The native American., 1840-07-18
COL O NIZ A I / O N :.

In the tenth number Repository published article pem
solicited the friends of the Society aid US carrying into ope
purposes the Board of Managers relation that subject
Since writing have coneed with intelligent coonis
who with his this country and have received
gaed the policy recently
adopted by the Board and wisely carried by Governor BUCHANAN
sseng a number of saaed officers and disseminating the gtous
distribution of provisions goods &c. has been attended with tn" hapes
results One who had held office for and which
he renqhe with becoming unwingness writes as follows Dear
Sir In your last you say shall that interest well as that
the Commonwealth generally has been promoted by this measure ls
opinion already VERIFIED aud that had not been removed
years for then should have had means begin farm
ing that thank sir for what have done have
under cultivation twelve Of and and only had little
mean should in short time havefty.'
colony before this
provisions abundant spirit industry and en-
epise generally exhibited More lands have been cleared within the
during preceding years. and several plantations
of aiding the coonsts by ucou
premiums be awarded nem they will be
Of woods barks leaves and berries that their
c properties be tested by chemical Our calico printers
making experiment similar products of
try Informed by extensively engaged in this business
recently discovered among common barks OF great
cog This individual kindly proposes the coloring
articles from Africa tor this purpose
and to aid US in introducing may useful We confident
y valuable discoveries will be made The natives use the
large coong their fine blues and not the indigo plant
although country. Governor BUCHANAN has several of
growing his garden and they found abundance
"a chemist in Liverpool
discovered stick of wood board African ship which produced SO
purple that he offered three hundred dollars for
any quantity kind wood The encouraging industry and
enterprise only develope Africa br
country valuable Samples of English printed goods
used natives obtained from Liberia sup
ply manufactured by pnng house in New Jersey
We within few years thirty thousand OF printed
goods required annually Liberia. Nor goods alone
required woolens, eah hats and various other manufa
red find In fact, if COLONIZATION appealed
only of manufacturers and commercial ought be
year, African trade than the which has been expended
American Colonization Society the Of its
enterprise divide that trade with the British?
The Executive Committee exerng themselves introduce
trade with the natives and in all their for
carrying Society," they have the satisfaction find
they promoting various interests of country We earnestly
request who engaged manufactures and well
IL friends desious of promoting the objects OF Colonization to con-
tribute premiums and also enable send next exped-
v purchase ship which will be required the
|,nslgrants preparing for emigration.
1t expected patrons and friends of Colonization will be called
on to send out more mgans within next months,
during last four The Executive Committee have
say than five hundred emigrans preparing
and general arrangement business and the
CITY money would be much We safely
will offer for the next twelve months
thousand prospect the number annually
The opposition both
country England has been embarrassed with large debt
and parazed for of funds; but it prov
deniay emerging its difficulties The of opposition has spent
fury old gradually being qudae Enterpsng
gent people country again turning their
the subject Colonization, and having their minds dsabused
prejudces ndustousy ned all
and manifest indications of the favor Pro-
ydence permit doubt ,oen
public furnish the carrying the only feasible plan
vatng the colored
LETTER FROM CAPTAIN WATERS.
The ing VIM G. WATERS Captain
worthy place the Repository,
of