New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-12
AFRICAN COLONIZATION.
ADDRESS OF Ex-PREsIDENr ROBERTS OF LIZ

ADDRESS OF EX-PRESIDENT ROBERTS OF LIBERIA
A large and appreciatye audience was drawn
TO the Tabernacle in Jersey city, last evening by the
that President Roberts or tue Lberan
Republic would deliver an address there upon Llberlan
affairs number OF the churches had dispensed
with their regular evening services that their c0ngega-
tons might be present Dr. Mclean OF Princeton College
presided The exercises were opened by the singing OF
hymns and by prayer. The Secretary Of the American
connected with the OF the Society He stated that
since the organization OF the Society in lo2l emgrsns
10 me number Of 10000 less so had been transported by
IL from this country Liberia. OF this total 23i had
been carried during the last four years The Society ne
said had one ship, capable OF carrying coo people, by
which these ransportaOns had been Effected AS TO the
finances OF the Society he remarked that It's average
receipts during the last 40 years haa reaohen s4OO Per
anIum and that OF this total but u 800 were expended
upon the orgapzQtQn-css he would undertake 70 Say
proportjonaIy than any other Society ever expended
upon itself DIR. Mclean then introduced I.e
orator of the evening" ex,Presdens ROBERTS o1sre
S SsS Pe ESio T sS S cSaaES more particularly
had taken in the subject OF African eiyzaHI anu
OF the Colony of Liberia An expedition had gone OUT I'm ~
1872 for settlement upon the western coast nat secon
inspired by slave traders the main land could not pe
reSShed aud the members IL n last p the coast
Efforts 10 propate the natives were SO far suecessIn
sn Sseri Sad been elected with the naycs
but they, instiRated afterward by the slave
session Of IT, Ono Of the most powerful Of the
chiefs who controlled the clans on that coast was one
rlandestinely with water from the main land All opeu
communication with them was sousns Ina ~ he nd
mar had inspred other chiefs with hostility to the set
tiers to assume like hostility and he assumed an a sd
sqas sssSmed Assisted by Of
tain them by an English cruiser tne bS ms Secomo
knoWn 10 King George determined to drive them
of To overcome the lnerease1 io[gG tSs
named Bosom Bosom as soon as ne had neaIu to ~
m ' o heart ana hand with the coonsts, and that If
George offered any further resistance 70 tne k,
session Of the tract they had purchased 'eoIge
settlement was then Effected From that uie
the tiS1 cOiG TGe Tseran Government now control ed
COO miles OF coast and an indefinite extent OF more
cnlriencv as ciyiiaor. Already the Republic contains
er ~ GOO 600 souls all OF whom except about $4,000
arc natives They swarm In from al quarters 10 learn
Svhat tne white men know, as they term ~, -, -
"a at he notlon prevalent that it was modelled
somewhat after that OF thus cGna' ne oeal soye
sSnty Of sections, in their Constitution they nae
avoided what the late war IN tnis Sou Tie sub
Syisions there bore TO the General Goyernmeht ra INC,
the relation borne here by county 70 SasS then
proceeded to vndicate the Republic against es batt
Which had been made against u ~ sOn e hs most savage
wars which had been waGed BY OF aEss ~ the
had been waged because OF tle oPpSSS incidents
OF thus war related lie SSet Tbire Il now
upon the educational wants OF LloeIa which is
doing great deal toward the CIVILIZATION o. nst
Africa Most Of the yougg men auA md rad been sent
there by the members OF their respective tribes that teey
them the leaning loSnd a0 Hecessaiy not
merely to instruct but to support also o. d th ' ts col
Loco had been spported had been decreasing duIng te
last fcw years Wonderfully ana GSr66s sys stSeo he had
dcoyered that they had not sufficient money ia manu- ~
meet the current expenses q he present had ected
IL were more literally supplied with money a9 wn s ne
Gucny Obliged to turn earnest aPg9ass do6r very
enrnest appcant ne had, at his own eXbehse aheh my
Tho collegs inst before leaving home Inc speaheI Vu
oluded by warm appeal Il khe auuicn'o 4oi
tons. ..,..,, ana altar tina
singing by tho congregation OF the d9hoog uelNcIeu
shs benedict Ion, and the congregation dispersed