Letter on Colonization
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Excerpt from Letter on Colonization: Addressed to the Rev. Thorton J. Mills, Corresponding Secretary of the Kentucky Colonization Society The author cf the following letter is a gentleman of education and fortune, a native of Kentucky, and allied by birth and marriage to many of the principal families of that state. He has resided fifteen years in Alabama, where he maintained the highest standing, both as a citizen and a professional man. For several years he has been known through out the South West as a devoted, exemplary, and influential Christian. On his return to Kentucky, he was elected first Vice President of the State Colonization Society. In 1832, he was appointed by the American Colonization Society their permanent agent, with a liberal salary, for Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas, and he faithfully laboured in the cause. His writings were copied with approbation in the official magazine of the Society. No man has a better knowledge of colonization, and its practical effects at the south. Few could have made greater sacrifices than he has done, by espousing, advocating, and practising sentiments so obnoxious and unpopular as those of an "Abolitionist." No document before the public on any subject exhibits greater ability. Such a man has a right to be heard, and his arguments should be weighed with respect by every citizen of this nation. To the Rev. Thornton J. Mills, Corresponding Secretary of the Kentucky Colonization Society. Sir: - At the annual meeting of the "Kentucky Colonization Society" in January last, it pleased the members to elect me one of its Vice Presidents. I am by no means insensible to the favorable opinion, which placed me in company with such able and honorable associates: but I should be unworthy of it, and wanting in respect to the officers and members, did I not frankly avow, that my opinions of colonization, in some of its most essential features, have undergone a change, so great, as to make it imperative on me no longer to give to the enterprise that support and favor which are justly expected from all connected with it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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