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From the New York Recorder.
retches and Recollections of British
Preachers.
rt THE AUTHOR OF " THE LIFE OF CHAPTER-
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T5 UPEN AND INK SKETCHES," ETC., ETC.
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TO THE READER.
' The series of Pulpit Sketches of which the
following is the first, will, it is hoped, convey to
tSe mind's eye of the reader vivid and correct
idtas cf the various individuals whose peculiar
eliaractemtics they are intended to delineate.
Thej are by no means to ba considered as finish
ed pictures ; but it is well known that mere out
lines are sometimes quite as effective as the most
elaborate efforts of the artist.
Sir Joshua Reynolds, it has been, said, never
painted a likeness without also producing a pic
tare. Following at a most respectable distance
so illustrious an example, I, too, shall , seek by
the lid of accessories to render more attractive
ikse Pen and Inklings , of mine. Notices of
naaent laymen and of Baptist Educational In
fections will be 2 occasionally . introduced.
IJlether I may be " happy in my likenesses,
fa reader will have to decide. Of one thing 1
tm certain : : that I shall always take care to
jJace iuy 'f Bitters' in a fair light, and seek to
stetob i each and all of them with a free and truth
ful pencil. v' "'' : '.
REV. WILLIAM JAY, OF BATIL
1 do not know that I can more appropriately
commence this series of articles than by present
ing the reader with a sketch of , the patriarch of
modern Englbh preachers, WilHam Jay. His
aame and works are almost as well known in this
country as in his own ; and the Rev: C M. But
ler, chaplain of the Senate, in his sermon on the
aeath of ilenry vJlay, at v asmngton, luiorms
that among the books which "the dying states
man read most were the veteran divine's 4t Morn-.
ins and Evening Exercises." '
That London is the great central reservoir of
pulpit, as well as of every other sort of British
talent, few who know any thing about ecclesias
tical affairs in England will be inclined to deny ;
tat it must be admiUcA'that.' among those who
occupy the sacred desks of the' provinces are very
aany great and distinguished men. Foremost
laong such stands the : subject of this j sketch,
tie Nestor of the English pulpit, the old man
lament" of Bath, William, Jay. !'" ; . ' , '-. '
Who Las not beard of the city of .hot water
ttl" decaying dowagers,1 the realm' of .the fabur
us Kin Bladud, the scene of the veritable
Beau Nash's temporary triumphs, the locale . of
Kae of Sraollet's, and Fielding's, and Sheridan's
aost sparkling incidents, and the still gay me
tropolis of the west of England ? , For consider-
more than half a century, Mr. J ay has been
fte dissenting " lion! of that particular place
ad the Rowland Hill Of the provincial pulpit ;
W, like the latter extraofdmary man, his course
iu been distinguished by a blending of? piety
with eccentricity: , - -' " -J:At
the little town of Painswiek; ia GloucesT
fershire, was, many years since', an academy for
reception of young men who were, preparing
the ministry ;: over which establishment pre--.fcd
the excellent Rev. Cornelius Winter.;1. Jay,
ea ajoung man but Tecently promoted ' from
fiie plough-tail by some shrewd friend who had
forced the rough' exterior ' of the" raw country
Juth, and discerned' the eemf of genuine talent
i.ich sparkled Keheath it, waai raef MrMyin
kr'8 pupils ; and nobly" did the young man "In
years acknowledge? thev benefits r which he
Iecebed from, his tutors ' In the j "preface to - his
of Winter,- Mr; Jay says : : 4 I am doing good
h frs',yhae have Jooe
J own feelings,' and to ? acknowledge .my .pbli
fcSona to my dear and honored friend and bene
or, which I shaU njafba able to discharge.
-fL. I-owe' all presptebfliiiC Bfeji'- ind.
: my . opportunities .of , public usefulness.
gh not a child by birth, I have beea one by
' ,'EoTcd as a son, ia him T early found ',
; a lather, such as 1, will ne'er iorget.'
i rt
v nfle vet a student at Mr. Winter's. Mr. Jav
Relied a sermon at Argyla Chapel, Bath, about
I 'P e3i of which a rather absurd story. is
Mch is not irortH reTeatinT here.'," SuGce
'iy tiai 43 corral discourse led to his be-;
'g paster cf the church assembling there ;
l-3 s;Ueariau soldier of the cross occu-
pies to-day the same pulpit which he entered
timidly and tremblingly more than sixty years
since.-' A thousand follies and . fashions have
flashed and faded during that long period, but
u Yilliam Jay, of Bath," remains, to use a cant
phrase of the day, as ' great a fact'Us .ever.
