Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-10-05

From The Friend Of Man.
FACTS versus EXCLAMATION.

Comparative Proportions Of White
and Colored PaEpers following |
is from the Philadelphia " Friend" Vol
ume 6, No. 81. The a9icle is headed
Can the slaves If eEancipated take care |
of themselves ?"-and treats Of the free
colored people in the West Indies before
the slaves were emancipated.
The returns laid before the House OF
Commons, in 1926, give the following in
formation it includes a period of FIVE
years, from first month LIST 1921, to twelfth
month 31st 1885, of the state of rauper-
ism in each Of these colonies.
"Bahamas-The only establishment in
the colony for the relief of the poor ap-
pears to be a h ,sp;tal or poor house. The
number passing through the hospital an
nually, was on the average fifteen free
black and colored persons and thirteen
whites. The number Of free back and
colored persons is about double that Of the
white. so that the proportion of white
to colored paupers is nearl y two to one.
" Barbadoes.-The average annual
number Of persons supported in nine par
ishes, from which returns have been sent,
is nine hundred and ninety Eight, all of
whom, with single exception, are white.
The probable amount of white persons in
the island is fourteen thousand. of free
black and colored persons four thousand
FIVE hundred
"Berbiee.-The white population a
mounts to about six hundred, the free
black and colored to about nine hundred
In 1922 it appears that there were seven
teen white and two colored paupers
"Demararo-The free black and color
ed population, it is supposed, are twice the
number of the whites. The average
number Of white paupers, ffty-one, that
of the colored, twenty-six. In occasional
relief, the white paupers receive about
three times as much as the coiored.
"Dominico.-The white population is
estimated at about nine hundred, the free
black and colored population was ascer-
tanned in 1925, 10 amount to three thousand
5 on hundred and twenty-five During,he
? FIVE years ending in November. 1925,
thirty Of the former class had received
s relief from the poor fund, and only ten Of
the latter, making the proportion Of more
, |
the same number Of persons
"Jamolca is supposed to contain twenty
S thousand whites, and double that number
0 f ee black and colored persons. The Re
s turns Of parishes which have sent returns
= exhibit the average number of white pau
= pers to be two hui d ed and ninety-6ve, o
h black and coIored persons one hundre,
e and fortyeight; the proportion of whit,
II pau2ers to that Of the other class accord
:. ing to the whole population, being as fou
a to one.
e "Neo.s.-The white population is esti
Y mated at about eight hundred. The mum
!. Der fwhite paupers relieved is stated 10 b
twenty five, that of the other class two.
st. Chrtstopher's.-TEe average mum
;; r. Der of white paupers appears 10 be on
y hundred and fifteen that of the othe
. class, fourteen although there is no dout
10 that the population of the latter ciass great
l. ly outnumbers that Of the former
& "1Ortula.-In 1925 the free black an
Is = colored population amounted TO six huE
T. dred and seven. the whites are estimate
at about three hundred. The number {
- white paupers relieved, appears to b
3 twenty -nine, Of the other class four; bein
- in proportion of fourteen to one.
~ In short, in a population of free blac
- =. and colored persons amounting from eigt
" ty thousand to ninety thousand, only tw
" hundred and twenty-nine persons hay
. received any relief whatever as paupel
~ during the years 1921 to 1915; and the.
~ chiefly the cOncubines and children OF de-
y tttnte aohites; while of about sixty-6v
|" thousand whites in the same time, six,ee
~ hundred and seventy-6ve received relief.
~ The proportion therefore Of enfranchi
- ed persons receiving any kind of aid g
paupers in the West Indies, is about On
In three hundred and seventy; where's
~ tne proportion among the whites of til
H. West Indies is about one In forty
Is q" In addition to which, we find that !
r. the island Of Trinidad there are upward
an OF hheen thousand free people Of colo
al and that there is not pauper anon
lie them A sugar planter who reside
of twenty seven years in Trinidad, and vh
ed IS the superintendent of the liberated ~
r.. groes' says, he knows of no instance IF
b. manumitted slave not maintaining him
:. self" "'i
Can any one read these statements mad
by the colonists themselves, and still thin
All II necessary to keep the negroes in SLAYER,
of lest they should be unable to maintai
nd themselves, if free! "N
Oh RECORD OF CRIME.-During the Ia
- month there have been more than rIrr
Gu lewd females brought before the Police
nd this city, mostly on the charge of thief
,Ir complaints have been made of robberies
| brothels TO the amount of more than tho,
if sand dollars; theits have been commute
be to sustain the extravagances Of licer