Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-07-02

. Of the native Kings had dined with linn few day
beure he left the county. and They seemed 10 'het
nothing but the most ifiendY feelings iot Ho {"
lonsts. :,
The natives were wiling 10 work. and could be had
for % cents per day. aud Nh. Sheridan had - o.
them working ior HIM at that priee.-Whh good
soil good climate, cheaplibor aud perfect hpc's
there was surely nothing To prevent the colonissi o
obtaining wealth and influence.
| The Rev. Mi. Seys next addressed the meeting
and stated that he had lived nearly four years IN IL
IBERIA as a Missionary of the Methodist Church IL
had taken considerable pains 10 ascertain whether Tue
Coon,sls satisfied to remain there or wished 10
return to America aud found that amongst the most
intelligent of them. mol \ man OF them would con.
sent leave II, in oiderto come bach TO the ne
States.
An Academy was opened LAST year in Liberia, and
the eagerness with which the young men flocked to
it, and then capacity Of comprehension was really as
| toushing.
| lie had examined the soil of Liberia with eonsIde-
rable attention. and must have some knowledge OF the
subject from having lived the greater part OF ms HE IN
the West Indies, aud there was nothing IN the West
Indies TO surpass equal II. As an instance oi the
fertility of the soil he would mention one circurn
stance. At Msbuigh, 81 mllesup ST. Paufs river
he field OF corn the stalks OF which were so
high that he stood along side some Of them and pun
his umbrella standing on the top of his hat and then
asked a friend who was with him how much higher
was the corn than the top OF the UMBRELLA, aud ms
friend told him 1t about SIX inches higher Ana
these stalks were not mere rank vegetation WITHOUT
bearing any thing, bur each stalk had Two OF ihree
OF H. and the corn equally as good what
Is generally sent from the United States to the West
Indies.
SO adapted is the soil Tor the sugar that he be
hcved these Colonies are destined AT a future day,
perhaps in Our time, export sugar OF superior
quality To any that ever produced III the Nest
India Islands or the United States. Mr. Williams
has now SIX or seven acres oi sugar cane, ana looks
to America FOR assistance to make II into sugar, ~
letter received some months back, stating that
from This city OF Philadelphia, sugar mill would be
sent Quito Liberia. The land is also adapted 10 the
grow th OF cotton, bur with this article he was not much
acquainted. lie had however brought a small sam
! pie Of Liberia cotton along with hun die here
| showed II to the moefing)
| His brother had already advercd 10 the religious
! feelings with which The col onists had inbned the
| natives. On tins subject lac could say much bnl
must rcscrvel for another oeoas lie would how
ever mention one fact friend OF his was taken III
on the Sabbath and wished tor irnil, and as IT was
considered Jnsillable under such eirculnstancesto
| purchase II on the Sabbath, OF the natives who
was par sing throug the asked to sell water
melon, and he replied :" No. II be Gods day, and
cant sell it,"
4 letter was read from William G.. Waters TO Doc
tor Proud6 III which the writer, who had been three
months At Bassa Cow, stated amongst other matters
that the moral aud religious character OF the people
is not surpassed IN any part OF New England.
MI Maxwell then resigned the Chalr, and proposed
the following resolution, winch he prclaccd III brief
but most eloquent address.
Rcwircd, That from all The intelligence received Of
the improvement, literary intellectual, aud moral OF
the Colousts IN AllIea, and also OF then health aud
conentmcnt III Their new homes, We are encouraged
opefscvcfc IN the prosecution oil the Colonization en-
tcrrtize
The resolution WAS unanimously adopted, and the
/ Rev. d. lIfoador closed the meeting with prayer.
/ TAItrynANp,-WhlIo So many statements are
made dcrogatory to the moral and political charac-
/ ter III f,LLfrRAND, II may be rs we'll tsays the
/ New York Amcicanl tor thc sake ot Justice aud
! nght understanding al the subject, 10 give the fol
/ lowing remarks OF l.od WrIIlNaroN in the
/ House OF Lords (oct. ls31) in answer To some OBJ
/ scrvailons madeby Lord LoNDoNpLRRy concerning
! this remarkable individual.
Lord WrlLiNGroN, after saying that none OF
the great measures winch had been concerted
carried Pans Vienna had been resolved
/ uponwllout ms intervention, continued
" In all the transactions III which have becu
gagged with Prince ThLLEiRANp, no man could
have conducted himself with more fiimncss aud n.
bhty, IN regard to his own country, aud with more
upightncss and honor in all his communications
with the Ministers oi other countries, than Prince
/ Tallcyraud No mans public and private character
has ever been much belied those OF that illus
irious individual"
! Lord llowanp added
| - nat no man private character had been
shamclully traduced aud no mans public character
/ more mistaken and misrcplcscnlcd, than those OF
! Prince 'Talleyrand."
! Prince IALLEyRhND.-'fhc Gazette DIES Tri-
buneauX prolcrs 10 its readers, what. If II s To be
received as authentic, must be considered as a state
paper, explaining, and IN sort apooeisng Tor
the political conduct OF the late Prince Tacyrand
This document purpoits be an abstract ola dec
| laraon. subscribed by the deceased statesman
dated in 1886, and now promulgated, IN eonlormit,
to ms desire. IL commences by stating that he pre-
icfred all his the welfare of his country Il
any other interest whatever. lie sets aside the ar
gumcnt that he adhered the Bouibons anti pro
NOTED their restoration because they possessed N
hereditary and pre-exisling right to the Frencl
throne and he asserts that neither his advice, MOI
his circumstances, were wanting when il became ne
ccssary 10 rendc, hr real position the country Oh
Nousto them. In rcicning to his Abandonment o
Napoleon, he draws distinction betwc ms fidel
" othc Emperor and his duty to his country, III,
r latter having absolvcd him from the former; h,
r states. however that feeling his fortunes to HAY,
been mainly created by Napoleon he should eve
he eonJures his descendants, in any OF then
, Should hereafter meet with Bonapalte III dis
ucss, 10 hasten Ia his aid and relieve HIM. VIII
respect To hls ydricd of adhesion the success
sI'e dynastes which have, during his troubled ca
rccr ruled over France, he AYERS, III reply to tn,
, tcpoaches which have been made to him OF tel u
vcIsatlon that he looked not the persons of tn,
rulers but rather 10 the condition OF hls country
which II had always been IN his power TO serve as
statesman aud he adds, that every government
, that lie had served has received good service n
, ms hands MS IT had rendered him and that the bal
ancc OF obligation between him and them was equal
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