Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-09-15

and in this Nnorant,.l easily became
the slaves Of ikceMrfu! ed uca,ed and
civilized pco1lE, It was not the color
of our skins that placed us into slav-
ory as some white people foolishly
think or affirm. It was our condition.
History tells us that the race of
people who ehslavcd us and their fore
fathers were themselves nbject slaves
of more powerful civilized and in :
telligent class than themselves. Wero
not the Anglo Saxons the slaves of
their Norman Conquerors, and were
they not bought aud sold at public
aution to the highest bidder in the
time Of St. Augustine This is proof
that slavery does not arise from color
but conditiY1.' Our fight in this day
and generation then must be against
our condition. The negro will Mt no
distant day shape a destcny for him
self equal With all other people Of
like disadvantages. He will then be
better fitted 1sr coloniziny Africa
than he is today Is $ Christianity. edu-
cation and ,ccalM are essential to q
successful colonization Of any place
by any people. Do we possess these
as people, n rs full IL degree us is
necessary to benefit our African
brethren among whom we seek to
ro x * j; !; y
In order that we should under
stand The gr$at need Of Liberia in
being colonizsd we must understand
something about Liberia itself.
The Republic Of Liberia is situated
over the west coast Of Africa. mid.
way between sserra Leone and Cape
Palmas. Itssprobablc area is 2l,0)o
square miles. It was originally set,
tied in the Sear of 1921 by colorcd
Americans who were either free from
birth or liberated. These people
were sent there by the American
colonization Society, n class Of per.
sons who have devoted years to the
work Of colonizing Liberia with the
American Save Doubtless many
who have engaged in this work we're
sincere in placing the cnlorcd man
upon free soil where he would call no
man master and earn his bread by
the sweat Of his brow. They were
some engaged in this work for no
other earthly purpose than to fill
their pockets with money, and others
still because they believed and con.
tended this was Il white mans country.
| believe and centcnd tha: the negro
has rs much rWt here rs tho Italian,
German. -Erei Aaan-or Irish. This
is country 81 composite nation Iii
ties, and there is 40 genuine American
DuL lHC Ietl liili VI llitllitll.
The natural powers of Liberia are
said to be imcnsc. The principle
articles found there arc ivory, palm
oil, cam wood, gold dust, coffee, c,coa, !,
sugar cane, indigo, ginger, arrowroot.
They all grow or are manufactured
there.
Since 1921, more than 56 years
from the present time, the cnloniza-
tioa Of Liberia has been going on,
and yet, to. day Liberia, is an infant
among the Republics Of the earth.
Why? What is the matter? l an.
swcr because sufficient capital has
not been taken to its shores The
produce Of n soil or the skill ofa
people never did establish a colony
with capital. Fifty six years have
passed away, and what commerce has
either England, America, France,
or Spain opened up with the black
republic ? a system Of bartcris car
ricd on between these civilized pow
ers and Liberia by means ofcxchangc
of merchandise which simply pau
pcrizcs Liberia and rctards her
growth, England and America have
both sent out their missionaries to
prench to tic heather, but "Faith
without works is dead" Faith in
the possibilities of Providence must
be accomplished by work :' Libc