The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-09-29
The Republic of Liberia.
Situation, Climate and Productions Of
the 0ountry---Future Probabilities.

on the West coast of Africa, estab-
lislied in 1921 as a colony for free
negroes from the United States.
The. population has. continually in
creased from that time till the present,
by immigration from the United
States and by immense aceessions
from tie neighboring tribes who have
sought the protection of its govern
ment. The country reaches along
the Atlantic coast for some fonr hum
dred miles or more and extends in
land about fifty.
The climate is that of the tropics,
unhealthy along the coast for the
whites, but in the interior high and
healthy, the land becoming almost
hilly, or high plane, gradually rising
from the shore. Coffee, sugar cane,
corn, rice, dates, indigo, pepper, PIN
ders, lemons, oranges, sweet potatoes,
and in fact all tropical products are
almost indigenous to the country.
The palm eree and mango grow in
their luxury, and considerable guam
tity of palm oil is produced. This,
with ivory and some little gold, are
the main exports. Is
The population now numbers near
ly 10000 colonists and about 10000
natives, and taken in connection with
the neiglboring tribes which the gov
ernment controls, the population
would then amount to an additional
900. In view of the effort now
being made by negroes throughout
the States of North and South Caro-
lima, Alabama and Louisiana to en-
courage emigration to Liberia, the
probability is that during the next
few years there will be very large
increase of Intelligent and even edu-
Gated persons from the United States.
Monrayia, the capital, is neat vii
lage with good harbor, having a
courthouse, public library, churches
and schools, and along the coast are
several smaller towns.
Contemplating this country in con-
nection with Sierra Leon, it seems
almost as if it is the intention of the
Almighty to Christianize Africa by
means of the African race, and who
knows but like the Israelftes of old,
o Moses may arrive among the ne
groes to lead thousands to tlfe prom
ised land
Once there they are almost bound
to succeed-and the chances for emf
grants from this country are better
than those of the earlier settlers of
many of the Southern States. and far
better than those of New England
and the far North. Besides, a be-
ginning has already been made and a
firm foothold established. Liberals
late President, Roberts, was both
good and intelligent man, and who
doubts that there are many in this
country just like him ?
But few days since we read where
a certain emigrant from this country
has in a few years established large
coffee estate. Well, what is to stop
emigrants from this country estab-
fishing large sugar estates ?
In fact, Imagination can picture al
most any number of wondrous things,
and who doubts the ability of the in
telligent negro, if given fair chance,
to succeed just as well as any other
race of beings? and if we are to be-
lieve in the Bible, all mankind must
eventually be converted /; and as our
race was converted by our race, as the
Mohammedan has his prophet and
Chinese his Confucius and Fnng Shuy,
but what the negro may have his re-
demption through our Savior coupled
with the negro's own exertion.
Our late civil war must have been
ordained by God for some all-wise
purpose. Fifteen years ago who would
have believed in the events of to-
day I? And the negro now being free,
What is to become of him Z A we'll
known law of nature is When two
races come in contact, and with any
thing like equal numbers, the inferior
race must give way, or an amalgama-
tion of the races must take place aud
the superior predominant. And the
writer for one, firmly believes, as the