Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-09-10
WEST INDIES.

Late from Jamaica. BY an arrival a. bait'
more, we are IN possession Of flies OF the Jamaica
Courant to the 18th Of August inclusive. On
the receipt of the bill in the British Parliament
relative to the emancipation Of the negroes the
"We wish we could say that they were salts
factory to the Colonists. We shall not, howe
yer. saw word until our " bill" has received the
sancti on Of the Imperial Paiament. We are
weak, aud the British nation know 1t, or they
" osId not dare to rob US OF what they compelled
to declare to be - property" We are sub.
iects of " lillian IV.-we are loyal; and altho,
we hate spoilati0n, our resources deprive Us OF
the means of successful resistance! All we want
10 fair and impartial justice; and that to be award
ed to the extent which has been promised; but II we
are once deceived, we must trust to ourselves Inc
smallest need Of compensation we are ready,
under the present state of the Mother Country,
to receive as composition; and we trust, Tor the
honor of the British Raue, that We shall mel.
Their be disappointed nor betrayed. We await
the issue"
Lord MuIgrave. on the 10th ultimo, prorosued
the General Assembly Of Jamaica, to the Sd OF
September. The object OF the Propagation doubt.
less was, to Ex the meeting alta sufficient Per'od
lament relative to the slaves. The Editor OF
the Courant intimates in no doubtful strain, that
the act Of the Ministry will bring ruin upon the
West India COlonies-that they will have to be
considered as one Grand Bankrupt Estate, and
that every creditor Of the inhabitants Of the Bril-
tish isles must be content with twenty per cent OF
his debt!
Modification in Dominica A letter from
hos If ~ n
that the inhabitants are abou, to appeal To. arms
to resist the bill Of the Ministry. 1t is dated on
the 18th Of July, and aliudes to Memorial to
Parliament, in which the following declaration
occurs:
"Your Memorialists. as the legisating power
Of the free and independent Constitution o! Do.
minica, respectfully but firmly declare that they
canno, consent to give it; they respectfully but
firmly declare, that without such concurrence
there exists no power that can legally enforce Its
execution in this colony. Your Memorialists
are not insensbe Of the dangers to which these
declarations may expose them; they require not
10 be reminded OF the omntpotent power OF the
British Parliament; they can see, in no distant
perspective. the protection OF His MsJesty's
troops Withdrawn, and the excited terings OF
mass of new burn freemen, freed by power
which Is not that Of the law, mrnacins their lives
and DESTROYING their properties. It's under tue
direct contemplation "f these horrors that your
Memorialists repeat their solemn declaration, ne
yer to give their sanction Ia an act of spollauen
and ,njustIce; their own ruin and the ruin OF their
constituents must rest. with awful responsibility,
on His Majesty's Ministers alone.'
The writer adds:-
" As we caunot get any arms from the Kings
Arsenal here, we have Ordsred out nuskets aud
Announcements to the amount OF R4OO sterling,
with all possible despatch. | trust u it comes
to the push, that the Dnminicans will not
finch from the declarations expressed 10 the Pc
titi0n."
The same spirit Is evdeutly at work in Jamai.
ca The Courant remarks-The power OF the
British Government NAV overwhelm US; but to
yield obedience to the decrees Of the Imperial
Parliament, is quite out of the question.
We are as independent Of the Legislature OF the
Mother Country, as they are Of US: but 1t II de.
termnls that we are to be sacrificed, let Us. at
all events, be guiItless of aiding IN the accom-
plishment OF our own ruin.
These proceedings and remarks evince very
different feeling from that Of acquiescence VII h
was understood TO be consequent upon the bill
of Mr.. Stanley.
A. H. Beaumont, Esq Captain West. Of the
Royal Engineers, and Lieutenant ST. John, had
been indicted for murder, in killing OfJ.J Stamp,
ESQUIRE, in a duel.-N. Y. Com.