New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-07-26

mangrove swamps which at low tide tring poisonous
odors and sickness TO all newcomers" This all re-
gard as the great source Of unheahness 10 this city,
Give me $4,000 and, with the cheap labor OF this
country / ould not leave root o. branch Of man.
grove bushes mark tie spot TIE elements Of power
and wealth are here, but ~ science education nor
CAPITAL 10 develop them. Let the North send us few
men of capital and enterprise and with the aid Of these
here we shall soon show the nations such country as
will surprise them. BY the way. | should have re-
marked that when arrived here found in harbor
the L. = frigate Constitution the L. = brig Perry
and some English aud American merchant vessels
Since then there have been vessels Of different nations
constantly coming in port for the purpose of trade or
supplies. And while we Liberians have many small
vessels trading along the coast and floating about
docks am sorry and ashamed to say that We have
yet ship, brig bark 10 carry lOne-star ban
ner and produce into any foreign port. Thus we are
mainly dependent for the exchange of all goods and
commodities upon English, American and German
vessels
The four larger British steamers one of which stops
here month TO and from England, carry freight,
mails and passengers at very high rates. And yet,
account of the quckness and the facilities these YES
sells afford, it is surprising what immense quantities Of
dry goods and provisions constantly imported from
England And / regret that this must necessarily be
the case for long time since people entirely
without manufactures with no considerable commerce,
with little development of agricultural, and of
mineral resources; often distracted BY border and in
testine difficulties with the natives and with no revenue
by which the Government can make internal improve
ments. And this gals me most when i think
mother is rich in most respects noble, generous and
great that after giving birth and consuming for her
self our beauty strength and manhood she sends in
foreign lands and realms unknown" 70 conquer
cmes, disease and poisoned air. to beard the lion in
bis den; to untusk the elephant, and drive from the
graves Of our thousand fathers mothers brothers sis
tiers dear who have fallen on the way, the prowling,
hungry hyenas. And here, in this dark and starless
wilderness, which the hand Of science aud the arts, and
European civilization have t0led in vain to conquer,
she leaves us unlOved, unguarded and uncared for.
Ny next letter will be on S0ciety-the manners and
customs Of the upper middle and lower crusts and the
natives, who seem for the most part TO belong
where, and if threats of some cOlOred friends, who
warn me not to write freely does not stop here shall
have to make structures the Colonization So
cety, the Missionary Societies, and the Rum Society,
and the oppression of the natives and the poor Amer
cans, and this shall do alike unmOyed by praise
blame. My deguerreotype shall be true one delineat
ing truly all the lights aud shades. We are here
pleasantly situated in large airy house formerly
cupied by Mr. Hanson the ex.British Consul Though
We have many priydtiOns on account of the want of
pduFt!r here: are vet HAMMER than we everwere
in America notwithstanding two of us have the accli
mating fever now, and all Of us have had il more or
less during the last month. hate oppression no less
now than did in America and repeat here, on this
foreign land what have often said of you in
conversations that love my wife and children much
as any Of you, but dear as love them, would rather
if need be- bury them these Free sunny shores my
self alone at midnight trust them in the forest to
tender mercies of the African hena and the tiger than
leave them drudges in America, for the best cond
ton that they could aspire TO- love Africa, because
/ can see no other spot on earth where can enjoy
so much of freedom and yet find such ample scope for
doing good and getting good. And I believe that
shall do thousand times good for Africa and add
to our force intelligent men sooner, by showing the
shaded parts of the landscape, well as sunny
founts and ripping streams, and fruits, aud flowers
and dew drops. When those who oppose shall have
here suppressed freedom of speech and the press we
shall then wander over the trackess desert and the
ocean deep to find another asylum of liberty. But
they cannot starve us out in this naturally prolific
country because we can work with our hands ms well
as our head And the Liberians yet almost
entirely dependent the natives for their labor and
trade also on the poor labOring American shall
not be likely TO want while remain as | now
their particular friend and advocate.