Download or read book Thirty Sixth Annual Report of the American Colonization Society written by American Colonization Society and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Thirty-Sixth Annual Report of the American Colonization Society: With the Proceedings of the Board of Directors and of the Society and the Addresses Delivered at the Annual Meeting, January 18, 1853 Since our last Anniversary, the Hon. Henry Clay, President, and the Hon. Daniel Webster, one of the Vice Presidents of this Society, have departed this life. It is not for us to add anything to the tribute of respect which the country and the world have paid to their memory. Matthew St. Clair Clarke, Esq., for many years a member of the Executive Committee of the Society, closed his earthly labors, the 6th of May, greatly beloved and deeply lamented by us, and by a wide circle of friends. In view of bereavements like these, we desire to recognize our obligations to "that hand, unseen, which holds us up, that eye which kindly watches all our path," and that gracious agency to which we are indebted for all the success which has crowned our enterprize. The history of our labors during the past year, presents no particular event, whose imposing magnitude attracts unusual consideration. We have encountered the ordinary measure of trial and embarrassment; of succor and success. A general review, however, will produce in every mind, the conviction, that the operations of this Society are growing in strength and usefulness with every passing year. Every new development in the condition of the African race, and their relations to the rest of mankind, illustrates the complicated bearings of our work, and gives promise of ulterior results, which awaken our admiration and command our esteem! Every single instance of colonization, demonstrates the rectitude of the principles of the Society, and its wonderfully diversified capacities of good. The aggregate of what it has done the past year, and in all past time, stamps upon it the character of the broadest benevolence, bestowing blessings upon millions, capable of reversing the dark destiny of a continent, and stretching its results over all future time. The following statement shows the number of emigrants which have been sent to Liberia during the past year. The brig Julia Ford sailed from New Orleans, the 31st Jan., with 47 emigrants, from the southern and southwestern states. Twelve of them were born free; eight purchased their own freedom, and twenty-seven were emancipated by different persons in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana. 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.
