Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-08-20

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Us abundant topical rrodaeiionS W. hs'''"A.
wrote this "The whole country between ''le ''o"'''
Trade Town is rich in soil and other natural advantages ~
capable OF sustaining numerous anu eH'iiNeo P'p.
,a,,ua .,,os, INV other country EARTH Leaving Inc
seaboard the traveller everywhere al "lc u'''"Ne
few n,;l,s enters upon uniform upland county
;, s.., elevation ntersecled by nnumerablc rNu-
Lotto h,,rd;no in sprngs Of unaing water ana co'ci.u
v;,h y,,,rc which knows no other changes, ca
DON, ,bose which refresh and renew It's ocau'ies ine
country directly on the sea- although verdah' anu nun
l ~ biuh decree found every where 10 yicu' " uo
ncc,s n The interior" The gentlemen who nave o'ee'
this proposition TO the government must NC "en
TO the profits TO be derived from commercial
Africa or they would never have ie'' 50 "iue
b commercia business fiji up BY the present proposed
,hc government for the sum OF sAooooo P
nru,n abu nehaf the of buldinsa single steamer
oranizes and efficiently establishes this commercial
ment-bas its mails carried 10 Africa and eou'cfh
furnishes direct swift communication TO those anu III
,o, and while thus cuvang the arts OF peace,
has in the event of war; three trst-cass "ar-se"ic' put
immediately and almost in fighting trim into It's service
Mo IN. Government by force Of treaties, srequlrcd
IN keen certain naval force the African coast IL" m
,rso nc ,c,ressinr the slave trade. What Is the ac'u
exnensc attending this arrangement, we are not
81 rescp we only know is the burial place oil our gar
lant officers and brave crews-a sort oil bny "oeo'a "
station perhaps where Providence never inehuea ' VI
ophet should be kept any duty for any length oi '
nj where the negro especially if from South oil Mason 1
lin could live and would live we'll With reference
- ,ho rb Carolina cmigrants Liberia, Mr. Ashnah
SAYS call the change they have undergone seems l" Ut "
disease than saltary effort Of nature 10 ACCOMMODATE Wv
nhv steal ~ stc Of It's SUBJECTS TO the influence o c 'o
cal climate Moreover, il has been lniiy ascei'''u'
that for all eiectua purposes oil REFRESHING ''e saw
,ro1 ,,. African sauadrons approach himbug -
In ,e47 Al $50 persons exported from Africa 10 W"
and puyilt AT present, that human beings
c be most considerable item of commerce. MIR. sian
inns Hill in edsc substitutes for this item certain other ut
tcIes the trade which is not near akin to piracy pro-
poses TO foster Liberia that her commercial arms WIN
clasp the whole in of Christanike ana CIVIL
zed enbraceits tendency will be To show Tie hi'i'es
that there are other profitable means OF gain besides deor
ing human engsis effect will be, that Commerce VIII rs
cort as she always does Civilization and Religion where
robbery and slaughter revelo Africa mas peculiar ciae
upon Observation-Disclosures every nation has partaken di
rec1ly or indirectly in this traffic noble opportunity
now offered TO make an to Africa BY making the
descen dans of her children the instruments OF civil
cation and redemption a nation may sumber for cenu-
rios like Italy, around the tomb OF its dead gorya people
like III. descendants of Pharaoh mayeapse into barbarls
bu the instance where be found of barbaous pe
i
nh. achieving civilization unaided The first light must
come from abroad That light is now streaming from Ii
beria penetrating the interior OF Africa We can add 10
the etlulgence by this timely commercial arrangement
The examples benevoencc and justice shown by the col
oniss will strike favoraby the attention oil the natives
children will be adopted into the schools and benecen'
commerce will bring into proper play faculties when mere
| tofore have only been exercised in brutal violence
This plan also commends itself to the people OF 'hs
country consequence Of the increased iacteS oerea
bv it for the removal Of our free negroes 1t believed mat
each steamer will dcpo 1900 each Trip lhls VIII serve L"
stimulate the friends OF colonization 10 increased acivy
and the example Of Virginia will be by sister States
population socially degraded herea class now af"ru"s
the material Ials and penitentaes have Their
proper commission. The Of the slave trade VIII Dc
turned into blessing, and Ham, having been br"ngh 10
the gospel" will with its blessings Ia his own land
and race