The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-12
From the Baltimore Republican.
LBERIA--BRITISH AGGRESSION.


We pablished a few days since an account Of
British interference and aggression with the Ameri-
can colony of Liberia on the coast of Africa II is
fact, which scarce needs the repetition, that Eng
land having failed in her many phissthropie schemes
elsewhere has now turned her attention 10 the civil
isaiion Of the benghted inhabitants OF that quarter
Of the globe; and in her assiduous and unremtting
endeayors 70 put an end TO the slave trade, has sue
ceeded in inuring to great degree, the American
trade and commerce on that coast. Many sayers
have been captured, and the unfortunate beings
found on board conveyed TO her colonies, and APP
prentced out for term OF years, IN bondage
worse Than that endured by any slaves on EARTH
and yet, with the most shameless hardwood, she
dares assert that IN this she is benefting the poor
African. But not content with all this, she is now
endeavoring to encrodch upon the COLONY of free
blacks from the United States at Liberia They 10
her opinion, are not properly governed, or, we
opine, are governing too much of the coast of ARR
ca to suit her cious and grasping desire pos
sess every foot Of ns,d non claimed by some power
able to maintain and defend II. The English estab.
lished Sierra Leone for the same purpose that the
Americans planted Liberia but while the policy of
the English has injured the growth Of their colony,
that Of the Americans has caused Liberia to be
prosperous, and rapidly increasing IN wealth and
inhabitants. This accounts for all her conduct
Jealous Of the rapid increase of rival colony, des-
tined, she knows, to have preponderating infu-
ence over the African continent.
The following extract of letter 10 the New York
Sun, dated Monrovia, March 81, will be read with
interest, giving, as IL does, s0ine important views
and information:
when you have satisfied yourself the necessity, call up
your to protect II. work Of their hands
Of England On the coast of America they know better;
but hsss tse EDss cruisers treat the Pablicsn asg With
chief uness inssea IL aes ever armed deck and then
they willing 2 50 hrsaen s ior%s and
ment professsd with horror the orsIle expectation
OF beings from this and established the colony
inhabitants Of this coast Of Guinea Benevolent in
America planted Liberia for the same objects ana so 70
coored cs who aspred 10 this character Of free and self
governing meh They in IL the Of raising Afri-
%.ana @ % ss
inflicted by the white We who lkh our sweet homes
in the United States to SOW the seeds IN the
and envy England She pretended 70 be engaged in the
same Gauss and was always rsproashiIg me ans
many colonies rtespered for three hundred miles
along the ccay. the dreadful centre Of robbery and
murder in which no umrmed msn, white or colored was
s sa and ,G' deepsp q he
ssa sasR ons ~
missionary Of civilization to the most interior fecesses
under the shallow u the American eagle. learning
the language the promises and tbe spirit Of
and preparing to return the blessings they receive by
sending the fruits their industry enrich me markets Of
the protecting States. While too gn6fsnt TO un
derstand the value OF American generosity and Friendship
and poor and feeble TO influence the savage tribes about
honor also, the English in pords, were kindly
(never too kindly however, accept for their ships the
products labor without return but when they found
gathered strength and Intelligence we turned with
more and more asconate to the United States
and enlarged with Increasing fondness the prsctcaby
of building here In Africa through her fostering care
republic which should imath matter how humbly the
noble freedom of her institutions they turned to enemies
Above all things wished to maintain, what even In
slavery had been permitted to enoythe widest relig
freedom The English always sneered at the poor col
their highest nobility had beet slow to comprehend
what their Parliament had found too frss and noble for its
understanding to Of conscience and equality
OF citizen rights We, poor bcnighed ones retofted BY
saying that the meanet born under the light Of repub
canism felt that infant crazy man. or girl whose
only thought seemed to be snowy dress and thearc dis
play government not respectable enough for eman
cpated men, though they black.
'This is the real difficulty here. The English
solved to annoy and discourage until whose free
dom and territory have been bought with American money
who brought here and cherished by American en-
terpss until could support ourselves and send bread
famshed neghbors surrender bright prospects
and pass under their yoke Our colony is insued and
government set at nangb studous in order to encour
prisoners down the to be sold to slavers inter
copied in by British cruisers and carried according to
British colonies there tn pass into that horrd
hopeless servitude which their Hypocrisy gds with the
decetful of apprenticeship Ask the reemen OF Amer
lea they will sell again, their English fathers did
into slavery they will not they have but to raise
the manly voice ftbe Union and the pundering lion will
he glad leave Liberia in The you were
kind enough to send us created fu,e sensation"