That a memorial be respectfully presented by the president and the executive committee on behalf of the society to Congress at its present session. praying that an appropriation of $25.000 bemado for the purpose of making explorations and surveys ugan the western coast of Africa. and from Liberia into the interior of that densely populated continent. with the view to the building up of American trade and commerce therewith. the same to bIc expended under the sane. tionof the Secretary of the Navy. in the employment of the officers attachedto the United States steamuer now on that coast and of other scientific experts. and for other and necessary expenses or in such other manner as Congress may deem moat expedient." The scopo of the resolution is apparent upon its face. It may not be irrelovant however. to state more fully the reasons for its adoption and the considerations which seem to commend it to Congress at this time. The objectof the American Colonization Society. often misunderstood and mis. represented. ba been to provide a place on the west coast of Africa. to which the olored people of the United States might emigrate whenever they believed that by doing so they would better their conditn. prompted by the same motives that brought a European emigration to our shores. That this object has been accomplisbed by persistent efforts. through seasons of good report and evil report. is fully demonstrated in the now firmly established republic ot Liberia. When the American Colontiation Society was founded.
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