Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-01-11

yesterday-already grown into Republic Of
90, 900 people-lvng under constitution,
similar in every essential respect TO that OF the
United Srstes Of America. and guaranteeing to-
the people Of color of every nation upon earth,
who seek an asylum there. the same freedom
and rights that are awarded IN The United
States To the white ma1 of every cline. Lei
them contemplate this new Republic taking
its stand with dignity and propriety among
the nations of the earth, already entering into
treaties OF commerce and alliance with the
greatest powers Of Europe, its government
thoroughly organized, and unanimously sup
ported by its haI py people, lis courts oi lusll-
ces pres dsd over by enlightened Jndges,lts bar
respectable, its lurles homes, and independent,
its system of common school education already
rivalng that of some Of our States. aud sur
passing that Of others, afIording the rneans of
instruction. not only 10 It's own, but also 10 the
children Of the native princes OF the interior !;
whose fathers they are destined sho.lly TO sue
coed IN sovereign power. Then behold ITS
pcople 10 whom entire religious liberty Is
guaranteed by the constitution, vending their
way TO the numerous Christian churches, to
ofsr alteration TO their Creator, on the very
spot, where not quarter Of century since,
the Deuirs bush was the only temple, and where
but in blasphemous mprecatOns from the lips
| of the slave dealer Let the inquirer then
east his eye on the map Of Africa, and b. hold
/ more than four hundred miles Of its coast, but
\ late ihe very focus of The slave trade. already
\ redeemed from its dlTeiul ours by III peace
I fll extension Of the new republic, which has
! done more towards the suppression Of the hor-
Il rid taraffic, as has been lately announce !
I the floor of The BRUSH Parliament and from
I otheS high quarters, than has been accom-
/ pllshed by all the other powers Of earth com
bined. Let the inquirer contemplate THIS as
n having already been done, and then reflect that
the soil Of Africa is productive beyond that OF
most other countries that depopulatcd by the
/ man scaler, its sea coast oilers an extent of
/, country ampl, to Accommodate and sustain
! millions Of enlgrants, who being thus located,
II will gradually gi the continent with a living
I wall Of intelligence which will he more eiiici-
II clent in al Initiating the slave trade than all
! the fleets Of The world combined-whllsl on
I the other hand, a door for world enrlchlng
4 peaceful CONNIE ce will be opened with the IN
terror aud the beams of Christianity will radl-
ate from the circumference Ia the centre oi a.
rca, scattering IN their path, CIVILIZATION, a
/ Knowledge OF agriculture and the arts, and
long banighted Ethiopia, through the lnstru-
mentality of her returning children, be taught
= the way Of salvation, and with shout oi re-
: oicing from the whole length and breadth o
' her land, in the emphatic language of prophe
5 cy, "s,rech out her handst Cod"
u If the inquirer thinks this too much Ia an
e ticpalc, let him turn 10 the page of the history
r Of his own coun ~, and compare the growth
5 and prseress Of Liberia with that of the Europ
= can colonies on our own shores lie VII
II there find it recorded that at corresponding
G period in their settlement, whilst some Oi then
were abandoned or again and again nearly de
: stroyed and lingering in perlshing condition
{ a.!.:s were 10 It compared IN prosperity 10 Llbe
II ria and yet in a lille more than Two centuries
from their settlement, We see these feeble colo
I, ues expanded into mgniy na:--;. =: ~ '"o.-
! 900 of ireemen, in the full enjoyment of civil
and religious liberty teaching by their exam.
pie and encouraging by their experience their
brethren in Europe, on their way To freedom
and sef.goyernment. Ii such results have
grown out of culonizing North America
! \ by a race who extermlnated the native lnhabl-
/, ltants, what may We not expect ON cOlouiZinR
4 Il Africa, when we consider the rapid prog es:
= of Liberia 10 the resent time, and rem mbe
: that 80 tar from exterminatlng the natives, Tho
i cOlonists who settle there a but the eXpa,rla
, Il ted brethren of the millions of Africa, Il
i whom they naturally trdlernize and aInalganat
!. oa their relurG 10 their father land But hov
shall they return Aye. how shall they b
}. II returned Let but the United Sta rs marin
y be employed IN conveying to Africa. free OF ex
n pcnsc, all such free people of color as ma
N desire to emigrlte, and tens of thousands VII
: soon be found ready to embark.
oU Thousands of benevolent planters will em
Z. race the opportunity to place their neeroe
= Il IN position where they can be comfortable
II aud free from the expressions whlce awa'
q Il them in America, alike at the South and tn
4, \ North. In the one section they are robbed q
4 Il their liberty, in the other OF tn ir rights. i
Liberia they enjoy both. There they are men
:, Hsa fearing God only, whose mission is t
II ciyllz, aud Chrlsiianze Afiica. to drive tn
! slave ship from her coasts and eventually t
= free their brethren from bondage thronghou
y the whole eartn Who will not aid SO good
81 great cause!
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