Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-03-07
keopng up tbs intercourse viii, Caldwell and a,e

Looping up tbs intercourse wiu, Caldwell and t'e |
interior.
The character of these industrious colonsts is
exceedingly correct and moral, their minds strong
ly impressed with religious feelings their manners
serious aud their domestic habits remarkably neat
and comfortable. They had tho incstimabio nd
vantagcs of being originally brought up i'm the
frugal and painstaking habits of the people of the
country from whence they wore sent and received
when. young, tho moral, religious Il literary instruc
tion of white people in their class of life These
they have brought with them, and they Practise
them with more effect as they have no bad exam
pies to mislcad them.
Those who have visited thom speak highly of
their appearance and mode of living. They arc
comely and well formed race of negroes, neat
and cloan i'm their persons modest and civil i'm their
manners, and regular and comfortable in their
dwellings,. Their houses well built, orna-
mented with gardens and other pleasing decora-
tons, and on the inside remarkably clcan--thc
walls well white washed, and the rooms neatly
furnished. They arc very hospitablc to strangers
and many English naval officers on the station
have been invited to dino with them, and joined in
their meals, which were wholesome and good
The man of tire house regularly said grace, both
before and after meat, with much solcmnity in
which hc was joined by tho rest of his family with
great seeming solcmnty. They all speak good
English, as their native language, and without
any defect of pronunciation. They are we'll sup
pied with books, particularly bibles and liturges
Ihcy have pastors of their own color, and meeting
houses IN which divine service is well and regular
~, reformed every Sunday; and they have four
schools ut Measurable and three at Caldwell.
The complete success of this Colony, is proof
that negroes are, by proper and attention, as
susceptible of the habits of industry and the inn
provenent of social life as any other race of hu-
man beings; and that the amelioration of the
dition of the black people the coast of Africa,
by means of such colonies, is not chmerical.-
wherever the influence ofths colony extends, the
slave trade has been abandoned, by the natives, &
the peaceful pursuits of legitimate commerce es.
tablishcd i'm its place. They not only live OIL terms
of harmony and good will together, but the colo
nists are looked upon with certain degree of re-
spect by those of their color and the force of
their example is likely to have strong effect in
inducing the people about them to adopt it, A
lew colonies of this kind, scattered along the
coast, would be of infinite value in improving the
natives. They would much sooner acquire their
confidence and esteem, not exciting that jea-
lousy which foreigners always cause, and the very
example OF their own race, thus raised in tho
moral and social scale, would be the strongest mo.
ives TO induce others to adopt and practise those
qualities by which they were rendered so much
more comfortable and happy. Should no unfortu-
nate event retard the progress of those coloniss,
and no bancful vices be introduced among them,
there IL every reason to hope they will dfuse cul-
tivation and Improvement in Africa to a considera.
bic extent, they have done, on limited scale, as
tar as their influence has reached.