FRIEND DOUGLASS:—I am rejoiced to see
in your back numbers your views of the "Col-
onization Society," in its extraordinary ef-
forts to get into the treasury of the nation.
I am the more rejoiced, as, but a few weeks
since, a member of that Society, a flippant
Old School Presbyterian priest, publicly al-
luded to yourself, as among the new converts
to the accursed scheme. As a sample of
Colonization veracity, allow me to inform you
that, in eulogy of the benevolent character
of the Society, and in reference to great
names among its friends and contributors, he
mentioned that of the great and good Wil-
berforce—and that, too, after having assured
his audience that he claimed to be an "en-
lightened Colonizationist." "I'll assure you
'a uttered as prave 'ords at the pridge, as you
shall see in a summer's day."

The simple truth with regard to this
damnable scheme, and its infamous and fool-
ish abettors, is this: Antipathy has driven
slavery to the wall, and the latter, regarding
the African outlet, as the only means of es-
cape, is stirring heaven and earth in that
direction. Slavedom is just now occupied
with two thoughts. The first is, to get the
colored people to Africa; the second is, to
have the nation pray for them and transport
them out of the national treasury. In order
to get a public opinion to warrant this, the
most brutal laws must be enacted in all the
Free States, as well as Slave States, against
the continuance therein of free negroes. To
this end, "Colonization" is expending her
best energies. In the history of anti-slavery,
there never was a time when the thunders
and lightnings of our Garrisons, Quincys,
Phillips, Greens, Goodells, Sewalls, and
Smiths were more needed, than at the pre-
ent.

The infernal scheme, with all its black-
hearted politicians, and white-livered, sauan-
yed priests, should be blown to the
devil.—Allow this lying, hypocritical nation to suc-
ceed in expatriating those kind, docile, suffer-
ing forbearing, and forgiving colored people
from the land of their birth, where, many of
them, and their fathers before them, shed
their hearts' blood in defence of the freedom
which we boast of and enjoy-and nothing
short of orthodox hell should be our doom.
Nor can I conceive how any mind, with any
true conception of the dignity of manhood,
could consent to anything less.

Yours for truth,

W. O. DUVALL.