The city of Bath is a far more quiet place
than it was of old. Brighton, Cheltenham, Mal
vern, and a host of other places of fashionable
resort, have sprung into nolo and eclipsed its
pump-room. RufSes and rapiers no longer flut
ter and rattle in the saloons, and Sydney Gar
dens, the Vauxhall of the provinces, live but in
the memories of faded beaus and damagedicau-
Uesj Jut Ajrgylevghapel; Tmernaed, it is- true,
still stands, and every Sabbath Jay, multitudes
from far and near repair thither to listen' to the
rich voice, mellowed by age, which still wakens
echoes there.- .. v f
Were I inclined to sentimentalize, I might say
much about these tones 5 and, indeed, it may
not be altogether out of place, in pulpit sketches
such as these, to advert to " the mission" of the
voice of the preacher. How different its power
to that exercised by books!. "Books seldom
give Erst impulses,' says a clever writer. Books
have not yet touched some classes of mind at all.
No ; but the human voice is powerfully arrestive ;
nor, so far as the dominion goes, can the pen
boast of a kingdom so imperial ! Books are not
so much the missionaries as legislators of thought.
The pulpit ought never to cease to regard itself
as the missionary ; no book can perform tho pe
culiar office of the pulpit. - Books that attempt
that office cannot so well be read. No books
can so well rouse flagging and exhausted powers ;
no books can so well grapple with wandering
convictions; no books can so well quicken gen
erous and active impulses. The human voice
dares to linger longer ia draping out an idea ;
dares to dilate longer, to deeorate more than the
pen ; dares a inore Corinthian and ornate dis
course ; a larger field, of illustration j a greater
variety of figures. . When all this is considered,
it docs appear that the pulpit may successfully
compete with the press. h r - ;
But from this travel out of the record, let us
turn and enter Argyle Chapel.;- , ' - J
As yet, the pews are but thinly peopled ; but
we have not long occupied our seats before, by
ones, and twos, and threes, and by whole fami
lies at a time, the .worshippers enter. By .de
grees the blank; spaces are occupied .; T the chapel
is filled, crowded. Eleven o'clock is indicated
by the silvery sound of a bell, and the service
commences.
The congregation assembling at Argyle Chapel
is a rich one ; what may, perhaps, be called a
fashionable one ; and so,' of course, every thing
is quietly and easily done. There is very little
shuffling of feet, and only the rum plings of rich
silks arid-stiff satins disturb the 'stillness of the
place. ! The pew-openers are 'patterns of" pro
priety; not, as in some chapels, 'clumsy gawks,
who trudge heavily down the uncarpeted aisles -
yod never, reader, see a carpeted aisle in Eng
land -and swing open creaking doors, and, when
you have passed in bang them to again ; noth
ing of the kind ; ' they walk as though their shoes
were shod with felt. These janitors of the sane
tuary are dressed just to the very verge of fash
ion, without either coat, cap,' bonnet, or flounce
overleaping the boundary which divides the
41 hired servant" from the " free and easy" wor-
sbipper ; for there is a class legislation in church
matters as well as in politics.; And these pinks
of proprietyVbbw, you' sweetly into the pews,
(that is, in tbo many, but not in all cases,) if
you exhibit furtively the edge of a glittering
Coin, and slip it slily into the hands of the well
pleased guida. f --v' '
While you are singing the first line of the first
hymn,5 the' vestry door opens, 'and a" gentleman ,
clad in the vestments of his sacred office, appears.
He a scends the stairs of the pulpit with ; a slow
and solemn step, grasping firmly5 the failings
Beneath his left arm is the large pulpit Bible.
He is of the middle height, stoutly built, and his
broad shoulders are bowed by age. ' Gracefully
fall the5 folds of his gown about his form, yet,
withal, there b a carelessness apparent in their
disposition. He enters the pulpit, sits down,
arid for a time we see nothing - of him but the
upper part of his white head; but now he rises,
and after taking a calm survey of the audience j
below; he deliberately opens the Bible, puts i on
a pair ht silver-bo wed spectacles,- and presently
Commences the reading of a . chapter.
