_Letter from the Hon. R. J. WALKER, one of the Vice Presidents of the
American Colonization Society._
WASHINGTON CITY, _July 23, 1850_.
DEAR SIR: I have received your letter of last week, on behalf of the
Executive Committee of the American Colonization Society, addressed to
me as a Vice President of that Society, requesting my views as to Mr.
Bryan’s memorial for the transportation, by steam vessels, of our free
blacks to Liberia.
I have had no time to examine the details of the plan, but as regards
the main question, I most fully concur in the policy of a removal of our
free blacks to Liberia, through the instrumentality of steamships, and
with the aid of the Government of the United States. The plan presented
seems to me free from all constitutional objections. It seems, also,
to be perfectly practicable, and its successful execution would confer
incalculable blessings upon our country. Indeed, I have ever regarded
colonization and abolition as antagonist measures, and that the success
of the first would overthrow the latter, and thus rescue our beloved
country from the danger of disunion.
Very truly your friend,