New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-21

ganized in connection with this mission At
Bexley.
Several missionary stations are occupied by
the Board ofthePresbyterian Church, lOld SCHOOL,
end schools and churches maintained by them az
Monroyia Sinou and on the banks OF the st. Pauls
River. a plan is already adopted for the estsb-
lshment and endowment Of high school at Mon
rovia, TO bear the hOnored name Of Alexander, 70
be sustained by donations Of members of this
communion.
OfMr James's school at Monrovia, which de-
rives support from the benevolent ladies of New
York City, concur in the opinion Of Mr.. Harris,
that it would be an honor and an ornament %
HDy New England village"
The Mission of the Protestant Episcopal Church
at Cape Palmas the seat Of the Mary land Colony
has three native male schools, containing about 20
pupils, and two female boarding schools contain
ing about 40 scholars In the Sunday and night
schools are about 900 to 240 pupils, OF both sexes
In addition 10 these schools for natives, are two
day and two Sunday schools for the children of
the colonists.
or native and colonial children, the number
under the care and patronage OF this Mission
exceeds 300 OF native communicates there are
about As, and in connection with the colonial
church 25-making, in all, 20 members.
AFRICAN COLONIZATION. &c.
In concluding his Report, Mr.. Gurley thus al
ludes to the subject of Colonization;
1t is the success of the plan OF African Colo.
nization. as seen in the Independent Republic of
Liberia, that most conclusively commends it TO
national consideration. On that far distant shore,
for ages darkened by superstition and outraged
by crime, a community of free colored persons
from the United States, aided by American be-
nevolence, have adopted a Constitution OF tree
Government, and taken their high position among
the Independent States OF the world. England
and France have acknowledged their right OF
a1f md hn1r fugf q
spect and comfy of nations. What higher mo-
tives can be imagined than those which have
given existence TO this Republic what work
more honorable or sublime than that to which it
is dedicated and destined Though at present
few in numbers and very limited in means, vast
field for action and influence opens before 1t and
in its Constitution and laws, In the spirit OF It's
people, the advantages Of its position, and the
motives and necessities Of those who are hasten
ing TO build upstheir homes and their fortunes I'M
der the shadow of its wings we see the elements
of mighty power of an unbounded growth and
prosperity.
The rapid increase Of free persons of color in
many Of the States of this Union; the Importance,
for their benefit more than our own, OF their or
ganiZetion into a community by themselves, In
the land Of their ancestors the immense advan
tages such a community must secure to itself ana
extend to others, by developing the resources and
turning into legitimate channels the commerce oil
Africa, by the civilization it must impart, and the
moral and political truths it must exemplify and
enforce among her ignorant debased and chaotic
population-all commend the Republic OF Liberia
to the regards of the General Government OF this
Union.
From the presence of our squadron on the AT
rican coast, benefits, doubtless, accrue both to
Liberia and to our own commerce; but may be
permitted, in the conclusion of this report, to
avow the opinion that recognition by the Gov
eminent of the United States of the Independence
of the Republic Of Liberia, and an appropriation
of Fifty Thousand dollars year for ten years,
to enable that Republic to carry out the princi'
pes of it's Constitution for the happiness Of those
who, from this country, are seeking home upon
its soil for the suppression of the slave trade,
and the civilization of Africa, would be in har-
nony with the character and sentiments of the
nation, and give stability, progress and triumph
to Liberty and Christianity on the African shore.