The Colonization herald and general register

              ®hc Col0tthaK0it
ttaib
AND GENERAL REGISTER.
CONDUCTED BY   THE   PENNSYLVANIA   COLONIZATION   SOCIETY
WHATSOEVER YE WOULD THAT MEN SHOULD DO TO YOU, DO YE EVEN SO TO THEM.
Vol. I—NEW SERIES.
PHILADELPHIA,   WEDNESDAY, J U I\ E  SO,   I s » 8
NO.   25.
For the Colonization Herald.
RETROSPECTIVE SKETCHES.
No. I.
As men are equally liable to be led a.-tray when un¬
informed as when misinformed, and when anything
seriously disastrous may result from a want of infor¬
mation, I conceive it the duty of every one to supply
such knowledge as is in his power, and thus endeavor
to arrest, or prevent the catastrophe : for " he that
knovveth to do good and doeih it not, to him it is sin."
Had intelligence of the existence, of the benevolence
of its designs, and the beneficence of the doings, of
the American Colonization Society been diffused
through, and weekly presented to the population of
New England, reverence and love of it vvouid  have  , , ,  ,. ,
filled every heart, and the soil, and the institutions of L^LP^Sl!  IL^'L_-'_L^S!!!^L^:m"C^
the descendants of lhe pilgrims would never have
been desecrated by the rabidness of abolitionism.
j which filled the heart and impelled the mind of this
Christian philanthropist in this great cause.
The following goes to show the extensive views of
the Society. " The Board of Managers will likewise
exert all their influence with Congress to put an entire
stop to the slave trade, at least as far as Americans are
engaged in this traffic."
When Paul Cuft'ee vvas in Sierra Leone, the expe¬
diency of establishing an American colony on the coast
vvas suggested to him, of whom Mr. Mills says, in his
letter to Mr. Burgess, " He only wants aid of our go¬
vernment to enable him to do this. Paul wrote to me
last. January, that il was his opinion that more than
half the people of colour in Boston and the vicinity
would embrace the first opportunity to go out to Afri¬
ca.     More or  less of  the  leading characters amon_r
.rood thing for the country, and make them know more,  our own country, to resist, with all his energies  a nnd      u
The consent of the kings will probably be obtained for great proportion of its active piety and embodied intel- »«L_L »L!°I!    ,
lands." licence, a-sociated  for this very'pnrp,.,, and to at-  SHE__TrI?S
With a desire to stay the evil, theref >ro, and in the
hope, in some degree, of counteracting the conse¬
quences of my own neglect, as well as the remissness
of others, I propose to embody some extracts from pub¬
lications bearing upon the subject, contained in a reli¬
gious periodical  under my hand, during three or four
plea-ed with the measures which are now taking tit
provide for them and theirs a settlement on the coast
of Africa. It is well ascertained thnt many of the
slaveholders will release their slaves, if a pbice can be
provided where these people may be settled by them¬
selves, with a prospect of living comfortably." Mr.
Mills wrote from Philadelphia.
This sui_le extract abundantly rebuts two grossly
caluminous imputations  which   the  enemies of  our
years subsequent  to  the formation of   the American   i10.„„_  i  „      ,   .,    ■ .      , ,.        ,
hi„_..! u r      .1 i    r„ .„ ->   neaven-oerived   Society  have  preferred   against   it
Colonization Society ; belore the work of " the enemy'. I?.,_.,   ,_-__, .. . J ..."    _       ™      ■ ,
j cr        i        u i ■>   i  •   .i    c   ■„   c _L   I1 lrsl' ,nat blacks were unwilling to return home to
was so diffusively exhibited m the fruit of unworthy . „_•_;,,„  _• ,.   •   , ■■ ■   _,        ,,     .       ,
i u   _, ,• ii*'   Ainca, from their ong dispersion.    Secondly, that the
suspicions,   and   groundless   accusation;   and  wlipn I _•■_..___? ,r .i    o       .  ^ \ /'   ,
Iriends of the Society in no respect contemplated man¬
umission ; and accumulating facts as we advance will
more amply corroborate the refutation.
