MEMORIAL. THE Fiftieth Annual Meeting of the American Colonization Society was holden in Trinity Church, Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, January 15, 1867. The Hon. J. H. B. Latrobe, of Maryland, President, called the meeting to order at thirty minutes past seven o'clock, P.M. At his request, the Rev. R. R. Gurley, Honorary Secretary, invoked the divine blessing. The President, after a brief address, called for the Annual Report. The Corresponding Secretary, William Coppinger, Esq., read portions of the Annual Report. He then presented an address, prepared for the occasion by His Excellency, Daniel B. Warner, President of the Republic of Liberia, and "Reflections on the Return of the Anniversary of the American Colonization Society," by Henry W. Johnson, Attorney and Counsellor at Law in that republic. These could not be read for want of time. The Rev. Joseph Tracy, D.D., of Massachusetts, pre sented and read portions of a Historical Discourse on the Rise and Progress of the Society. The Rt. Rev. Thomas M. Clark, D.D., of Rhode Island, delivered the Semi-centennial Address. The Rev. John Maclean, D.D., of New Jersey, then pronounced the benediction, and the Society adjourned. The addresses at the Annual Meeting are given in their order on the subsequent pages. |