His voice strikes you at once ; it is rich, deep,
and "melodiousy ho! reads slowly arid ith jre-
markable dignity; occasionally raising l bis eyes
from the sacred page,-and' fixing, them earnestly
... - . i ij-
on his hearers." " I ne solemnity w nia oaoucr,
always" m. harminr withthe majesty of ; his; suIh
jeyerword l;,and' MJfl'. (f?:M
it is i Moceeas. eacn iacuiiy joi every ;iwcuc
absorbed, in a deepL attention' to the' subject of
nis Teaaingj'wnatever mat may ue. - - - - - .
jfAnd'riow we. have; k better opportamty of bb
serving his heal arid face,' which as yet, no ar
tist has .succeeded .jn faithfully transferring to
Mnvar or conner t l ougnt ratner to saw thatao
paiafef'has succeeded, in dep
culiar " expression ' which belongs ; o,: arid is so
uMl.ttiA nf it. There is, ia the massive
head -and front'of William Jay, someUimg
'K.-. -:-i--' ""v i 1' .A
vuttiavKV i - ' . . 3 -
wwca. at times reminas; pusi w. fciuw
head of some ancient bust of Jupiter; .for m
stanfl' it ia ast it -a larsre mould; t has much
fwhat a connoisseur would define as" " breadth,"
and the strongly marked features are surmount
ed by an abundance of silvery hairj which, sweep-
ing from one of the temples, discloses a splendid
forehead. The eyes are peculiar, being dark,
very bright and lively, ' arid of a most searching
expression. Eyebrows large of a darkish gray
hue, overshadow these " windows of tho soul,"
as Spenser, 1 think, calls them. ' The nbsa is
large, not formed " after the purest model," and
the mouth is, if any thing, a trifle too large for
the critical in such matters. A double chin
slides imperceptibly into a short neck, which is
connected with, as I before intimated, a broad,
expansive chest.
Taken as a whole, the face is an extremely
fine one j and gilded as it now is by the mellow
radiance of a good .old age, few can behold it
without a reverential feeling. It is capable of a
vast variety of expression, and so does it change
with the changes of the preacher's subject, that
an intelligent deaf person once told me he " could
almost understand what Mr. Jay was saying by
the mere looking at him." Deep pathos, genu
ine humor, sly safcasm, biting irony, or bound
less benevolence) are by turns indicated. As we
sometimes behold on a hill-side, now the shift
ing shadows of the clouds sailing above, and
anon, view bright patches of sunlight where had
been gloom but a moment before ; so on Jay's
countenance, the mind's varied emotions, or dark
or bright, are alternately depicted ; and each so
imperceptibly blends with the other, that, though
fully conscious of the changes, we do not note
the precise moment when the fine transitions of
thoughtful expression occur.
The style of Mr. Jay is peculiarly his own.
He imitates no one, and no preacher whom,,!
have ever heard resembles him. Usually he
commences his sermon with some abrupt, terse
observation, which, at the first blush, would seem
to have little to do with his subject, and which
sometimes, indeed, has nothing in connection
with it. He is not rapid in his delivery, but
rather the reverse ; his sentences are marked
with considerable emphasis. Sometimes his dis
courses are quite conversational ; he talks to
people as well as at them. : Occasionally he pro
duces a prodigious effect by a solemn strain of
eloquence, immediately following some remarks
which had, spite of the sanctity of the place
provoked a smile ;" for, as in the case, of Row
land HOI, he possesses a flaw of . wit which can
not always be restrained. But he never descends
to buffoonery. You listen to a man like James
Wells, of the Surrey Tabernacle, who has a
congregation of from twelve to sixteen hundred
persons continually listening to him ; you hear
him spiritualizing a wheelbarrow ; describing his
own power in analyzing the subterfuges of sin,
" because he was like the old woman, who, hav
ing been in the coal-hole, knew where to look
for her daughter ;" likening the Arminian the
ology to milk and water, and the gospel dispen
sation to fine old crusted port. Rubbish like
thb is composed of mingled blasphemy, vulgari
ty and absurdity. But such kind of humor is
not Mr. Jay's. He never profanes the pulpit
by the like of it. No man feels more acutely
than he does, that when in the sacred . desk he
stands on holy ground. His occasional sermons
are models of their kind.. At such times it is
not an uncommon practice of his to select strik
ing texts ; take for instance that of his funeral
sermon for Rowland Hill : Howl ! fir trees,
for the cedar hath fallen !" In his own chapel,
however, he is les3 remarkable in this respect,
and I once met with an old member of bis church
who had not the most remote idea that his pas
tor was remarkable beyond bis own chapel walls
for his singularity and originality.