The spirit of exhilaration that diffused through the
Christians were < f one heart and of one mind in tbe
great cause of African emancipation, from the man¬
acles of him who " hath his name Apollyon," as well
as from human bonds ; in Afiica, as well as in our own
country.    In  prosecuting my undertaking, I shall be
nation  at this period, drew  exclamations of delight
from the pen of Mills.    In the same letter, "it is ano-
"The people have always liftcied to u<= with atten-  tempt to prevent the people from'going, by most vo
tion, and Mr. K. says they are pleased with the idea cifernus dissuasion, is most inexplicable.
that our people will build church's for the worship of      Having returned to Sierra Leone, the English go-
ihe trim God, and will teach the children to read the  vernor  "expressed a  confidence in  the  benevolent
words in God's book." ! views of the American Society"—adding " I am every
O, how can those who profess to honor that Being  day more convinced of the practicability and expedi-   _i
whose name is thus repeated, thus associated in the   encv of establishing American colonies on this coast."
minds of pagans, indulge such expressions of abhor-;     The Danish governor "esteemed the objects of our
rence and reviling, with which many are familiar, of embassy humane, important, and adapted to promote
a society whose foundation was laid in the toil, and   the best interests of Africans."
sweat, and blood, of such a man as Mills'! What fa- The following, also from the Journal, exhibits the
vor can they expect from the King, while active in state of the colony of Sierra Leone in 1818 : "I have
the endeavor to emharrass and to frustrate the opera- now visited most of the villages of the colony. The
lions of a warfare commenced by tiie union of.-o many population ofthe colony is nearly twelve thousand,
hearts, and prayers, and tears, and conducted at the Tbe schools are in a flourishing state, accommodatitin-
expenditure of so much treasure, to add the millions nearly two thousand children. °Eich village has a so-
of Africa to his dominion?    When th«y shall be called   Pfriotendent, who is a clergyman or  school-master
It contained, at the latest date,
It is more subject to change than
the oiher, from the circumstance of there being now
several schools in the place, and the parents being at
liberty to remove their children from one to another at
pleasure. The teacher wrote some time since that she
had lost five of her most advanced pupils, from their
families having removed to the new settlement. Of
lose now in the school, we are told "six read fluently
in the Bible and write exceedingly well; six spell cor¬
rectly words of four or five syllables and read plain
easy lessons; the remainder are in the alphabet and
from two to four syllable words. The more advanced
children can recite much from the Bible and other
moral sources." Attention is paid in this school also
to needle-work, and the pupils of both, we understand,
are preparing some specimens of work to send to the
Association. " It would have been a pleasing return,"
writes the same correspondent, after having visited
both schools, "for all the tint
upon to give account of their stewardship, what will   Each village has a place of worship, where ora vers are   -
" u_ru.„. ... ______ .«_.    „„_- JT     _._J  mr" e   ry sacrifice of your Association, to have witnessed lhe
gratitude and thankfulness which were clearly mani-
zation Society.
Perhaps no mere man ever sought more submissive- j lhe    W Qse(| d    fc     .    ul,imaHy be t|)e
ly to know the will of his Master lhat he might do it, | mea,Hsof exterminating sla
as concise as  may consist with perspicuousness and ik r ; ,
....      .•    . •     ■ t   i   11 l i Dle effort,    and in reference to his exploring voyage,
with the object in view.    I shall commence, however,   i,__„„„i._   r».,i •       li i-.-     „      i        i   17   i,
. _____ ,     ,    r       ii   ,   u    ,       e .tl   . .,'   be speaks of" this noble expedition," and emphaticaly
with  some extracts from that chapter of the " Mem-   _,__.. _T___.ii i_____l__ «•!     a   j <-    i_
„; „   f fk„ d„„  __       „i t   iviiii  m    i    i a .   i \!ii    laPk?, "will you go, brother Burgess?     And arther.
oirs of the Kev. Samuel J. Mills,   which details " His ■». m„ u   ,i ■ °       _.      ____, ,,■
.   i   ,p   c »i ••     „      -.,    c   .i .      i    My brother, can you engage in a nobler effort ?  We
exertions in   bf half of Africa,"   with   further notices' nn ,„ i      e       }       _>*t ,„ 1    ,     .,
e        u- i •    .u   c n u ... go to  make  freemen ot  slaves.    We  oo to lav   he
from his journal in the following chapter, while on a   _L,n#i  .„„    c    c a      a i    _    *-'.l" ia/ '"c
_ J_» i     .      i  at- .   _•-i    .--. ..foundation of a free and independent empire on  the
voyage to England and Africa as agon   of the Coloni-   „-„_,,    e a        ,   .  a c ■   ^    r    • *_,_,    ",    V
i coast of poor degraded Africa.    It is confidently be¬
lieved   by many of our best and wisest men, that, if
be the
, i ,i   , i I   i '" i mi.i,ii un: -in-ery in our country.   It will
and when he thought he had obtained that knowledge, i _,,._,„. ,„..      _,     •      __. J .    . "_.V .
