New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-08
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
THE NEW LTBERIAN MINISTER

A TALK WITH THE REV. H. H. GARNET IN REGARD
TO THE RESOURCES AND NEEDS Of TIE ARR
CAN REPUBLIC
Among the latest appointments made ny President
Garfield was that of the Rev. Henry Highland Gar
net to be Minister to Liberia. Mr.. Garnet was
asked some questions yesterday by TRIBUNE re-
to which ne is commissioned. The appointment was
not he said an entire surprise. He had had good
papers had advocated his cause The time of his
departure for Liberia is uncertain account Of the
with great feeling Of the attempt on the life Of the
President denouncing it one # the blacklist
pressing deer rcrre tba IN fs M az ana ha eE
every way for his high Office should be in jeopardy
IN regard 70 the trade and prospects Of Liberia Mr..
THE outlook of Liberia Is encouraging. There is
already considerable trade with England, Ger
capitalists are about to construct a railroad from
Monr9via through the country to the interior wlds
European capital. They have become nation under
t the fostering care of the United States and
s to Il the to vas nt this vo Sy BY
81 Their ca commerce.; 1t seems strange that the
United States should, after founding u nation, let
celved Ivy other countries; Tho Libcrians are
anxious for closer commercial relations with this
great vail to u.s. If the time ever comes when the
taiScd-9i line of steamers between New-York
viii begin to realize how great the advantages
to be derived from close commercial relation with
tobacco and almost every variety of tropical pro
ductlon Liberia raises and exports. As the market
spreads Che production will, Of course, increase
the resources of t'eir country. The white man
when vG ne came to America and prnncd the forests
the brains and culture of centuries. Behind him
stretched the ages filed with heroic deeds Behind
the black man, when he went to Liberia, was moth
ing but vast and barren waste lit by no light of
N %Tra or deed Thus is It NECESSARY That
should be brought to bear on the country in order
to bring out its full possibilities Other nations see
the south, aud France on the north are already in
u? t t ana ar beginning to reap the harvest
Africa absorbed by other nations and European in
iuence dominant in the dark continentP Liberia is
properly ehcrshaS,p "G It viii be the AM" fcu
tain head from which not only civilization hut
" hen Macaulays prophecy shall be fulfilled, and
tho Ncw-Zcalandcr sits on London Bridge, then the
of the Congo; and it rests wit this country whether
III the coming days of Aricas greatness she Will be
aTpnelt frn or monarehica The climate of Liberia
and healthful On the coast ' and in
% but the AIR. now EfTG DIS is
cayed vegetation, with the smoke of factories and
railways and the maslaa will vanish. The educa-
Improving. The Baptists, Methodists. Presbyterans
and Episcopalans have fiourisl,ing missions there
and Roman Catholic missionaries have penetrated
mo the remotest parts of the continent, there
beng one now at the Court of King
Mtese, i'll the very heart of the wilder
ness. Every one of these missionaries establishes n
school, and in this the people being rapidly
Christianzed and educated.
- It will not be many years before the Importance
OF Africa will be realized In fact, this country
seems to he the only that has not already seen
her growing greatness. 1t il certainly the coming
continent and capital spent i'll opening up her re-
sources will be well invested. There are in Liberia for
ess Oh valuable wool mines of gold, silver and IrOn
ant soil capable of producing the most valuable
crops, The cotton product alone if developed
Ihsrn - oafp..
ior this country and the United States would have
nttle difficulty in inonopolIzng the trade of the
country. When reach my post shall do all i'm NV
power to bring the United States ana Liberia into
more intimate relations