Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-12-18
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Mn. EniroR-permit me 10 call your readers
attention TO the Importance OF raising the French
Sugar Beet, and to assign my reason for entertain
ing the opinion, that it will ultimately become one
of the It pie articles Of our country. You are a.
ware that the climate Of the West India Islands,
and those sections Of country where the Sugar
Cane is raised, Is too warm aud unhealthy for the
white man TO labor; must, consequently look
to the black man for regular supply Of sugar. un-
Ill we are enabled to obtain il from other sources.
The negroes of the West India Islands, and in the
Southern States, are indolent and unwilling TO
work unless they are under the continual supervi-
sion and constraint OF master. They look with
anxiety and iestlessn-ss to the period when they
ave o call themselver their own masters, and have
no doubt that certain ndividulls, who now pre-
te to be the only friend Of the black man, will see
the time, when thee will not I've a single slave in
name, either in Europe or America. have every
reason to believe that the motives of the abolition
lists pure, and every philln,hropst should GER
tainly assist them in the Sors 10 ameIiorate the
condition of the slaves; but doubt very much,
whether they will succeed in their object, simply
by having them declared aud recognized by the
laws az freemcn. Il requires certain degree ofin
tcllireucc t., enjoy liberty and to become fit to
pcriniend the affairs aud du les of family, which
the West India saves do not possess; and, unless
/ they are placed beyond the influence Of the whites,
and use e1,aorlin,y ,Sctions to advance in useful
knowledge they will sink still deeper in wretched.
/ IA ho Rritt "a
/ trying her apprentice Sys,Di, and am crcdibly in
fpimcI from various Sonrccs that it has so far not
succeeded. The * orta,ion Of sugar has dmln-
shei one half, and. it is the opinion of those who
under.anI the char ,clrr and disposition Of the ne.
grocs when they brcone entIely free, tha, the eI-
/ porta'ion will I've reduced one third more. The pre-
sent condition Of Hayd proves this assertion, and
/ the wrech,dnes. Of the Africans in their native
country may be further aiduced in convincing eve.
ry reasonable that ,chere religious, moral and
scientific education is wanting, there man will 10. 8
all energy AID ambition. b come dcba-el in mind.
AID incapable of njos ing civil liberty.
The West India Hands may, therefore be con.
siderrd runed, and all our supplies Of sugar from
that i rrcton are almost at an end. Sugar is no
longer considered luxury, but it constitutes one
of our necessities of life for both the rich and the
pool have it daily their tables. II is, therefore
ndi pcnsahly necessary to obtain it from source
Or another ard # We fail TO obtain i, from the Wes
Indies, NC mu,t 'e,i,e ways and means TO raise il
among ours,lsss Our climate in the Northern
State. is too c1d and our summers too short tc
cultivate the sugu cane with success, and in my
opinion, there is no other way Of producing thi
valuable and indispensable article, than from ,h'
French Sugar Bet. hope some Of your reader
" i'll make the attempt, and if they do not ye, posse.
TIE knowledge to extract sugar from the beet, 4
may he very prof,aby used to feed stock.
{ Cattawissi, Dee. - 1871. w. J. f.