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Show ns 1'liiiW UA\'-1\IOHNIN(; SI:::SSlO~. ance to the unimaginable bl e!::lsing of having every dusky fac~ ~~t of si~ht, that the exile of colored Americans will Christianize and CJVJhze Afnca! This they assert, and, at the s<Jme time, denolliH:e the proposed missi~nari~s as the basest of the base. But, 1 forget, the voyage across the Atlantw w1ll intervene between their departure and their holy work,-and what cve_nts of spiritual change may not transpire-what savor of salt mny n_ot be Imparted to their souls under the saluhrio~JS inflt_Jence of tl~e sea a1r! Hut, in sober sadness, let us remember that JealousieS and ofiences cannot but arise among the ri\'al interests of the colony and the adjoining tribes. These prevail to such an extent that there have been wars already ; and on founding a mission at Cape ]-la\mas, to conciliate the natives, they were assured that the mission was an entirely separate inte re8t (rom ~he Colony. J,et us remember that America was colonized and the natives are GO~a;. Ah! we are answered, but here tbere was a difrerence of color; in I. iberia the colonists are colored like the natives. A magnifie.ient idea! but, ai:Js, it hath not color enough. The Africans are black-the Ameri can eolonists are black, brown, yellow, and some, by'r lal.ly, considerably in c\iuell to th.e pearl powder complexion of their ancestral pale-faces. Consequt>ntly, tf they are as great fools in A( rica as ~ome are here, and quar.rel (or color, the colonists will not only be at war with the natives, but wtth. one anoth~r. It is not ditference of color, but rivalry of interest, the unavoalable confltct between civilization, however partial, and midnight barbarianism, that wdl ruin either the nati,,es or the colony, or at b£::st nullify the influence of the settlers for good to the neighboring tribes. . ''But they should go back to tileir own country-to the land of their fathers," is repeated in every tone, from the bitterest bass of !~ate to th~ mincing accents of puling sentimentalism. The land of theu father~! 'Where is that? or where is it not? England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Spain, and Germany, may, by this rule, advance claims to the same man; who, to comply, would be induced to cry out with the wilty blunderer of Erin, "Och! that I were a bird and could be in two places at once." The plan is impracticable, the reasons for it absurl.l. Our colored frien~s need not fear its accomplishmem; but, alas, they have great cause to fear the allernpts of colonizationists. The inevitable effect of these operations i~ to increase the prejudice which treads them down already. It is impossible for one man seriously to endeavor to procure even the voluntary removal of another, without foste.ring in his own heart a. strong prej udice against that person. If he is anxious for his neighbor's departure, he will rather mar than contribute to his comfort so long as he remains. Is it not even. so? Does not the conduct of colonizationists towards our colorE'd friends evmce the truth of this proposition? Who shut the colored man out of school and college,-who pen him in seats the highest, if not most honorable, in the synagogue,-who tear down academies which are open to his reception,-who rob him of the elective franchise, as in this state,-who threaten the emancipated slave with renewed thraldom if he go not into exile, as in Maryland? Colonizationists. \Vhy l.lo they all this? As a colonizationist once r~marked to me, " the fewer privileges they ha\'e here the more willing will they be to go to I~iberia." "' 'With their own consent" mark ye l \Vhy must they go to Liberia? B ecause there is a natural repugnanre between the races, and if they remain in the same country they will amalgamate. Very odd, if true. That they will amalgamate under the influence of slavery, the South proves. That ~hey will nol where free, the North proves. The fact is, prejuUice ~~gainst color is not the dillicuhy. People tell us after all, that they" like the colored people very well, only they wish .them to keep their place." There is the rub. 'What is their place? A d1stant .WEH' ll OF EI.OEil F. I'I.IJ:'II.\IEH. one, not in location Out in coudition. Our aristocratic dames will ride with a black man besille them in their ~arriagcs in Broadway and Chestnut street· ~~t he must be a servant, a menial, not an equal,-a coachman, but no; larles Garllner or Hobert Purvis. On board our steamboats there are ranks of colored waiters standing, protruding their black hands before our ~ac.es ~n the taLJc, handing the plates and carving the joints. All this proxWllty IS well so ion~ as they !:ilwul. 1Jut now comes a respectable colored gentleman !o take Ins seat a~1ong t~~ misc~llaneous assemblage at the cabin table. Lo. what a con~mOlLOii! l ~~~ladies, sw.eet soul:;, are in hysterics; the gentle~1cn nre all 111 up:oar, the1r very whtskers curling with wrath. l~ut wh~t IS the matter? Ltsten to the united cry," are we to have that tugger Sit tlo,~u with us? The coloreJ man may hint, 11 Gentlemen, I saw c".lored ~le,~l ~~~ . • the cabin standing by your sillcs, and I supposed that I m1&ht stt. 1 hey answer, "True, but they were waiters, they were in lh~tr place." "\Veil, gentle:n~ n," returns the colored man, "if your objectwn.s a~e .mero~y to ~olor, tl LS strange that the color standing is allowable, wlnle tt 1s a lugh nustlemcanor for the color to sit i 'Stt·:mgc that tht rC should such dilfl'rcucc he ''l'wixt twccdlcdum:u1d twcclllctlcc.'" ' "Shut up, you nig~er,~' '"·ould ~robably be as conclusive and elegant an ans~ver a.s our colontzatJOn exclus1ves could give. In fine, the colonization proje~t IS absurd, cruel, and impudent. What impudence to tell native Amencans to clear out when they have distinctly saiJ that they had no \~is~ to go! .T.he colored people are satisfied with the country-the abolilLOtliSts are willtng for them to stay,-the colonizationists hate to live in the same l~nd .with them. Then let the colonizationists go to Liberia ;-they arc a dtsaflected faction. l l.o.w ':Ouch be tter than all this unmanly folly are the doctrines of the abohliont.sts,-to pu.t all under the equal protection of law, to pay the lab~rer hts worthy h1re~ to give all m.en an equal chance to use the powers whlt'h nature and Provtdenec have g1ven them, to undo the bands of wick· etlne~s, to break every yoke,-ny, break short oiT, not rub down to a shavwg by the gradual friction of a velvet glove, but to break every yoke and let the oppressed go free. SPEECH OF ELDER F . PLUMMER. MR. PRESmr: N'f :-,Vhat is the question before the Chair? [IJ.e \~as . informed that it was the rel a til'e claims of ab.olitionists and culonLzat!Olll.sts, an(~ wa~ called forward. to the platform. l-Ie continued : J I do not know, s tr, as I shall be entitled to address the Chair as I am not a member of ~ither the .Abol.ition, or Colonization Society, ;m.l have ~~::~l~i~~:~t~ny act1ve part With euher, although I profess to be anti-slavery [The Chair informed him that he was entitled to the floor and told him to proceed. H e then said:] ' Sir, it was not .my expectation to take any part in this discussion. I ~arne. here expecting to hear. the m~ster~spirits on both sides of this very ~npo1tant s~bject,. so de~ply mterestlllg to our whole nation. But, sir, I ave been d.1sappo1nted, for, as far as I have heard, the discussion has been :11\ on one s1de. Nor have those who h:1ve addressed the Chair, meL my |