The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-01-07
LABoRs AND woAAss RIGHTS In

MISSIONARY LAB0RS AND w0MANS RIGHTS In
AFRICA.
The attention OF the religious and scientific world Of
England is just nearly if not quite absorbed with the
celebrated Dr. Livingstone whose nineteen years OF expo
raons In the interior of Africa extending from the east to
the west coast have by their RESULT justly placed this great
traveller in high position before the world mission-
ary savan and philanthropst He tells his audiences Tin
very good English, by the way that nineteen years of
residence among the native tribes Of Africa has
made him forget many of the phrases of his mother
tongue that he finds it difficult to express himself with
force propre and then proceeds at length To detail
some of the most important advantages which are likely
to to the of Christianity and the commerce of
England vm his years Of toll privaton, and danger In
his first speech in London Dr. Livingston thus briefly al
ludes 10 bis esperieace De d fniSsoAary!
&C. The meeting had but faint idea Of what missionary
life There very little of that excitement in it. 1t
required enthusiasm, but 1t ao required hard work. and 1t
also nscesary to 60 through great deal Of work to
keep up enthusiasm. The missionary eAhse suffered be-
cause its friends expected oe than could given They
expected that the natives would listen the Gospel and
either believe 1t reject it, But the natives at first judged
missionary by their motives They suspected that
there something behind and that he had other OBJ
in view besides his preaching He must first labor and
do good to their bodies, and endeavor to obtain for them
temporal advnntages in order to procure good name and
convince them that he anxious to their welfare
Cheers The African very slow in the motions
their minds and in this respect very unlike the South
Sea islanders You could rieet single tribe Africa
which had embraced Gospel at once as been the
in the South Sea islands. An African chief asked
him whether he believed his tribe would believe without
beating them and entreaed his permission let him the
Gospel into them replied that beating them not the
to make them believer but the chief rejoned Oh you
don't know them we'll do. am SIRE could beat
belief into them If tried They had great confidence
Engshmen, and chief Sech told him he going
Queen Victoria He endeavored to dissuade him from going
telling him he would have interpret for him. But
Sech would not listen to him. and the Cape dis
lance Of 900 miles from his town. He obliged
return because he could not find the Of getting to
England but he had great confidence in Queen Vctora
wish to justice done to him. North of the Makoolo
country the Bechuana who opened the path into the
INTERIOR and in whose footsteps he followed The Beers
the outskirts Of civilization DESTROYS that the trade with
the interior should remain in their hands, and they de-
ermned that European should open up communication
with the natives. He the other hand, determined
that the country should be opened up and he had according
ly opened up two paths into the Interior"
In the of the safe Speech the worthy Doctor
made the following statement
Gle had adverted to the respect which women were
held by the negroes of the interior In ofdvorce IL
was the who took the children. If young man
married of neighborng village he left his own
village and went to live with his mothernlaw 1t his
duty pay her the greatest respect and to supply her with
re-wood Near the Zambese the young had to make
long journeys into the country in order rewood
for their mothers in-law" s
This intelligence not only shows that the rights clam
ored for by strong minded among the set
tied domestic institutions of Africa but it also reveals the
hidden chords of sympathy between Lucy Stone Lucreta
Mott and Rev. Antoinee Brown and the black objects OF
their alteration Well may these strong minded matrons
turn worshppers in view of the fact that young
married gentlemen the Zambese make long journeys
into the country in order procure rewood for their
mohers-in-aw" Outside barbarans at last have some
conception of the beaudeal of son-in-law of strong
minded woman il