The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-03
THE LIBERIAS MOVEMENT.
Letter Prom Africa and n Talk
Prom Bishop Gaines.

Letters with regard 20 the condition OF
I the Llberian oolor-sts who vent over On
the Horsa contsn-- % cone and capital
IS being made Of them by the international
Migration Society. Il The letters received
are any indication q che condition q the
c0ionlsts and the manner In which they
are getting aloag. -1sy constitute good
argument in the society favor.
j. h Daniels or So. Augustine, Fla,
WHO went over OF the Horss. wrote a
letter 20 l. A Bak-r. Of No. = Sew street.
q This city. That letter. whsh has just
been received. is ll The hancs Of W y.
robert, the repre- NATIVE OF the society
here This letter AMI others u 4 similar
tenor are being used as arguments b. The
society's agents
Daniels states t1a- all Of the emigrants
arrived in good health. that TWO small
children died On the voyage. ole OF watch
was buried on shore after the arrival OF
the Horsa. and he then goes on 20 state
that the gOvernmen- has provided houses
and land for the CO onlsts. This. however.
may mean that tney were temporarily
provided with place Of residence by the
government, as il does not offer or prom
Use anything but So much land 70 each col
Onist. Daniels statement however,
makes Il appear that houses have been
furnished them.
Daniels then calls attention TO the coffee
plantations and the different XII IDS OF veg
etables that grow iH the soil. which he says
Is very rich and fertile. He reitCTates that
IL Is a good country and asks others 70
come. In his letter he mentions something
about some Of the c1lOnlsts hav1n gone TO
the interior OF tours Of inspec ion, 50 10
speak. u is sal I that the heads Of families
that went aboa ID the HOrsa eac.1 had from
SEQ 10 5000 in ,.asn on leaving this cOun-
try, and that one or two Of IN I'm carried
even larger amounts. so that some Of them
can afford 10 prospect before settling down
10 business.
Il is expected that there will be some Ii
berian products on exhibition at the office
Of the society within a few days. A lot of
them were brotIght back from Liberia by
T. =. Cottinghaln The secretary Of the So
ciety and they will be sent around from
office TO Office 1Intu all the prospective
members Of the society have an opportun-
ity 70 see them.
Bishop W. J. Gaines, who delivered the
baccalaureate sermon at the Georgia State
Industrial college yesterday. was asked
what he thought of the Liberlan move
ment He deprecated the mOvem ent very
much and said that be was bitterly opposed
to it that he was speaking against 1t
wherever he had the opportunity
Inere WOulu ne no MdFuls nv Sdilt III
one or two negroes going to Liberia, but
where there is a general movement it must
have bad results. America is tn e home Of
the American negro. and he cannot do him
self any good by going to Africal one bad
result Of such a movement is the general
dissatisfaction, stirred up among the race
wherever the matter is talked. I shall op
pose the movement wherever and when
ever l have the opportunity"
Those who are agitating this move
ment are doing our people a q eat deal
of harm" he added. They ma Ike them
dissatisfied with their condition here aud
cause them to sell the little property which
they have gathered together. ] have no
positive evidence OF the fact. but 1 am
satisfied that taere are men beh ind this
movement putting their money into it
as a speculation, for the purpose OF max
ing a profit out of the deluded negroes.
II individuals of the colored race wish
TO 20 to Africa and make their homes
there il Is all right for them TO do so, but
ton of the colored people from this coun-
try is out of the question. This is their
home and they have as much right here
as the white people. If they are to adj
vance in civilization this is where they
must do it, Any wholesale emigration Of
negroes from the south would be great
misfortune to the white people of the
south. The white people of the south I'M
derstand the negro. He has his faults.
but as laborer he is much better suited
TO the country than the foreign immi-
grants who would have to take his place.