The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-03-25

ovght to be taxed such n per cent on their
whole property az shall furnish a sum equal
to the payment Of the school-master aud
others required to make the plan q success
Thistund should be called the Common School
Fnnd. .r ..s...f ..-...-.,
distinguished American divine wrote to
me two months since, that If Liberia would
supplement the balance of pay towards pay
ing females $3.50 year, he wished to fur
nlsh hundred teachers, or the money to pay
them, which would be $4,000. / mention
tins to show you what value the wise and good
OF America put upon education, and what
interest they feel in us only as we shall prove
true agencies in Gods hands TO bring about,
to the extent of our power, the regeneration
of Africa. .
Imagine that school-houses and churches
occupied the sites now covered by ignorance
and superstition; that the natives and Ame-
rico-Liberians had, in high degree, become
civilized, enlightened, and Christianized;
that the evergreen arbors of the forest
had gwen place to the well-cultivated fields
of the husbandman; that the mechanics of
the various trades could find an abundance
OF business and ready, good money to sell
their manufactures for to eager buyers;
that the railroad, the ship, the merchant, the
mariner, and the day laborer could be found
to harmonize with and for the interest of all
classes of society; that peace and plenty
abounded from one end of the country to
the other-what a blessing, under such cir
cumstances, would Liberia be to this con-
tinent
To bring about these glorious results will
be the constant aim of the administration
to produce general content and happiness in
the country by improving the condition of
the masses. Let the people know that when
they labor they will receive proper and re-
liable compensation, and there will be no lack
of industry in the land. There is no incen-
tive to exertion equal to the full possession
of its rewards. Such a state of things will
produce among us better men in all the rela-
tions of ife--better husbands and parents
and neighbors and citizens-mere comfort
able, more educated, more moral and more
religious. And the disadvantages and failings
which beset us having been originated and
aggravated by our unfortunate antecedents in
America, may be seen to have been dimin-
ished and removed by an enlarged, intelligent
and virtuous freedom.
IMMIGRATION.
The measures which shall thus increase the
happiness and exalt the character of
Liberians will render our country attractive
to the thousands of negroes now in exile, who
are looking for some permanent home;
and healthy immigration into our country
OF men who will be useful and efficient CO.
operators In our work will be stimulated.
We all admit the pressing need of civilized and
Christian immigrants from abroad. For,
however much the negroes in America may
have been hated, and despised, and oppressed;
however much their manhood may have been
crushed, they have, for the most part, been
trained under the industrial influence of an
energetic example, which their oppressors
could not withhold from them. We need the
benefit of that training, of that energy and
industry, in this country. And if duty to
their race does not suggest their ex-
odus from the house of bondage
to the land of their forefathers,
we must bring to bear upon them the incen-
tive of self-interest. 1t shall be the constant
endeavor of the administration thus to stimu-
late immigration.
There was time when we could sympathize
with the intelligent colored people of the
United States, in overlooking the claims of
Africa upon them, on the ground that they
ought under whatever obloquy or persecu-
| ton, to remain in that country in the hope of
aiding their enslaved brethren. But slavery
is abolished; and the cries of Africa for their
assistance are as loud, if not louder, than
ever. 1t is not for me to mark out course
for the intelligent leaders of the colored
people in Anserica and yet cannot but think
| that by no possible means could they so etfec.
| tually gain position of responsibility for the
entire race as by fastening to these shores,
and teaching Christianity, energy, and in.
dustry to the millions of their benighted re.
latives.
NATIVE TRIBES.
Another leading object, in conclusion, with
the administration, will be the improvement
and incorporation of the native tribes con.
tiguous to us, and the formation of friendly
alliances with distant and powerful tribes,
who, we learn, are anxious for intercourse
and amicable relations. The aborigines are
our brethren, and should be entwined with
our affections, and form, as soon as possible,
an active part of our nationality. In fact,
we cannot have a permanent and efficient
nationality without them.
TIE FUTURE OF LIBERIA.
Fellow-citizens, l regard the Liberian ma.
ton, as sacred. God has planted us here;
and through all the vicissitudes of our exist.
ence His hand has been plainly visibly direct
ing our affairs. God has set Liberia, as it
were, upon a hill, on this continent. He
has put His temple in the midst of her. He
has subdued, over and over, our powerful
foes. He has supplied our deficiencies, and
enlightened our ignoranees. He has IN q
thousand ways upheld u.s. And are we to
suppose He has done all this for naught? Has
He not put us here for a purpose? Is there
not career before us of civilization, of re-
ligion, and of humanity? Surely. We are
here to take our native brethren by the hand
and teach them how TO live, until there shall
grow up on this continent negro community
prospe rous, educated, civilized, and Christian
whose voice shall be heard and respected il
Europe, ASIA and America
And that this time will come hold to be
no vain prophecy, foolish as it may appear tc
those who are accustomed to think dispara
gingly of the negro. have faith in it, be