The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-11-11
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/ We have Just risen from perusal of the
October number OF the African Repository
and Colonial Journal, and feel constrained
to say word or two as to the feeling which
we think it ought to produce IN Every mind
as to the vast benefits Of the whole plan of
! Colonization. We here see developed in
: various forms its general utility, as we'll as
its more particular advantages 10 individuals.
Without saying one word as 70 slavery,
pro or con, we can Just turn our eyes to a
point where, by the general law or love, a
nation OF men have been gathered together
from various sections OF large continent,
where they had no reasonable hdpe OF ever
enjoying the full sweets and advantages Of
liberty. and placed on a spot where free.
dom in its highest sense has been planted
and under present auspices mus grow and
flourish interminably. This people have
with them the highest security fot the fu-
ture, for they are more generally Instructed
and enlightened by the trord Of GA than
any other on the face of the gIohst-they
have all The religion Of our fora{sfhuTf With
out moiety OF Their proscTiphve or perse-
cutting spirit so that the religious advanta-
ges which they possess will be Of much
more generally useful character, and being
deprived Of its stern and unyielding features,
will present to those coming within its in
fuence, form so much more attractive that
it will be able to carry out its original de-
sign with greater certainty and more lasting
effect.
| We, OF course, do not mean to compare
the present colonists OF Liberia with The
Pilgrim fathers, as to their intellectual pow
ers or acquired knowledge, or ability to en-
dow Government OF the same high char
acter. Whatever may have been their nat
ural powers, they have been in many re-
spects weakened by the circumstances under
which they have been placed But this
does not prevent them from possessing all
the requisites for carrying on Christian
government, in all the simple beauty which
such government ought to present; and we
have no doubt that, left TO themselves, this
will be done.
| Liberia at present has a Governor, State
officers, and Legislature, with but Two or
three exceptions, no, only protesting Chris
tians, but men upon whom the religion Of
Jesus Christ has had all its desired effect, if
We may Judge Of their own general conduct
and Of the highly moral and religious char.
acter Of the people. Captain Mercer, Of
our Navy, says in a letter to Mr.. Cresson,
Of Philadelphia: ain no part of the world
have | met with more orderly, religious,
sober, and moral community, than is to be
found at Monrovia. believe every man
and woman there of any responsibility is a
member Of the church, and it is pleasure
to observe how very general the attendance
upon divine worship is among these people. =
n From all we are able to see, the whole COL
ony is one great mission, for the purpose OF
teaching the Gospel to the benighted hordes
, Of Africa; and this beautiful feature places
, the whole scheme on an elevation at once
D high and noble. What cannot il effect on
!, her numerous tribes, and with their dark
\ heathenism? In other parts Of the heather
0 world their first acquaintance with the peo-
0 pie of Christian lands was such as to dis
. gust, and deter from farther knowledge; the
q character OF those who visited them at these
times was OF the worst kind, and their vices
: and their crimes put to the blush even the
: worst traits Of their own lives. But not SC
in Liberia, and other places settled by
= means Of the Colonization Sociey, as far as
we have any accounts, the whole course OF
: conduct Of the colonists towards the natives
> has been such as to win their good feelings
and give them most favorable impression
as to the religion they profess. And oul
o heart warns within us as we reflect on the
J. powerful agency of this nobleenterprise, il
II causing Ethiopia to stretch forth her hand:
;, to God.
l.l Six kings of various tribes have lately
n come forward snd ceded all their territory
IT into the hands of the colony, so that they
S. might come under the jurisdiction and pro
a lection Of their laws and customs. Thei
lie repeated request is for missionaries, Sunda,
i. school and other teachers, or in Their owl
s language, "God men and "Book men" an,
: one has built at his own expense larg
" and comfortable church and school house
" and is anxiously awaiting the arrival Of tn
Ut long looked for "'Merca man"
;" But whilst this people stand thus high a
to their religious and philanthrpic charac
>. ter, they are far from being behindhand i
y, ~ their intellectual powers, as far as an abil
y ,y for selfgovernment is concerned. TheI
% are men among them who appear, from a
ee that has been developed, abundantly able I
- carry it on with efficiency. Captain Me
!. Ger says on this subject: Everything W;
" ! done lin the meeting Of their Legislature)
=, the most decorous and orderly manner. eaC
~ member seeming to understand the subje
of discussion fully. 1t was" continued h
IN, "indeed, to me, novel and interesting sigh
although Southern man, TO look upo
Ia these emancipated slaves legislating &
az, themselves, and discussing freely, if n
no ably, the principles Of human rights, on Il
ne very continent, and perhaps the very sp
on where some OF their ancestors we're sold
10, ,al to slavery"
:" Governor Roberts has lately visited til
ia country, and has now proceeded TO Euro
to have the Government OF Liberia
80, knowledged by its powers. We have h
no :, accounts Of his reaching England, wht
~ ~ he was informed by the Government tn
u" he might visit Paris and other places
the continent, and that on his return to L
gland everything would be in readiness
in meet his views fully. He will no doubt