The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-02-24

We beReeeHhatfRen Colony or Republic Of Ii:
IBERIA is entitled To great credit fot the example
it has gwen OF the, capacity of the America
Africans for elfgoyarhment,j ldEor more than
ten y4arseit has beenia -selegoyerned coinmu-
nifty during which period no country in the
wofIa ltas 81 xhiiPitsa a frer example Of the
pni9n a qf liIbefty and lay 9bT The LibeHans, eem
posed ip7nearlYeq1al proportions of emanoipa9
ted slayesgaiid of Theses who we're Kotainaly
frees Apebte they TEA these shores, have the
same 1Peri Of speed, and q, the press, the
sage. tglsl by isEy, as@ thessame representative
irsfituiioas;l id imths2 ga naej perfection that
we ehjeg them Indeea, 1iStf IS superior to
,us IL his that il no potion II hef terri are
rmeR5 held IN Slavery, Or subject to reclamation
as tagHises from Sianerys and noIDredi Scott
idecisionI hasldeclated that whitenaeir have no
rights which BiAt X men are bound to respect
The Republic iberia has also The merit, Of
having suppressed the savetrade on al her
coasts, OF a thousand miles IN ex tenttid But the
great drawbAtS, from the advantages which
Liberia possesses as a home for the black man
consists, IN lis 'feebleRess, which eompels the
people 10. settls upon the sea shore, where
fatal deysra pueHAi, which prevent the increase
of population. II is said thar efforts are ma
hing 10 extend settlements IN The interior; and
yssd9qbt BpQt the truth Of the accounts which
state that ths hal count ryI back OF theacosst is
comparatively pheasant and heaithsgp Bat NO
considerable progress" has Been made in the
establishment fBaeh interior settlements; and
tdAe ABSENCE ofiEade and business renders Iii,
IBERIA anything bat a deaira bic country to settle
10, except ast place of refuge from the opptes-
sions Of Slavery. = 0'od yr'a'i' '15 alum i'.
The colonization Of Africa, although desi-
rahle as means, of extending civilization and
Christianitg, can never have any tendency to
a olish or check the spfeadiof slavery. Indeed,
it is thaitaingd With Considerable opIaGsbility,
that its design and. Tendency are 10 strengthen
Slavery, by reneying the free IeoiOred pOrula,
ton, whfleIit can neverdfasiJ on any sensible
proportion, ofathe slavesgJ.1q -n2s-i SD 22"o.t .
III these respects it stands IA marked con
tr FaSt with the plan proposed an the resolution
Of Dir. Doolittle, which is, to pre-occupy with
free iirolOred slabers portions Of the American
SOHllhcHt WHICH fHIpSI OlIeFWlSe Idll INTO tAe
hands q the Shareholders, aud thHs serve to
tend the area, augment the power, and protract
the existence of SlaYery.ssi g.r7pi ~! hn5 ISIS.
AIr. Blair, of Missouri. it win be Remembered.
made a similar proposition IN the House of
Representatives twelve mouths ago, which met
With the appreciation of some of the most radif
cal Anti,Siavbry men. as we'll as of others who
would scarcely desire to be thought Anti-Sla-
very in Sentiment. In recent lecture deliver.
ed BY him IN Boston, he.~elahoratesi the same
ideas, and displays equal ability and research.
The lecture has been issued from the press Of
Mesyrs. Buell. & Blanchard, ofthiS CITY, accom-
Panile7d1. by an aPPepdi4 containing numerous
letters and other expressions of appreciation of
his views, as depressed in his former speech.
effect are those Of Senator TrgmbuiI Of Illinois,
Senator King of New York, Governor Bissell
'df Illinois, Robert Wick4ffe- ESQ.,, of Kentucky,
Who we may remark is 'repnted 70 be the
wealthieit man in that State, and formerly a.
distinguished actor in public affairs, The fol
flowing letters from the Hon. Gerrit Smith place
the matter ON ats proper basis Having writ.
ten'the above befdre7neading these notes from
Mr.. Smith, we find that We bit 'reechoed his
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