Mobile register and journal., 1845-11-14

JAmAIcA.-The "Despatch" (published at King
ston) of late date, contains article on the pres
ent and prospective condition Of jamaica, which
will be read with interest," Surely this picture o
the results of British philanthropy ought 10 SINK
deep into the hearts not only OF The rampant aboI
tionlstS OF our own country, but of those hc
have been taught merely TO believe slavery an alb
stract evil Perhaps more favorable spot than jana
or more suspicious crcumsl could not have
been selected for testing the physical and Intellec
tuai fitness Of the negro Cor freedom. The test has
been fairly made. All The advantages Of y soil al
unsurpassing lertlluy-of climate eminehty con.
genial to hat race; all the overwrough zeal of the
emancipaioniss- the pecuniary means and heart,
corporation Of the government, were combined ia
meliorae the moral and physical condition of that
''dOwn uodden race" Look at the result. The
Despatch says
The population Of Jamaica in 1874, according tt
the census, vas 377 ,433. OF this number no les:
than l42 S3l were returned having occupa
ton, that is to say, number exceeding thrC
OF the whole population of Jamaica doing no
thing. The agricultural laborers were returned a:
l32. 1872. being 900 less than the number without
occupation; but from even that amount be de
nalne-who labor only Oil their own land, or, II they
give occasional labor TO sugar plantation, are driv
Ell 10 such exeiiiOn by necessity. Mr.. knibb, IL
his speech AT Exeter Hall, estimated those whose
labor had thus been Withdrawn from regular Is
tales work. with their families, at 95,000-lhat il
To say he vliipllcd 10 coo fathers ot families by
the probable number Of each family. At the perioc
oi the cessation of slavery, if we remember rightly
the slave population uiihs island was estimated A
something like 10000 souls, of these fully POO,
600 were agricultural labofers-in 1874, NJ the enC
OF 10 years, fnd The hboring agrlculIuralists o
| all denomination set down AT 1872, 1872 from whom
| are TO he deducted MIR. Knbb'a 95,U00, leaving
about 10000 to perform the entire work Of hesla
pie cultivation OF the soil throughout the island Any
onewlIo has acquaintance with the labor which is
obIa,nabie on sugar estates, will hear us out IN stat
ing that the average number of effective aborers Il
he met with Throughout the island does not eX
coed forty for each estate. We speak Of the aver
age, because some estates may have more, white
| many never see so large gang. The Journal a
yesterday estimated the number of sugar estates a
GA, that at the above estimate there are no more
| than IS 600 labcrers engaged in the cultivation o
sugar, out Ola libmIng population amounting, lei
| years ago, to 200, 900.
THIS is a condition of society well deserving the
| attention Of The British people. 1t is lransht viii
evils far beyond the mere injury to private interests
which must result from the impusshliy of cul,ivat
| ing estates and producing sugar without labor. /
holds out prospect Of public calamity the results
of emancipation which the most reckless will ieai
to contemplate. 1.-THE recession from labor which
enriches the nation well as the Individual shal
C ntnue in the ratio in which it has recee6ed sinc'
the abolition Of slavery. anoiher decade will find vi
without an estate in profitable cultivation. Wealtl
will have left the so-commerce will have deserted
our shores, the cashaw and the logwood will have
assumed possession of The field, and barbaris"
will dwell in our high places. Are the visionary pro
lessons Of the Utopian philosophy prepared for suci
II catastrophe as the final result Of all their philan
thropic theories?