[73] Rev. Mr. Phillippo, for twenty years a missionary in Jamaica, in his "Jamaica, its Past and Present Condition."
[76] _Lynchburgh_ (Va.) _Courier_, quoted by _African Repository_, January, 1858.
[77] _Southern Monitor_, quoted by _African Repository_, January, 1858.
[79] Synod of Virginia, quoted by _African Repository_, 1858.
[80] Quoted in _African Repository_, April, 1858.
[81] The Methodist Episcopal Church North, in 1858, had a total of 22,326 of colored members, in all the States.
Failure of free colored people in attaining an equality with the whites--Their failure also in checking Slavery--Have they not aided in its extension? Yes--Facts in proof of this view--Abolitionists bad Philosophers--Colored men's influence destructive of their hopes--Summary manner in which England acts in their removal--Lord Mansfield's decision--Granville Sharp's labors and their results--Colored immigration into Canada--Information supplied by Major Lachlan--Demoralized condition of the blacks as indicated by the crimes they committed--Elgin Association--Public meeting protesting against its organization--Negro meeting at Toronto--Memorial of municipal council--Negro riot at St. Catherines--Col. Prince and the Negroes--Later cases of presentation by Grand Jury--Opinion of the Judge--Darkening prospects of the colored race--Views of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher--Their accuracy--The lesson they teach.
BUT little progress, it will be seen, has been made, by the free colored people, toward an approximation of equality with the whites. Have they succeeded better in aiding in the abolition of slavery? They have not, as is abundantly demonstrated by the triumph of the institution. This is an important point for consideration, as the principal object influencing them to remain in the country, was, that they might assist in the liberation of their brethren from bondage. But their agency in the attempts made to abolish the institution having failed, a more important question arises, as to whether the free colored people, by refusing to emigrate, may not have contributed to the advancement of slavery? An affirmative answer must be given to this inquiry. Nor is a protracted discussion necessary to prove the assertion.