Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-05-20
LIBERIA.

Wei have had the ardsal Of several letters
sfronl the celoni,t, 60 ti'eir freinds here, al o.
which contain naitegins accounts OF then Sit
uation and prospects. We have siTen below
an extract froua enc r7ritten by the Rev 10
seph ShspAard u has friend Joseph r.. Cooke,
OF this borough by way Of showing that what
aver difficulties aud privations tho emlgTant
NAV experience at bis landing, or even i'F
few months after it. he will 30 arotiy com
nen.ated Ce- them by toe blessings which are
within the reach o. the industrious and prove
dent settler.-yN0J3's Herald.
s.Tike almost all others who have come
here. MIR. Lun3y, al his fret arrival Oe'e'eu
he knew enough OF the country to "r'.9 cor
xectly concerning it; but slA it3""H ie'''0'I0e
proves the contrary. lie, ~" "'uo'' ""o
have read aud travelled lNt ht.H, expected
too MI rom A new colony. HcHvas con
aeeuenfly disappointed At tilst, rod disap-
poiptment is the paren: OF dlssust, aversion
and nreiudice. While bis uiud was iIlled
with ali those shocking demons, hc indiscfeet-
" penned to Won letter Which has been pno-
Gsteyl in the Nort TX Herald, bat whieh nc
now regre.s, 1ec9a,e lis Jldytneni VS. rffo
neous, hs havin. then only seen 'h' colony
usder tho darkest shade
ole has ow plenty oiwork' that phys nin'
well. has bulk comfortable mouse an" 70
bighly rn,arcted IS good cltlIeiiy perform
iur che.rfl,ly III the duties ot such, tor merit
only makes IA man respected, and that does
NOT fail here 'ihers is no place "&Hh 'aJ
knowledge where poor mon are better Pdsl'
and consequently where tcy rise morsfapla-
Nv to a comfortable condition: nor burst Inc
rich, if any of us can be called so, withhold
the laborer's wages froa hin twenty -iouF |
hours without his permission.
"Many o. Ger expedition beng enuTei des
tihto of sunpHes Of their own, had TO depend
on tbs nu,,ii.. and nttle a. our friends rnay
think OF palm oil end rice, when arriYiag
here. they will soon prefer them to the best
pork and corn meal, and to many other thm9s
they have been in the habit Of considering az
delcacies.
ave happened to arrive AZ time of tho
Gear ,vheS, these articles could not he as good |
as when nelo and fresh; and liz our bacon !
butter, cora Sc at homo, the oil had become |
a little rancid aud the rice somewhat nn>tf,
and this was the fool issued to Tire !nai8en'.
And is the colony or tho Society 10 oiaIne 'o'
this? Is not the sutferogs oil The ooioHl7'S
under these circumstances, clearly to be ira
sed TO their Incidence. Their want of foresight
or their c.,relessne>s9 AND what right has
any man to look .Iit horse III the mouth =
have never been, a. / hope you can TESTIFY.
famous 70. ialsehood, and viii assure yea .
our inGscreton Is enc Of the most fertile /
sources Of orr snfltrjngs: but the coion'sts (
have learnt. from our condition, lesson by
which they may avoid our disasters"
a C,gios,tv.-Mr Crane of this City, has
had the goodness to put into our hands the
first No. OF tlla Liberia Herald" published
at Aonrovia the Capital OF the Col@ny ana
dated March Cth. The Editor - John y.
sRusewotm, fornnt)Y Of New YORK, ana ina
publisher al Journal in that city, who at
one tinc, a violent enemy Of the Colony,
Ultimately became convert. and proved his /
sincerity by emirrating 81 Liberia.
We had supposed that tins was the hrst (
African newspaper. eyey issued by the people |
of c03r on that continent; bot we are ialorm- |
ed thst oae previously existed at 1onroWa
for a short time, and one on NOSE at Sierra
ILeoue the giish Colony. be tins TACT as
. it maY, it is difficult for the rejecting mad
20 sarycy this little sheet, superior 10 many !
Of tn Gast similar efforts maze IN tms eeun~ {
try. without emotion. ii is an earnest OF The
= success OF the colonv, and of the truth that the
minds of the Coonsts are turned towards
, improvement are already instructed 10 i Ger !
tam point and demand intellectual ahment !
sKo US, tho colonization Of " cstern 2rd
Central 4 frica from the shores O. America,
is 9 subiettof almost romantic interest. = or
Americ-, ltr natives Of Africa were hrst tori
from tier homes. and reduced 10 lhe most
dreadful boneaee. For nearly three ccaiu-
ries, Western Africa has rasoGnded with the
shlieks OF thousands of human beings. sn-
t.ngaiiy dragged from their native land and all
fthat the human heart holds dear, 10 toni Tor
Christian masters IN 2 slavery perpetual,
TRANSMITTED TO their posterity, and from winch
there Fcrc 40 instances of escape History
may be searched IL VAN, for crlme--so IN
srroyoAs,. 90 dreadful and lasting IN con.e-
,.cuences so purely selfish, and so long Sus-
talued Averaging the annual smoant %!
.-elaves rayished ircns Africa alto, 0oU--itmes
probably exceeds twice that suHber-sad She
5 sggreEate, s,nsc Tue false humanity OF IA
. tier LascaS2s first suggested the sIPodent
of gazing iad,ea lie al the expense Of Atr
can--.al.s but little snort OF three mliEons -
taristians were the authors Of this enormous
havoc OF human lie and human happiness.
Chltsiiaa araiiee iyrEaH, and has peTse varcd
IN for 500 years, system Of degradation.
blood and suffering, without any parallel IN
fagae annals.
Gan Christians then. do less than endcaVor
Go repair in some degree. the vast wrongs