Just thirteen months ago, I heard, whilst in
London, that Mr. Jay was to preach th anni
versary sermon of the London Missionary Socie
ty in Surrey Chapel. As it would be in all pro
bability the last time I should ever hear him, 1
went thither at the hour appointed. The chapel
was crowded to suffocation, and outside the build
ing, multitudes climbed to the windows and looked
in, -happy in gaining even such a precarious
position. Fortunately I procured a seat in
the very centre f of the vast area, looking up
from which. I beheld the entire circle of the
gallery closely , packed with ministers from all
part3 of the kingdom, to hear, like rayself, Jay
for perhaps the last time. The sight was mort
imposing. Directly ' behind the pulpit was the
bust of Rowland Hill, like a guardian spirit of
the place. The pulpit itself was occupied by
John Angell James, of Birmingham, who, in his
prayer, supplicated that be , who . had been the
advocate of that society in the ardor of, youth,,
during the vigor of manhood, and who now, came
forward to plead its clause in tne fulness : of age,
might be supported. '
Then, making his way with difficulty through
the xhihisters who th waged the pulpit staifswas
seen Ir; Jay, the observed of all observers.
Every eye regarded him. with a loving and res
pectful iritcrest Heyria&feroffQti
scmplage. . His voice was ss nch, a .full, as
deep as ever, and - ia his discourse it , seeined as
though his natural force was not abated, v At the
conclusion of the sermon he gave an accouat of
his ministry, thai which few passages of personal
import are mbreterestii.s;;5A?bitrif autobiog
raphy orally delivered by such a" man, was such
-k wn Mfl-onlV' listen to ' once', in a" lifetime:
I short-handed it as be spoke,' and here; it is T
'Six'days agoll'entered oa my, eighty-third
year. vvnea lnrst ascenaeui:ijucaj; wjWiw-
trembling knees, I was not nineteen rf.,, f...
. v . y 'Many years have passed since then-;;
;.;,Many cnanges leave seen; y,
. ' Yet have been upheld till now. " ' ''
Who could hold me up but Thou 1 '
Perhaps there are few, if any, persons here
this . morning, who heard my first address then,
from the words of the apostlo, God forbid that
I should glory save in tho cross of our Lord Jesus
Christ. ,. I was then young and tender. :The
work was great, and tho Lord Was pleased to
afford tssistanco, and. give me very considerable
acceptance, so that, I remember, s when I had
Deen WKing my leave of the congregation here
in my farewell sermon, still the crowd remained
in the chapel-yard here, and refused to disperse
till I opened the parlor window arid addressed
th em. From that time for half a century, 1
annuall served the chay'cl for eight .Sabbaths
for many years ; and then for six ; and then for
fdur.'I cafinotaecurately rcalculate, but I must
have spent three hundred Sabbaths within these
walla, while my"' sermons or services have been
no less than fifteem hundred. ' You see, there
fore, that my ministry must have been very
much affected by this place, and I feel many re
sponsibilities , at this moment arisin" from it.
At length I gave up my annual assistance here,
not from any dissatisfaction oa either side, bat
from the want of some recreation ; elsewhere,
which I had never enjoyed till then, and also
from a conviction that my remaining extra years
should be devoted to the country, for you in
London will always be rich enough ; you will
always by fair or foul means, secure '' the assis
tance you need. I therefore devoted the re
mainder, of my life to laboring in the country,
and in ray own sphere of usual labor there.
" I have borne the pastoral office for upwards
of sixty years, during which time my church
has been three times enlarged, and the congre
gation remains as large as ever.' I have preach
ed much, especially in my younger days, in villag
es, where I have found great delight. I have also
frequently preached, especially on public occa
sions, for various denominations, without offend
ing others, or violating my own convictions.
Such is now the general accordance and harmo
ay of all the parties who hold the truth ,who hold ;
the Head, (whatever may be ' their differences ;
in other respects) that though the barriers aire
not yet removed, (and I do not know that it is
desirable that thcyshould be removed,) yet they
have been lowered enough to enable us to see
eaeh other . over them, and to shake bands to
gether ; and there are now several little holes,
through which we may pass and return in aiding
one- another in these services and on these oc
casions. " 1 knew many of the second generation, and
some of the first generation of Methodists ; and
1 can make comparison, therefore, between
things then and things now, and as to the preach
ing and the character of the preachers now and
then. I have often quoted the words of the
prophet, 'My soul desired the first ripe fruit.'