_.  „    A  B   ,     , ,   , j , • ..s 'eventually redeem and emancipate a mi  ion and a
was  more  assiduously devoted   m   h-s  service, thin   k.ic nc _J___.__i    i t.       n .       c .i
«_        i t   m ii       u      c i i   ; .    .        ii naif ot wretched   men.    It will transfer t«.thecoas
Samue J. Mills.    Manifold, important, and arduous  . p \t-; „  ii„ r.i c    i i    •   i-    .•
. •    , , ■    ,,   '      Y      ,     ■ c of Atrn-a  the blet-sings of religion  and civilization;
as were  his labours, in the cause ot primary foreitrn   „.,,i f.i ■ :n .   . _     .■     ■      • ^   , „
,, „'      ,y J ^     and Ethiopia will soon stretch out her ban Is unto God.
missions signany conspicuous, " to whose suggestions      o,, k   ..,,.„ ,u      • c ,\ i i   •
,     ,,     f 2    . p.i     a        •        n-i i   o       . ouch   were the views of those who gave being to,
also the formation of lhe American liilile oociety may   i__,__j ;„ .i „ i       .       i e «i i      i   i .u i
____..        .„ ■ ... | ,   r   , '.   . ' I lived iii the heart, and tully comprehended lhe impulse
bo  traced,    in none did he seem to fee  a conviction j _.* „, „     ,i     u    e .,     _,■_.__       ^ ,    ■ a   •
.,   . .       ' •      i •   i    „ . ui     i ot every throb of the American Colonization Society.
thnt he was serving Ins Lord more acceptably than m   o,,„k  _,•__, ,. -• . _. ._■
,.                   ,  ~ ,.     ..                     ii, ,,   onch, also, are  the views ot a vast proportion of the
seeking  a country   or  the  oppressed  and   degraded ' „.„;_„  ,i„   : i     •       . .i '     , ,       .
,,    ,   B              ,   f   e   _.         f'     r. ,.    . "_.       ,  ;. eminently pious and wise at the present day ; and such
black man; and in   furtherance ot an object of such   _.__ ,i „  „   .„    • c ■ .     i       i .•  n    c ,
,7 j,       *       .       ,           , .    c   ,      ,irP l,,e  pretensions of a society already partial y ful-
exalted, comprehensive  benevolence, as agent of the I fi)i____  „*• ...i : u  _. i     u        ..     r>£ • .
A :_'__ _-,._, «____:_._  i :___j u:_ir«     j tilled, of win. h  some, who bear the Christian  name,
dare to speak as a " wicked institution."
e, attention, and pecunia-
they be able to render for the tin:    and means appro-   made, morning and' evening, in the  presence of the
printed in attempting to tear down, destroy, annihi-  people.     The Sabbath  is  observed  throuoh the oo-1 foteiTw Ti-T m
late, a society making such efforts and sacrifices to   lony." 'Jiir h        dren' wnen qnestioned  as to their
lease, the population of the kingdom of the prince of      The reiterated offer of land for a colony in eligible  2!S_J__!!. mT^ S J0Se, ]ad'rS " Aw?rici   to
the power of the air?    It is a fearful reflection that   location., as well as  the entreaty that "the  people   With?aZ*"vnil f,y owr,d'ne ^vantages of education,
the heathen may rise  up in that day and condemn  may come" and occupy, ought not to pass unnoticed,  .fPi  them »_f?i ",r,°"fh th,e school the response was:
lhe,m-, and the report ofthe Colonization Society in 1819, af^ i     AtNewGP^, ?';    , r      ______
Under the date, 6th April, 1818, the Journal says- ter a just tribute to the agents, adds-" The recent __J i, ^teeVSS^l i c°] ^ ,ch'Idren 13 conl,IIU-
" Mr. K. conducted our evening worship, and prayed mission to Africa leaves no further room to doubt that! botl taught hv the rIT -ft!? ?, th« ev. _ln?«
earnestly for Africans, their descendants in foreign a suitable territory on the coast of that continent may i K»„ Hi«„nnfnt2 • /i. es "" Tl'e B'8rd have
lands, the Colonization Society, their agents, &c. &c.   be obtained for the contemplated colony, at a less ex-   n_,t!r from ^hT.      L" fxPPCtat,o" of receiving a
He does not allow that this plan originated in Ameri- , pense than had been  anticipated."    And "continued   nimii mSor k- *        Car,n°l '   ' thp m,mber of
ca, but insists that it hnd its origin in heaven; and he i assurances have been received by the Board of Mana- < KwJm m,_«, If Care 8f  Vrese"x< nor ^hat progress
has much greater confidence than the Managers ofthe  gers, in the last year, of the readiness of many of the I     -rf. ". .,  , y 8ny ? th.en? dun"^ the P*st >'enr-
Colonization Society, that their plans, if pursued with   free people of color in the United States to avail them-
