New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-17

How many colonlsts from America are there IN
Iberiar
"Where they sottedP ,..x.,
cover q tract Of lard the coast 800 miles 70 ien1.n
BY eessOn, purchase and gradual acqusiunVn' tney
have greatly extended their territory In The mrs yu
OF their settlement they occupied the anomaoI III
ton Of colony without q mother country. III aosa
they declared themselves indepehdent ana wSI1
ceIyed into The family OF Nations first 9re av are in
treaty stDulation win all Of the great powers
Has il not been tho Impression that
tho coonists have Jared hardly In LIBERIA RIA,
and that life mas been nard aud that not nueH ua
been plisaed by them as Regards betterlhB te"
| condition !"
II has been the impression It Is false one, said
Dr. Blyden warmly. Tho colonsts have increased the
products Of their agriculture and their oonmerc shoe
tnelr assumption Of sovereign righs There European
lines Of steamers visit the L6eran coastwo from Eng
land and Hamburg. Do yen suppose toese vos
These vessels stop Lberan ports three or tonr
times week TO take away produce ana orng 10 E.fS
ilshed in Liberia. and these are confined to
| the six ports Of entry Only Lioerian cluLens
allowed transact business with the aDorginss AZ
places sot ports entry This leaves the trade IN the
hands Of citizens who arc the oolonsts from America.
uroducts 10 81 gland and 20 Germany aud receive In re-
turn articles Of European production strange 10 say,
there only two American houses traalny WIN Ii
beria aud tnsse only transient business having no
establishments Of their OTa In tho country Large NUM-
bers of the colonists are engaged In sgrlcnture s
years they have been OUT 10 the
lands OF the interior. where they Iaye iorsea e
nens and engaged largely In the cultivation Oh conog,
| sugar and COCOA These oOlonists are nearly AZ
In slavery before the war ana
VINO cut uith capital but their naoi OF lndustfy
| They growing In all the eieInsnn OF NsuohaI PIos
which they say they could never have gained 10 tne
South Many have had leisure 70 learn 70 rcau anu
write sinoo their arrival In Africa. Iney nave Deon
ed to make such in the hrs place
by the necessity exists in settlements founded unde
sscoHdiy bJ seeing natives coming the interler
with manuscripts pens and INK OF tnelr Own nanu4o
ture which mas crossed the Continent from ARABIA"
Are the coIonlsts who have been slaves contented
Not one of these would return to the United
states II he had ths opportunity Al the ta,k
s aoeg' wtsnins 70 return to Thu. country just
the same that INDUCED IN IN England when tie
frat setters cane jamestown and TO PyaOuth hocE
No Of intelligence or industry wishes to return "
America Tho Eepor about M NS"aeTn nsSros
| do not want TO 10. The colensus IRON the Sontu
na outlets III Liberia rna that tras:or% them into new
Too knswedss tnat mas. mas n p pee. s.1IsG
in their emy e ConGTy TSey MAKE
and roads they Dud houses Of wood aud OF Orlck ma
aacturing TER own bricks, which said by good
Judges CO oe as good as any this c1uatry The coonsts
nave a selfrelauco growing out OF nants OF industry
roe Nsrta ia entirely destitute The southern negro Is
more disposed rss the trials and priyauons OF home
| In Africa than the Northern"
thar in the Northern aud think them better suited to be
ayes indeed The South will furnish tina elements 20
| build up civilization Africa. Tue Northern negroes
wantin Liberia We nave no large hotels there any
tnng OF that Kind and they would be out OF place We
want the southern negroes VINO oi the own
| and VINE know how to work" .
"DC the carry with them their peculiaTchar-
S sGys.i" anu inuu'Is '''A ~ N''
"On, no. They have no time for all that nonsense.
