New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-04-17
THE OPENING Up OF AFRICA.
cvu uATIoS FOR THE DARK CONTINENT


Crvu 1zsTIOY FOR THE DARK CONTINENT
INC At THE BRICK cut RICH TO DISCUSS TIE
pporrcr OF SENDING NEGKOEs To HELP o.
rgr woRk-sPrECHEs BY W. =. DODGE THE
REV. DIR. sTORRs AND OTHERS.
An PERSONS friendly to Africa and tho African
,aee were invited to attend the meeting held last
.venipp in the Presbyterian Church, at tltih-ave.
cd TIorty-seyenth-st The following Gail had
been extensively cncu ated;
T., iv M the various efforts noT heinc made ~ the
oreuiur o Africa TO Commerce. cNllz4liOu anu 'HiH
ianJ. and TIE spontaneous "Iu cS' and
morally trained persons q color IL The led states 20
.,tie y IN, ria the under. igncd request thai public
sete.S ~ "a 80 IN tbis ctv H. CIV expression
feres and that Of the community DID me III pos tLct %
these movements and 70 contribute ad III tAe Iu 'oi
This call was signed by Z. D. Morgan. II. n
Sebieaellu. Charles 7. DAILY, }. j. Nerlnlye x. !
Wilson. j. j. McCOmb, AIgtruon ;; sullivan W. +.
Lodge Henry G. Marquand, l. " fhelpS. Behialhn
H. sherman, Henry Day. A a. Low ana hooper 1.
Van Worst. At O'Clock las evening tnt CIlrch
was vel filed by a large and attentive audience.
1riEam l. Dodge presided. The devotional eXer-
tises winch were conducted by the hey. Dr: Prime,
were opened by the singing OF The hymn WHICH be
gins From Greenlands ley Mountains. Alter
flIs and a PRAYER Mr.. Dodge briefly explained the
object of the meeting. He sad IN part;
the Am. rcau Colonization Society Las been ia eK
isteucc fifty years. IL Las prosecuted Ae "OfA % cOiOd
r. iOs IA Liberia with commemorative energy. White 1s
sisusr have 10 or africa. al
though many " these nave zen sur heh uoNh ' ne
fstsl climate In it, early DAYS, the society had only
few c0iDrd men 10 call on Who nat been educated 10Y
the work. BuI WllAin the lAst zen !eaIs
tducsiicn has been spreading among TIE
eO0rea There now ia oar MIDST many
have beeL adGated IRON colleges @ho oiheI iAs
tuions Of learning Many OF these are aoklLS whether
provdence calling hem 10 - 70 africa and make
known The truths OF the Gospel here new wOiA is
opening az for the Colonization society what they
know now IF where the ass. t.nce Il comma
1IOm 70 enable them 10 proceed With the Work which
Aas been O,oned up l. them
The Rev DR. Richard : Storrs. Of Brooklyn. was
next Introduced. de delivered long address, IL
y hich ht showed The extent ana Importance o. lie
great continent which l. awaiting civilization,
Colonization and evan sc!lzauou.' IN TIE course
Of his remarks no said
Looking back over twenty five years n IL almost i'm
rsrrhie fOr me realize The changes That have
CARED At one time opposed TIC WORK % tie Colonial
non society Deosuse believed that 1t made sroug tne
emSne2at.d slaves and with them the
results this work which proved their fitness Tor free
yressue ou the negro u leave shores. Ia the
pressure. De eve. comes from them ~ tiecre0t at
i.caes T. the mission winch II is proposed
- send them 1t Il a great work IN Aed
wrch GOD has saddeniy opened up to
them. No greater eulOgy cOHd ts pronounced
the coured than suggested by the in;en
ten Of tie society 10 use IL members Ia bulng Hp
held Las only become apparent 10 u within the last
few years IL fact our knowlege in regard
psrod been multiplied and coS Sii 'o'sI To
clearly look into tie earlier volumes Of our cycot IA
nud CANINE the learned and ADJ. article. a -
written ato as 1885 OF l-59. Compare these win
tae articles Ia more recent editions OF ISIS
Here Is 0uly difference Of twenty years OF
time. The anphhcatlOn Of knowledge winch these
bruces OBJ .srae l. scarcely eqlalled by that uccon-
plished through the discoveries OF Columbus
A1cs contains a population u 100000, OOO-more
than twice the population Of the Western Hemiaphere
lis agricultural and minera0gcal Resources are mex
lsustlbe The interior OF Il is neither sandy
WILDERNESS series Of marsh lands The coast thai
Notorious everywhere for It's malaria, presents no fir
Indication OF The interior. Here j. almost unbroken
Succession 0f table lands rising everywhere from coo
ict 70 800 feet high here mountains larger than
aly IL ih country or IL Europe system Of lakes sur
gs~-ns even Tie magninceuce OF our own. Vie
Sla Lake Is larger Ia area than the whole state ~ New
Aork mighty aOw through the country and the
-'t Is hcSl1ul ana de4 shtiuL This Is tue country
Sheh commerce Ii bound develop within The next
my years IL has been said that Afca Is Ike Eoah's
IN va u had fe" men but many beasts. The truth l.