I he Board having found from experience that it
prudence and vigor, will   be completely successful. ' selves ohheir contemplated asylu
u~ u..c » :„a ;. ok„.u„ :.i—li     -li- -..._:.       r    ■. i to their concerns as was necessary, deter-
He has great influence in Sherbro, owns considerable able territory for its erection shall have been procured,
tracts of land here, and is acknowledged by the natives These have proceeded from the most enlightened of
to be a head man of the country. The districts of. this class of persons, comprehending individuals en-
country on which we are fixing our thoughts, are re- gatred in all the occupations of civil life, dispersed
commended by a number of persons as the b"st for our i throughout the United States, and in sufficient number
objects on this part of the const. They have good , to form the basis of a respectable colony. To these as-
water, rapids in the rivers for mills, and a soil suited ! 6urances have been added the repeated declarations of
to rice, cotton, coffee, &c." i several proprietors of their readiness to emancipate, the
May the indurated heartsoflhe people of New Eng-• whole or a part of their slaves, whenever a suitable
land, who, more cruel than Egypt's king, oppose the   abode in Africa shall have been provided for them, upon
return home of the dispersed, fe\ duly reproved by a   condition that ihey shall repair to it."
blessing from the Journal,^pronounced by a heathen:    j     Having gone through with what I proposed from the
tort extract from a short notice,
mined, about eighteen months ago, to request four of
the colonists to act with the Agent, as a committee of
superintendence of their schools. Thpy have not been
able to fill this committee, but two of the persons un¬
pointed have consented to act, and the Board are under
obligations to them and to the Vice Agent for th.ir
services in this respect.
It may be remembered that about three years since,
an attempt was made by this Board, to establish a
manual labour school at the Bassa Cove colony, which
failed in consequence of the ill-health of Mr. Hankin-
American Colonization Society, he snerificod his life
In reference to his efforts in this, and other similar
objects, his Biographer says: " Since the establishment
of the colony of Sierra Leone, and the revolution in
St. Domingo, it can no longer be made a question, that
n brighter day is rising on this long neglected people.
Eew more ardently than Mr. Mills anticipated this
glorious consummation.    All his measures in behalf
" Ycsterd,y, when Mr. B. and Mr. K. were on shore Memoirs of Mills, a short extract from a short notice, I m°" "it *l, . ! q ?IZ S ttVhl3.C0Url.tr-v- .Tl,e
condoling with Kong Couber ofthe death of one of hiawi the appearance ofthe volume, in 1820, which I find ':, . i k was,co.ntr,b"ted at ,hat time, for thisob-
vvives, Conner said, referring to us, ' May the Lord ; in a paper of that date, and which vvouid hardly be out l ,' . 'L,'" aPP"ed< Wlthf u'e consent of the donors,
bless you; and ns you came to this country with good ! of place in any relation, will not here be inappmpiate. ' "  Itifn   f o   PurP°*« «J the Association,  with the
• ■ -   ■ .   .•       . J r-~.     --  *- ! exception ot a donation of goOO, which   was  invest
If such be wickedness, may it more and more abound,
and be a thousand fold augmented.
The protection, the general guardianship of re-cap-
'ured Africans is al-n m the purview nf tlio s:\ciutv-
That is, a parental provision for those who have been,
or may be kidnapped, sold for slaves, and re-taken in
of this depressed race, seem to have been adopted and j transition, at sea, by American national ships, and car-
pursmd with a kind of supernatural assurance, that ried hack to Africa. Many such, now in the American
the time was not far disiant when the galling chains j colonies, are in the fruition of civil freedom, in a train
of African bondage should be broken, and, under the of religious and common school instruction, whodailv
mild leign of the Prince of Peace, Ethiopia should be ' invoke blessings upon the founders of the "wicked"
lifted from her degeneracy, and 'stretch out her j society. To open an avenue through which Chris-
hands unto God.'" ti.nity and civilization may flow in'o the interior of
The intelligent, active mind of the enterprising i the African Continent was a prominent view in colo-
Paul Cuffee was among the first to perceive, and avail   nizing her borders.
