Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-07-02
From the Now York Journal Of Commerce
Effects of Emancipation.
Edecls of Emancipation BsanlPIfs " Hayti,
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Eject. az En,aseipatios Esanplss af Hayt,
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WHY Is Il, that our abolitionists and would-be
thought hilantbropists Of the North are apparent
y ID igatal 81 ths practical effect Of emaneipa-
tion and the misery that has resulted tefeftcf by
unwise legislation, and blind fanaticisms'
WHY do they not, instead of standing afar OF
from these "benighted people" advocating chi
merical dogmas, 10 among them, and, by teaching,
prepare them TO occupy more exalted Position, u
they are really capable Of doing, as they would
have ID heIievsi 10 there not field enough for them
in Liberia, in Jamaica, ard the Danish Islands, IN
stead Of creating discord ut home; and, above all
in Hayt once the Queen OF the Anui,es ana
now mass of corruption, Astounding in all that is
revolving TO civilized and refined minds, both NOR.
ally and intellectually
THIS island has, since the revolt Of the blacks
in 1882 been steadfy tstrosadipg, with the en-
ception Of during Boyers administration, and gwen
then II made no advancement, no progress. TE4fs
Is not parallel case in the annals Of history where
a people starting, as the blacks did In Hayti, by
conquering country, the richest and most pro-
ducve in the world, of it, size, that has sunk In
90 short time into absolute poverty.
In 1883 there wers, according to reliable statis-
tics, exported 1000 900 pounds Of sugar, and
the export Of coffee was 1885, 2l9 pothds; Of
cotton; 7;OO4,2s4 pounds; Of indigo; 76s,62s
pounds and the abundance OF Injuries produced
enabled the Inhabitants to live In d style une-
quallcd elsewhere, even Iii the tr6picsl
Before speak Of the present condition OF the
island let me repeat an anecdote in illustration,
related to me not long since by an American by
birth, who has lived long enough among them 70
become impoverished like the rest.
He was Formerly merchant having frequently
as many as dozen vessels In port 10 his own con-
Segment. Some twenty years since, at diftttet
party given by him on the anniversary of our in;
dependence, to the American merchants and ship
masters in port, he spoke Of the changes that had
taken place, and, among other things, remarked
that he expected to see the day when, instead Of
sweetening their coffee with the sugar produced
on the island, as they were then doing it would
be done with sugar imported from the United
States. The remark was received with loud accla-
nations, as good joke, asmy frendhad the reputa-
ton in those days of being somewhat of a humor.
list. Let us see how his words have been verified
At this moment there is not one pound of sugar
exported from the island, and all that ID used is
imported from the United States. Some friends
ofmne have made the attempt to make sugar in
small way within q few years past, but for want
Of labor were obliged to abandon the project with
loss. There is not raised at the very most, as
have been credibly informed by those employed
in the custom-houses more than 40, 900 900 pounds
Of coffee, and the amount decreases yearly. With
the exception of Gonaivcs, there is not pound Of
cotton produced, and only very limited quantity
there, barely sufficient for consumption; and in
stead of exporting as formerly, indigo, they i'm
port all they use from the United States. The
people this moment exist mot live) under the most
tyrannical and corrupt government known among
so-cailed civilized nations.
speak from knowledge Of facts, having re-
sided formerly some time in the island, and some
of the many circumstances that came to my know
ledge then shall hereafter speak Of
am, as ever have been, opposed to slavery in
the abstract, and believe itnot only moral wrong
but greater misfortune to the master than the
slave; but / am opposed to the still greater wrong
both moral and social, that must inevitably arise
from immediate emancipation. How has it result
ed in the English coloniesr Was the mere nomi-
nal sum paid to the master for his slaves by the
English Government all that was required, all that
was due to him? Was the liberty given to the
slave all he had right to askg think not; for
1t seems almost dream when one compares the
beautiful estates that formerly adorned those
islands to the few and miserably cultivated ones
that are now in existence.
The negro was formerly as happy and contented
nature designed he should be, with all his phys-
cal wants supplied, supported and protected by u
master, upon whom the laws imposed an obligation
to protect and support him in return for his labor
and INDUCED and encouraged in his innocent holy
day amusements. He became intoxicated at find
ing himself free, and, under no obligations to him.
self and MASTER soon lost all desire ofsefcultivation
If he ever had any, or to cultivate the soil; and he
has year by year degenerated until now he lower
in the scale of humanity than those Of his own
people who roam the deserts Of Africa for they
"know not what they do whereas the negro Of
Jamaica has systematically learned vice and be-
come too ready pupil, and is now untitled for
any position above the lowest sensualist, and Is
even looked upon with contempt, to my personal
knowledge and observation, by the degenerate
natives Of Hayti. NoRrHERSER.