Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-12-19
VOL. X1. NO. 1 a.

NhOul u was sdiO 10 NE, t1ey are SflNcISp
Sir. And so far from the slave trade be-
ing al all diminished, I am Of opinion that
II now is carried on around, about and
among US TO fearfully alarming degree.
Again it has been said, that the establish
ment Of Christian Colonies Of free blacks
on this coast would tend to Chrislianize
4 Africa. | always doubted The fact and
now know il to be FALSE. So very far
from this being the case. will venture 10
laffirm, that could a correct analysis be
made of the progression Of mind, and tho
weight Of physical influence in the two
cases, that the preponderance would be
shewn in favor of the coloniSt approxi-
mating nearest TO the Heaihen's barbariiy.
True, there have been some very few con-
verts of natives to Christianity; but for
, levery one so converted, FIVE Americans
have pulled off their clothes and gone ma
ked ; and there is not child now grow
ing up in the Colony who would not pre-
} fer speaking Hobo or Bassa to common
English, and not only using their jargon
+ bet also adopting their manners and Gus
| toms, and such, 10 me, are fearful signs as
regards Colonization.
The land on the sea coast. you in all
vs.
f and in many places low and marshy, and
a hence il is very poor and good for moth
4 ing; but as YOU 60 towards the interior
e it is gently undulating. with here and
= there bluff, making TO the river, IS the
mounts or capes 10 on the sea. This
land is Of mixed quality. and some very
!. good spots may be selected for farm set
= Elements. Suca an one IS, think, select
: ed BY our masters for our occupancy -
Z nv having refused to become citizen Of
= this realm by swearing 10 be white mans
~ slave, threw me out of the pale Of regal
y favor, and had to take q lease Of 600
= acres. 10 enable me 10 carry out my ver-
bal promise. made to the society who sent
y me here. think it probable we shall
: succeed, though have already made my
- self sick, and there is no alternative bot
pump or drown, will work so long as
:, can, and quit when can do no more.
= think il unnecessary to enter into detail
Of the peculiar barbarousness Of the coun-
], try, and its vet more baTbarous natives;
= though If there were 70 be seen nothing
:" more than It's roads and waters, it would,
in the "tout ensemble" be q tolerable
~ prospect; but oh the millions OF mill
ions of ants that every where cover the
ground, and mounds OF earth. yclep'd bug
- abug hills, thrown up here, there, and eve
i ry where, you know not how or why; and
the chattering Of Monkeys, and the unearih-
" ly sound of the Whaw-whaw, enough in
" themselves 10 drive civilization back to It's
So loriginal darkness, and make chaos come
~. again.
/ believe will weary you no longer
i =" with this detail, but if you desire II, YOU
:; can have an abundance more of the same
relation.
e know not that our experiment will
III make for or against the Colonization
w scheme, as l am not vet prepared TO say,
III whether people ought to come here or
lIu not; This is one Of the objects have in
~ :. view, and to arrive legilimatelv at these
10 ~ conclusions, viii require further expert
sS ments than have yet made. When my
anu conclusions are formed either way (alPi
CIV like to mel you shall have Il; and. in tht
~ III meantime, Ibeg you send me some Amer
.ui lean papers, as | should like TO know
~ what is going en- in the States not that
~ feel much interest in these matters al th,
a 'is present, but that il would be agreeable q
III know the ascendcncy Of parties as the,
, o-l occur, forasmuch as we expect them q
- :, change.
Accept my high consideration.
Il And am, yours most respectfully.
80 Louis SHERIDAN.
nan Edna, Liberia, 10th July, 1888
ma The exultalion Of the Colonization 81
have ciety, when Louis Sheridan consented |
such 90 10 Africa, was unbounded and Just
ulat- proportion must be their modification
= the disclosures he has made. Asto NJ
yen', Sheridan himself we con hardly pity
and, man of his intelligence and standing, e
sc to allowing himseIfto be gulled as he wa
Their He knew that Colonization was a huI
ny q bug, he knew that It's managers were n
were to be trusted, he knew that by going
eoPle Africa he was separating himselffrom q
weak destiny and the sympathy of his poop
NV bond and free. He should have pause
'rity, He should have found OUT the nature
been the government at Bassa Cove, before
had placed his all a. IFS disposal. We are
i not formed also that he was a STAKEHOLDER
g IN this country. and that he SOLD a part
( that his slaves and employed their price 70
lld | tablish himself in Liberia. The defeat
'rE in his hopes must be very great indeed.
for it We have seen a letter from a credible p
keep son in North Carolina, dated sept. .
out of addressed to colored citizen in this G
irving from which we are permitted to take
rstood following extract:
r per- you stated in your letter that
a sup was dissatisfied in New York. l h
d pro- YOU will not 90 to Liberia. Louis 81
IA that ;dan chartered n vessel and fook his