himself ofthe opening prospects of his race, for whom In t|](_ pro„ressof their voyage, having embarked in
Mr. Mills entertained an ardent attachment as a broth- ,he proiecution of the 0,,:ect8 of their app((intmeni,
er in Christ as well as a co-worker in meliorating their | MessrS- Mlll, and Burgess arrived in England ; made
condition by colonization. In reference to a letter , known t|ie ob- t of theif embaegy by exi,jbitirig their
from Mr. Mills, written ot Philadelphia in 1817.des.r- | commisfiioni aJnd WPre ?reatly encouraged by ihecoun-
ing information of Paul, his Biographer says of that
man, " No cause lay nearer his heart than the intel¬
lectual, civil, and moral elevation of lhat injured peo¬
ple. To advance this cause, he undertook, at his own
expense, and in his own vessel, an expedition to the
British settlement at Sierra Leone ; he went to En¬
gland for the purpose of suggesting his views lo the
Managers of the African Institution ;   and, after his
tennnce, indeed, strong expressions of approbation and
confidence it received by philanthropists in London ;
by prince and nobles, by those of the civil department
as well as of the church, and those engaged in mis¬
sionary operations. The Memoir here records, that
" Mr. Wilber'brce also received them with great cor¬
diality, and perused iheir letters and commission with
deep sensibility and high approbation.    The Rev. Mr.
return, made a second voyage to Sierra Leone, carry- ; Q - tfae yecrelary of t|ie "British and Foreign Bible
ing with him about forty persons of his own colour, I So-iH d the Rev. Mr< Henderson, the Agent of
with the view of commencing a settlement on the soil ,hnt guci jn Ru?sia> were provi(]pntia||y preSent at
of his forefathers, having expended in this enterprise t|)jg intPrview . and there wa8 Rn enthusiastic recipro-
nearly four thousand dollars from his own private re- city rf lee)ingi which is not often witnessed or expe-
sources. _._.._.     rienccd.    12]    In a letter lo his sister written at sea,
These transactions took place some years before the, af.or th L|,a(] left Entrland for Africa, and the last
formation of the American Society, in which year ijetter that Mil la ever wrote, is the following. Tg\ "The
Paul Cuffee died. The British colony vvas established ; ro>ponsibi|itv rf my statinn al this lime, I consider to
some twenty-five years previously. ..__'_ | he ^^t; far beyond any thing that has ever before at¬
tached to my situation.    But 1 hope I did not engage
I extract farther from the Memoirs. "The forma¬
tion of a society, with a view to colonize the free peo¬
ple of colour belonging to the United States, is a sub¬
ject towards which tho attention of some of the first
men in our country has for years b* en directed with
painful anxiety. As early as December, 1816, the ge¬
neral assembly of the stale of Virginia passed a reso¬
lution requesting the governor of that state to corres¬
pond with the President of lhe United States, for the
purpose of obtaining a territory upon the coast of Af-
in it rashly—certainly not before 1 felt a full cotivic
tion that the contt mplated measures would be approv¬
ed of God."
Sor.n after their arrival on the African coast, in
March, 1818, the agents felt their confidence in the
practicability of the object of their mission strength¬
en 'd, which, in the Journal of Mr. Mills is thus ex¬
pressed. "The more we learn of Africa, the more
, for such persons of colour I confident we are lhat the plan of the American Colo-
as had been, or might be emancipated by the laws of nization Society will eventually succeed,
that commonwealth." I     At Sierra Leone they secured the services of John
By the fulfillment of two missionary engagements Kiaell, with another man, "as interpreters and advi-
in the southern and south-western siates, Mr. Mills gprs" to accompany them down the coast. Kizell was
became well informed of the s-tate of emancipation in ; prPsident "of the Friendly Society, instituted among
our country, and having bee'n actively engaged in plans tne col0nists at the suggestion of the late Paul Cuffee.
for the improvement and religious instruction of our, Tbe death of captain Cuffee is deeply lamented."—
black  population, nnd for two years before his death,   Mills* Journal.
his i.oiive mind had been providentially drawn along:     _,.«.•-._, _- ,       _-
ow rd he ccomplishmentof the noble; philanthropic I K..ell says, if we can fix on a proper pace for .
