The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-01-06
.,,.a,ssn ia Jamaica.

TIC fran the pen Of clergyman
ID I''l "..h,w5 who resided for some year
No - -. Genes he describes. His oPPor'"
sn''s W annie; and the high character O.
a., s,.' writer gives to his statements ana 0P'H'O
q, aighsst authority
No results of the emancipation i have
no,r emphatic, OF more an'picio''S,
br1n NJ ,.lomstion IN the morals and
tn'ii V, :, ,be shite population, and The
h'O,s MI :, Of higher tone of public
'''a DsD, smOns them. Marriage Is now
s'nIln,np s "A has been encouraged by the
honols Ta Of many of the leading gentlemen
emp ltf ,.lspd, and by the insertion oi a 'de
Q. 'D H 'I, IN the marriage act oil The
i, n virtue Of which, parties living IN
.',ol', who should be married under
lONyu -';;.;9n,. are regarded in Law, as hav-
., hen msnied frOm the commencement
'Hs - roonection, and all their issue are
s.,Isrsd legitimate ,..-,
AFn
- .-' a., gsry greatly improved. There
l'''1D $50 lsss of drunkenness, less hard
s.L ms Is, tipping than there used to be
1 T--l.s mae Of all, bat emphauca!ly 80 OF
~ Isrgs.t class OF the white population
=, :. ogs,.eels. 4 gentleman extensively
NAMED with them, and familiar with
~ cooyiyial usages for many years re-
lied 70 a. that the great reformation IN
.--., 3-.nL;n0 habits, was one OF the most
rr.r,i,;ng influences Of the new state oil
;tD,. Under slavery, such a reform was
,moa.sble. The overseers could not resist
rpf Influences by which their office was sur
minded. invariably, and almost OF neces-
~ bry became hard drinkers, and multi
ma, Of them have been cut down IN the
naming Of life, by the rum Of dlsIlllenes,
shls. Iheir parents in England have lgno-
,,o,lv attributed their decease TO the ham,
-. sad delicious iuits Of the tropics. The
,..DooSibjlites and duties OF Overseers occu-
M mach more of their time and attention
han formerly They have not now the
l.,ure for social, and hence not the temPta-
hon 10 private drinking they then had, and
he lnlempelance that then excited only a
smile would not now be tolerated. The
prsc..oe Of some OF the leading gentry OF
The ISLAND sppToKimstes to primitive tenn
psl4nce, escheWing the stronger liquors,
hey clesye only 10 the wine cup. These
Jken. Of improvement are quite discon-
hsctsi from any direct temperance move
ment. Such efforts are viewed with great
contempt in its application to themselves
and are regarded as only fitting for the de-
bssed pessanty.
The Sabbath IS generally respected, so
isl as to induce abstinence from the occu-
pstiOns Of life; the stores are closed, and all
business ceases. There is also greatly in.
creased attendance Of whites al the churches
ai "the establishment" generally. Few
whites are connected with the dissenting
chspels they are not regarded as genteeli
Other vices, kindred to RIGHTEOUSNESS and
nlemperance, that were rife during slavery,
sle becoming discreditable, and ale reced-
Jag from the public eye.
In reference to color, the population is
divided into three classes; the whites, the
bTOgn, and The black. Under the old
regime, the white and brown classes were
Tree the blacks slaves. The whites were
The privileged class. Bad as morals were
among them, the ties Of nature were not
utterly disregsrded. The blood OF the
master not seldom flowed 10 the veins Of the
slave. BY q silent acquiescence, the law
oil slavery was revised, so far that the col.
oEsd ehlldren Of the planters followed the
condition OF their father, and were Free
The sons became clerks and small shop
keepers; the daughters concGbinss of their
laIheT IS lnends. They could rise no higher
10 process Of time, brown men accumulated
property, Others became the heirs of their
aneclonsle or rePenIant parents, who not
lhlitquenty sent a favOrite son TO the
English Universities for an education; at
isnslh' growing too powerful to be kept
uhoef, they demanded, and after a fearful
Struggle, which needed but the first blow,
. Os'he the ISLAND in blood, they obtained
~ themselves equal rights, eight years be-
Lore the emancipation conferred upon the
blacks.
lie progress Of this class has been very
fsPid. Immediately after their enfranchise-
I''n'' Two oil their number were returned to
' :, local legislature, and others have been
'lOea al each successive election, until
- 'Oou' one-lhIrd OF the whole representation
oy oolored members.
,oI lhe prejudice that began to yield in
tooO' oy the concession OF political rights,
a as 'eceded, even more rapidly than those
rnoef Its ban have advanced. No doubt +,
nngeIs IN the breasts Of many planters,
"Oulleo' not eradicated, but il would be
''sa'ded as low and vulgar, and most i'm.
s so.l'e' 70 give expression to it, or to be in.
]uenceo oy It IN any Of the courtesies and
'1'PiOcihes Of social life. The remem.
, G,ance OIL the past has its painful associa-
' ]SlS 'Oi Ihe brown man, as well as for the
%n'F' though they lie in a different direc.
J; aO'[ and 1t is not easy to determine which
: rI. n'O'e unwilling to yield. These two
asses mngle indiscriminately in social
sa, PoliuGal parties; in public and in pri.
"a sa'e' al all places, in ali Offices and pro
n s'S.ons aud receive from the government
reTs the same Considerations.
d.t ,n' black population have enjoyed civil
AM. rs only since the emancipation, and
s'S el some oil them were free before, the,
c"I,; ~l.hOOl men Of large possessions, or O
,.u minds; hence their color is 40
T. presented in the learned professions, no
s.., as colonial Legislature. The genera
sehHs towards them a The, IF