Oh ! there was something about those early con
verts that was very peculiar. But I ani not
going to depreciate the present preachers, and
the present state of things. I am persuaded we
have improved in some things improved in
many thiDgs. I should think myself very un
grateful if I were, on just going off the stage, to
ask, Why were the former days better than
these '' for I should 'not inquire wisely concer
ning this matter. ;
"Finally, in relation to this institution. 1
attended first some of the private meetings for
preparing a public exhibition. I was happy
enough to hear and attend the first public convo
cation. I preached one of the first annual eer
mons at Tottenham Court Chapel. v It is de
lightful for me to think, and it will encourage
you to be informed, that the sermon was of good,
in being the means of the conversion of one of the
most worthy and valuable and excellent of men.
I referred to our lata friend, Mr. Hyatt, who
preached for your institution. And how many
sermons I have preached for it I cannot say. 1
have no't been a friend to the platform, God
having been graciously-; pleased to deny me that
privilege.. . ;;, ; :. ... -. . . . ,
" I hope these gray locks will excuse this lit
tle garrulity. . It is not probable that I shall
have another opportunity of addressing you
again, at least on such' a public occasion as this;
I had better, therefore, take my leave of you.
'Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stead
fast, unmovable, r always abounding in the work
of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your la
bor is notin vain in the Lord.' " ' -
r Such is "William Jay. His life has been" a
most interesting' one, from his boyhood upward,
(Thaye good reason to know, and the religious
world will rejoice to hear, that be is now engag
ed oa his autobiography,) f speaking constantly
to the people ; and now we touch bis name
with hallowed feelings, c ;What faults .! ho may
have, what unpruned peculiarities of discourse,
let them linger still.' He is indeed the repre
sentative, of aa ancient race of plreacbers r "with-
out'thef Temotest' preteasib
to extraorairiary powers or, inougos, jhc peiongs
Ui'the race of which Matthew Henry and Scott
were the great expositors arid leaders.5.' - He was
quite old tfhea we heard him : first; we there
fore are - unfitted ototi j judge of the powers of tne
voath arid the -manhood t of the preacher: who,
throu'TQ Somersetshire and uioucestersnire, rous
ed the people through ali - their towns- arid Tulai
cesan-lwithVpostolie power ' charintdand
awakenea tne siumocring spins oi nis aearers.
But, howmariabie that his preaching hasbeeri
followed bysuoh faint tokens of success ia Bath!
yet;', perhaps not remarkable ; ilr. Jay lias
ever felt that ho has to deliver a message rath
u
er to those within
than those outside of the
Church. :
.The subject of my next sketch7 will be the
Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel.,4 ' , !
From theTruo Union.
Africa
DISSATISFACTIONS AND . DISCONTENTS OP
EMIGRANTS TO LIBERIA . WITH THEIR
THE
NEW
HOME. . . -
Liberia PacJM,.Coasl of Africa,
''7 - ' ..Mat, 1852.' v-
Dear Bro. Crane : . ;
' For many years past I4 have heard much said
of the. dissatisfaction of the free people Jof color
who Bave gone frorn the Vnited States 16 'Libe
ria in AfricaJ Some have, been thee1 and re
turned , perfectly5 ' disgusted with the country.
Some, who have been slaves in America, have
written to their former masters" and entreated
them to permit them to return to their former
service, declaring they would rather be slaves
in America than free in Africa. Mirny, who
have no hope of returning, it is said, are
pining away with grief. Not a few have written
to their friends whom they have left in America,
and begged them to send them something, any
thing, even a . scrap of cotton cloth to relievo
their poverty and distressing wants !
From sucH facts, from such statements of
want and dissatisfaction, many have concluded
that Africa was an improper place for colored
persons, and that the American; Colonization
Society was a failure. Many colored, persons
have been thereby deterred from going to Africa
who, but for these reports, would have gone and
been very happy there. .
On the other hand, some of the emigrants to
Liberia, being pleased with, the country, and
wishing to see their friends there, have written
such glowing descriptions of the ; country,
that some who have read their letters,. have
thought Liberia another ' Eden, ia which "there
was neither v briar or thistle but a spontaneous
production of every earthly comfort.
