New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-28

Of such caees 1T the opening vi amJtt every tohlJ
of A,size and Quarter Sessions, the preceding judge
has the pleasing duty Of cOrgratatnc the GFsad jury
on the hghtness Of the calendar AID the consequent
shortening Of their labor. Courts that were wont -
as for two weeks have all the bu'nes7 disP"sed
Of IN three four days. One cJnrt-hamcy' tHe
Cornwall Assizcs-bas become almost useless IA
fact so much has the business oI all the courts bIen
Grbiened that during the last session, committee OF
the Asseu by was appointed Tor the purpose al re-
Modelling the Judicial act, in conformity 9Th the
lresent state Of socet!. The committee presented
H. ir rer.rt simplify ing the Judicial syste,n the prn
cipl.s IL which approved Of but in consequence
of SOME dispute with respect 20 details it lost in
one of the Chambers, cannot remember which. 40
doubt tie measure viii be reintrod aced during the
nc Al session. ard IL 10 ne hopcd il will be more sue
ces.fl. rather strange reason mas been advanced
for he remarkable decrease ia ear criminal records.
by Tie very psrtie. who were loudess in crsng out
about the increase of crime founded Oh previous
heavy calendars. These people gravey u.s. that
the Of this decre<sc is owing 70 the death OF
mosi Of scamps irIan cholera in ls50-: and the
subsequent emigration 0i the rest to Navy Bay. Now,
] beG to deny these statements most enphaticaily
True II IS nuuf Of bad characters were carried on
~ cholera, and some more have gone To
Nayy Bay: but alas TOO true is IT. that
tie vast maioritv of those who fell victims
TO The cholera and others Sh0 have subsequently
rmicrat,d 10 Navy Bay tnd Austra,ia-partcularly
the latter pace--were the very flower of our popna
tiou: may Of them being persons OF substance and
of bob standing in society. Even the gentlemen who,
driven into corner from which they cannot escape,
adcocafc the cholera and emigration theory, are not
altogether satisfied with their own argument or why
are they so loud in doploripg the death and eXparia
tiol Of so many rascals Ii WILL fancy, be easy
tasb TO reconcile these discrepancies Even admit
tinq The truth of the premises that cholera and
ersticn have caused dimnutlOn in the criminal re-
cords surely wcougit 20 be thankful for the publication
Of bc public morals through even these two agencies
instead of sturdiy deny ing that any such publication
has taken place. But deny the sOu0dness Ofthe pos
tuate which has been nsdioU~ly lad down, in order
to how that j Moe has bofn 0Ry jmPrOrtnem in he
mOrqls Of our tutoring dasScs, has be'R hF0ugh hc
fy,r of circumstances Orer hici Hcy fhf cORfrJ-
hct hcy dcserrc no crjt for such imprOrcmcat-iH fa
H0s Notwithstanding he apPereHt dminHtioR Of cri'ns
Hty are StW iaheTeadg rc,oaS.
Next, ~ to the social Improvement of the negroes,
which has been denied. AS proof that the negroes
have 80 improved, have Only TO notice the fact Of
their having risen from the condition 0i chattcs TO the
ownership Of landed property Many Of them are men
Of comparative wealth; and the rapid increase OF ar
fetal wants among them il striking evidence Of their
proertss.
religious feelings and habits If it he said that there
il less shOuc of religion than in less must reply
in the Affirmative. At the latter period they labored
mdcr tie firm conviction that 10 their ministers
they owed the freedom which they enjoyed How
far tiis suppOstiOn correct am not prepared 10
soy though do not think it altogether without
foundation. BE that il may, the negroes act
ng this supposOn, evlnced their gratitude by con-
trbUtilg most literally of their moDey-which being
new to them, they understood not its Vaue-ior the
support Of their pastors, and the building of schools
and chapcs; and. as q natural consequence both
schools and chapcs were crowded. No sensible man,
however, viii say that the feelings which prompted
tlis, amable as it was was true religion. Indeed,
the Minister, rather than the Supreme Being, was the
object OF the negroes alteration. at length csnle
reaction, which any rejecting might have fore
seen. Taught by experience the value OF money, and
Viewing il as convertible into freehold property, sub
santial furniture, horses, gay dresses. &C. the negro
10 longer contributed lberlly toward tho support
If pastors and sClo0Mastcrsthe erection OF chapes
ard schools. Hence, congregations began to be
tliIDed aud sboOs began to he shut up and even
abandoned, and religion began 10 make less show,
while such OF It's Notarics who kept their first love,
with little or ostotation, were really more sincere
IN their religious feelings. And tbi, Is villa, has been
called rctrOgrcssion in religion.
Let us now zee 10 what extent the black laborcrs
are Justly chargeabe with the falling of of staple
products. While admit that 10 extent. this
may be attributed to the Emancipation Act, and the
subsequent reetrade policy of Great Britain, ! main
tain that tie dimnutiOn OF exports i owing in
overwhelming degree, tO the previous existence Of
Slavery. aid the subsequent mpotc cOnduct--to give
il Il mild terni--Of the planters themselves. Centu
lies OF oppression may indeed break the spirit of
whole race, and render them submissive TO their ty
rants. through dread Ol the consequences of resist
ancc but it never induce the oppressed to serve
the 0ppressOr on principle of love. Thus, We find
that during le whole period OF the existence of Slave
~ in Jsmaca, the island continually suffering
from scrvic wars till the systematic opposition OF the
local gisatuTe to every plan of the British Govern
nent fO the aneloraton o the condition Oi the slaves
drove these latter 10 that awful revolt in Ic3l-2,
which cassed the destruction of much valuable
property in the island The properties so destroyed
became mortgagGd the crown, or to private persons;
and the 0wncrs hampered as they We're for want OF
ineans found il almost impossible to carry cultiya
ton, with slave labor, with any prospect of
cess. Even so far back, then, this period, ruin
stared the planters IN the face. Shortly after the
act Of emancipation. which deprived the planter
Of that which be should never have possessed
his stolen labor. Still, to those who were not
too far gone, there was bopC-the securing of the
services of tie ntwl, cmancpated laborcrs at mode
rate wages. Eut how did they 90 abOu; this Did
tl,y attempt t,y colclliatiOn' Did they, by
acts Of kindness ..ljealOr to soOthe the irri-
tsted feelings of tn, whom they had wronged, by
treating them Zee of burden Did they grant
them any little II nldIgences, such cottage, at
+. nominal rent, Wit pasuragc for Il horse or COW
Nay, did Trey even t'hc the pains to remove from the
minds Of the aborer tie impression that they (the
panters) had caused there, that field labor was de-
grading, by occasionally condemniDg their superior
description OF slaves to that description of labor
punishment a few--s very lew-did SO act. Had
they all or even lad n large number of them. so
acted the planting interest Of Jamaica might yet have
been saved. But no; Kindness and Cancellation were
the exception, i'll treatment aud oyerboarng conduct
tie rule. Attempts were made 10 cOerce the negro
into the acceptance oi low wages, and when that failed
was sought to retain portion of their earnings BY
oppressive charges for rent and pasturage. Ii il
fact that planters actually charge their laborers
rent according to the number of Deir respective
fan lies, from the gIeyheaded patriarch down 10 the
infant IN arms: and refusal inability to COMP!
with ho.c exorbtaDt dcmaDds was almost sure to be