Colonizationists speak of America being first colonized, but is there any comparison between the two? America was colonized by as _wise_, _judicious_ and _educated_ men as the world afforded. WILLIAM PENN did not want for _learning_, _wisdom_, _or intelligence_. If all the people in Europe and America were as ignorant, and in the same situation as our brethren, what would become of the world? where would be the principle or piety that would govern the people? We were _stolen_ from our mother country, and brought _here_. We have _tilled_ the ground and made fortunes for thousands, and still they are not weary of our services. _But they who stay to till the ground must be slaves._ Is there not land enough in America, or 'corn enough in Egypt?' Why should they send us into a far country to die? See the thousands of foreigners emigrating to America every year: and if there be ground sufficient for them to cultivate, and bread for them to eat; why would they wish to send the _first tillers_ of the land away? Africans have made fortunes for thousands, who are yet unwilling to part with their services; but the free must be sent away, and those who remain must be _slaves_. I have no doubt that there are many good men who do not see as I do, and who are for sending us to Liberia; but they have not duly considered the subject--they are not men of colour. This land which we have watered with our _tears_ and _our blood_, is now our _mother country_, and we are well satisfied to stay where wisdom abounds and the gospel is free." "RICHARD ALLEN, "_Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States_."