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ROCHESTER, N. Y., MAY 27, 1859.
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JOLASfl :—ItiM
said that the spirit
restetb. not
, that  it ie ev.
active ; this
to be the fate, the
lot, a type
of that colored
hope, who ii
i not so completely sunk in degra-
dation, in ir
his lot.    Th
alwaya by the <
>pen policy  of en-
ir pretended friend-
ship.    This
is suggested to
me by the organ-
jzation of tfc
e African   Ch
an appendix
Society, which has
i father, the  spirit
of murder-
■which, when taken to the fount
, to be baptizes
ored with i
ts  filthy  water;
. dabble thcrei
Devil all along
high priest.    It is
e  Rev. Henry
Highland Garnet
residentship of tho
traitor.    It
is not charity i
ilone that induces
ado that he is
deceived, notwith-
standing I a
ly vindictivt
i,   using  falsehood.    Presently 1
'■' ''■.■'   ■
y of the Coloniza-
tion Society
in New York,
last Tuesday eve-
Ling, which
am ong others, by
Mr. John D.
appointed w
ith the gen Hem
aa's remarks, bav
ing all along
in that he ctisap-
proved of tt
e policy and im
th   lcadoi
)f a party ia  Monrovia, opposed
the designs and desires of the Colonization
Society, to the detriment of the interest of
the masses of that place—I was surprised, I
say, to hear him speak so highly approbatory
of the Society, alleging that Libsria was indebted for its all to this Society, and to hear
him speak so disparagingly of the anti-slavery
efforts of the Abolitionists. I, as one of the
individuals who that Society desires to rid tha
country of, arose and made tbe request that I
be permitted to ask some questions—when the
Rev. Mr. Pinney, who reminded me of Cerberus, the porter begotten of Echidna, became
active in frustrating my reasonable request;
Thursday afternoon I attended the anniversary of the first born, the successor to this
old monster, named the " African Civilization
Society." There was on its platform, as its
apostles, exponents aud pro pounders, the
Eevs. Messrs. Smith and Ouyler ; in the background sat the Itev. Henry Highland Garnet
to bring up tho rear, to thank the speakera
and at least by silence to endorse their expositions. Mr. Smith spoke of the formation
ot the African Civilization Society, and the
necessity for the same, and remarked that tho
ored people enter lairicd
prejudice against the Col
he intimated that he did 111
justifiable, but that it was
isted, and that, therefore.
old Society, the civilization of Africa in view
by sending us to Africa ; he called upon the
colored people " to rush, Uncle Tom like, into
Africa." With this speaker, the necessity for
the new Society was 1he existence of a prejudice on the part of the colored people against
the old one, which prejudice he was not prepared to endorse.
The Rev. Mr. Cuyler likened the colored
northern clime, subjected to the shriveling,
killing influence of an earjy frost; that this
was not our place, onr home ; that wo could
to   Africa.     Neither   of   these    gentlemen
■ :■:! in ■■-.■■i-Llf" of the colore
;.:'  ,-f   t
i.lei -
ind elevation was in connection
with the colonizing of we magnolias to the
the soil of Africa. This cool impudence was
not denounced or objected to by the Eev.
Mr. GarncL The enunciators represented the
Boslaining, the money, the vital part of the
yn.-iety—those that monopolized the offices
that have the receipt and disbursement ofthe
money—those that Hire colored agents and
aopporters—those without whom the Society
would immediately cease to exist Mr. Garnet swallowed it all; nor is this all—for this
jeiety's ship, Mary Car-
t'Sa  from  Baltimore on the
with 152 emigrants,