Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-06-06
Miscellaneous.
From tho u ash.ngton Globe.

H0RhlNG UF The ELMANCIPArIoN ACT
IN JAMAlLA.-lne GUveruuIen Ut GreaI
brlluin mas pfOlpUsed 10 Parliament the
and Ut Jamalca, aud " subject the peU.
pIe IU The rule vi the Governor and Coun-
cll, aud Three commissioners appointed by
tile Grown, supercedlng, for live years,
all .ne tuucilUus OF the L IoIUuIalAS,emuly y
elected by the people. he stale UtllIIDgs
winch as gwen rise To this propusl,Ion
originates III The pulley which revolution
Ecu The domestic relalluns ot this colony.
lhe cruelty imputed 10 he local author.
lilies III tile punishment of The black pOpu-
lauou, sInce the negroes have been sci free
irou' The control vi their masters, produc-
ed several appeals from the EuslIsu !Ad-
niulslrat'un 10 The Coouial Legislature
to cldnse the system. The latter,
nevertheless, maintained II; and then all
acl Vi Parliamenl, suns ertlng The internal
regulations Ut The local Legislature with
III It's adnItted sphere OF acIun, having
been obtaIneu by The Ministry, the colo
mai representative body resolved on re.
slslance, by refusing IL perform any other
legislative junction uulIl the acl violating
their legislative nights should be repealed.
Ihls course vi the island Assembly strip
pe' The Governor OF the necessary p,-
lice, Ol The appropriations, and OF other
essentials III maintaining the Government
ol The Island. The proJecl ol the MIuislry
proposes TO strip the COLONY Of all its con-
sliltsIomai rights, and subject il 10 arbItra-
ry authority Tor five years, as the correc-
tive ol It's coulumacy.
ii the matter Is closely scanned, it will
be seen that Great Britain, has found il
Impossible to liberate the blacks without
eusiaylus the whites. 1t is found that the
severity necessarily exerled BY The public
authorities 10 keep the slaves in suburllu-
alton, since ,he immediate supervision OF
masters IS Withdrawn, is greater than be-
iore, and that punishmenls since the seve-
rance Of the community of interest and
sympathy growing oat Of the old relations
existing between the whites and blacks,
are much more fatal. From the statements
which we give below from an English pa
per, it will be seen that the whsle scheme
of British policy, in regard to T., lacks
III Jamaica, must resolve ITSELF. 80 .'r...
gle between the races for t1hs'er4 I'D
will end in The exterminaiiru Il do 81 llrrcg.
The period is looked TO m.ru ~, RICH;
of suffrage conceded to the free .:rrt.a y, Il.
put The whip Of legislation in the haa:is -:
that numerically preponderaling race; anu
then, if moi before, Jamaica, in its domes-
ne Government, will be as much black
Government as ST Domingo. II will
he observed that the British journal from
which We quote, looks to the ultimate as
cendancy OF the negroes in the Assembly
of the island, and very naturally antici
pates thai the only question will be "black
or While" or which race shall govern
The result of such all issue can hardly be
doubtful, when it is stated, on the author
ity oflhe Ministry, that
''l'here were in Jamaica about 5000
whites, $4,000 persons Of color aud blacks.
who had heen some time free, and 350, 900
negroes lately enancipaled. The con-
stiluenr body had been represented by Sir
Lionel Smith as between 1870 and 1000:
but the number was perhaps. about 1000,
and neither the colored population nor the
blacks had at present any vote in The e.
lectiop of the As members of the House of
Assembly. Fifteen months must elapse
before The 350.0W blacks and persons of
color would have any influence on the
representation"
When The $4,000 blacks become con-
stiluents of the Assembly, it is not diff
cult to foresee that the colony will no
longer be white, but a negro COLONY
That it may he more quiel dependency
and aore valuable possession to the
Grown, is quite possible. The negroes
may submit more stupidity TO the arbiira-
ry authority Of the mother country than an
intelligent assembly Of white men, who
know something Of political rights; and
this may serve to explain that philanthro-
ply which has been at work, under
the color Of emancipating one race, to
enslave both.