Liberia; and it would be
impossible for us, in the present state of our finance, to give them a
free passage and support them six months after their arrival.

"We have been informed that many of the rest of them would come back to
Virginia, and be slaves, rather than remain in Ohio, _if they could get
back._ And yet they are now free and in a free state! But what does it
all amount to?

"Suppose western Virginia and northern Kentucky, were tomorrow to
emancipate their slaves, what would become of them? They could not
remain in those states. They must remove. Where shall they go? To Ohio,
most easily, and as there are more Abolitionists in that state than any
other, more hopefully! But would they be admitted there? Where then
shall they go? Let those who can, answer these questions. In view of
them, and such like, the scheme of colonization rises in magnificence
and grandeur beyond conception.

"This then is the time to aid this scheme, that when these thickening
events shall turn the tide into Liberia, there may be strength and
intelligence enough there to receive it!"

--_The African Repository_, XXII, 321-322.

(From the Colonizationist)
THE RANDOLPH SLAVES

"Plattsville, Wis.,

"August 22, 1846.

"_Bro. Gurley:_--I have observed from time to time, with the deepest
interest, the course pursued by the citizens of Ohio toward the
emancipated slaves of the late John Randolph of Virginia.

"I had repeatedly remarked in my lectures, as stated in the 'Eleventh
Annual Report of the Indiana Colonization Society,' that when slaves
were emancipated in the south, and by the laws of those States (as is
the case with most of them), they are forced to leave and not permitted
to remain in any State south, to go into the north; those northern
States would reject them, and leave the slave the alternative, to choose
between returning into bondage or emigrating to Liberia. In other words,
Liberia offers the only retreat for the slave from bondage, where he is
required to leave the south. The free States, may, for a short time,
tolerate the migration of a few colored people among them from the
south. Especially among the Abolitionists, where they are allowed to
have the satisfaction of abducting them from their masters. But if the
master comes and offers them, and especially in large numbers, they will
be refu