have been at the same
rate, these three States will have a population of near 50,000 colored
persons, or _one ninth of the present free colored population of the
United States._

"Ohio, therefore, cannot remain inactive. _She must do something._ These
men should have all the stimulants to mental and moral action which we
ourselves possess. But I shall leave to wiser men than myself the task
of devising _new_ means to secure this object, while I go forward in my
labors for the _only one_ which has yet been successful in securing to
any portion of the colored people their just rights.

"The Colonization Society has in its offer, generally, more _slaves_
than its means will enable it to send to Liberia. Without a large
increase of means, therefore, the Society cannot send out many _free
persons of color_. Three fourths of the emigrants heretofore have been
liberated by their masters, with a view of being sent to Liberia.

"Perhaps it is well that events should have been thus ordered. If
slaves, when emancipated and instructed, and made to taste of the sweets
of liberty, and to feel the responsibilities of nationality, can
establish a prosperous and happy republic, and exert such an extended
moral influence as to accomplish infinitely more in removing the
greatest curse of Africa, the slave-trade, from a large extent of her
coast, than has been done at an expense of more than a hundred millions
of dollars, by the fleets of England and France, _it reflects the
greater honor upon the African race_, and may serve to stimulate the
free people of color of this country, to make the effort to join their
brethren in a land of freedom.

"In addition to sending emigrants to Liberia, it is of the utmost
importance that the Society _should purchase the greatest possible
amount of territory, at the present moment_, and thus enlarge the sphere
of influence which the republic exerts over the natives, and put it
beyond the power of the nations, adverse to her interests, to
circumscribe her in the noble efforts she is making for the redemption
of Africa.

"In this connection, it may be proper to say, that the gift of _one
dime_ from each one of the 100,000 inhabitants of Cincinnati, or $10,000
would probably purchase _fifty-six miles square of territory_ or more
than _two millions of acres of land as good as that of Ohio_. Now,