Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-11-13
TO QmoMAs j. MIcEIE, ESQ.

Sir The Colonization Society propose nothing and
as their Agent would do nothing except In accordance with
The wishes Of the free coored people themselves, n'el
gently acting the question Ut their emigration ne 90
ciey was originally formed expressly Ito remove ana Se''e
them in Liberia, ,cih their O,cR consent"
The most have do, then, is tu give the niorha'oh
necessary To wise decision. This is needed by all
The security to health aud Lille naturally the 1S' SUD-
ject of enquiry. The climate of Liberia Is now wen u"u5r
stood and experience of thirty years WARRANT" Soe ue
gree Of confidence in the results.
For the last seven or eight years the number oil deaths
AIMING the entrants by the accmamg lever has not en-
cseled FIVE per cent. or one III twenty
For the same period the mortality among the entire en-
gran population has oul ''e eAceeueu 'ee Pe' een''
wear ar three ia hundred
The average mortality Of all the Inhabitants of tho city
Of Boston for the last years taking the Of
1910 as the average number Of inhabitants has been
per cent Among The white population ut Baltimore hotn
1S23 In 1926 inclusive it was % per cent In n YORK.
24o IN Philadelphia 10. Among the cu"red PepPe
of Baltimore er the same years il was $40 IN r,'a'
phia, SOP In New York. 529; and in Boston, o,oo:-
The average annual mortality among accl'''e % ~
in Liberia Tor the last twelve years. has oeeu TO- u 'e
last ten years 397 per cent The CREATES oa GA
cept in 1922 during time OF war was S+ PET ce"'
which was in 1929 II appears therefore, mat The climate
of Liberia is more favorable to the health and longevity OF
accmaed persons of color than that Ut BOSton New York
or Philadelphia. ~
ity in VIRGINIA for the PERIOD and arrive at the
cuson that Liberia is healthy to the emgran pop
ulalion as Virginia is to her native population
These facts derived from perfectly reliable sources,
and are affirmed with confidence. They have already been
published and widely circulated, and are asserted on the
testimony of the census VI Liberia and credible witnesses
who have been there and carefully examined the subject
In the early history the Colony as in every new coun-
try the mortality much greaIer-and now OCCASIONAL
w. particular families suffer greatly from unknown causes,
they do sometimes here But the general results are as
have stated.
There is as little danger Of sickness death to the col
ored people in going Liberia white people who
90 to the great Wesess danger indeed than attends most
Western emigrations. And yet the tide Of emigration
Westward is immense and increasing
The agricultural interests Of Liberia are vastly more
PROMISING IN entrants than thUSe of Western States
and territories to the emigranS there. The commercial
interests are greater There is probably gold in the
mountains of Africa than in California. England has re-
ceyed from the Western hundred millions OF dol
lars gold dust and native ngots. The social, moral and
educational advantages also at this moment greater
All these Positions propose to sustain by facts derived
from reliable Sources which will lay before the public
through the columns OF our papers.
My design is that if my agency not successful TO The
removal of our entire free coored population with their OWL
consent and with the approval * the people Of Augusta
the fault shall lie on others than the Agent of the COLOMBIA
tion Society,
Very respectfully yours and the public servant,
r. w. BAILEY.