Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1851-04-03
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Africa and African Colonization and CiviIiza-
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Africa and African Colonization and CiviIiza-
Can the Leopard change his spots the Ethiopian
his skiR?"-JEREMIAH.
This question is the frequent reply of those who,
with humane hearts, and cultivated intellect, yet
to think that mysterious Providence has doomed
Africa TO be the land of darkness They thus suffer both
their hearts and their nelects be parayzed by pre-
occupying theory not unlike the fate eff the Turks To
such would say, that it is neither necessary that the
Leopard should change his spots, or the Ethiopian his
skim in order that both should fulfil the highest functions
of their 1t is not necessary that the inhabitants
of Africa should change their skim in order to bring forth
the highest and best fruits oil civilization, and in the spir
it which hopes all things and looks for light in the
gons of darkness, we hope and anticipate prosperous
! and happy future for Africa.
few weeks since directed our readers attention
to the discoveries in Acknowledgements which
excite profound interest in both scientific and benevo
lent minds, and which open up a very different condition
of things in the interior of Africa from what has
ally been supposed to exist there The Nile which had
been put on maps as having its at deg.
deg North latitude is found to certainly far South
as the Equator It's banks found to be populated
with millions OF people whose tall and well formed bodies
and the possession of arts, prove be inferior
race, notwithstanding the extreme barbarism of their
manners and customs.
So we have announced, also two Lakes of great mag
nitude where have been accustomed 10 look only for
the hot sands of the desert In these discoveries with
many others, have taught that Africa is neither bar
rem Of resources population Statsticans are conpe
ed admit tens of millions of people there than
has been usually allowed it.
But all these interesting facts not important as
recent settlement Of the colony of Liberia. 1t
has already demonstrated two most valuable and in ref
to colonization, decisive facts. The first is that
the Alrco American the negro of country is capa-
BILE, the soil of his aboriginal land, of founding and
maintaining free, Independent and ciUliSed colony
This is almpotant in the solution of the great prob
lem of African colonization by its American descend
ants We consider that point settled The next is not
less 1t is the question of health. For long time
eve in Tho
American negro inclined to emigrate Africa. The
great bugbear was the fatality of the climate But it
is now ascertaned that the coonSts of Liberia Just
as healthy 1--WE suspect more so) than the class
OF people here. All persons moving different
try require accmating in some degree, and doubt
whether people going to Africa will meet with more
distress mortality, than the European coming to Gin
cnnat AT any rate, it is proved that there is
great unusual sickness attending the coonsts of
Liberia We therefore consider it settled that there is
longer serious obstacle the removal of
| to that country.
The question is to find the means. Even here
greatly encouraged Last year the receipts and
disbursements greater than they have been in any
year. For the coming year, the Colonization Soci
ETY. has received large contribution from Government,
in the shape Of allowance of S37 800 for services
dered, in the support and protection OF re-capured
slaves We cannot anticipate falling OIL in the annual
subscribers that the colonization of 1851 will proba-
bly surrass that of any year.
When consider that the Colonization Society has
been attacked all Sides and brought the brink of
noble work of the blessings FOR which pc
cuar gratitude overruing Providence.
This, in the middle of the nineteenth century, when
America boasts much, when Europe hopes ardent
ly, and Asia is waking from her long sleep, Africa
elected Afrca-does despair. Along the dark
shores of Western Africa there a sunshine of hope
Along the rank grass of the Nile, there is gancng Of
g the good time" come; and the oil
Timbucoo hear, and listen to the sounds of and
gladdening voices.
Africa has Just exhibited Of the most extraordina
lrvD hen of we'll ciV in
the creation of the Vylanguage. 1t appears that this
altogether the springng up of seed sown by soil
tary missionary. One OF his pupils had learned, some
forty years since something of letters and reading
Going back his native village, he invented syllable
Alphabet for his language and actually learned his
own people to read and write that anguagei And
when persons from Liberia discovered this people
they found them with written language of their
the Vy-languagel Phenicia boasts a Cadmus and
Greek Philosophers have embalmed his name, in the
memory of ages; but is this African Cadmus ully
equal to the Phenican Cadmus2 We look back through
the gloom of darkenng centuries and by the misty light
of Homer and Herodotus, clothe wonderful Egyp
tian PhGnican, Greek with the fanced robes Of
equalled and be equal.ed Genius. But,
quite that of them is brighter better thar
this African Cadmus Had they any claims or
the admiration gratitude of posterty than this poor
and despised child of Africa2 Africa will have hel
career and her glory Let neither despoil nor neg
lect her.