Washington City; GERRIT SMITH, of New York; J. H. M'CLURE, Esq.,
of New Jersey; Gen. ALEXANDER MACOMB, of Washington City; MOSES
ALLEN, Esq., of New York; Gen. WALTER JONES, of Washington City;
F. S. KEY, Esq., of Georgetown, D. C.; SAMUEL H. SMITH, Esq., of
Washington City; JOSEPH GALES, Jr., Esq., of Washington City; Rt.
Rev. WM. MEADE, D.D., Assistant Bishop of Virginia; Hon.
ALEXANDER PORTER, of Louisiana; JOHN MCDONOUGH, Esq., of
Louisiana; Hon. SAMUEL L. SOUTHARD, of New Jersey.

"_Managers._--Rev. JAMES LAURIE, D.D.; Gen. WALTER JONES; FRANCIS
S. KEY; Rev. WM. HALEY; JOHN UNDERWOOD; WILLIAM W. SEATON; WALTER
LOWRIE; Dr. PHINEAS BRADLEY; Dr. THOMAS SEWALL.

"_Secretaries._--Rev. RALPH R. GURLEY, WILLIAM H. MACFARLAND.

"_Treasurer._--JOSEPH GALES, Senior.

"_Recorder._--PHILLIP R. FENDALL."

The Colonization Society was never able to secure the sympathy of the
various anti-slavery societies of the country; and was unable to gain
the confidence of the Colored people to any great extent. But it had
the advantage of being in harmony with what little humane sentiment
there was at the South. It did not attempt to agitate. It only sought
to colonize on the West Coast of Africa all Negroes who could secure
legal manumission. Nearly all the Southern States had laws upon their
statute-books requiring all emancipated slaves to leave the State. The
question as to where they should go was supposed to be answered by the
Colonization Society. It had much influence with Congress, and did not
hesitate to use it. A Mr. Joseph Bryan, of Alabama, petitioned
Congress for the establishment "of a line of Mail Steam-ships to the
Western Coast of Africa," in the summer of 1850. The Committee on
Naval Affairs reported favorably the following bill:

"A BILL TO ESTABLISH A LINE OF WAR STEAMERS TO THE COAST OF
AFRICA. [Report No. 438.]

"_In the House of Representatives, August 1, 1850. Read twice,
and committed to the Committee of the whole House on the State of
the Union._

"Mr. F. P. Stanton, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported
the following bill:--A bill to establish a line of war steamers
to the coast of Africa, for the suppression of the slave-trade,
and the promotion of commerce and colonization:

SEC. 1. "_Be it enacted_ by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Ameri