, 1874-10-17

otller~iio theEe touI HaaHa may ANert tho hcalth
OF the family. IN ollIWtl q! prevention ik often
OF more yalLiU than loI1sl OF cure.
a NEGRO leElUisLIC.
"
neGus'cMen Of a.ibrrtn-Anacrican Nc~
Erne~ esaictSed frtun Slavery Only to
':n>s'tFc Their Ahsr.st,snt Nroshren.
:. letter iron, Monroslps published III Now
i. hors journal. Bays tl,at alo tlacEh OF Liberia
hAvo nave n'adS 10 progress, Thr correspondent
nrNes '.s Tho eMiyfuntH rho first srtsicd this
poH1 n,tl 'm:ielti,g Viii. Thrir iuvu ior liberty
nilsnt nn equaetl, but it would 1le ttlGcutt TO
sSeei s'ch determination 4, be srea A. wss owl
rsu Srn1u ttrs,dn pS 1m H., sa. wiaa .uey wee treuh
peflcneod and Ignorant as 1,e(aoa TO tlurs xhicI,
pertain to tho caablislIm ut or FREQ government.
Howover, it will BE- readily sdmitted tas they diI
,me ne1a s!!ey could and, 4, tine, I'LL that l,1s
misfortune for liheria tt at tho nos,orify of
tue irst nottlelN In. ulsn, tA, content to coninns
III THO 'so!l-troddcn pAihu III: their fat|inru IA
na nn ilsr 1I.1, .11at9ess thy stl eu1stnto foot or
Of burden. They s1u contunt to adopt tlo idea
borrowed by theic fathers, slad paddle about in
little canoca m dug out Of log,: Tho progrcratva
masci mn Of my years see ,the organization Of
their gravoH. Tho foctlol1 obtained by them
upon this tphnspitabla cta % may be Aee,,, a
monument to their perseverance; but tl,cir pos
t1rity have made ITO i'nl'r oyeulens upun ilnr
l,artls by their tatheip 1t,e commerce Of Tia
country remains nero ba:.' or, i'll the manarn.
snent Of which tho foreign trsdor native a.
r'ren. Or aborigiuoH arc plaincpsla, an.l tho Lii
hcrta. merchant sllJ'eriiei.u n1ilalelnuu. low
ever necessary this style Of commercial harior
nlay lave been to the OK d!cucy Of those ,7bo
tlrat ohtencd fooshold. It is full ti'no that tho
Observation-Disclosures should dayote their encrsies
Hi..
Ted, yilo african HepoaaoyD Of March, 1874, y.
95, "A1fairs in Liberia" W to tho DEVELOPMENT Of
tho prollhc rcaourccs OF ths' country, and thus
oron tho way to legitimate manufacturing aud
at present for tho most ordinary eatabes de-
pcndnlt upon the markets OF foreign countries.
whiss tho exponhee Of tho few schools tsley ilnve.
and evon br their religious worship, sro almost
II not altogether, doirayed By foreign phtlan-
thropy.
Il was undoubtedly tho objwct Of many of tue
grentF Fliilanthropbts and state Ancn nho pressed
tho prosecution Of this i}ea fl, establish here =
uuC'eua about .; which tho abo1!nos might safely
gather. Their tniatAke appean' to 10 In having
1nttusted tho enterprise too curly ad exoli-
aiyoiy into tho hausls Of tho Observation-Disclosures
Themselves tho ihai,a of slavery, they havo in
their turn inclined too mitch Ia tyranpizc over
the 1l',i,npaired manhood Of the natiro Africans
or aborieiues.
