The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-08-24

tnquningiy and from The Impulse oil feeling They
console themselves for any error of Judgment or want
OF knowledge OF the facts, by The reflection that Their
philanthropy will them from condemnation. Tb.
is terrible mistake II they deliberately to uai.
with The enemies oil their country To overthrow lie po
cal existence. 10 destroy its power and pIosperiy they
had conrol OF the physical agencies OF Nature, and
should by conyulson engalf one half OF the Who'll,
srfiory and all its populaonif They divinx hs
car OF Juggernaut. and were huzxanx while iH wheels
rolled amidst the grosns Of whole people. crushn.
hem heart and bain--ss hnle could they claim to b
phlanIhTopIsls H
Admitting that slavery is evil. and snpposng lh.,
every individual this Union concurs in the oprey Of
its abolition and even labors effect il, still abolition ia
an impossibiiy. To be suecessful it implies that The
black enantng tbs rice. cotton. and sugar Slss Of
this Union shall in a state OF freedom. continue 10 d..
velop the OF the soil upon which they are
planted and 10 support themselves, elsa involves
the necessity Of their places being supplied by an equal
number OF laborers who shall support ths black ia idle
ness or drive him Of the land. existence
Facts and experience, glazing. abundant. and usaa
choy, have sufficiently shown. beyond the power Of Dis
pute or denial that the black in stale OF freedom
will labor will not develop the Of the land
they occupy and that the and the territory are moa
and physically lost We shall briefly udc to lew f,hess
facts They show The condition OF the negro Free isolated
independent, civilized, and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. civilized
Cbrsiianized, and in contact with the white man. Hs
circumstances. and also that OF his Wild barbasc state
may be contrasied with that he presents n the state o
Christian slavery. consideration OF these facts will
teach those who sc, up the arrogance OF human iuax
ment agains, the DEGREES of God and Mature. that
"He takelh tlse wise in their crafliness and the
counsel of the fToward ID carried hexdong"
:" They meet with darkness in the daytime and grope
in the MONDAY "a In The night"
In reference the 6rst chain Of TO which
we have alludedihoee which constitute everything d.
- baro ~ ho,.
by The magnificent leland Of 81. Domingo fast sinking.
indeed already snnken, from fertile and splendid en-.
pire to barbarian wilderness, productive agricultural
slavery exchanged for a wrctched, vicious. idle mill.
tary servtude-a servitudc which those subjected 10
who had the knowledge of both. and the power to DO
would willingly exchange for the slavery Of the United
States When in tina, island years ago, aud
at time when many freed blacks OF this country had
gone there under deusve hopes The writer Of this article
applied by the families OF youths for assist.
ance smuggling them oil the island. as the parents
preferred seeing them depart to any fate than that which
waited them 10 the Hayden army.
Soon after the emancipation OF the negoes, the products
and exports OF the island fell of fearully that Tous
sain, LUuverture, in 1900, issued an edct compelling
every Hayden. not landowner, with few exception
10 hire himself agricultural abner TO some land
owner, witont The porsr TO xiad, Mmse from ne s-
The hours OF labor continued from sunrise 10 .un.
set with few intervals. and boih the cultivator and pro
prletOf were vi6iteu Win ucayy pains
former. If he refused to work, and the latter be did
not oblixe the former to do So"
1.-THE OF the whip abolished; bur, on the other
hand. the sabre, musket and bay onst employed
keep The peasantry at work" Thus did the negroes
themselves acknowledge the necessity OF slavery 10 their
existence, and established il unm,igated by The higher
humanity OF the white man. and. this tyranny
relaxed, production ceased Every branch Of industry
fell into decay; the sugar plantations were annihsud
and the small quantity Of coffee raised lost for van,
| OF hands to gather it
The very little Geld labor effected was generally p.r
formed by elder people, principally old Guinea nesross
No measures OF government could Induce ysunK Gre
oes TO labor depart from their hahitua niiousne.s
and vaersncy. The few young females on the pan,a.
tons seldom assst in any labor whatever but live in
constant stale oil dleness aud debsuchery Ia 1859 ,yu
exported over hundred and forty million pounds Of
sugar and nearly seven,y-seven million pound, Of
coffee and in 1920, thirty thousand pounds OF
either. These Iacis found in McCullough's Geo
GRAPHICAL Dictionary and ST. Domingo al The present hour
with The materials OF empire, 10 thing OF contempt
among the nations Of the world. Thus much for Inc ne
gro left himself with the conferred ADVANTAGES Of civ
illzauon and Christianity. lie has proven him.eif unh,
/ for tina, condition,
! No population were accomplishing happier destiny,
personally productivity, than the slave population Of
he British West India Islands prior 10 The unhs sr Of
emancipation. BY government agents resident amors
NS"'. ~" w Nuout tlhVeo Ctud apJfnl, theY
protected ffom any cruel oiprcss,oa a. their masters
What now is tbs condition Of these gene OF The b.lny
Caribbean! The selfish politicians Who have ,ruetled
TO benghled sna,icsm in rHec,ing Thai condition should
eroan IN ssckclolh snd ashes II The rrsronse il par
ucle OF philanthropy warns their htans
1 PRODUCTION has fallen of 10 nothing couparstiyYIy
Wealth and power have planted schools and churches
Tor The purpose Of Jdusng general and religious nsrue.
on, and set the unresained African folio wing the lssd
OF an animal nature. ia running career of besa SEN
snalI'y TO his original barbarian hsahensm Asa vnsr
upon the present Condition Of Jamaica. remarks
Now here is cheap land. high market for its produce,
with liberal supply Of the bes, schools aAd churche,
and yet poverty. ignorance immortality and inolsnce or.
universal and constantly increasing as The habits 81 10.
dusry incucaed in the older inhabitants in stat. Of
slavery are worn off by the lapse Of time A completely
savage state is being rapidly appropriated" AZ the
remedy for this the voluntary slavery Of csoliss being
introduced and this will the black and thus
the philanthropy oil abolition in the Brsh Wee, Indies
destroy production, 10 substitute and suffering ior
morality and plenty TO effect the slavery OF one rscs and
the annihiIalion OF another
What are The indications OF negro freedom 10 our own
4 country They may be very shortly summed up The
cheerful, we-todo negro population which hat few
years was in ell large cea filing The els
lions OF walters, porte, coachmen, boot blaeks dfay.
men, has disappeared from the eyes OF honest men, er
cePt they be ia the hands OF policemen and ovessess OF
the poor The higher and active energies Of the
4 Ditch and Irsh abour have driven the frcan IRON
the hsd and nov the neat nj Thai s,c,.y III ubi,h