Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-08-22


1 Kondahss or perhaps by parties of each I
tribe; in either case, we fearswe should
betroubled with adoneighbors, for'to all |
the low propensities and vices of the Deys, (
they add a restless, turbulent, ferocious
disposition. ''-----.
Now what course did the Colony of
/ Liberia take in reference to the murder of
Logan BY the natives in revenge for The
murder which he had committed upon
one of their number4 Did they pursue
after his murderers-the fierce Mandin-
4 goes, and the chief Ynamby. the great
Kondah warrior, who was present at the
attacklupon Logan, and participated in it2
No. Logan had left the colony without
leave or license, SgudLted on the lands of
the poor impoverished, and hunted Deys,
had attempted to wrest cattle by force
! from the Mandingoes, and on being re-
sisted, had followed up his attempt at rob-
tbery by murder. Twas plain that he
| had plucked his fate upon his head: and
that the colonial authorities were under
no moral or legal obligation to interfere
further in the matter
But the Colonial Government did in:
lterfere. Along the St. PauPs was tract
of land, Of a superior quality for farms,
and upon which the eyes of the settlers
had been turned, as most desirable loca-
ton. 1t was the garden of the Dey's
country: and had as yet caped the ra-
pacity Of their enemies the Mandingoes,
Gorahs, and Kondahs. These tribes had
taken possession of large tracts of the
country, and why should not the Colony
share with them iu the plumber of the
miserable and broken-spirited Deys! An
old treaty between the Cofonists and the
Deys was hunted up, in which it was
stipulated that the latter should "protect
the lives and property of Americans with
in their territory" Here then was a
Pretext for complaint. Logan was IAN
American; he was murdered, and his
property seized in the territory of the
Deys. True it was that the poor Devs
were not guilty of his murder. He fell
victim to the fury of the Kondahs and
Mandingoes-the same bloody invaders
who had nearly depopulated their country,
and from whom they themselves were
flying in terror and despair. True it was,
that 1t was out OF their power to E'p,Otecf'
even themselves. No matter. By the
terms of the treaty" they were bound to
protect "Americans and their propertv."
and the Colonial Government, forthwith,
formally required the wretched and ter.
ror-stricken Deys to return Harris and
the native boy, and pay the sum of one
thousand bars within six months In
other words, they were required to per-
form an utter impossibility. Jenkins, the
Gorah leader, had built a town upon the
Dey country and secured it by fouif.
cation imPregnable to any attack of native
warfare" Ynamby and the Kondahs
had their bar-icades along the coast" TIC
use the language of the Liberia Herald
The territory of. the, cowardly and i'm
lbeciIe ,DeHs has heer,. f-s. :. .tAo seen.
OF depopulating contest. in which the
kondahs have always been dominant, and
so low are the ,Deys reduced in the means
- of resistance, that we have no doubt O
the truth of their assertion that they M
20 put nOGf King Boson's palaUar'-
:. They have been actually reduced to SET
q their farms and plantations despohed O
:, all their produce without daring to pu
= in an objection" This was the people
= melted, scattered, and peeled, upon whom
= the Americans Of Liberia called to res
Is cue Harris and the boy' from thei
" powerful enemies, and 10 pay lone thou
y sand bars" We, give the SEQUEL in tn,
, words of the Liberia Herald itself 70
~ the third month last:-
- The imbecility of the Deys, however
:, does not annul their obligation to protec
=, the lives and property of Americans with
!. in thei. territory, according to the stipu
- lations Of a treaty long since entered int,
- BY, them and this Colony. This treat,
>, was made the ground of the demand 70
satisfaction. They were, requested to de
= liver upthe murderers; to return Harris
and the native boy; and to pay the sum O
a One thousand Bars, for the destruction O
e. property, all 10 be performed within 81.
Or months. The difference, however, be
ne tween promise and performance, was no
re forgot;-nor the hardness of our neie h
le bors to come up to their contracts, wher
10 they are not compatible with their inter
We ests, and therefore, to confne their atten
Mt ton 10 the subject, a pledge of the Who'll,
N Dey Country was demanded, for the faith
az full performance Of the contract. Ate
T. long palavering;-many prOtestdtions o
OF INNocENcE, and still more expressions O
" regard for "Meriea Man." they put tn,
In cross to the deed, Dhich assigned TO TIL
AMERICAN COLONIZATION so
'e Getty, the territories of their puissan
e. majcsties, King Wiley and King lem
q; my These mighty domains extend from
"a a small creek opposite Mama's Town
~ five miles up the Sr.aPaul's River, ant
ne back five miles into the interior This