.chemeof colonizing; and after the forma,ion of the colony, our people may come out by hundreds and
\mencan Society, his Biographer says of this wholly ; thousands and we need not foar lhe consequences,
"man*, - If'there SS object to which Mr.  A'TtS^JTJ^l^i fftt 5
,._...,.— -- r_;- .        - . ,        .    pxnp_ j land they must and shall have.
on the evening of ^r^"^d,£cS!°JJ ^ fe.ted a'right to the inheritance of their fathers, by
diency of forming a Colonization Bocietj was to De country     The wood
publicly  discussed.    That   meeting    e a .ended   as ^ffSX?^__jE hel^SS to getbacl,
well ns the fina    meeting on the 1st ot January, icu/, r    r j r _~   » • ___,
wen as me iiuai  uirct   g ,•.,___„_.   „  ;,.vrtil and assist them a year or two, until they can help
when the Colonization Society was  formed, a joyrui , .ri.„„ •... ,_._. ;n »_ i. i„„ __,_.!_ L
Mills, and a jubilee to the sons and daugh- ■■"
day to Mr
ters of neglected Africa." ,
Bushrod Washington, a judge of the Supreme Court
of the United States, was President of the national So¬
ciety, and Mr. Mills, having by his own offer, been
commissioned as its agent, to explore the coast of Af
Then if they will not work, the fault is
their own. They certainly will not freeze nor starve.
He urges the plan of colonization, among other rea¬
sons, on the ground that it will bring into this country
some oood men, who will shine as lights in this dark
world—give an opportnnity to masters who are dispos¬
ed to release their slaves, and thus promote a gradual
rica, accepted  the  appointment,  and while  making , emanci    tion___pr0videa home for many oppressed free-
other preparatory arrangements vvas'actively engaged ^ ^^ jnfinite blpssings on thiscountry. Mr.
in forming Auxiliary Societies     U*™*™*™™   K. thinks the greater part of the peopleof colour, who
sed to designate an associate, he addressee a letter, in America, will yet return to Africa."
July 1817, to the Rev. E. Burgess, who accompanied  are now in ai      ,   ,        y
him in the expedition, minutely detailing the object ; From the Journal at Yonie-"\\e learn that the
and expectations of the Society. Some extracts from : young raen in this and the adjacent owns are in favor
the letter will be pertinent, and exhibit the holy ardour cf the contemplated colony.    They think it will be a
wishes, may you find good thin_;s.' "The life "of such a man as the Rev. Samukl J.
" Another head man, who ■ knew and approved the | Mills, cannot be perused without profit.    It will make
the Board, and
ne worm , ctlstainet] by the christian public, to carrv this design
t worn ot 1 ;„«„ _,«•„„,«.    ti.,, „»i i_ «.•_.        .  .-,   .    ,        6
ed in a profitable stock. Some circumstances of re-
objects of our visit to this country, said we were all every Christian peculiarly sensible of his deficiency in I ?hot^C,!|rrenr-,,laVe *******hr"u£ht ***?"*%* before
brethren.' | his prayers and exertions, and  will  teach the world | ^.^.V"?   _J". _?* *_».»•» Wi^ lf lhpy *™
give  yon  a   good  voyage  to > our   country.'      This   perseverance in the path of duty."
prince is conscious of the depressed condition of his ]     Probably no religious paper of that period so gene-
ororile.  nprt  ilie  Ijarharotis s.rjt^ ___ ),;«, _««-*-a ay<-{»,|Mj *--a •u * * «i.<» ;..i_.li;.»o..i ami _t._-..te/tlv
sighs for their improvement; and has almost wished he   pious ofthe Christian public of New England, as that
had been sold as a slave, into America, like Mr. K., if  from which the above extract is taken
he could only have acquired learning", and lived to re
turn back to Africa. The obstacles to the introduc¬
tion of religious knowledge into this country, appear
not to be so great us in many other heathen lands.
But we came not to establish a solitary church, but to
lay the foundation lor thousands of churches."
At another settlement, the Journal says—"All the
people apneared most friendly and kind; expressed
great satisfaction at our words, and eager to see our
people come, if they vvouid be kind, and bring God's
book. One man, whose hair and beard were white
wilh age, said, he wished it could be now; it was
much wanted in the country ; he wished to hear more
about Cod's book before he died."
The open, hearty greetings wilh which the embas¬
sy was received  by the  many kings and head men
down the coast, with whom  they had interviews, is I Mrs. Rebecca Guest,
evidence of the discreet and affectionate manner of] Mrs. Mary Cresson,
A New Englaisder.
