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Colonization Renovated

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Parent Issue
Day
19
Month
May
Year
1845
Copyright
Public Domain
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ThO Aïïièrican Cuiui ization Society was one of the worst and most formi'Jable eneof the sla ver v reform. Bot of late year it hns bepp chviddiing away, un'.il lts influence iá hut Hule feit in the antislavery war. lts friemls had great hopes of its mpió advancemnt had Henry Cloy, the President of tljSociety, bren elected President f the Uniteii States. Btit having been dis=appointed in thot, il would scem, by the following extn.ct from tho National Püot, tlmt thefriends of Colnnization have concluded to organizo under a new ñame, with an' ther slavcholder nt their head. How faithfully Mr. Frelingliuysen adiieres to the slaveholders! "The' American Socioty for the Civilization of África is the title of a new association re cently orpamzed nl Washington, ilie Ilon. Wm. Rivrs of Virginia, bping President, Mr. Frelinpluiyyen, Dr. Alexander, nnd otlier Coloniza lionists, Vice Presidente, and Mr. XJurley of Washington, Secretnry. The extinction of the slave trnde, and the intellectunl culture of the people of África are the de clarcd objects of the eocie'y ." Q5" The papers mention the appointment of Edmund Burke, of New Hampshire, to be Commissioner of Patents at Washington.- The present admiuistration is quite discrimiuating in its appnintinonta in favor of the most ultra pro-slavery men of the North. - Such men will probably bc eelected hereafter by the Hlaveholders in piefcrence to all olhsrs. The servile is woriliy of his hire; and the on3y means b which the party now in powpr can hope lo retain any ascendency at the North, will be by bnying up prominent indi - viduals of corrupt thancter by appuinting 'them to lucrative and honorable stations.- This 'ie what the people of the Free SStates moy expect while the Democratie party governs the country, h is lor them to eay how . long jhey'will endnre it.C7 The Portsmouth Journal sayslhat . $2,87 i have been collected at the Custom , iiouse in. that place since Jan. 1, while the office employs 12 persons with yearly salaries of 8500 to 6800, amounting : say to -88000 in the aggregate! This ' custom house system is pregnant with immense eviN and dangers to tlie country.

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Signal of Liberty
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