_Report and resolutions, 1827._
The committee to whom was referred the memorial of the American
Colonization Society, have had that subject under consideration, and now
report;
That, upon due consideration of the said memorial, and from all other
information which your committee has obtained touching that subject,
they are fully satisfied that no jealousies ought to exist, on the part
of this or any other slaveholding State, respecting the objects of this
society, or the effects of its labor.
Your committee are further well assured that the benevolent and humane
purposes of the society, and the political effects of those purposes, are
worthy the highest consideration of all philanthropists and statesmen in
the Union, whether they be citizens of slaveholding or non-slaveholding
States. It is believed by your committee that the memorial itself is
well calculated to present the subject in a proper point of view, and to
interest the public mind in the laudable objects of that society. They,
therefore, refer to the same as a part of this report. Your committee
recommend the adoption of the following resolutions:
_Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky_, That
they view, with deep and friendly interest, the exertions of the American
Colonization Society in establishing an asylum on the coast of Africa
for the free people of color of the United States; and that the Senators
and Representatives in Congress from this State be, and they are hereby,
requested to use their efforts to facilitate the removal of such free
persons of color as may desire to emigrate from the United States to the
colony in Africa, and to ensure to them the protection and patronage of
the General Government, so far as shall be deemed consistent with the
safety and interest of the United States.
_Resolved_, That the Governor he requested to transmit a copy of the
foregoing resolution to each of our Senators and Representatives in
Congress.
_Joint resolutions._
During the year 1828 the following joint resolutions passed the Senate of
Kentucky, with only three dissenting voices:
_Resolved, &c_, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress be
requested to use their best endeavors to procure an appropriation of
money of Congress to aid, so far as is consistent with the [Constitution
of the] United States, in colonizing the free people of color of the
United States in Africa, under the direction of the President of the
United States.
2. That the Governor of this State be requested to transmit a copy of
the foregoing resolution to each of our Senators and Representatives in
Congress, and to the Governors of the several States.