"On takiosr final leave of Kong Couber, giving us his I how much may be accomplished in the great v
hand, he said in  English,   'May God  bless you, and j benevolence, by unremitted  exertions and strenuous ( '",°?" h.\ -> I t l"1ti,erlto ^'ab^hed at the
3 colonies have been elemental schools where nothing
more than the simple branches of a plain English edu¬
cation have been taught.    The colony stands trtatlv
!: ■—;    -<• -.=      --. .. ......4,. .  _„. r._._._/,
and the editor of the Liberia Herald, speaking on this
subject, says, that a manual labour school is of all
others best adapted to the wants of Africa. Many boys
of talent and promise are now growing up who have
no advantages of education but such as are derived
from common schools. These hoys are to be, in n fi vv
years, the legislators, the teachers, lhe men of influ¬
ence and property in that country. How important
then that they should be educated and enlightened
men. Where too are we to look for teachers and her¬
alds of the gospel for lhe numerous tribes of natives
who are even now begging- for instruction J Mission¬
aries, at almost every station, speak of the importance
of native assistants in spreading the gospel amon"- the
heathen, and with what peculiar force does this apply
in a country the climate of which has proved so fatal
to white men ! It has been a fundamental principle,
with the Managers of this Association, never to em¬
ploy any but pious persons as teachers. They are in¬
different as to what evangelical religious denomina¬
tion they belong, but they must be of good standing in
■ this respect and be capable of imparting religious in¬
struction. Should they be encouraged to persevere in
the work which they now contemplate, the same prin¬
ciple will be adhered to in the regulations of the man-
! ual labour school.
j The Managers have reason to be grateful for the aid
j which has been afforded thpm, through the past yrar
1 by friends of tho cause, both in this city and in other
j places. They still need their bounty to support the
schools already under their care. A small balance
on'y rr mains in the treasury, for the whole of which
j drafts may soon be expected. Should they establish
I the manual labor school, their expenses will be more
j, than doubled. For means to enable them to goon
j they now appeal to the Christian public, in the humble
! hope that He to whom belong the silver and the gold
1 and who has the hearts of all men in His power, vvili
j influence His people to sustain this work, and'will
: crown it with Ilis favor and blessintr.
May 1st, 1838.
SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF  THE   BOARO   OF   MANAGERS OF THE LADIES' LIBERIA
SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.     PRESENTEO MAY 1, 183S.
OFFICERS AND MANAGERS.
President—Mrs. Amy Y. Ellis.
Treasurer—Miss Hestfr Emma Smith, 99 Walnut
Street.
Secretary—Miss Amelia Davidson.
Managers.
Mrs. Van Benren, Mrs. Martha R. Weaver.
Mrs. Sarah Sherman,      Mrs. Anne B. Smith,
Mrs. Eliza P. S.Jones,
Mrs. Stephen Col well,
Mr. Mills and his associates, and however grati'ying I Mrs. Anna M. Tilghman.Miss Ann Caroline Bayard,
to my own feelings, in thisand other respects, to record j Mrs. Rachel Blandmg,    Miss Esther II. Thomas,
them, the uniformity of manner, and similarity of ex- | Mrs. C»Uterine Molther, Miss Elizabeth Fox,
pression attending their intercourse with this unprac-   Mrs. Elizabeth Backus,   Miss Deborah Colson,
lised people, were such, that further notice of them   Mrs. Mary King, Miss Catherine Hopkins,
might, were it not essential to disabuse the deluded, j Mrs. Crooke Stevenson, Miss Mary Ann Stewart,
seem unnecessarily tautological.    But if I may not cor- ' Mrs. A. Adams, Miss Susan Trevor,
rect erroneous impression, in the hope of preventing '■ Mrs. Hannah Mifflin,       Miss Mary B. Lowber.
causeless prejudice from striking deeper, I will a little
extend my notices of the interesting Journal of Mr.   T,       T    , ,
* Hon. Joel Jones,
Mills.
In an interview with one of the kings, to whom
their object and wishes were intelligibly explained,
his chief speaker replied—"We hear you; we like
your words; may God bless you. give you health and
long life; may he bless Kizell, Martin,and the Caulk¬
ers, because they were good in coming to introduce
voti."   Anotlnr—" a man of color, formerly of Bo-ton or
Dr. Casper Morris,
Ke^. E. S. Janes,
Advistrs.
Thomas Buchanan, Esq.
Robert B. Davidson, Esq.
[One vacancy.]
REPORT.
