Excerpt from Maryland Colonization Journal, Vol. 3: January, 1846 Having these ends in view, we shall ask our readers to consider with us' the present condition of the colored race; the admirable adaptedness of the colonization scheme to meet that condition, remedy its evils, and large] bless the whole race, and, therefore, the peculiar claims upon us which it presents. We shall not promise, in this article, any thing very new, or, indeed, very striking, to minds which are familiar with reflections upon the aims and Operations Of the Colonization Society, and upon the wants and woes of that portion Of mankind whose benefit it seeks. Such is not our design, but merely to-present a review of old truths which may tend to stir (us all) up by putting (us) in remembrance. Let us, then, turn our thoughts for a while to the condition of the colored race. It will be remembered, that the whole of this race is African in its origin, and is generally believed to have descended from Ham, one of the three sons of Noah, to whom every nation now peopling the earth owes its descent. In the earlier ages Of the world, the children of Ham claimed equality if not superiority, to those of Shem and Japhet. Indeed learning and the arts were cradled in Egypt, in part of Ham's inheritance, and thence went abroad through the earth. And military glory shone brightly on Carthage, long the African rival Of Rome. And, far better, Christianity's milder light, beaming on Africa's shores, blessed and exalted her inhabitants, and some of them are still renowned in history as fathers in the Christian church. Ethiopia once was a favored land. It has not always been a re gion of darkness; nor have her children always been the poor and Oppress cd. But, alas for her, ages since, her light was extinguished, and now her people sit in the shadow of death, and her land is more afflicted than any other under heaven. For centuries her coasts have echoed with the clang or of chains and the wailings Of the oppressed. The winds on every sea have borne the groans of her exiled sons; the ocean has tossed and engulphed them, or scattered them through distant lands to wear out their wretched lives in slavery. 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.