There is constructing or any shouting or caIrylh
on there Is IN the South All tlst stun IS LETT
do they nave any amusements Of any kind"
"On, yes. There are pdrues balls and dinners Whlte
men orsss.I IcIr great SURPRISE At tue refinement
and culture displayed. IL Is lot African TO shout IN
lou see great pressure brought 10 bear on the
| coOnsts by ths MahoIuctans, VINO III tAer WOrsAlp
| are very dignhed and sober"
| Eyes; they are furnished comfortably and IN many
Are cue negroes who 90 from this country employed
Not at all Each coIonist is given twenty-five
of lana II married, single. by tue Gov
eminent Iney are Supported six montls by tue Col
tneIn and tney become tue servants who arc taugnt
ana by AS tnoy and learn
mas according to the last census 600 600 negro
wa soud nave 900 900 Of them We could take posses
sion Of the 5oudan ana drive out the French England
can't aelp u.s. for 20 deprive the West lndSs 81 tue ne
"Are the:e any mills in Liberia g.
Yes there Iour large steam sugar mills, owned
and managed by negroes Iho sugar IL exported W Li'
erpool I'D Hamburg"
6Do you nave any trouble with foreign Powersr
"On, yes; two years ago powerful Mauom-
etan chief, living 800 miles cast Of Liberia,
deal or the TRADE mat comes to the coast comes from ana
hey opd MS country. Tue 5rilsn Governments nearing
II proposition, wrote U the Loerldn
protesting against any sucn annexa0n on the GROUND
that OWING . the weakness OF tue Lber1an Govern
meut trade ght be inerersd with. But there Is not
the slightest doubt tnat LIBERIA acquires CIVILIZATION
and numerical strength there Will DO large sccessioas TO
tue KepuDho Of powerful Kingdoms IN the INTERIOR H.
suon snne1ations no European Power could IN
fairness take exception. Ana 1t for
Republic the di. ection OF sondah-that Liberia is
anxious for Tue Immigration of American eir1ens OF
AIrlcau descent
Are tnere any marked differences between life here
and IN Liberia among tne cOionsts I"
None Otber tnsn tAOsc nave mentioned There Is
more renemsuL LHsre-retnement tLat you do NOT nnd
among negroes here. Aud Lney speak much Detter
En1lsh than negroes acre. Many Of tue eoonists
nave made money winch rnty nave ON deposit In the
banks OF England ana Ia this country"
VI nat about labor there "
Labor Is eneapj 81 month is good pay for the ma
tiYes" 49,
re there ever any disturb among the naivesi"
sometimes. Bus the interest shown 1Or Liberia Dy
foreign Powers occasionally sending neaof var there
has tendency to keep Cne people qlet. IL UOdd DC
good thug II tue Unted States would send once year
one of its ships from me mediterranean Squadron
AROUND To Liberia, IL would nave great elect On the
NATIVES, Iey would sse tnAt AAoiiCd - III
IlprrA Ii Is Americas interest Lney ueslfC."
''Au OF tue REPORTS" SAID Or. Blyden IN cOncuslOu
10 ,ne effect there Is suffering aud distress among
inc sLs, That tacy make GOing lnSIe,s
sheer Nonsense started b. Northern negroes WAC KNOW
nOnng aosut IT, for they are not In c1rfesIOndence
with LIDera all Tie ArKdns2s refugees VINO went 10
Liberia are du.nL EObly escn naYnS Idrn u MS own
And nyIns a HAPPY and industrious life. OniJ three
have uIed Icy arrived mere tney were only
cuIdreu. Ine OF tuom has ne farn Oh MS VTu,
from hnrieslOn grossly mIsrepreSentcd disO IL -
AL Aone by Northern negroes Mho 40 MOI want 20 ~ "
I.berd, aud VINO cerGaiaJ are nos waited there
DR. Blyae started Washington Tuesday afternoon.
He viii make an eAcnLeJ trip through ne oOutL u get
teacAers Ior the LiDeraa College, ahd alSO TO raso
M ney wlLn watch endOw pruIessOrsAips He hopes
10 ralAe SoO,OUO
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