Were there no erroneous opinions formed
concerning .Liberia irom tne complaints or the
dissatisfied on the one hand, and tiie overwrought
descriptions on' the other, I should riot Tegard
either as deserving particular notice. ? But these
complaints and statements are doing injury to
the Colonization Society, to Liberia, "and to the
free colored people of our country, and if it is
not my duty, it is my pleasure, as far as I
can see, to correct misapprehensions. upon this
subject.' ; ;' : ' - A'
Erroneous, indeed, must be . the opinion
of any country which is found upon the mere
satisfaction ' or dissatif action of individuals'.
There are some, who can never be satisfied any
where, while others think that the best place
on earth is where they reside.
Whether tie colored . people who have gone
from the United States to the African colo
nies ought to be satisfied with their homes ;
and whether other free colored persons - in
our country would be benefitted 4by going there
will depend upon the following questions ;
Is the climate of Africa adapted to promote
the health of emigrants ? ' Is Africa a produc
tive country, and can it reward labor so that the
industrious have encouragement to labor ? Docs
Africa open to free colored people better pros
pects for elevation ia life, for education, and for
religious privileges than are enjoyed in America ?
Is there more want arid dissatisfaction in Libe
ria than is found ia other, colonies ?
I trust it will not be regarded presumptuous
in me to furnish such answers to the above en
quiries as my recent visit to the colony will en
able mo to do.. '
1. As to the healthiness of the climate on the
Western Shore of Africa, I have gathered up
the following items of information :
(1st.) That- the natives are : well formed,
athletic, and as able-bodied men as I have ever
seen. They can perform as much labor and
endure as much hardship as men in general.
They are, with all others of the human race,
iable to disease and : death, but they have
ewer diseases than are common r to people in
America. - '
f2d.) The emigrants that I have seen, ( arid
I have seen most of them ;j appear to enjoy
usual health., I have not heard one individual
say that his health has been injured by coming' to
this country ; .many have told me they have been
materially benefitted. Most who have come from
America here have the acclimating fever,', and
some are very sick, but more recover; from the
ever, I : have no doubt than those who have
bilious fever in America, and after they recover
they; are'risually ia good health: The" general
impression on! the cost is that the climate is fa
vorable for colored popl'--";"
As most who go from America to Africa ex
peci to live by tilling the soil; the following en
quiry cannot be unimportant : ?
2. Is the ;toil' of ' Afriaif productive, and
can lU iniuilriBus: favievwuragemcxt th la-
As this world is as ell tMipt eTi
of mafe as a God of infinite wisdom and good
riess' could' make it, it would be strange rf any
quarter of tne j;io pe couia noir support- lapormg
men; r But i Western Africay ; a prodactire
' --. .-" t:i.'- -it 5 r. t i' ' -
country ? ' 1 answer unhesitatmgly,' it..xsi ; This
experience and observation . have jhowa; .this
.: ' CLT Ll t. !.'
tne emigrants irosi Amenca ueciare ; eucq meir
owni history proves.-si speak not . of the indo
lent, but f the industrious. A few facts will
3
show the encouragements to an industrious far
mer.' Ten . acres of land are allowed to every
emigrant who is the head of a family ia the Re
public. One hand can tend two acres in coffee.
which will yield in, 6 yearsfroin'the time the
seed is planted, at a moderate calculation f 200
a year. In nee two acres will yield between 80
and 120 bushels. One hand can cultivate two '
-' - "- . . . - - r -. . - ' f
acres. I wo acres ra' potatoes cassada, &c,
would yield rri"ore thaa a family ;wbuld con-rume.
It will cost, usually, $3,00 lo clear an acre of
land if natives be hired by the day, and $1,50 if
tney are hired, by the month.' In the seasoa for
planting, 6 hands 'would plant 10 acres ia 2
weeks, j Three hands are enougVtq till the crop.
Hire and board for aa able bodierKmaa will be
about $90 a year. Many famines fare doing
weiL upon 5 acres of laad. iThe products of the
soil are a full . reward for labor ; neorasary ex
spenscs of living are small. There i no winter
to provide for, and no season in which farming
cannot be carried on. ; I have never seen in any
country such opportunities for living at ease or
accumulating wealth by industry and econ
omy. : - , J.' , ..V. .. - 3 ?.
