CONCLUSION OF THIS CHAPTER.

We have before shown that although the only object of the Colonization Society is to restore the free man of colour to the land of his fathers, yet that

the accomplishment of this very object necessarily involves the removal of the actual cause of slavery itself, and of all its horrors, viz. the African slave-trade. In this respect alone, if it did no more, it as far exceeds in utility, the Abolition Scheme, as the light of the sun exceeds that of a taper. Moreover this one fact, and this alone, ought to secure for it the patronage of every friend of humanity; and would no doubt long since have done so, and have procured for it ample funds from the good people of this country and of England, had its objects not been misrepresented, particularly in the latter place, where there is no one sufficiently acquainted with the merits of the case to refute and put to silence those who were, and are employed, by the Anti-Slavery Society, for the express purpose of vilifying and calumniating, before a British public, some of the greatest benefactors this country ever had. It is well known how that indefatigable and disinterested friend of the coloured man, Elliott Cresson, Esq., after he went to England, at his own expense, for the express purpose of promoting this cause in that country, was vilified, calumniated, and misrepresented by American Abolition Agents!

Let any man take a map of Africa in his hand, and ask himself the question, what Powers on earth could effectually stop a trade carried on along a coast of at least seven thousand miles, including the various bays and inlets, &c.? Could the combined naval forces of Europe and America accomplish it, not even taking into consideration the enormous annual expense of such an enterprise? The very idea is preposterously absurd! We all recollect the difficulty encountered last winter in attempting to guard the Canadian frontier of only a few hundred miles!

Are fifty millions of Africans to be left exposed to the demoralising influence, and the unspeakable horrors of the slave-trade? And are we to talk of humanity and allow ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND miserable human beings to be annually dragged from their native land—from their homes—from their parents—from their friends—and be subjected to the horrors described in pages [41], [42]? What means, what power, what system, except the Colonization Society, can check this climax of human barbarity? And by what means are the glorious truths of divine revelation to be disseminated amongst upwards of fifty millions of our fellow creatures except by the pure word of God, the Bible, which black man hands to black man, African hands to African—and so on, till this man of sin be consumed by the brightness of the Gospel, and the Ethiopian be enabled to lift up his hand to the living God?

The Colonization Society has, as already shown, done much in this work—and all that it has not done is justly attributable to the effects of the misrepresentations of the Abolition Champions, who are, in this sense, not only the slave-holders of thousands of slaves, but the Protectors of the African Slave-trade!

CHAPTER VII.
COLONIZATION AND ABOLITIONISM CONTRASTED!

THE COLONIZATION OPERATIONS,	ABOLITION OPERATIONS,
1.	1.
Are directed to the removal of the cause of slavery, viz: the African slave-trade. See [chap. vi.]	Are directed to the removal of effects! See p. [40].
2.	2.
Hence are strictly philosophic, correct, and consistent with common sense. See p. [39].	Hence are unphilosophical, absurd, fallacious, and inefficacious! See p. [39].
3.	3.
Are consistent with the injunctions and commands of God. See [chapter vi.]	Are in direct violation of the laws of God! See p. [33].
4.	4.
Have already removed much of the cause and effects of slavery. See [chapter vi.]	Have not affected in the slightest possible degree the cause of slavery, except by protecting the African slave-trade! See [preceding] page.
5.	5.
Are sanctioned and patronised by most of the enlightened, the best, and most religious men in the country. See [chapter v.]	Are patronised and sanctioned by none, except by the innocent and unsuspecting dupes of brawling orators, and interested agents! See p. [20].
6.	6.
Have caused the emancipation of vast numbers, and that consistently with the laws of God. See chapters [v.] and [vi.]	Have caused the freedom of not one, except in a way directly opposed to the will of Heaven! See p. [33].
7.	7.
Have ameliorated the condition of thousands of people of colour. See [preceding] chapter.	Have increased the sufferings of thousands of slaves! See [preceding] chapter.[89:A]
8.	8.
Keepeth not one in bondage. See [preceding] chapter.	Keepeth thousands in bondage! See [chapter vi.]
9.	9.
Exhort all slaves to obey the commands of God, and encourage none who violate them.	Exhort all slaves to run off from their masters, and thus to disobey the commands of God! See p. [33].
10.	10.
Allay the prejudices of the slave-holder.	Aggravate his prejudices and drive him, in self-defence, to the adoption of greater restraints!
11.	11.
Produce patience, and contentedness among the slaves.	Produce discontent and disobedience among them! See p. [33].
12.	12.
Act in every possible way, consistent with the laws of God and man, and with the safety of both slave and slave-holder, in removing the evils of slavery.	Act in every possible way in violation of the laws of God and man, and inconsistent with the safety of either slave or slave-holder!

APPENDIX.

A.

The unexpected length to which this pamphlet has extended prevents the Author introducing here, as he had contemplated in page [11], an article on the difference of opinion among mankind in all parts and ages of the world, without divine revelation, on that which is really good and really evil. See article "Morality," in "The Christian's Defensive Dictionary," by the Author.

B.

Extract of an Address of William Lloyd Garrison, Esq., from "The London Patriot," of August, 1833; and republished in "The Colonization Herald" of this City, May 16th, 1838.

"I know that there is much declamation about the sacredness of the compact which was formed between the free and the slave states, on the adoption of the national constitution. A sacred compact, forsooth! I pronounce it the most bloody and heaven-daring arrangement ever made by man, for the continuance and protection of a system of the most atrocious villany ever exhibited on earth. Yes—I recognize the compact, but with feelings of shame and indignation; and it will be held in everlasting infamy by the friends of justice and humanity throughout the world. It was a contract framed at the sacrifice of the bodies and souls of millions of our race, for the sake of achieving a political epoch—an unblushing and monstrous coalition to do evil that good might come. Such a compact was, in the nature of things, and according to the law of God, null and void from the beginning. No body of men ever had the right to guarantee the holding of human beings in bondage. Who or what were the framers of the American government, that they should dare to confirm and authorise such a high handed villany—such a flagrant robbery of the inalienable rights of man—such a glaring violation of all the precepts and injunctions of the Gospel—such a savage war upon the sixth part of their own population? They were men like ourselves—as fallible, as sinful, as weak as ourselves. By the infamous bargain which they made between themselves, they virtually dethroned the Most High God, and trampled beneath their feet their own solemn and heaven-attested declaration, that all men are created equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. They had no lawful power to bind themselves, or their posterity, for one hour—for one moment—by such an unholy alliance. It was not valid then—it is not valid now. Still they persist in maintaining it—and still do their successors, the people of New England, and of the twelve free states, persist in maintaining it. A sacred compact! a sacred compact! What is wicked and ignominious?

(Signed) WM. LLOYD GARRISON,
Agent for the New-England Anti-Slavery Society."