The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-02-19

Revenue for 10 year.
under NE high tariffs Q,

LOSS OF TGVGUu6 uuuGE tuC lO" I [
ta:id, per annum S8,296,835
From The Richmond Republican,
Result Of Emancipation in the Island
Of Jamaica
Gentlemen: During a recent visit to the city
Of Baltimore, | became acquainted with the
Rev. William Downey, a Baptist Minister, OF
the Island of Jamaica. Mr.. d., as ! learn,
brought to respectable merchants in Baltimore
letters of introduction very satisfactorily
vouching his high moral character. He recent
w made two extensive ours in the Island, the
last closing ON the 10Th of November, l847,
for the purpose Of acquiring accurate general
information Of the effects Of emancipation.
Having long resided in Jamaica, he was well
qualified to form a correct judgmenton the sub
iect. The picture which he draws OF the con-
dition ofthe colony is most melancholy, Lands
have everywhere fallen to nne-tourth or one
e5dht OF their ftrmer vaIue-the exports OF the
island have been diminished to two-thlrds-
many IF the finest estates are not cultivated at
alt-apd not more than one-tourth OF hose
that are, defray their contingent expenses
Tbe negroes are indolent aud thrittiess- de-
mard exorbitaat prces Tor their lator-fetuse
tt perform job o. task work, and when employ
ed By he Day, will not labor more than tour or
five hours per day, nor more than four days IN
a week MaoY ot the planters, to retain them
on their estates, and 10 stimulate them to ex-
ertioa, sold their small grounds f"r dwellings
and gardens. aud when they are unemployed
they fely on The protection Of these grounds,
aud fishing and proving for a support II n
pIanter or his manager offers them the sIlghtest
offence, they abandon their work at the mo-
ment when the crop must be saved or perish
for the purpose of showing their power to pun
ish the real or supposed insult. Owing to the
admission Of slave grown sugar into Britain
the article has fallen from EGO to Ell pei
hogshead-a price which must almost entirely
suspend its cultivation.
These are some of the disastrous effects q
!, the abolition of slavery in an economical poin
> in view; nor are the less effects baleful in
i. moral than economical light. The churches
numerously attended and literally supported
: bv the negroes 10 a state Of slavery, are nov
! greatly neglected. he difficulty Of maintain
: inc a salutAry discipline is much enhanced
AID indeed u some cases rendered impractical
8 81 the schools are generally declining, tn
negr es considering it quite a favor con'erre'
on inc teachers to send their children to tn,
II schooOs-c,t ones OF all SORTS, and some OF name
.ltass atrocit,, ara every where increoslna-l
Il hne. anless the british Parliament can devils
= soa,e means to counteract the influence Q
i characterization the Island must sink into q stat
il Of barbarisaa
NM Downet states that the abolitlonlsts, b
At whose interchangeable efforts emancipation wa
ID in no small degree, effected, have not PublicI
d admitted that error; but he has frequently
At private circles heard them acknowledge the
- na;uml disappointment at the results Of fre'
dom. The very men who hazarded every thin
+ in pleading the cause of the slaves, are no
Is suspected, and treated with neglect and coli
Gh1RNNNNN s,
II ness by those who are indebted to them for II
n freedom which they abuse.
rs Rev. Mr.. D, earnestly implored that ii
m people Of the States should not hastily az
is rashly emancipate their slaves. lie conside
Of ii the great error Of the British Parliament th'
ne thew conferred the boon Of freedom on a Peep
unprepared for its enioyment-'he effect
which unwiso legislation will be, to change Il
ps once beautiful and fertile Island Of Jamalc
he into a comparative waste, occupied BY a sem
he barbarous, lawless and wretchod horde Of ire
III men.
is fhave long been convinced-and convince
against my early prcpossessions-that IN u
actual condition Of society in the sonthe
m States, sound policy, humanity, and even g
az liahtened piety, demand thattho negroes sh0o
~ 10 retained in a state Of slavery. Whatev
he nav be The evils Of the system, ! am satisti'
a. hi he evils Of its precipitate abolition won
rs h incomparably more disastrous, both to =
.ee white and colored races. The experlmo
a. which The British Government Is making ~
nd West Indies, will furnish important llgn'S !
M Guidance Of future statesmen on this me
~ delicate and difficult subject