The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-09-15
LOUISVILLE KY: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER Is 1910

~ our Commatee, IN conclusion, would
iain encourage the hope that by unity end
oncord-industry and economy, under The
rner iful disPsnsation Of Providence, this
'sland may live through the ordeal under
which the West India Colonies are doomed
pass; until a yhsnge Of fortune shall arise.
" Great BGtain be aroused 10 a sense oil
he manifest injustice Of her proceeding, to
wards Free LabOr-by crushing il un,ler
he encouragement Of slavery
The Herald. slluding to the report, says:
"No tangible surplus in The Treasury,
Though the new Tariff is ss productive a.
he old! This is the dark aide OF the pic
ture--what is on the reverse side! Peace
md contentment The reasonable s,bnlis
ion Of the peo e to the rite OF wages--e
better supply OF labor than has been wit
messed TO- years past"
Public meetings have been held at the
"a ishes Of ST. Andrew, St. George, Clar
-ndon, &c, 10 co,aider the effect produced
IN the Colonies by the INCONSISTENCIES oil
he treaties for the Suppression OF the Slave
Trade. At these meetings the most dlsin.
,uished gentlemen on ne islands took part
Mr. c. Hail said: "Ths produce raised BY
lave labor, Government has suffered to be
old in her markets; the honest man was
,hus compelled to compete with the thief
md therefore il is thit we are in our pre-
sent distressed position" Mr.. OSBORN
aid
The produce OF slavery is admitted free
" into England, TO tie disadvantage Of th'
ice producer, and h, slihing scale Of dulie,
which they gave u fast sliding from be
meath our feet. Thue ,sn be no douh
hat sugar maze by mea Who are COMPEL d
10 wok sixteen hours n the day, like cat
e, can be sold at heaper rate Tran BY
he planter who can,ot obtain labor 10
more than Xix or e ghthours
You. (contin ed NJ. Osborn, addre- sinE
be laboIers presenD are not employed a.
such rates OF wages osyou ought 10 be, and
tie reason is evident. L sugar and COTE,
are shi ped home. and he, continue to lay
down IN the WAREHOUSES, the propretoIs
cannot get money TO cary ON their tales.
You zee estates throw up. covered al lh
weeds and bushes, and on are not asked 10
clear it, beca, Sc they :snnot pay YOU
Many OF you think Il y,u plant cocoas YOU
could cot soIe and sal some, and by hi,
wa, you could get on EASILY. la the Tune
Of slavery man was aloweJ one Sa,u ds,
L.. nd hat lHa.. Al
hcient TO enable him TO auerd u the cuill
vsrlon OF provisions for avs t md II oue
lay is enough. whs, is Il be done with III,
9th, days. The plan,e cannot send hom'
A., ans ano planisins. foI belo'e they reach
half way tley would b, good for nothing
aud If cane and coffee cannot $ II, what IL
Ia be done? This is tie % stion whlch
induces you TO see sll classes mixin. ~
heIe; The 8 ale OF things has become per
fectly distressing, and We are obliged TO b,
conlen, with Lsl diei, and il it continues
onrer we may De brought TO quarter diet
However great our dstresses are. We are
sometimes enabled to Ike 5 good appear
ancr, / ut this cannot continue, and we mus
mite as one man TO ell the British public
that We are willing % be 10 al. but that We
cannot, for the sake Of loyalty, continr,
any longer to slaNe, Let US tell Them tia
we are willing. as CHILDREN, TO perform on
duty as such, but tina they too have dutie
which must be perbrmed. We cannot
starve for the sake o. loyalty.-we canno
die without tying TO ave oursel. es. B
he sweat Of our. b, ow we are to eat our
bread, and We are wiling to % SC. but The
interests Of the calico manufactures wi !
not permit US to do so, they seem d ter.
mined to keep us from earning our livel
mood. but we must boldly If our voices anc
Tell them, you shall not any ionser prcven
us from doing so. We must assume hig
position, and know whether we are TO b,
sacrificed for The purpose Of spread ng The
principles of'ir,e trad. Hear. hear
Mr.. Brstowe contepded that Great Bit
ain hal the power to enforce the observance
Of the treaties, aid in mercy to mankind.
and IN Justice to her own suffering Colo
nists, she is bound to exeicise that power
He said that their own glorious act OF eman.
eli alton had been in some degree rendered
nurgat ry by the uon.obstrvsnce Of The
Iealies, and thai it vas matter oil neces
sty that they should at least b. enforced
and observed. Mr. B said he was not ne
of those ssnguine persons who imagine that
ever, thing is to be atributed-al the evils
we are suffering here, vas TO be traced--to
lie non.fulfilment oil the treaties alluded
to, but he did thinL that many Of them
we're 10 be at ribuied 10 that source. Hap
pity for the people OF t,is island, said NJ
b., the sreat act OF emancipation put sto,
10 compulsory labor amongst them; but ii
rs obvious that if The compulsory labor o.
co nlless numbers in breign s ate is to
be brought into open compel ION with The
labor, (however good and ,ff7,rive,) OF
limited number Of ireemen in J,mal, q. RI,
persons Ell plo,i"g the laller must OF neces
>ity 60 10 the wall. He said It's due to hr-
is due to he Br fish colonists-
4 is due to the great name oil the BrtisI
nation and people, that the arcursed sys-
TEN, with its host Of united horrors and
atrocities. should be Padown.
At Clarendon, the folio wing important
resolution was adoped;
THAT the climate and soil Of tn island
are as favorable for the production Of sugar
and coffee as those OF any other county;
and that its inhabitanIs ere q lite prepared
for competition in the markets OF the world
with the natives OF Cuba and the BrJzis.
provided that the slipulations Of the treaGies
,nade between those countries and Greai
Britain were a, faithfully observed By them,