Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-11-06

negro is ca uab!e OF A higher cigiizati n, and by
Consequence, Whether those islands car houl.h
as wei! under ffeeGcm as SLAVERY Tie aooli-
lions ella i'm tina, The negro IS every way ne
equal Of The white man a, he ) snsccFioc oil
tie same degree ul culiGfe-ikc same hign posi-
ton in the social and menlai scae-aid hal Tree
labor can compete and txpel slave labor every
where il he chances OF The Two o' equal.
This important queslicn-now particularly
important 10 he SUClh-is beiog solved. we
think, however, that il has already been quite
clearly solved. ami by the emanciPaiioDlsls them.
selves In the Yves, India Islands.
Jsmaica, Antigua and Barbados are puzzled
10 The last degree on The subject; ard omi ling
the true solution OF The difficulty mrly The
incapacily OF the negro)-they are likely 70
grope about in the dark forever We have be-
fore Us the proceedings OF meetings in The islands
aaded TO- bnt as each vi them Is type o
the Others, a trief account OF one will serve
as a desclipii n Of ths Others. a recent uett
ing in jana ca he Lord Bishop PRESIDED he
said, on taking his seat:
"Our plain aud silgie object is 10 press uFon
our rulers. by all The Constitutional means vi b.
in our fra,h, by petition heaped upn petition
by procamalion loud AMI Continuous, OF what
we know to be the truih-by such advocacy as
we can procure within and without The walls Il
Pariia nent-ihe Justice and the necessity OF
compelling The States OF Spain and Brazil 10 a
iair and toll compliance with The treaties by
which they are sulemnly bound to her Britannia
Majesty; treaties which had and have, tor thei:
express object, The extinction OF the heaVlesl
curse That ever fell upon mankind-lhc suppress
sion of The human !reific in sares with all is
hidsous and numerous Incl EMS. and The graf
ual abolition OF slavery throughout every per-
iion ci the civilized wUr
This was the burden of all the speakers. The
abomnabc traffic in slaves is running Jamaica;
ard The obvious means Of redress is for England
10 enforce the observance of Tbs international
treaties on the subject. Stop The slave trade,
and the island will rebloom 10 verdure-diap.
dated estates iii re restored 10 prosperity; and
Cuba itself is moi more successful Than II VIII
be. The Rev. s Oushton said that, after giving
the subject his mo>t anxious consideration, he
was fully persu. ded that it is only in the EN-
forcemen, ci the treaties that any hope can ex
isl that the colonies will continue 10 b. sugar
exporting or even sugar manufacturing coun>
trie.; for, so long as slavery exists, IL will De in
vain for Tie British Yves, Indian Coloni' 10 *
pect that they can compete with The sugar pro-
ducers of Cuba and Brazil. WHY" said the
speaker, "does not EngIsrd insist upon the
faithful performance oil those treaties A s'asle
word from The British throne would awe The
Spaniards into obedience, and accomplish The
object; one lighting glance Of England would
cause the fetters TO fdll from the limbs CT the
slaves in Cuba, ard we should see them as free
there as we are in Jamaica"
The Rev. Dr. S II Stewart remarked that tho
Island was sutt.iipg on account Of The non,ob
seryapce Of treaties.
Estate afer rs ale sas been thrown out OF
cultivation, ani want aid m sery stare every
man in The face from the man who owns nc es
late 10 the humbies, aborer upon il, all are sui
ferns. and the only cheering redec ion IS, that
This has arisen cut Of The alb ,ioa Of slavery, an
act which God approves, and in which all re-
lioious men must rejoice. But, my lord, II Is
no, pece. saily so, lei if justice were done 10 The
British Colonies If Great BRIAN did justice &c
herself, prosperity would again GAVIN"
The speaker h.n drew a vivid picture al the
distressed cordnlon ol The country, and sahi lha
unless some change speedily took place, The "a
borers would soon reiTogfadc into stare Of par
barisn. "and thus would freedom, which Is itsei
a blessing be, by the unjust policy OF The Mother
Country, rendered curse"
There was also another remecy proposed-the
same old one Of some Of the political economists
when :h.y are in deep waer-namely protection
This, they said, was an exccsni thing. "Pf",
,rct rs against the products Of slave labor ard
we can compare with The world. THE Wes
India colonies" said one OF The speakers, ''do not
claim protection against The sugar Of all Other
e1untries in The wsrt. What we demand is pro-
lection agains, slave grown sugar." The chan
ees on the importance ol this vas runs alter tic
same tune by number OF other speakers.
