ties of sympathy to sustain them ; in the presence of General Washington, without being
ciety 1 Is it purely a Christian enterprise] Or is it j too indolent to labor, and too insolent to serve, they are impressed wilh a certain degree of veneration and
benevolent merely] Or does it embrace both in its ' the most depraved and unhappy race under this govern- awe; nor did these emotions subside on a closer ac-
planl If it is the former, no follower of Christ can,'ment. It has been the constant practice of northern quaintance; on the contrary, his person and deport-
consistently, withhold from it his support. Members j writers to dwell upon the oppression and cruelty of the ment were such as tended to augment them. The
of the ch
guilty of
Lord.    They
from the untasted suu-
which i=
where
beam."
In 1819, Miss Huntly was united in marriage with
Charles Sigourney, a respectable merchant of Hart¬
ford. He was a gentleman of cultivated taste and
good literary attainments. From that period, Mrs
Sigourney has devoted the leisure which the wife of
a man of wealth may generally command, to literary
pursuits.    And  her improvement has been rapid and
great.  ^Her published works are, "Traits of the Abo-
urch, who oppo-e or hinder' its progress, are : task-master of the'south, anil the ill usage and" suffer-   hard service he had se°n, and the important and la-1 p='"es'Y a P%m wr\\ten In blank verse» " Connecticut
violating the last command of our "ascended j ings of the slave; but those who are familiar with their. borious offices he had filled, gave a kind of austerity to j 5.°\;L ""^-'2:* E ™,       ' Pj.nciPally of
'hey are cutiintr off from benighted Africa her j domestic institutions well know, that where the agita-   his countenance and reserve to his manners; yet he I ,, o.       ary ut.scripiion, inree  volumes of   "Poems,"
only hope of receiving the lteht of the^Gospel.    For it I tor is unknown, there is not upon the face of the globe, I was the kindest husband, the most humane master, and I ,ip f'   a" lnlerestinP v,,|ume- chie% written for
must be confessed that our "Missionary Societies are a people doomed literally to earn their bread in the steadiest friend. The whole range of history does not I J® f"""''8' '„u„!!r^°h T"Fr £'m' a" exce],e"t
almost in despair of establishing Christianity in that! sweat of their brow, who are more cheerful, contented   present to our view a character upon which we can i ,'"*,.' , ™'       "e dooks ior children and youth.
country, by the instrumentality of white men.    But if, [ and happy.   Examples of fidelity and devotion to their  dwell with such entire and unmixed admiration. | m e^Zse'i^JZ   8S     fy a,e, ln slyle an'l sub-
on the other hand, it is not a religious society, if its' masters not un frequently break forth upon an admiring The long life of General Washington is unstained Jtive'_the ourno=e of d \% a■ 1 T k "overnin2 mo-
object is merely to restore to their homes some exiles, world, and but that the agitator is wilfully blind to all by a single blot. He was a man of rare endowments, ' ■ . . L,] of heart -"th ° u pro6e Writ"
and by introducing the arts of civilized life, to better I such cheering views upon the broad waste of slavery, and such fortunate temperament, that every action he , =* .. , •,,, !Ti0,p5f c.harm- She always
the temporal condition of the natives, then, it mav well! his restless eye might dwell for a season upon them, performed, was equally exempted from the charge of, ■ . , - ,. ° ers 'wing of its beauties,
be asked, are we bound, as Christians, to sustain it?) In that dark hour of danger, when the pride and the vice or weakness. Whatever he said, or did, or wrote, ?T*" f dwrintinn « m r ?! * We think' her
Is it right to take up collections in the churches; and \ chivalry and the beauty of the south were smitten on was stamped with a striking and peculiar propriety. ■. . ^ _p ".!,,,; f £«ceiul, and at home as
employ the Sabbath for advocating its claims? Should ! the waters by the angel of death, a slave was found   His qualities were so happily blended, and so nicely  bp,t 1, '''     «""„"„•                "er poetry than in h
' coolly and diligently laboring to construct a raft of the  harmonized, that the result was a great and perfect, f       •• , s^nius seems  to brighten in  1
fragments of the ill-fated Pulaski, to "try and save his  whole.   The powers of his mind, and the dispositions   pUse J smile'.,      fcJJe can command by that spell,
it be so presented as to leave the impression that it is
for sending the Gospel abroad, we are contributing?
Should we be called upon as a church, and as Chris¬
tians, to carry forward the scheme 1
It is readily admitted that we are bound to relieve
the temporal miseries of our fellow men.    But that inmost wretched of the human family—a free negro
is proper to carry on from year to year a regular sys¬
tem of collections in tbe church, for planting a secular
er
the
master." Such owners are no tyrants, and such a slave  of his heart were admirably suited to each other.    It: 4P^pcr.° coul(J ^''i1 J118 staff' lhe attendance of the
Cast him loose from his bondage,  was the union of the most consummate prudence with j   aeilcaie sPlriU3o ot * ancy> which, like Ariel, bring
has no task-master       	
and this estimable but humble being becomes that  the most perfect moderation.    His views, though large I " Sounds and 6weet airs,"
and  liberal,  were  never extravagant.    His  virtues, f and those " solemn breathing strains " tha
Redeemed from slavery by the mild influence of the' though comprehensive and beneficent, were discrimi-j science to its repentant work, or lift the truT'°Ve °°n"
laws, by the generosity of their owners, or by the per- nating, judicious and practical.    Yet his character j trite soul to heaven.    "Oh God' who can d ' CO£i