The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-01-23
J.F. MCCLELLAN, Printer.

ceases, there ought to BE- at least lwenty
men at work on the mission premises.
shall not dare however, to go forward till
| get remittance from home.
There are two or three facts connected
with this mission of which have thought
of late.
First, the fact that II IS located Just
where it is, near to and under the protec~
ton of the King, at whose word the slave
trade lives or dies. The only suitable
place for slave factory in Sherbo is in
the Kings donations, and it is al his OPP.
ton whether The Spaniards come or not
Connected with this is the fact that the
King himself is troubled about it, and says
he is ready 10 give it up, prOrided he can
see some other way of getting a living.
Second, the fact that we came here Just
at the time we did. Had me Spaniards
got their foothold first, there is at least,
some fear that the opinions of the other
chiefs would have turned The scale against
us. As It's, as near as | can fnd out, we
are greatly Indebted for location 10 one
man, Mr. Gomez, who was educated in
Eng land. When the King was at a
stand whether 10 let US come or not, Mr.
Gomez said to him, Let them come, ard
If you have sent them away send for them
to come back again. This heard when
first | came 10 Kaw.mendi, and have
since heard it from Mr. Gomez himself, in
the presence 9th King.
The faci is that this place was shut TO the
English. The King has suffered so
much loss Of properly from the English
mon of war, and from English soldiery,
thai his opinion of them is not very good.
He told me himself if were an English
men he would not have allowed me to
come.
When converse with the traders about
the trade, they readily acknowledge it to
be wrong, bat say, they are obliged 10
carry ii on. They say that the Sierra
Lone trade has spoiled the country. In
this last confess here is great deal of
ruth. This trade is badly conducted; at
least think so. Add |; think this has
very important bearing on the slave
trade. verify believe that should there
he well regulated trade established the
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difficulties in the way of doing this, and
1t cannot be Gone in momen. The pro>
auctions OF the country which are made
articles OF trade are too few. Rice and
palm oil are the chi v ones that have any
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES God is fast disappear
ing. Now it seems TO me, that il is our
duty as missionaries, while we stand aloof
Fr,,,N do Il I'll
establish well regulated trade. 1t seems
to me that the fist thing we lave TO do is
10 try 10 correct The evils, ii possible. con-
nect.d with the present trade, and then IN
lroduce the cultivation Of such things as
will give permanence TO the trade. The
question arises what shall we introduce!
| Tobacco we cannot conscientousy. ---
Coffee, if there were no other objection, is
TOO tardy for this people. The indigo
plant is indigenous here, aud grows in
great abundance. Now if there could be
such thing as manufacturing indigo from
it, 1t would b. we'll to cultivate it. Ratau
also grows in abundance. intend to
write an article for the Sierra Leone
| Watchman on the trade of this country
its influences &c, as soon as my time and
information will allow. am now col
cec,ing facts for this purpose. am sat-
isfed that the influence of the Sierra Les
one trade is decidedly bad, both in refer
ence to the morals ofthe natives and the
stave.trade.
acknowledge the receipt Of one N. Y
Commercial Advertiser, and two Union
Missionaries. one FOR myself and the other
| for Miss Harnden. rejoice, assure you
TO see such paper as the Union Mission
airy. 1t is just the thing | hail it as o.
men o! better days. Scatter the light of
truth, and darkness must disappear
Keep Dr. Lafon in the field as long as you
can. | think he is just the man, especial
Iy for New England.
have for sometime past felt a greater
spirit ofprayer for this mission than I
ever felt before; especially that God would
raise up friends at home who would con-
tribute o its support. The receipt of the
Union Missionary put new life into me.
saw there, by extracts from letters and
from the receipts, that my prayer was be.
ing answered. This mission is evidently
planted by God himself. am more and
more satisfied oft. 1t will prosper.
My coxswain, George Hays, Of whom
| have already written before, is an inval.
liable man to the mission. He takes
great burden from me. He is every way
trustworthy, at least have thus far found
him so. His whole soul seems to be in
this mission. never hear him pray with.
out mentioning it. He does not go about
his work like hireling, but like one in
teresed in it. have now fret rale set
ofm'n (six,) though none of them are
christians. | have none Of the Mendi
people to work for ne now, except the