New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-05


their own coast but have also made teRtes WIN
several tribes numbering over 100000 souls Tor the
discontnuance ofthe traffic. They have purchased
their territory rom time TO time Of the natives and
are gradually extending themselves up % the BRIT
ishsettlement Of Sierra Leone and down to the God
Coast
The interior settlements Of the purchased tracts
usually extend from about 10 % 30 miles from the
coast aud can easily be enlarged By purchase ia
that direction at e moderate amount Ia no 10
stance have the natives IRON whom the lard was
purchased been required to remove heirresdences.
The land in the INN ediGte vicinity Of the IL
Liberia is generally low, and Ia some places
nsrshy but there are some elevated spots. The
land generally becomes more elevated toward the
interior and in some places within 50 miles Of the
coast it is quite mountainous. IL is desirable for
the colony to become possessed Of this back co1n.
try, es il is much healthier than the coast, and
when the emigration from the United States be-
comes extensive, the mountain region will soon be
occupied The natives are fine, healthy, athletic
race; and even the emigrauts 70 the lands on the
asst have enjoyed better health than the emf
grants to some Of our Western States in the first
| few years Of settlement.
Liberia is on the grain coast, and Is prote ted
from the scorchng winds OF the north and east by
ranges Of mountains. The soil 10 FERTILE and pro.
| duces an abundance Of Indian corn, vans, plan
tsins, coffee, srow.root indigo, dyewoods, &c.
Every emigrant is welcomed TO the colony, and
receives grant Of five acres Of land, beside which
| be can purchase as much more as ne pieases az q
per acre
The climate is not suited to the whites. The
President and all the officials are colored men
There are HOurshing towns, churches, schools, aud
| printing presses. According TO the statement oil
Rev. Il. Il. Gurey, who has recently visited the
Colony, the people are highly mora, well conduct
ed and prosperous, and the value OF the exports OF
| the Republic is at present 100000 per ann1m,
and is increasing at the rate OF so per cent an
nuAlly.
Not only will the Slave Trade be abolished by
the establishment Of colonies Of free coored people
on the coast Of Africa, but es already minated,
these colonies will be the means at no distant Pc
ROD Of disseminating civilization and Christianity
throughout the whole Of that continent. Already,
q great many Of the natives have placed them
selves under the protection Of the Liberans whose
knowledge Of agriculture and the arts inspires con
hdence and respect
Asa missionary enterprise, therefore the coloni-
cation OF Africa by the descendants OF Africans on
this continent deserves, and no doubt will receive,
the countenance and support OF the whole Christian
world.
Two points are now regarded, both in Europe
and in this country as settled truths viz lst That
the planting and building up Of Christian Colonies
on the coast of Africa is the only practical remedy
for the Slave Trade. 3D. That colored men only
can with safety settle upon the African coast
That the free negroes Of the United States will
be induced TO 20 in large numbers to Liberia, II
Quick and pleasant passage by steam vessels be
provided, and suitable preparation be made for
them on their arrival by the Colonization Society,
cannot admit Of any doubt
The funds of that Society, augmented probably
twenty fold, will then be available, almost eXcu
sivey, for the comfortable establishment oil the
enierants in their new hOmes-the expense OF
transportation chargeabe TO the Society being
| merely nominal. oo
free colored people in the several States, and that
| the annual increase therein OF the black race 10
10000 per annum. With respect to slaves who
may hereafter be manumitted, no doubt such manu-
mission will almost in every instance, be upon the
condition that the parties shall avail themselves OF
| the opportunity OF emigrating to Liberia.
The Committee do not propose that the emigrants
should be landed in Lib ria and then left to their
own resources. Liberia is at present incapable Of
receiving and providing shelter, subsistence and !
employment for any great number OF emigrants
who may land there in state OF restitution lt
has been the practice heretofore, for the Colonial
ton Society to provide for the cooniss whom they
have sent out for six months after their arrival,
and the cost Of such provision has averaged $50
per head, in addition 10 the cost OF transportation.
large amount of money will be required to set
tie the coonists in the first instance comfortably Ia
| their new homes But there Is no doubt that 1.-THE
| Government establish the proposed line of steam
| ships the people OF the dlieren. States and the
State Legislatures will at turn their attention
10 the subject of colonization, and that large apprO
prations will be voted and liberal collections made
! in aid Of that object. The State OF Maryland has
already appropriated and laid out 500 OOO IN his
work aud the Legislature Of Virginia has lately
| appropriated $4,000 per year Tor the same pur
pose. But these sums are lnsignlhcant IN com
| parson 10 what may be expected, II The Govern
meni shall give its high sanction to the colonial
| ton Of Africa, ard provide the means OIL trans
| narration by line OF steamships In that event.
| The whole mass Of the people, North and South
who for the most part do not appreciate the RAPID
| n1oareFs and the high capabilities of Liberia will
| quickly discover the vast Importance OF Colonial
ton and will urge their representatives 20 adopt
| measures adequate to the exIgency OF the case
| and tie magnitude OF the enterprise
| There is good reason to anticipate, that import
ant assistance will be rendered 70 the emigrsns,
not only by the missionary societies of Europe but
also by those Governments which have taken an
interest in the suppression OF the Slave Trade, and
which are DESTROYS Of opening channels for their
commerce. and marts for their manufactures, on
the western coast OF Africa.
| Ii ia estimated, that by the time when the frat
two ships are to be finished and ready for sea- there
will be large body OF emigrRnts ready to take
passage in them, and that for the next two years
each ship will take from 1000 to 800 passengers
on each voyage, or from 5000 to $4,000 in each OF
those years. To furnish each family, intending to
devote themselves to agricultural pursuits, with
dwelling house suitably furnished, and piece OF
land OF sufficient extent cleared and planted to.
gether with the necessary agricultural imp ements
and stock of provisions, WILL il is calculated cat
the Society sum equal to $50 or $40 per head for
each emgrant, allowing each family to consist Of
FIVE persons The cost of establishing families in.
tending to follow trading and mechanical pursuits,
will be somewhat less than the above estimste for
agricultural families but the average for the
whole Of the emigrants may be estimated at $50
PER head, including all the expenses of transport
alton, making total Of from s4OO0 600 10 5000 600
per snnum, for the first ttcO gears.
As the colony increases IN population, and the
interior the country becomes settled, any number
Of emigrants that may be sent out will be readily
absorbed, there Will he a demand for all kinds Of
ahorerP, mechanics ard domestic servants and il
| viii be unneces.ArN to make that nrnvis sion f,r