Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-09-23

to that Republic, which on some accounts
ought to possess their sympathios in IL
greater degree than any country save their
own. Strange to say too, there are not few
who view it with absolute dislike. and speak
OF 1t us an engine Of mischief instead Of good
We mean the Republic Of Liberia
We see that the l.ibcrians have Just got
fairly through their election, having re-
elected President Roberts. Their prcsdcn-
tial term is Of two years continuance. This
Is his fourth term as President Of the Re
public. II" was six wears governor Of the
colony before it declared it,clfan independent
Republic
\ writer Of june last says:
4" The presidential campaign is over at
last. There was considerable excitement ON
the ocra>ion. But am happy to be- able to
announce the recollection ol the present in
rumbcmt. We are getting quite Il set Of par
ties in Liberia. Banners were Sr,ll floating
IN various directions, calling to- the mIl,ny
POINTS such ~ advocated a nIH0t and such
rs were for maintaining the present admin
i>tration. Mass meetings and stump speeches
were numerous. and some were quite inam-
natory But the old citizens seemed to keep
quite cool and after mature dyliIcrdtion
they concluded that it would DE best to let
WrIl enough alone"
Honorable men in high stations have to
I'll" th"rra> well las in the other republics The
lite Secretary of State. an old resilient and
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statues Of heroes and nr;ncos mil tLc on.',
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fired the wuri1 ur ,ttr,ctnJ tho i,n
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We cannot do better than add to the above
an extract from spccch Of Can't r,oto or,
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S''l''N Vi We" l"rk'
sit is also unnecessary to state that
''i''I l'uI VI I\c administrations Oi t'lat
colony under white men sent from this coun-
try, General Joseph j. Roberts IL colorcd
man, was appointed to command and admin
lister affairs there for several years, until
after the colony declared itself Independent
and established Republic; that he was
elected President of that Republic. and holds
the Office to this day. When in Washington
Last winter. President Fillmore asked me how
President Roberts appeared. | was about
saying, as well as any President, but
thought that would be invidious. and replied.
"AS well as the Governors Of our States
generally.
Liberia has now an extent of about five
hundred miles of sca-coast, IL dcpth of near
forty on fifty miles, and Il population of one
hundred and fifty thousand souls. The slave
trade. formerly 50 rife there. now riycs place
10 Il legal commerce, in the amount OF cx-
ports and imports respectively, of 5000 .OOO
annually The government Of Liberia is
modelled very much after that of the 'nitcd
States but no white man there is clirihlr to
any Office under the government. or the ma
tural history Of Liberia very little is known
President Roberts, however, informed me.
when was there that iron ore was found in
large masses twenty miles ia the interior. and
that it was mallealIc without the process of
smelling The soil is productive Of all tro-
comparatively little effort.
The religious character of Lihcria struck
me most G,yorably. and another officer who
had been there, while walking with me one
Sunday in New Haven. remarked, :. This is
the most moral place | have seen. cxccpt
Monro,a, ia Liberia" | was struck with
the good habit, and order of the rcoplc there.
and, must also say, in finding 50 much mind
and character developed among that people.
had AN opportunity not only of seeing and
aSSocating with the President of Liberia. the
Chief Justice, the Attorney General. State
Officers, Senators and REPRESENTATIVES. but
went among the lowly-irom the urpcr-tcn
do to the very substratum of socmty-nnd
found, with scarcely an exception, that they
were intelligent and haupv. They said, I'VE
now all feel Free" and / was particularly
struck with that one trait We find that