sIa hh nnuab Inhabitants are almost beyond count.
,.srs are races among them VINO are just different
I'm ohe another as The TURK from the Russian. AID the
isAtlilAt from tie Chinaman. And many OF them are
H'sl! susceptible 70 cultivation. around tlls IMMENSE
!, 49, tOlner'e has Dcei h0Verrg Tor many years.
~ u Boa Oh the point Of making its way ilto IT,
W IL progress VIII be attended by the
rIIls' JUST as great uiNcnilons burst up u
e. soN and dozen minds claim The first thOugut in
W non " their accomplishment so the nations Of
81, seem u nave turned lhen attention 70 TINS
"a uaik continent" with one mind. England
.Sls.nm France. Italy and Russia have 'cnf ont
s0enuhc parties there AMI commercial embassies 10
-eic-se O4r know ledge VI the country ThlI are now
eAusP lines 10 the coast Of Africa from ialy France
.ad aid the United .ates There are seseya steam
s-p uAe on the Of Africa Railroad construction
"a Del prosecuted vigorously. one road il 10 be
y--' H"-A TIE northern coast south through the
49, "l sahara. tbs j. the enterprise OF an
sAsh company. There - already telcgraphc com
a"n 4fcn the Cape OF Good Hope TO fUl lanu and
- sooL ~ connections from the former point 10
80, nor lern coast - the Continent The cOuntry's
'1..sh j. Almost DOuudlcss There are gold uud
49, WaAtDds from TIE South Aflic-n mines
-vh uh copper ma acht. cotton. md wool. One
S,.oL POINTS " coffee yer exported from ore
81. '.te1 feathers, Tobacco hard woods and % per
CccAsit otter sources OF wealth
sneiee Is CERTAIN soon To possess this great CONT
81 VI AFRICA shan Christianity 20 with il Thirty
hhsai1hary societies represent in Afflc.
~ a. ST. nore Will be sacifced- Nothing worm HAVING
$500 been Won without such sacTincc In hi. ca4e
b~@'''A NUS DC accomplished through col lnzatior
o., uo.o "a n"L from this country We shall return 10
80 we CIVILIZATION winch came from H. Tn lfeat
Sss o. providence VIII D. complete snc the mileu
I'LL LI.y be- lLshsred In
~. t1e hcF. DT. Ih0mas G. Addison followed with a
1l0ws 10
iess Amer az roOnizatiOn Society Wa organized ia
tsrt. CstD.iaL 'brlstiaD nation among 200 600 900
b.. We point 90 llDe1a the result of nul L.
cave gwen passage 10 10000 people during cur
be-. NC are ~ dny receipt OF letters rom eoored
L.. 'Navssh tne country begging " be sent 40
us1t % ne need eS3OOO noH To carry n fhls work A
~ Sls amount Is condtiOnally pledged
s,s- ~ heF Dr. Roswell d. Hitchcock was the last
ope-st et. lie referred briefly to the fact that the
nsarrn.s up OF Africa would furnish q much needed
Anasr,"t. Iof ths manufactures Of England and