Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-01-19
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LAGOON Nu. VI
TO the HONORABLE THE MEMBERS OF THE
HOUSE Of DELEGATES AND OF THE SENATE
uF VIRGINIA

HOUSE Of DELEGATES AND OF THE SENATE
or VIRGINIA.
LIBERIA. as a place of emigration Tor our free
culorcd people, demands special notice in con-
nrciiul with the subject in hand.
re first purchase Of iani from the native
chiefs Tor the colony vi Liberia, was made in
1872, by Dr.. Ayfes, on The part OF The c 1lnniz.-
ton Society, and Capt Stockton, ui The U. ).
Navy on the part OF his government Soon al;
Ter, IN the same year, Cape Mssurado, compris-
me the present site o. Mnnroyii, was occupied
3. onf enierans. This was The practical CON.
me.cemen OF the project, first recommended ~
Nh Jefferson 10 the Legislature OF Virginia, and
.tsTwaris approves by The Legislature in ihei!
recorded acts Of 1900, and again in 1916, AMI
again in ls33-to which enacImenls yon are re
spectu!!y referred
TaE REPUBLlC OF LIBERIA as now defined
extends from Cape Noun, to Cape Pa'mas,
>ca-coast distance ot more than three hundred
miles-emb.acing virtually, in fern, if not in
FAC, Ma'yiani colony on the South, Of thirty
hse miles ssa-coast, and also one hundred mics
lately ceded b. the native chiei>; and, on The
Norm. twill soon probably be extended, BY pur-
chase, Two hundred miles from Cape Mount 10
Sierra Leone, stretching Notth-wesi aud South
east from deg. 10 deg North latitude. Il eS-
tends interior, on Cd average, iorly five miles
IL comprises tn whole extent ii coast formerly
most visited 81 slaveIs, with excellent haEbors,
soil OF unsurpassed fertility, and climate OF
wel!-proYed health!uness 10 the negro race. The
present number Il emisrants and re-caplured Al.
rcans is perhaps, SIX thousand. lis CONNER
cial, agricultural and mechanical progress indi-
cate an active and energetic population, and the
staple commodities OF coffee, susar-cane, indigo,
rice, cotton, arrow-root, &c ali indigenous, de-
monslrate by experiments already made that in
+. &. al tak nnrr
literally rewarded. lis exports Tor Inc last lew
years have averaged nearly $50 10 ne head,
wn.Ie lhuse OF the Unied SAFES have not ave.
ragged in domestic productions more than 81.
Monrova, the pracpa s-a-por and CAPITAL
of the country, mas nov twelve hundred lnhaoi-
lanis, VINO enjoy, Ia their houses, furniture and
tables, all The comforts, elegances, and even lux.
uries Of life, Common 10 settlement OF The same
size in this or any other country is national
existence, as the REPUBLIC q LIBERIA, com
mrnced On the 23h August, l5iT, BY formal
declaration OF Independence, and Dy The adopion
OF constitution modelled after cur own Inc
operations OF the government have since Pre-
cccded with the utmost regularity. Governor
ROBBERS, who held his office under appointment
OF the Colonization Society, has been elected
President o; the Republic. S independence IA:
beer acknowledged BY England AMI France, and
hese nations lis ,race has many years been va
.uabIe, and will be OF increasing importance e
the commercial world.
as religious community, Libs.'a IS unsur
passed. b. reliable statistics, We l. 4'n that al
mos one-third OF its entire emisrat population
are members of the Christian Church, honurin.
their profession by their lives. Twenty five
Church edifices, all convenient and some o! them
costly, OF sone, brick and wool, employ the ser
vices OF forty preachers several Of them pastors.
wei supported, ard wholly devoted 10 their Work
al regularly indicted into their sacred ctirc, and
some OF hem no, only intelligent, but learned
and eloquent.
Their school system Is, 10 say the least, much
oeuel than ours. Provision is made by w 10!
jrce school, throughout The commonwealth
ihsra appropriation Of The pubic an3s Is made
nj capalon ard land lax imposed tor tie
purpose; ard more han his, every man sr,qn!r-
: un9er penalty, to sind hts c3a!rcu q sexual
md efucaic tiem. They have also 10, hish
Schools, Lycrum, and two newspapers; and
measures are ia progress 10 establish Univer
>i!y.
The M i've tribes are cuivaing friendly inter
course and dong homage 10 thus Hcr natl ~ III AZ
ricd. Dispn.cs formerly conducted by bloody var
and mus, hY sale .! captives taken on both >idcs
furnishing victims inr The slave trade are settled
~ reference 10 The government OF Liberia, which
already holds he balance OF power. Missionaries
and school teachers are eagerly received by lie
barbaous interior tribes, who seek by hose
means 10 become "Jferiea men," II is now pro-
b bic that Liberia a. fast as her emigrant popr
| aion will enable her to take possession and en-
o,ce her laws, may reclaim from barharisn
he en- ire western coast, if0p Sieffe Leone Il
ne Cape Colony closing a II access 20 the pirat-
iCa SLAYER, AMI dfusins ciyilizAllln anu Inc
christian religion through This whole border
coualiy. F.om this rim 0. light, central Africa
viii ~ illuminated; its darkness, intellectual
| ard moral. expelled; lis fertile land reclaimed
from >lesliiiy; is physical resources reeeneraied
and Africa, whence civilization and The ar.
passed into Greece more than three Thousand
| years ago, through Rome 10 England, and thence
| 10 America-Aircs, the land once fruitful o
| heroes and scholars and chr stians the county
| OF Hannibal, Han6o Jugurha, Terance, Ori
gen, Teiuliian, Augustine and Cyprian-o Of ;
race that wrough, The Pyramids, chiselicd III,
rrouiest monuments Of marble. and left in be
! iomb> ne evidence lha, she had aane all Tor hi
ma eriai body. bu, 10 give ii immortality oil life
! this .afri:c wi BE- again raised IN her position
! among civilized nations, placed in the circle 0
the human family, and, Tor The civilization
which she has, centuries ago, impaired 10 others
! repaid BY civilization and Christianity to-
| There, on The coast oil Africa, you now see IN
beap ideal OF your great slatesmen-a eolo.y 10
cur hee coLored population There you see pre-
! cisely what your predecessors in asse nb!y pro
posed in The frs. year Of the present century, an
subsequent legislatures repeated and ursei b
ei,era'ed decimo-seIlal action in 1916 and 1885
| The periodic time has again arrived, and i
ls49, YOU ae again called on TO consider hes
precedents and To Do what remains 10 be Zone :
10 use The colony successfully founded and no,
rpened into nation, os oplaee Of deportatton5'
vgur tree eolored population who are awaiin
your action and, in their comparative depeu
tence, reaching TO take your counsel and you
helping hand.
To the Editors of tie Enquirer:
WAsHNsToS Jan. is, lo49.
Dear Sirs-As Mr.. Clayton dissents from III
position assumed in lhe repor; Of the Souher
| Committee, yon may then take IT Tor granite
/ hole n, ;r mill ho nosfn0ned TO the in