with a citizen of Indiana, formerly of Virginia, who gave me some singular facts on this subject.  There is living in Ohio, said he, a worthy citizen, a Mr. G., a native of Virginia, who, after a residence there of some eight or ten years, returned to Virginia, on a visit to see a brother who still remained in the ‘Old Dominion.’  Mr. G. gave his brother an interesting account of the prospects and policy of Ohio, with which he was much pleased.  The Virginia brother remarked to Mr. G. that he found his slaves a great burden to him and requested him to take them all to Ohio and set them free!  ‘I cannot do it,’ said Mr. G.  ‘Why?’ asked his brother.  ’The citizens of Ohio will not allow me to bring 100 negroes among them to settle,’ said Mr. G.  ‘But,’ said he, ’I can put you upon a plan by which you can get rid of them and get them into Ohio very easy.  Do you take them to Wheeling and there place them on a steamboat for Cincinnati, and speak of taking them to New Orleans; and while you are looking out for another boat, give the chance, and the Abolitionists will steal the whole of them and run them off, and then celebrate a perfect triumph over them.  But if you take them to the same men and ask them to receive and take care of them, they will tell you to take care of them yourself.’

“The case of the Randolph slaves proves that Mr. G. was right, and that the view presented in our annual report is a just one.  Mr. Randolph emancipated his slaves, and as they could not remain in Virginia, they were to be sent to Ohio—­there they are not allowed to settle, and must now return to bondage, or go to Liberia.

“As yet the burden of embarrassment of a mixed population of blacks is scarcely felt in the north, as it must be soon; for just as emancipation goes on in the south, they must increase in the north, unless our plan and policy prevails.  I cannot say that I regret to see a test of these practical truths.  For facts speak out loudly to prove the correctness of the best system of policy on these subjects.  Had Mr. Randolph’s slaves been allowed to remain in Ohio, they would have been a downtrodden and oppressed people for all time to come.  If they go to Liberia they will be FREE in every sense of the term.

   “B.  T. Kavanaugh.”

—­The African Repository, XXII, 322-323.

   “THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA

“The undersigned, having been appointed agent of the American Colonization Society, for the State of Ohio, to solicit funds to aid its operations, begs leave to call attention to the statistical facts, in reference to the position which this State occupies, in relation to the free colored population of the United States, and the interest which she has in sustaining the Republic of Liberia.

“From 1790 to 1810, the increase of the free colored population of the United States, was at the average rate of near 6 per cent. per annum.