3 Does Afrtca open to free colored ptopU
better prospects for elevation in life, for education
and for religions principle than arc' enjoyed in
Americal -L ;
To the above . inquiries I unhesitatingly an
swer it does. But while I' say this'-aacerelyj 1
shnnlil do lniustiee IrT'rn-r' Annan enra rA tn mtr
native land, were 1 to abuse white people for the
distinction, that exists' Jratw'een therir arid the
colored races : nor would it be,' true,1 were I to
intimate that colored people Lad no opportuai-
, j -
ues m Amenca ior elevation, lor eaacauoa
and. for religious s . privileges. I have ne doubt
that the .worst condition of servants ia? America
is better than, the best condition of natives ia
Africa, especially where religious privileges are
enjoyed in America. ? Mea who have gone
t i it.!.: Ai", a v-i..x-3
instructed - ia many useful thirigsy and thous
ands have been ; converted to I God lbut it
would be idle to pretend that -free colored
ple, c6mirig from America to Africa would not5
-u-waa-wsa w uwiii vuvuui9wuwv;a aaa cuiuua v f va T nmj
that can be named. j AThere are many in Ameri
ca who are satisfied, with; their: .lot aad i may
be very i proper .they . shpnlti; be :; but. eyen they
cannot deny that they might improve their con
ditin by epm irig te A frica i The iuccess of the
Republic is a sufficient proof of the correctness
of jny opinion, and furnishes a good reason
why) those, who havecome here should be conten
ted, and w'thW'Oari' 'freoj And can come
here should do so. " r': h' '''' "'0--
4. Is there more want or dissatisfaction in Li
beria than is found' in 'oiJur.. foweolonfik it?
If there is not less. of both thelfault, must be
in the people and not .in the. place.; ..Why look
atdt.i The : Coloaizatioa; Society that'iends
out emigrants, pays their passage all the way to
Africa ; lands them "provides a goodresidence
and provisions for 6 months, and theri giveslthem
a farm for. their support. f In 6 monthsJ,most
men can clear land enough for a crop arid huild
a cheap, temporary , house. for - their. families;-
Are. emigrants to any other newcountry. thus
provided for? 1 None, must -be the answer. ;
About 15 of hired labor would ; prepare'J 0
acres for a crop, and a few dollars laid out" in
provisions in America would 'sustain a- fanifly a
There are , always uunsuppliede; wajati ia all
countries ; but less, I must belieye,-in Africa
than in any other new country. L do' not hesi
tate to say that I believe there are now ia pros
pect more means of human comfort ' and more
advantages for accumulating wealth on the Wes
tern coast of Africa, than there are in " America
for colored people.
There are five classes .of persons in the. world
who caa riever be happy any where : and if there
are any of either of those classes among the free
people of eolor An the Uaited . ISteteSj I. advise
them not to come to" Africa' J -These afe- - fir
esr r - trr rt r
2. The spendthrift, who spends all that be
longs to him ahd more too. ;
e; 3. The fault finding,
who are never satisfied
even with God's world&iiH
?;4 The.TKlSslilVhb''' iiTe'fo'-reVselfasl and'
woo can never , ne nappy umcs au tneir wnuna
and wishes are gratified--
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5. Those who expe'et perfect bliss ia this world,
and who look to Africa for T the gratificationof
every 'desirei-cJ-::iii;i 1 -;ii-
Agaia I say, let no such persons come to A-
rica ; some T tsucu utb uuuie. i neara or wieur
complaints'" before; I came here'; f 'have seen1
some of theia herel hela aire' the; indrndrials,
who have brought up ' aa evil report agaiast this
; --But I ought to i say fcn? the credit; of most of.
the people who hare come from.' America to these -
-. . ... "... . m
shores,- that -by far the greatest: number arel
ihrwingyhappyand rtonfentediMffS'Llbik
Colony or rathe' the republio w prospering al-
most beyond a' paralleL ' -r ','. ' !. t n;- t
If I had a!voice that would reach all the free:
people ofcotor in theJJnited States; whoseiis.,'
cumstances are such as to render at proper they r
should leave iAmenca, ! would say to ,thes3rihS3)
Is the home which 3 tho God of providence t-thi
xty yt
crowned with the blessing of " God.
Could jo a
prOVldeu ior . jditmu jruir one it, vj jLu&oitcj
and your' posterity to 'come here.- i i:;:! '5?-1-.
You, my dear brotlic'r, live to sci vycur'cs.li'
rin? labors for Africa for more than ti: