New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-19
IJBERIAN COLONIZATION.
A REPLY FOR THE AMERICAN SOCIETY TO A RECENT
USFAVORABLE STATEMENT.

UNAVOIDABLE STATEMENT.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1S.-Ihe Executive Com
nee Of the American Colonization Society having seen
statement emanating from this city IN which Liberia
j. .poken OF III an unfavorabe light, well calculated so
o., "A If shall obtain credence with those who
are unacauainted with the facts, 70 mislead the
,nblie mind special meeting Of the committee was
,.t, M which it was unanimously resolved, That,
ead NJ repying In detail to the charges contained IN
d Abatement the Corresponding Secretary be author
M 10 present in BRET the language OF gentlemen In no
NAV connected with the Colonization Society ana whose
br,cter FOR in eligence and worth, and whose knowl
d and opinions formed from personal observations in
Liberia constitute them impartial and unbiased Wit
nc..e,r In accordance with this resolution William
Crrinrer Corresponding Secretary gives the following
testlmouy 10 the press:
TIE Rev Abraham Hanson formerly Minister Resi-
lent of the United states TO me Arc m rSRuDlc' re-
marked ~ public address ueitf1itu ia 'sulus'o'I
GiIt. have resided m Liberia aDout three years.
have made several visits along ile coast ana up tne
river going from farm 20 IaTIn anu lIol .oi' 20 toa,
and there from acquired knJWleo-r or lue lhiusTlOus
habits and dome ste comforts OF the cz-ns, IN efer
direction new plantations nave Dteh couru-ru iilu Oi
.. materially enlarged and developed Ihe cOhdtloh OI
me pcople s encouraging. % every uduu utle
In lrDofs Of useful industry. Ihe BAMBOO nut lhe ioS
ar1r and somt times the frame house, began TO give
g.v flr the rummudOur Stone or DITCH tuit'; Nc,e
o@nher of the African race. with NV k""edee Oh the
,,niol. wei mt that s, Expresses them, and OF the
IuIffaDle field which Invites thcu I'd ln,Il WIN ~
nunneribe facilities for comfort independence anu
,s.f1.ues. I would gather my Ilnuy afouuu me anu
bar, on board the first vessel bound Tor that distant
Hnop Gilbert Haven. who lately returned FROM an
a,et, Examination ~ the Methodist Episcopal IuuIch
Sii."n IN Western Africa, conclude an Atce ln me
Worth ucrirrH Ferer for July August last ~ loo"s
What was any English colony Do AhrtlcI MY yTiis
,t.r irs ,ettlemenri In 1870, Massachusetts hil
6ariiv penetratrd beyond the seloo1td. rev t'WhS
80, th. f,nuecrieur had been planted, Is tlcy nave To-
T. nm tbc 81 Pau's kiver-thc CONNECTICUT Oi LIpcli
I'M ina country "a dozen miles Dtck rom thr c"'''t
~. ,r.,licYllv q wilderness inhabited ny sANd+ea.
FINALLY unsettled We're NeW-AofA dud fII-tula
49, IGG6 and 1870 The little colonies were delehueh
ertireIy ON the Home Government Tor prOecl"n' ~"
80 f5r rrservat.Ou. IL took hundred years more pc
Se tLrv were stroug enough 20 stand alone and resist
ft. and French attacks; and even these were uol ~
,ii without IN. aid of tr0 rs from lhe MOI RI 40
"a moi tbru Liberia Dee lightly esteemed I'll thc euI on
a. yer -r 10 no further ivtuced IMAM flhun'L anu
eat and Virginia were n the same lAfe Oh tle
~ 49, = ,,lsl 10 those she O., superior Tor %, Win uer
Tar Nor advantages, she has 90 am "a al efu4l c"'
ft,n ale i. entitled 90 tho gicdtef ulho.. s. a,
t,,,,.l,dorr r. W. -hufrlit. VINO has twice Nisltu
l.,I, tn "A communic atOn from MSulOEit ." tut saw
iueut ,aya: am luily cow rrd lAh' nulei a
IN vfu moderate amount OF capital A all lhat IA
ov reouired % place Liberia upon permanent uolie'
mi q, insure an increasing prosperity ms Ju"u- ia
- 0r, bv virtue OF 10 birn urd inheritance n e.
seutay an American outpost upon the co hea on phI
brr-m and deserves on tha he'"lH'f 'Ao l'''r-'"A ~
of the American people