Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-08

more secure. Time and experience
has shown that the black men 81
America are no more matches foI
the African fever than the white
men of America.
l hold that neither the white man
nor the black man of America can
effectually do the great missionary
work which is to be done in Africa.
l further hold that by some means
the Africans must be the successful
instrumentalities in their own de
liverance from their heather deera-
Somehow or other 1 am persuaded
that a plan of missionary operation
in Africa, as 1 have suggested, meets
the case. 1 Ipropose that if such a
school could be put in successful
operation, that the General Govern
ment be petitioned by the friends
OF the missionary cause in Africa,
or the State Legislature in which
said school may be located, to ne
gotiate through the Liberian Gov
ernment, with some of the Western
Nations near the coast, for a certain
number of children of both sexes,
to be sent forward annually to this
school.
For instance, suppose four of
those nations bordering on the
coast each send fifty head of these
children annually. By this arrange
ment there would be two hundred
children sent to America every
year, and so on till there were one
thousand of them brought over to
this school. When the school
would have been in operation five
or six years, the first of these chill
dren, now grown up, with a tOlera-
BILE good education-could be sent
back to their fatherland in suitable
detachments, to be helps and sup
ports to each other in their work,
under the superintendency and
watchful care of some of our noble
and christian-hearted men and
women of this country, who would,
no doubt, volunteer to accompany
these young, educated Africans
back, and who would be of assis-
tance to them i'll beginning the
good work among their country
men. These young missionaries
would return home with American
ideas planted and stamped in their
minds and hearts so deeply that
they would abhor the practice of
idolatry and heathen degradation.
They, having the advantage of their
native language, would speak Of
the many things they saw, heard
and learned in America, and could
not help having an influence over
the minds Ct their countrymen of
greater force than a stranger would
have, especially one who was igno-
rant of their language.
Another advantage these educated
Africans would have over Ameri-
cans, they would soon get through
the acclimation, having been accus-
toned to it in their childhood. 1
was in company with a colored
gentleman by the name of T. Morris
Chester, Esq, n short time since
who had spent nine years i'll Africa,
viz: in Liberia, and held the re-
sponsibleposition of Superintendent
of Public Education. / mentioned
to him my missionary plan for the
evangelizing and the enlightenment
of the nations of Africa. He was
pleased with it, and said to his
mind it was the plan the best suited
for the purpose of any that he had
ever heard spoken of. He also said
that there would be no difficulty in
obtaining the children with the
very best of minds, susceptible to
mental, moral and religious culture;
and among these could be obtained
the children of kings, to be brought
here and educated.
Would not these educated sons
and daughters of kings have no in.
fluence over their parents and coun
trymen? Doubtless they would
If these kings and other African no
bilities were induced to adopt oul
idea of Christianity, and carry th'
arts and sciences of mechanism ant
agricultureby these young Christian
educated African princes and prin
cesses, and other missionaries, would
not the subject of those kings d,