The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-07-17

time to time ever since 1916, and have
been mingling with the heather daily.
they have in no instance returned
to heathenism. But to the contrary,
they have brought thousands of heath
ems to civilization and many of their
most intelligent business men are the
children and grandchildren of heathen7s
parents who once roamed around IN a
state Of nudity. -,
"I bargained for few hundred doll
lars worth of exhibits to be sent over
to me to be placed on exhibition at
the exposition and they will be ship
ped to me here. The president said
that owing to the war department.
being burned, the magazine destroyed
and other reverses of the government
no representative would be sent by
the country, as was sent to Chicago at
the great fair there, but l expect to
have several specimens Of African
work, while much of it will likely be
of heather production. / cannot say
how much at the present time.
"Do the leaders Of the negroes in
this country favor African emigration
for their people p
"No, not a great many OF them.
Indeed the most of the prominent.
colored men oppose it. l say promi-
nent because many have gained some
notoriety upon the ground Of general
intelligence in their respective profess
sions, such as preachers, school teach-
ers, editors and some display rhetoric
| in this and that direction. The me-
groes in this country have no leaders.
They are sheep without shepherds.
But we have large number of bril-.
liant takers and writer's, yet none OF
them have any definite plans for the
future, as know Of, and if they have,
they are lacking in courage to put:
them into execution, for the negro is
no more planning to dispose white
supremacy than I am to depose God
Of His throne and men wko indulge in
that kind of babble are simply void of
something to talk about.
"Africa is becoming great COM
mercial market, 532 steamers, to say
nothing of sailing vessels, ply between
Europe and Africa daily, doing hun.
dreds Of millions of dollars worth OF
business. and not one steamer can find
business there from the United Statesi
the country above all others most fitted
to do business with Africa. For the
reason we have 10000, 900 Of Africans
here who could be employed in help
ing to work up commerce wish chat
country as well as create business IN
the consumption Of its products. And
as Liberia produces the fnestcofee
on earth, millions of white people
would be as anxious for it here rs they
are in Europe, to say nothing OF its
other products. Africa is becoming
rapidly civilized along the coast by
coming in contact with SO many ships,
and in the language Of Captain Jones,
I believe the ships alone would cigil-
ize Africa in process Of time if no
missionaries ever went there. Every
time I go to Africa I can see improve
ment. New houses are going up,
some Of which would be "a credit to
Atlanta; telephone wires now thread
the city Of Free Town and the Presi-
dent of Liberia purposes to thread that
country at the earliest possible time
with either telegraph or telephone
wires. It is only question Of q few
years to use the language Of the col
ored people in slave times when Afri-
ca will arise and shine. ."