The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-08-20

The question o. labor, in the cultivation OF this
ard other tropi al productions which have become
con Eercial necessities 70 the populations OF the
temperate northern attitudes which embrace tic
largest civilized portions OF the human race Is be
co hing one Of great importance. The growing de-
fcitncy must not only continue, but in time greatly
enhance The prices Of these products, which
have became necessaries OF life, ard tend 10
drain The money from Northern nations in ordcSt
secure them or, la other words, places them usdet
heavy tribute for articles which are, from habit,
saTy TO their comfort and well being. Engl aud
through her East India possessions, " no dolb'
anxious TO secure a. large share o. this tribute a.
possible and ray, TO a certain extent, succeed With
indigo, sugar ard coffee; but she has failed, and
will continue 10 fall, Ia the production o. cotton.
The Unitcd States have sec Jred, and arc likely %
keep, and, Il Necessary, b. the aid Of Elgl,al
10 hack the South In securing this ndi pen.able pr
dncfjon TO Der prosperity, as well a. the pros pety
Of Europe and tie Northern states OF this Union.
The valte OF slaves in Brszil-tbe only S1lth
an ercan state which has made any great progress,
and that through African labor-has, for several
years. steadily increased.
Pier to 1880, when the slave trade vas Legal,
slaves were sold AT 1901 or s3B From SD b ls50.
when the trade was under treaties With England,
prohibited and had 10 he conducted cltndes,aely.
they advanced 70 400 or s220. Since 1850, tue
trade having teen almost entirely suppressed, they
have gradually advanced. aided by IN defamation nf
5 per cent per annum. 10 l.l0Ol, or $685. in 1853.
Since then, 10 per cent, il IL estimated has died
rom Cholera, n appears by a recent statement 1T
he Minister Of The Empire, and they are nov stated
10 be worth ,ju0 or S,Z5 each. IL was the low
price Of slaves pIiOr 20 1850 which stimulated the
production OF coffee, and caused prices to rule 80
low. which were in 1885 TO ls40 MT much over hall
The present prices
Ittakes four 10 Eve years 20 nature coffee trees
after plsniSg them, before they viii ID q crop 0f
berries; hence the sudden rise or fall ia prices can
not 20 suddenly influence prediction, Is the case
with annual crops from new plantations OF sugar
and cotton. Attic present time, Fiog 10 the high
piicts Of slaves, no new estates can be formed aud
rome have teen for several years; and il Is stated
that there arc not hands enough lefs in the country
II may he remarked that the rise and fall Of tropi.
cal productions have nuctusted with the supply Of
the only labor suitable for their production beneath
tropical su2--and that is African.
The first introduction IL African slaves into the
United States Chen British coloaies) by Dutch
ship, In l620. From that period until the prohib..
tion Of the slave trade in fS08 the whole number OF
Africans introduced into the United States did not
exceed about 375 600. OF the first cargo sent over
~ we're Consigned 10 British subjects, IS 10 Rhode
Island, 10 10 French subjects, and IL TO natives OF
Charleston.
We thus end that the Africans in the United
States, from this original small number, have IN.
creased 20 3204Jl3 or in the ratio OF nearly or 10
10 j. while IN the British West Indies, there not
two persons remaining for every five Of the import
ed and their descendants. This Is aeen from the
following sta,emcut:-There were imported into
Jamaica, previously 20 l-l1 200 900 negroes, Of
whom and their descendants but 81 900 remained,
ater liz yeas 70 lie cman pated Ia 1888, tue date
Of tue British act
IN the whole q the British Wet Indies
there were imported 100000: Of whom and their de-
ttenesnis, but 6GO,000 remained 70 be emauciplted
(see carey on the Slave Trade, aud Compendium
Of The States Census, 1850, pages SO, si.) These
facts prove that in 10 part Of the world, aud wne
Tier free on bond has The African race increased 20
rapidly as IN the United States, which IL an irrefrs
gble proof that they have been better treated and
letter cared for In theunted states than aaywhefc
clSe.
Yet we find a class Of fanatics at the North who
are willing 10 contribute millions TO Cuba for sugar
and TO Brazil for coffee piiing up annual balance
Of trade in the two places OF over twenty millions OF
dollars per annurl, TO sec the slave trade clsndes
timely coDtnued-to see the negroes annually dec-
maied-to see Sc. Domingo and the British Wet
Indies ruined by emancipation: yet they carry on q
kess crusade against their brethren at the South
The defamation Of over 900 900 Of Africans ia The
British West Indies alone, they may pass over in
silence, bet for their Southern brethren, WHO will
no, consent 10 destroy 100000 Of coDtentsd and