The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-16
SAD LOT OF THE LIBERlANS.
A COUNTRY UNDER A LOAD OF PovERrY
IND FALSE PRIDE.

"Tho Iowa Of 1fberty brOuDht ina bera ~
,he want Of money keeps u.s." ia A saving ws,i
tu,e republic OF Liberia, The occasion who,
the motto OF tho republic was thus distorted
second President Of the black reputlic ss .r
.. ,hs sssontivs s,nns,on IN Man.sn,. SNs
Litcrlan capital. in honor OF Capt FraneAiyn
OF the United States navy. who at that time was
on the African coast, in command Of tn.
United States ship Franklin. cooperating
with the English fleet In the suppression Of
the slave trade.
Seated at tho table whom tho tonss was
MADE Wcre u nr.s''Sh, VAR zen. Lewis.
Sse,oar, o, S'a, ,ha bs eee,eas.y o, hs
waI ~ .hs a ot%sr d,nnI,sri.s Of ,hs "sn.s
@ "s mv 40 Wv mr.. ,,nio.,mn, y. 'nS ..per.an
reosSel in snee sad %S .sn.
,ba ,suS out h"
truth than it was pleasant for Liberian o,,ic,a:
TO admit. And in that conclusion the Amer.
can gentlemen n, were YER. BY no mean" I, wrong
and It was no dioult task to induce tho n'V TO-
seek to better their fortunes. Arriving at their
49,. TIsS fonnd IdherIa au ucen ea 70
natural with a soil resnons,vo ~ I'm ~
ssn. .ous butt at ' the ssm" t", to ,h 10,
found niasmatic yapors breeding ieverA Tnsy
ioaqd nas sondt9n; 70 D,sTasa in Ms
renee OF edaeaten 10 COPE s as w.S
~ Isa
i. SIS sdSS HR's ss.ss ,
have s sss % FER ss bsTf IL s
,ad!s!ca:iy spslisd sSS5s i eosso HIns' q
&c nss E'asss Ind 20 =
:%$ SsS ss 4.
ans with S relentless Goid. but this IL 0f not
strange. for The laws II ihe country seem to to
OF Keeping the people poor. White Tstp ara
hey Allowed TO- own pfopsrts Within the re- re-
&hsSs esn ever, 81;
DO last with h.ss ss ss'n Rs
tss aase So o ps:
f. IN the extreme yet it ali has ud
otYT rem member: being called from my room when
was snIsrine from The feve5: which attached
q ask 70. shs
stood on the veranda. bare!ootod. without
his hair .as Is s Sa .b eS bsa ss
Tor bSeGing. 'o'' WV" '"'" 10 40 u'oa
Daddis." she said. using 2 term Of ,:.lut.-
ton S0%non to the poorer classss
no further. ana I had 70 ask her: 0'' ''u'u *''
TOOK n You hosso yestsrds os' you zone 70
,ouF o,Ssl Eoa Ana q s a. Viz "a e. e.
oDeVn dng her eyes en d Eias sn Is SAID I
loud laush. j1mpins M ana doEs Ond a t|sso
ping her hands. [ hsd to repeat my " o%eStion
n; S.h sy:y Of d'D'ssnrs Soio1s
- iSs: si ia. chop r.. dem sh water b.
MOUTHS ssen s.s 4. child
for brine from . barrel Of masEsrci which
ASKED her what she had to carry Il TIE IN. so~
1ow.rd seother sno Dsse1 GALL
on the walk holding Z large Tin vcs.ei' rotS
q nssnnikin here; daddis Is soinx 70 NIB me-
tween the children EXCEPT that t6S second hsd
IL: S1 n.
myself for everything in the WAY al imncrtsa
proviaions had to be EeIt under loci AID w.
30 taking them both to my stor.hcu.e 81 fiisd
Ia aiso then held il out toEnrd M ~ hsSp ina
friend She. however. with dignity refusad to
take It, saying:
No is lady. m.ssa d.ddis. and 1Ab.ri.n
calirg my attention TO her compsni"n abe com nSn
tinued; "Dls /. my saryen.. ssf p and. turning
BRINE was dspasoS 10 e. he sbs 70 t.as to;
this young lady's Rentility. howsysr and lola
her that, II she did not carry tho ran herssii
she could not have the ash and psina Tesrs
came to the mites eyes and dIsannointmsnf
was in every feature Of her face but nothinat
said could induce her TO carry tic nan
mol mol Daddie. Lbsrian LADY no Alta do
dem tings," Nv
The behavior OF this child fllustratoa n condi-
tion which Is common among ali cIssses 81 III.
bertans. Nearly all Of the ci,itYed residsnta
OF the country are emigrants from The South.
err States OF Amsrcn or arc their descendants
and consequently know nothing sGont the
dignity Of labor: On the contrary, The frst
thought of the poorest Is to purchase 4 naive
for about S1U. Apprentices ~ they call thcm.
This spirir has nnGuestiona ably retarded the
growth OF tho republic. Jaw
Wherever you 20 in the Iiberian capftal VIM