Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-08-19


tn, none ot his own.
Ihe Colony of Libra has been in existence
4 long time IL o certaiu sens it IS a saccess
The Old President OF Liberia, Roberts has just,
been wiGh inc the first ;lWe ! ever saw him.
He ave they have within the b)ua4s Of that
colony between three and four hundred rhou-
sand people, or mora thsn in some o. our Old
States such ~ Rhode Isand or Delaware, or 10
semc Of our newer Stats, and less than IN some
Of our larger ones Thy are not all American
, cllOnigts. or their descendants. Something less
than IL 900 have been k0t tbiher from this
country. Many OF thc origins! settlers have
died. yet, ike people elsswhere, their offspring
outnumber those deceass5 The question is, il
the colOred people are per'aadd 20 70 anywhere,
why not there? One ressDn or an unwilling
ness to DO 80 is that s,ms OF yu would rather
remain within sight Of tie county Of y0urnatn-
ity 40 not know how macA attachment you
may have toward our rav- I does not strike
me hat you have the grsstes reason 10 love
them. Bu, still you are sitacled ~ them at
tll events The place | an 'hnking about hay-
ing for 'olony Is in Central America. II IL
nearer IL us than l.ibers-nol much more than
0ne-f0urth as Tar ~ Liberia, s1d within seven
days run by steamers. Unike Liberia, it is on
Il grand line ui ira el = itr highway. The
couutgy is very excellent on o- any people,
ami wirh great natural resources 4n1 adyau-
/ ages, md rprcmlly bscaus.ol 'he similarity
IT climate with your native land, thus being
suited 10 your physical eJad.u1n Fne parti8.
nlIr place have yieN Is @ bra .te3t highway
from the Atlantic, or CEr1ibaa 81, to the
Pacific Ocesu. Ild GhIs particular llace bias al,
the advantage ior a cplgny. On both sides
the-e sre harbora amoug the i.s' 10 tbe world
Again there IS eyiience al very f. coal miner
\ certain amount ot coal is valuable lu aus
country. and thefc may De m1et ta4n enough
for che wants ut the cJualry. Why utt.ch
10 much Importance TO coll h. d viii Afford an
opportunity " the rhabiant or immediate
employment ill Ihey get ready 3 -at,lo perlna
uenty IL their ZONES If yo4 take c)l0n:s'-
where thcre l. no good iandug, there is "a bad
show ant So where there IS nothing to oultl,ate.
and Of which u make farm. But II som,-
thlng Is started ~ that you can get your daily
bread as soon as you reach there, it is . great
advantage. Coal land IL the bss thing know
0t with whirh 10 commence An enterprise. Iu
reiaru-you have been talksl = upon this sub
jet, aud told that a Speculation is intended hy
gentlemen who have AZ inigsey the country
Including lhc coil miurs. Ne aese beea ms
taken sll aur live- II we d nc know whites, q;
well Us blacks. look % thilr sesi-interest. Un-
less among those deheIen, ltin.s .sllect. everybody
you trade with makes something You meet
with these thing, here aud elsewhere. Ii such
persons have what will BE- an advantage to them,
the question ., whether cannot be made OF
ftKr, \
know that success does not ar much depend On
external help IS on arli-rclancc. Much, there
tore depends upon yourse'-s.
A t. the coal min,s, think SET the means
asAlahe tor your sei-reliante. | shall, II get
sufficient number OF you engaged, have Prov
$500 made that YOU shall not bc wronged Ii
you viii engage IN The enterprise, will spend
some OF the money intruste 10 me am not
SURF you Will succeed. III government may
lose the money, but VT cannot succeed unles,
We Try but we think With care. We can sue
oe,d The political ahaIr ia entIa America
are not In quite ~ satisfactory condition as
wish. ihe,e are cJntendiag factions 10 that
quarter but il is true all tie factions are agreed
alike on the subject ot c1talation, and want
IT, and are more generous tan We are here. IL
Your colorrd race they ave no ohp;.on. BE-
sides. | would endcayor 70 haye you made ,suals
and have the best assurano that you should be
the equals OK the best. Il9 practical thing
want 10 ascertain is. whether | can get nun
Der ut able bodied men With theT wives aud
children, who are willing % 70, when present
evidence OF encouragement and protection -
Could get hundred tolerably intelligent men
With their wives aud CHI lldren, and cut their
own lodder, 50 II speak Can | have hlty
II could hnd twenty five able bodied uen. with
mixture ot women and Clldren-good thingS
IN the family relation, | think--i coulG make
successful commencement want you to let
me know whether thls can be done or not. inns
is the practical part OF my wish to see you
! hese are subjects OF very great importince-
worthy OF months study, of a speech deliV-
cred Ia an hour. ask you, then, TO consider
seriously, not pertaining TO yourselves merely
nor Tor your race and ours for the present time,
but as one OF the things, 1t successfully mama
gcd, for the good OF mankind-not confined to
the present generation, hut as
"prom sgr to age descend. the lay
TO mil ious yet 70 be,
Till far it's echoes roll swsI
lntoclernhy."
The above is only given Ms the Substance OF
the Presidents remarks.
The Chairman ur the delegation briefly re.
piled that 4" they would hold u consultation and
IN short time give an answer. : The Presl'
dent said, Take your inll time-no hurry at
all.
The delegation then withdrew.
PsorosEp To TAKE HE TRowsERs.- re
crultng meeting in Western New York last
week, one OF the speakers had been urging the
men to sign The -oil. and told the women to hur-
ry them up when a woman rose in the meet
Ing and addressed her husband substantially as
iollows.-"lra. y,W know what you said before