Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-01-15
Selected from Foreign Papers.


From the London Times.
The history of our West India colonies exempfps the
ngraude Of parent and The worst sufferngs Of
dependent State. Never past services shame
fully forgotten ancient promises shamelessly viola
ted tile services Of the West India isads and
the obi ration, of the Eag>h Legislature. For upwards
Of hundred Jamaica and B45alues were the mines
IF adventurous speculation and the eterpotS Of expand
ing trade. HE produce Of their cultivation found mar
ket wherever BRUSH commerce mad wooed OF BRUSH
courag- had forced opening The stream Of their or
uence flowed back into the towns and ports Of England
Two great cities, Liverpool and Bristol, owe their imp0r
lance and their wealth to the merchants and captains
who traded and conquered among the Islands Of tie AT
lantlc. NOT was their utility confined 10 tile pursuits
and the period Of peace. In they buwarks Of
sat-ty,lhe advanced posts Of our maritime defence,
the ED against which The artillery ofFrance and Spain
hurled with and innocuous violence Expos to
tile combined l-es Of either Bourbon. they diverted
the shock OF war from the English class and by their
pos ton, their valOur their resources, maintained the
safety and honor of the country which they had made
rich in the time Of peace. For the toTude which they
Displayed and the losses which they sustained, they
had a right 10 expect grateful return and they did
expect II. Their claims to the gratitude of England
enhanced by the inlclion of vicarouS benevo-
ence and they s. half their properly in submission to
the dlsntaresed citation Of phiiauthruphIets who had
nothing Lose. " lien they had thus rendered unressng
Obedience to The humanity Of the empire they continued
to conhda in is justice This their nalnSiay
and support in the hour of trouble aud misfortune
This. too has been wrenched from them. The first
blow they wrre prepared u receive but the second fell
upon then with the weight Of unexpected calamity.
They were all at sacrificed to the violence Of
class and the timjity OF another The theories of
some who knew, and cared to know thing Of their
rcnt merits and to the ea heru fears Of others who
were awei by muuies and terrified BY Glamour.
The same story huris good alike with regard TO
older and our more recent possessions in The western
Il,rr
We're acquire during the prevalence Of system with
which they identified their prosperity, ana which has
been utterly abrogaled. Like their clnplnons il
misfortune they entitled to expect that great
injury would be compensated by long indulgence, and
that they would be permitted recruit their strength
ana repair their loss betre they became The vicals Of
economical experiment. Like them, too, they have
been cheated OF their hope and their prosperity They
are left to struggle with the calmes which England
has heaped upon hem and, in the absence ofeXIInsic
aid thrown upon their own counsels and their own
resources Deserted at the time BY the patronage
Of the Legislature and the npathies Of The people, they
have locked about TO see in what way they could help
themselves. Their most natural-in fact, the first and
most obvious device 10 repair the loss Of pristine
gains b. economy and, q neuIalIz7 BY colonial
retrenchment the evils Of metropolitan lnen renee, This
is what British Guiana has done and in doing this she
has been thrown into collision with the Colonial office iii
f.ondon
- far at the complaints Of the colonies and the an
tecedel conduct of The Colonial office g. the case is
simply this All the merchants ami painters in British
Cuiaua have been placed in position than they
were in before by the legislation Of the British Para
ment within the last two Years. They have list the
English market Fhry are exposed 70 the merciless
competitions Of Slave labour. The prices they obtain
ULremuueraligr if they hlreaoour their burdens
wheiang if they d. not hire it.. The great question for
their daily consideration is, whether they shall abandon
their estates, and leave The colony the chapter Of
accidents and tie untutorpd legislation Of tile Blacks.
Whichever way they look, they recognise nothing but
the hOpeleSsness Of making any eXerlion. and the
wretchedness Of making none. Whether their depres-
sion be merely temporary destined to be perpetual
whether they viii or will not hereafter be able 10 raise
their heads above the Of troubles that surrounds
them, it is impossible for to affirm with certainty.
and, if possible, would be immaeria Their
present crisis is plain its is notorious lis remedy
obvious. The combined Court Of Policy, which is in
part representative Assembly, accordingly passed
the Goth Of Jnly last for reducing the civil list
of the colony from SO 0O0 to 26000 Upon this, the
Leuteuant Governor adjourned the Court sine die with
this lnmaton-that il ,crs the bushes, Of It's Numbers
10 rote lie estimates, and not 10 discuss them The con-
sequences Of this that the finances Of the colony are
thrown into confusion, the Government into perplex ity
and the people into disgust and discomfort.