Fifty ycars ago tie Doys,-a tribe numbering
soalo 10000 sonls,-liko tho Vdss, the t,aotab1e-
HOES OF wlsoao nannor and pliallcy OF whose dis
position haply marked them aa proper subject
on which TO form confluence tetweon cisiliza-
ton and heathonism, ,-wero fnund by the first
American negrocE occupying th'a present site Of
Atonroria. Tho Feys hnd-1ont; beforo tho IT.
rival of the Americo-Liberian s4,tters-of thoir
own ingenuity adopted oertair, characters By
which they were able intolligibly to communicate
with each Other, and which have boon rc-
tluced to q syBtem, md 1t iB but reasonable
that the American Librarians Should long ago
incorporated It into tho Htato. But tho laarsh.
tyrannical treatment Of the Ainerico-Liborianu
las dispoilel rather than attracted tho vey
tr1be, aud q remnant of that onco promising
trbo haa been found for years with arms III
hand, Under Prince atanuan, in the northwcst-
orn boundary Of J.ibcria. diBpuLiug tho validity
Of such territorial rights az tho Libsriana claim
to Lnyc been cedod to their Government by
! ness to appeal to Her Britannia Mnjeaty's Gov.
ernlncnt, it they have not alrendy done So As
| tho Veya laro gone down bofcre tlceo people,
80 hayo tho Doys and otlors. Tin Anor7eo-
the fraternity Of nations, did not forget to
roproscns tho aoorElnicg M an Integral part OF
Their population and, regarding them 'as tho
guardlanB Of tho righta alld iuturc Of thoHn
people, they were SO received US. to bcoomo now
an acknowledged milton. But; contrasy to eyezy
dictate OF tuytlco nnd right feeling. no proper
policy appeara to have been adopted in regard to
tho native Africans or ahoriginca. Tic nntiyn
! African, thougl, possessing NIL the qualities
necessary to mako full man. Wig b:ousht into
tho city is assigned to mcuiul oi1sces. Tho up-
prejudlcca observer WIN touches horo trniaoutly
cannot fail to notice ovidonces Of this fact, as
furnished by Munrovia. und further, Of tho NIB
senco IN their training OF taat pixceRs 10 highly
necessary to tho civilization Of tne aborigines.
Au.iorla as tho Americo-Libn siuns are said to
be to onlightau the latout roaAon OF tho uncivlt-
zod aboriginal African aud grad ually 20 couluct
him to tho higher Wallis OF i'm p.oyomont mud
rfui1fvnt{cn }ytEhrv Uhi{n the
mujor part Of these their rustic brethrcn arc
troatea with such indifference.
What has been achievel by tho American
Protestant Episcopal lniss!on Ut S;apc ralmaa IL
tho result Of d correct policy Nhcn that mis-
sionaiy body connlonced its '1ork-llko tue
English Church Missionary socotJ Oh the banks
Of the Niger, on tho mnrshy soil ol Bol1ny aud
the Drass Rivers, tSe.-it fclt the 1mroftancs Of
to tho ehorigncs; hence on tho cayalla River,
tho highway to tic interior, yon tind churcllo3
md schools established by this energetic
Ioy among H. hsa1sa sahSah oEaaatdon ,a doR .can, uns
bcla hare attracted and v.ll continue TO attract.
whilu that policy lasts, tho attention OF tho
hcathens. Mahhy Of them have all eady had thoir
atlcntion arrested By this light ~ the wilder
az evidenced IN tl1o llerHonA Of Lowry, q the
Kroo tribe Scatou. Of tho Grebca tribe; Prince
ven Droln, Of tho Deesew trlbo; and host Of
others less prominent hus equally useful. al Of
trimming under tho auspices Of tho American
Episcopal Church, and aro now oaauloycd Us aua.
liarics in tho nlsaion. teaeh.ng, 10 their turn,
thcir tcuIghtcd brethren. lu The. work OF evan-
colizatiou, tic Methodist, Epi.nopal, and tho
Lutheran Churches aree equally ougaged. Gy
diut Of perseverance ind polslHtcEt devotion thu
former has bcGu enabled 10 proAS;nto Lie object
Of it's mission wllilo under unfaNorab!s c:scum-
STANCES, climatic results, aud surrounded by
tho gsa1ca OF yict!nli2ed pgedecegs ura.
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