The republic., 1851-10-27
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
Vhc Rcnuhlic of Liberia.

There may be and is a diversity of opinion about
African colonization as means for the gradual ex-
tinction of slavery in the United States. There
can be none, however upon the fact that Chris
tian republic has been founded upon the coast OF
Africa, which promises important consequences to
that benighted continent and the world
Liberia proclaimed herself an independent re
public in lS47. There is nothing in her history or
condition to raise doubt of her stability among
the nations of the earth. Her independence is re-
cogniscd by England, France, and the United
States. If, as compared with those powers or the
civilized States of Europe, she has little means OF
protection and defence, she is exempt from dan
gers of foreign collision and aggression, and has
little need of them. No contemplate the
struggles of that colony of emancipated slaves up
the coast whence their ancestors were carried in
the holds of slave chips, their present prosperous
condition, and the relation which they sustain to
the continent on which they are planted, without
feeling deep interest in the growth and develop
rnent of this nation in embryo.
The Liberian colonists have organized and es-
tablished free Christian commonwealth, with all
the requisite machinery of government and insi-
tutions of civilization. They have ports, custom
house, and shipping, schools, churches, and social
institutions suited to their wants and calculated to
promote their welfare. They possess q country OF
great fertility and and varied products.
In the exchange Of their tropical productions for
the merchandise of other countries, they have the
elements of o commerce which may one day rival
that Of the West Indies At the came time the
eountry is permanently inhabited by no other race,
but belongs to the African alone. They are &C.
cure. therefore, from conquests prompted by the
cupidity of other nations.
Liberia embraces about five hundred miles of sea-
coast, between the fourth and eighth d, grees of
north latitude; its colonial population Is about sew
en- thousand; the native population within lts ter
rtory, under their protection and influence, and
SO accessible to missionary efforts, is estimated at
from two hundred thousand TO two hundred and
fifty thousand. The settlement of Liberia may be
dated from about 1922 though attempts to estab-
lish u settlement on the coalt had been made for
two or three previous years.
President Roberts, formerly a Virginia slave,
has proved himself man of sound sense and sa-
gacty, we'll qualified to discharge, in credtable
manner, the duties devolvipg on him as the chief
magistrate OF the infant republic.
Thus, in about thirty years, has the problem of
colonizing Africa by Africans been solved. The
possibility Of the undertaking is demonstrated; its
actual success ia hardly matter OF question. The
great obstacles have been overcome Those which
remain are le5s formidable, and will be encounter
cd with greater means and moro confident hopes
The whole amount expended on the colony in this
thirty years is sta, q at about one million two hun
dred and sfty thousand doars-a little more, per-
haps, than the cost OF first rate ship OF the line,
in building equipment and armament; trifing
sum, when the magnitude of the results accom-
plishcd by it are considered.
We do not see how any rejecting person, look :
ing at what has been effected in so short period,
from feeble and dsheartenng beginnings, with
means apparently inadequate to any great enter
prise of the Sort against difficulties and prejudices
not easily overcome, can doubt the ultimate sue
GEES of the Liberian colony, or can feel any thing
less than n deep interest in her growth and pros
perity. The undertaking was one OF great mag
nitudc; it has been begun, and is now going on
with auspices betokening success