In presenting their Sixth Annual Report, thc Man¬
agers of the Ladies' Liberia School Association consi¬
der it their first duty, to pay a tribute of respect to tbe
memory of their late lamented President, Mrs. Beuloh
Ladies' Liberia School Association, in account cur¬
rent with the Treasurer, from 4th Month 22d 1R^7
to 4th Month 2olh, 1838. *       ''
To Salaries of Teachers,
Books for Schools,
Printing Annual Report,
Sexton of First Presbyterian Church,
Balance carried down,
$999 00
33 24
16 00
1 00
747 47
tt796 71
Baltimore, a ship carpenter, who came out from Huston   Sansom.    This lady has been known as one of the ear- ;
In Sierra Leone, about four years ago, said it vvas best   liest and most efficient friends of education in Liberia,'
for the people of color who are now in America, to   and to her exertions are many ofthe children indebted
cometo this COtfntry."    Another said, "it would be a   for the advantages they have enjoyed.    Feeling for I
very good thing for the country, if our people would ' the wants of the colonists in this respect, and depend-
come and bring knowledge ; the land would produce   ing solely upon her own resource* and upon the assist-1
rice, cotton, coffee, tobacco, and all good things, but ] ance she might derive from a few friends, she deter-
the people did not know." | mined, in 1831, to establish two schools for girls at the I
The king of one town, of eighty cottages, received   colony, and by the middle of the ensuing year, these
Mr. Mills and his associates with undissembled kind-  schools were in successful operation.    When this As- j
ness, and, personally, "expressed great satisfaction   sociation was formed in 1832, the accepted the Presi-
wilh our designs;  appeared more deliberative, as the   dency on condition lhat they should be taken under its;
head man, or perhaps desirous of exhibiting somewhat  patronage  upon the expiration of the year for which
ofthe pageant of his station, signified a wish to con-   she had pledged herself to support them.    As Presi-1
voke his council before replying in form.    After con-   dent of this Association, her exalted piety, her supe- I
sultation with his principal men, we assembled at the ; rior intellectual attainments, the liberality of her sen-
king's house, when his brother said, in reference to  timents, and the soundness of her judgment command- •
myself and Mr. B., who was not able to come with us,   ed the respect of every member of the Board of Man-
4 May God bless you, and as you came in health to  agers, while her amiable disposition and the dignity I
this country, may you return in health to your own.  and gentleness of her manners won for her the affec- j
We are glafl to hear what you say;   we like it well,   tions of all.   While we mourn the loss of such acoun-j
The old people among us wish you had come before,   sellor and friend, we would not be discouraged at her
They are now afraid they will die too soon.    They   removal.    May it rather be an incentive to renewed
want to see the time when the people will come to , effort, that the work which her prayers and exertions
this couniry to teach the children to read and write,! tended so much to advance may not languish, but may
and to know the true God.    The king says I must tell   continue to extend and prosper until all Africa shall be
you he likes your object much ; and if the other kings blessed wilh the light of divine truth,
call him to say what is in his heart, he shall say, give I     The two schools above mentioned still continue, and
the people lond.    We know you come with a good   from both favourable accounts have recently been re¬
mind, because Mr. Kizell brings you, and he is a friend  ceived.    Few, if any, of the original pupils remain,
to our country.    The old people will die fools, but if but others have succeeded and are now enjoying their
these people come  from America, the children will   benefit.    The Caldwell school, by the  latest account,
turn and know more than iheir fathers.    But they  contained thirty pupils.    Of these, twelve read ; six
were afraid the people would not come, and it would   write very fair, legible hands, and have considerable1
never be as they said.    There was much good land  acquaintance with the rudiments of grammar, geogra- J
where no people lived.'" phy, and arithmetic.    The remainder vary in their at- j
How wonderful! that any number of people could   tainments from a knowledge of the alphabet to spell- j
be found in the world, living under regular, settled  ing in four syllables.    Instruction is also given in plain !	
governments, in the enjoyment of religious privileges, sewing and marking, in which the children are said to j ___________»___.
and the benefit of other instruction, who systemati-   have made great progress.    A correspondent who had ;        "J a manual i-aoour school the Board do not mean
cally repel the artless importunity ofthe ignorant, suf-   visited the school  writes, that "from the readme* ■*^"^"1_^""£1?^™ a variety of work-shnp6,
fering, perishing African.    "They want to see the   with which many of the children correctly answered  ?**r~£25 SS___^uS_______^    T^irplan
time when the people will come to this country to questions on moral subjects, it was evident that much  » ^^S^_^^^_^bWfta poMJe,^ h
teach the children to read and write, and to know the  attention had been paid to religious instruction." lt0 commence J that thev ProP^
true God."   That a single individual can be found in I    Tht school at Monrovia is said to be in good order J
By Balance,
Collection at Annual Meeting,
Annual Subscriptions,
Life Subscriptions,
Donations,
Fines,
Sales of " Yaradee,"
Interest on Lehigh Loan,
Interest on Deposite in Saving Fund
Premium on Specie,
57
32 70
313 00
40 00
313 50
3 50
48 50
25 00
19 94
4 00
$1796 71
Balance in the hands ofthe Treasurer,   «747 47
Manual Labor School Fund,
General Fund,
$575 00
172 47