The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-05-13

I'm gland found that the machinery OF En8isnd could
undersel the psupcr labor Of India cheoP as that Ia
Dor was, aud India inundated with tho products
OF the power looms Of England The result was,
that hundreds Of thousands Of people IN lnds perish
ed OF want. Whole towns, employed m manuiac-
lures, depopulated, because British cotton
goods had superseded India eoitons in the markets OF
the world.
An effort was then made 10 increase the coDsump-
ton Of the agricultural products Of the East Indies
There were 100000 whites and 800, 900 blacks in the
West Indies aud 1850, 100000 in the East Indies
The consumption of British manufactures in the East
Indies could not be increased, because the West In
dia propretors had monopoly Of the supply OF the
British market with tropical produce, and The East
Indies could not consume British manufactures, be-
cause they could not pay for them in sugar, coffee
cotton and rice. To Increase the trade Of the East
Indies, il became necessary to abolish the monopoly
granted 70 the West Indies, and 10 do this, il was
cessary to indemnify the West India proprietor and
This done in the shape Of 500 o0o, 900, nominal
ly indemnity for the abolition of slavery, but in
reality indemnity for abolisbng the West India
monopoly To prove this we need go no further than
the fact that the prevailing opinion of the day that
free labor was cheaper thaa slave labor-that the
| West India propretors would realise greater profit
on free labor than slave labor II this was true,
the $l00, O00,C0 bonus, and not an indemnify
it was gift, not compensation for liberating the
slavcshat the real purpose TO abolish the West
India monopoly means OF enabling the East Indies
TO purchase British manufactures is proven by the
fact that the British Parliament, during the same
session abolished the West India monopoly, and so
modified the monopoly of the East India Company,
10 open the trade of India u other British mer-
chants The next step in the progress Of this great
experiment was the discovery that free labor, even
the free labor Of the East Indies, Id not compete,
in tle cultivation Of sugar and cotton, with the slave
labor of Cuba, Brazil, and the United States and
hence the effort of England to abolish the slave
trade has been redoubled Hence her earnest de
sire TO abolish slavery "uhererer il crisis A" Hence
her desire to make the abolition of slavery in Texas
one of the conditions Of the recognition of the indie
pendcnce Of Texas by Mexico. have fortified this
position by extracts from the speeches of Sir Robert
Peel showing that he urged the discriminating duty
on slave-grown sugar means of enab ing him to
negotiate treaty for the abolition Of slavery in
Brazil and that he believes that the abolition of sa-
very in Gu and the United States, will inevitably
follow. This was in l842. In The debate in 1913
on the same duty, which is an annual tax, he said
! (Sce London Times, June 23d, l843)
But the it was said we purchased the right by
the ant of eco 100 coo (SOO 0CO G0G) ofcompensa-
ton money, of dealing as we like with The West In
dian proprieiors. Now,.if take an individual pro-
pretcr, and say, purchased your slaves, and have
right to deal with you as may appear expedent;
II take the case OF single proprietor, perhaps, in
strict justice ] might have right TO say So But
still very much doubt, whether, on the whole a
compensation in full has been gwen him for so great
change as has taken place have made anxious
inquiries into this question, and in order 10 test the
truth, instead of vague statement 4 asked for an
account of the estate If an individual On an ave-
rage Of years previous to the commencement of the
apprenticeship system, that estate yielding about
100000 year. During the apprenticeship system
,he average was about Sc, 400 year. But wished
TO ascertain what were the returns Of paymepts
made and OF profits received, and this is the amount
the accuracy OF which have every reason I. con-
Gde in From the 18th Of January 10 the 3l.t Of De-
cember, ls4o the payments for the wages of labor,
the island taxes, the repairs OF machinery, and other
things, amounted to fl0 6Sl; the receipts for The
same period were 17 OBS. That was in 1870 For
the period, in l64l the payments were 81 500;
The receipts a7042. In the last year, when, as il
was said sufficient ntervaI-or as the right homo
rabe gentleman called IT, bre thing tme-had been
given; when the experiment had been tried what
were the results From the lst OF January TO the
3lst OF December last, the payments were 60, 1856;
the receipts S7,230. So that for the last three
years an estate from which the average returns were
, 10000 year, averaged net loss on the three
crops of 130el"
lie then continued to argue that the 90 900 900
given to the West India proprietors was not an in
demnity, becaue they could not cultivate their es-
tates in competition with slave labor.
Mr.. Bernal, in the debate, said:
"He was not ashamed TO himself West
India propretor-one of the arisocracy of the ,upar
hogshead though begg'rly aris,ocracy unfortunate
ly. lie did not heat to declare himsefon of that
bJdy which was on the verge Of rum; for with oil
the personol exerticn, knowledge experience and in
dusty which could be devoted tins subject at the
rate the jamaica proprieois were going on they werr
actually day by day, approaching the brink ola gulf
non VIII ch lie saw no chance Of escape IL his
honorable friends asked him what was the reason ts
would tell them. by The abolition Of slavery be e nure
Of labor had been changed aud sers had been G nver-
ed IN hecm'n. And thus the West
India prolrlclors were deprived of hands 10 msk p
that arilcle which was now admitted To be a nccessa
~ OF hfe-wbat would be the consequence TIE
tme mus, come when all the small Properties would
be thrown out Of cultivation. As IT was q vast
number of the large proprieors culivsng heir
estates TO The Expenditure of the last shilling tfo
spr OF PRIDE at sensible POSITIVE and incrrs sing
ioss 10 what purpose, then, would the land be de-
vcted hereafter 4 o take growth OF under God or
other articles OF no value. Were they To have ,rt
VI migratory cuiuNs'"Fs gong IRON lace To place
Working Tor few hours, anu then wing dow n under
the shade of the Mango careless OF the bad con-
sequences Of 'h,if dlencssl lie spoke from main
fuI experience. In the last tour tive years he had
cultivated his property without one shilling profit
and bis loose. IN other ways had omounled 10 81 900
or t5 600. He knew that W,st H.,
dia lropr etor was regarded an interested person
and therefore " bat be had SAID scarcely believed
: Hear from DR.. Boprngl His Hon friend be-
hind hun gave him an tonicsl cheer but was h. pre-
nal Ia IA k, anfI hi. 4
present condition of the West Indies with feelings
OF pleasure -s1e'ng that though the power of the
benebe'ni Deity, and the hand Of indusifiou. man
had dressed that region into garden of feaiiy, 4,