CHA P.` IX. SPECIFIC PROPOSITIONS APPLIED TO THE CASE OF A NEW COLONY. 172. Si quid novifti rectius iftis, HOR. DE ART. POET. Candidus imperti; fi non, his utere mecum. IN N the seventh chapter, I have made fuch observa, tions as appeared to me useful and expedient, for the first establishment of a new colony in Africa; and in the eighth, I have delivered my opinion refpecting fome of the permanent regulations. Still fome of my readers may perhaps expect a more specific and practical plan than what I have yet proposed; for moft men are much affisted in comprehending and deciding upon a subject, by having it reduced to something like a system. It hath been well observed, by Dr. Watts, that method and system, though lately too much neglected, are nevertheless excellent auxilliaries to the mind, in forming an adequate idea of any fubject that comprises many mutually dependent parts. And, if there be any fubject in which fyftem is peculiarly necessary, the fcience of government is certainly that fubject. To gratify (therefore the lovers of order) I infert, with a few necessary alterations, the following Propofitions, which I had the honour to lay before the subscribers to the Bulama Affociation, for their confideration, at a meeting held on the 29th of April 1794. PROPOSITION I 173. That thofe who may be difpofed to fubfcribe to fuch an undertaking, form themselves into a company FOR CHAP. CHAP. FOR CULTIVATING AND RAISING TROPICAL PRODUCTIONS on the western coast of Africa, between the 6th and the 14th degrees of north latitude*. 174. That such company felect from felect from among themselves a court of directors to manage the whole concern; to fell land; to engage colonists; to receive money or commodities; to pay money, and dispose of commodities; to appoint their own officers and agents, both in Europe and in the colony; to send out veffels, to trade wherever it may be found beneficial for the whole concern, &c. and to lay a proper and fatisfactory account of their proceedings, before a general meeting of the subscribers, every year. 175. The directors of this court ought to confift of two claffes. The firft clafs fhould have the care of the cultivation of the people, or the introduction of morals and civiliz * My reasons for selecting this part of the coaft, for the subject of my book and map are―1ft, That it is much nearer to Europe than any equally productive portion of the coast.—2dly, That owing to the trade-wind and currents, as well as the fmaller diftance, voyages to and from this part, can be performed fooner than to parts lower down, and incomparably fooner than to any island in the Weft Indies (fee § 6, note)-3dly, That the harbours are better on this part, than any known harbours on the Western coaft of Africa.-4thly, That this part of the coaft is more fertile than any part convenient for European navigation, and particularly than the tract of coast immediately to the northward of it.-5thly, That the inhabitants appear, upon the whole, to be more difpofed to peace and industry, than on any other portion of the coaft.-6thly, That very little of this portion of the coaft is occupied, or claimed, by European powers.-7thly, That this part is lefs infefted by the flave-trade, than any other portion of the coaft, where that traffic is at all carried on.-8thly, That, on account of navigable rivers and the good disposition of the the inland people, the interior countries are more eafily acceffible, from this part of the coaft than almost any other. IX. ation, together with every thing that regards moral order CHA P. and regulations. The fecond clafs fhould have the care of the cultivation of the foil of the colony, or the raising of productions, it's management, and the disposal thereof. 176. If fix directors were established for each class, the business being more fyftematically divided, would be more eafily managed. Each director fhould be placed at the head of his particular department, and become answerable to the whole court of directors, as the whole court of directors fhould be responsible to the subscribers and the colonists at every general meeting. 177. By this mode of arranging the business, it will become necessary to have a general meeting, of the whole court, only once a quarter. Each class might meet once a month, and every director, as the head of his particular department, might manage the business in fuch a manner as may best fuit his convenience. 178. It feems to be the indifpenfable duty of every director, not to reject any petitions, or propofitions, that may' be presented to him, but to lay the fame before the meeting of his class, with his own opinion thereon: and all fuch petitions or propofitions, prefented before that class to which they belong, fhould be included in a report to the next quarterly meeting of a general court' of directors, who are to decide upon the fame, and which court fhould direct that all fuch papers fhould be properly digefled and entered in the general reports, which every year thould be laid before the fubfcribers. 1 CHAP. Promotive with refpect to morals. Executive with respect to order. THE FIRST CLASS, which regards the cultivation, civilization and order of the people, and their preservation in the colony and it's dependencies. This Class may be divided into the two following divifions, and each of thefe into three departments. FIRST DIVISION. 7 See 1. For promoting regular marriages in the colony, as the { . The preparatory or family educat. of children under 10 years. } See 144, Et fiq. 3. For promoting ufeful occupations or employments in the colony. This is of effential confequence, next to the two before mentioned, in order that the colony may flourish. The objects for this depart. are, 1. Children. 2. Men. 3. Women. 2. The executive department for the performance of the healing art, as comprehending 1. The Medical. {2. The Surgical.atical } See 162. 3. The executive department for the performance of external worship, particularly in the three effential ordi Promotive with refpect to practical art. THE SECOND CLASS, which regards the cultivation of the foil and the preferva- FIRST DIVISION. 1. For promoting the production of raw materials in the co- 1. Animal, 2. Vegetable, 3. Mineral. 2. For promoting the internal trade and manufactures of the 1. Food, 2. Cloathing, 3. Building. 3. For promoting the commerce of the whole colony, viz. 1. Their interior or colonial trade, 2. The trade of exportation, 3. The trade of importation. CHA P. Executive with respect to peace. SECOND DIVISION. 1. The executive department for the defence of the colony when attacked 1. By land, 2. By fea, 3. By ferocious animals. } See § 166, & 2. The executive department of colonial finances for defray 3. The executive department for all thofe political affairs, |