The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-09-08

ration be MAIDS for them on their arrival by the Colonies
'ic T, ooesis'y cannot admit Of any doubt 40
80 e uuas o. hat society, augmented probably twenty
iold wii then be available alos. exclusively Tor the com
a'aoe shnent OF the omans in their new homes,
ing merely nominal a9rN - NJ
people the several States And thar the snnua in
crease therein OF The black is 900 pei snnum With
doubt such manumssion will almost ever nstance be
upon the condition that the parties shall avail themselves
OF the opportunity OF emigrating TO Liberia siF T
The communities do not propose that the emsrants should
be landed in Liberia, and then LEFT TO their resonrces
Liberia present incapable of recey wing pIovidn
shelter subsistence aud employment for any great
Of emigants who may land there in state Of desuon
Ii has been the practice heretofore for the Colonization
ciey provide Tor the coloniss whom they have
Tor months after their arrival and the cost of such pro-
vision has averaged $50 per head In addition TO the cost Of
large amount Of money will be required TO the
coonss In the first instance, comfortably in their new
homes. But there doubt that II the government estab
h the proposed line Of steamships, the people OF the dit
terent States and the State Legislatures will at once turn
their the subject Of colonization, and that
appropriations will be voted and liberal collections made
appropriated laid $500 900 in this work. and the
legislature Of Virginia has lately appropriated $4,000 pei
parison what may be expected ii govern
men shall give lis high sanction to the colonization Of
Of steamship In that the whole of the people
North and South. who for the part do appreciate
the rapid progress and the high capabilities d Liberia
will quickly discover the vast importance OF colonization
and will their representatives 70 adopt measures AIDE
quae 10 the excncy OF the and the magnitude Of the
enterprise.
There Is good anticipate that important assist
will be rendered To the only by the mis-
sionary societies of Europe but also by those
which have taken interest In the suppression OF the
slave trade, and which DESTROYS OF opening channels
for their commsrce and mars for their manufactures the
western coast Of Africa. tass
is estimated by the time when the first ship
be finished and ready for there will be large
body OF emants ready 10 take In hem and that
1880 each voyage, from 5000 900 in
each Of those years To furnish each family intending
devote themselves to agricultural pursuits with welng-
house suitably furnished and piece OF land of sufficient
cleared and planted, together with the necessary
implements and stock of provisions WILL Il
calculated the sooiey equal $50 $40 per
head Tor each emigranl, allowing each family consist
five persons The Of establishing families intending
to follow trading and mechanical pursuits will be
what less than the above estimate for agricultural families
but average the whole OF the grants may
estimated $50 per head, including all the Of
total OF from i0OU00 $60, 900
per ennum for The frst tpo years
colony increases in population, the interior OF
the country becomes settled, Der OF emg that
demand for all kinds laboers. mechanics, and domestic
servants and will be unnecessary TO make that provision
for them which is now Indispensable.
The Colonization Society will, heretofore regulate
the emigration to send ont only suitable and
keep up due proportion between the two
There good to suppose that the Mediterranean
trade will before long become Of great additional import
ance to this country There at present numerous
French and English steamers engaged in that trade and
we learn that company, has been recently formed
at Liverpool to run line Of fifteen from that
port TO the various ports the Mediterranean This OF
other lines will to feed our African steamers, calling
as they will at Gibraltar
On the whole, regard the report OF the Naval Com.
mittee worthy of the favorable consideration OF Con-
gress 1t appears that require a reserved steam
navy, suggested by the committee, and that nowhere
could mail steamers be better employed than upon the
proposed route. We fully also in opinion with
the committee that the only eIectual mode of aboshng
The slave trade, and disseminating civilization and Chris
any throughout Africa is to establish colonies OF free
colored emigfanls from the United States; and doubt
not this undertaking will be supported by the people of
this country and OF the whole Christian world.