The admission Of The absolute necessity o;
protection, and The total inability OF free negro
Ia bor, on equal grounds, 10 compete WIN slave
labor, 10 TO our mind an efectua yielding OF the
main poin, al issue, namely, that The free negro
is lazy, mprovidenl and incapable Of assumlns
a high p,siiiop. No where in the history oil lhs
world. under as favorable circumstances as The
white races have Ell yed, has he risen above the
degrade ion OF the most bir5arous times, sive
only in the condition of slavery as il exists here
within The Southern S a,es. Here his lie ha
been loneer-his physical nature better develop
cd-his ondilion happier; his race more prol'llc
and what is OF even more importance IN The ar
oumenl-- his intellectual character exal'ed aooV
lha, Of his previous conlrion.
The reverse Of all this has occurred in ,hfs
emancipa,ed islands. The negro there has bt
come more imbiuied He has sunk, nct risen
by The sel..conI!oI which pseudo philanIhropis'
have given him.
One may Stop here AMI close The argument
TOR i, may be laid down as an a1'om thal me III
,ellectuaI, physca and iecund CONDITION oil met
is me hes, TEST OF The adap alton OF their posilo'
to nature 1.-The negro will degenerate IN freedom
and improve in slavery. there can De no uilllcn'
" ic finding which stale is tie more iavoraolc u
his happiness. !.
We do not defend slavery as it prevails il
some of The West India Islands. II is Their
.l,n dam
il is destructive 10 the race, and tho humanit
of he age ought TO modify it, The best mean
of eGecling this is the suppression OF The sI'v'
trade suppression which will strengthen ia
very itself aud BE- Of incalculsble value 10 gu
couc;ty the Cuban puts unnecessary burden
on his serfs, because he can obtain supplies Iron
Africa at 20 cheap a rate That ii Is not prom a
MIA 10 nourish them CT stimulate their fccucdit
BY care and abundant food Chick thI, rate
ard il will be bis interest TO WORK his negroe
less and care for them more.
How it is 10 be suppressed, however, 10 an
other problem. The int national treaties hav
done DO IN re good han il they never OK
So well convinced are British sta esmcn Of III
,nat some of the ID are iD favor oil totally ooan
doning the espionage system, and seeking 10
sane erd by ditusing intelligence and religion
n Africa. lIunanize and Christ'an;ze irica
tbey saw. and all barbarism' will cease I'm
il ;1mp,ng to conclusion hardly wsrra"laol
in the case Of Africa but any plan IS vor
rxing in order To elect an nbjrct So commend
ali. and beneficial -Uc6le r.tuae.
Fyoahe Mem York Commercial -sdrutser.
HOW 70 SUBDUE A VICIOUS hORSE
The following tact occurred yesterday
beautiful and hieh..p'ricd horse would neVe
allow a shoe 10 be put on his iee'' OF any pr
son 10 handle hi, eet, without a iesol'
evsry soecie, Of puwsr and means 10 con 70
him A, one time he was nearly crippled by De
inc NM in The Stocks; he wa, Afterwards lhiowl
dn s and iers.cd; al another lime one OF gu
mos; experienced horse-shoers WIS nnatie u
manage him By The aid OF as many hacds Al
could approach In an auemn, To shoe Inis 70: $
v-sefday he resisted al tf Hs, kicked asc
every thup bu, an anvil, and came near KILN
himself against that, anc finally was ofougt
hack 10 his sable unshod. THIS w,s bis onl
deiecl; in I'll other respects he is gentle and per
fectly docile, especially in harness But III
defect was just on The eve OF consisuiug him
The plough where he might work barefoot, ~heI
by mere accident, an oficet 10 our service !atel
returned from Mexico, was passing, and' cein
made acquainted viii The difficulty, aPpIiea
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