The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1858-12-29
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Beauties Of Negro Equality.

tunity of judging Of the effects of the
abolition of slavery in that island, COM
municates the following Information on
the subject. Should Stewards Repub-
lican programme be carried out, we
should witness the same state of things
in the United States. The Southern
plantations would of necessity be aban-
doned to ruin and desolation, and the
thrifty white population of both North
and South would have thrown upon
them millions Of lazy, ignorant and
brutal negroes, claiming to be the equal
Of the whites. ." - =.
1t appears that the colored people Of
Jamaica, are not satisfied with bare e.
quality of civil and political rights, but
aspire to their exclusive employment.
Not content with acquiring lands by
free sale and purchase, and BY squatting
on tracts which twenty years ago were
valuable plantations. though now aban-
doned to the first conner, they wish to
force the proprietors Of the estate still
under cultivation to dispose of the re-
mains of their property exclusively in
favor of the colored "sons of the soil"
menacing the colony. in the even, Of
continued recusancy, with the fate of
Hayti. ..... .....-..... ........
For many years the negroes have en-
joyed all those advantages over the
whites which are the unavoidable results
Of their numerical superiority in a
country governed under very liberal
preventative constitution. Negroes
and mulattoes fill a majority of the pub
lie Offices and if there are still some of
the more important places held by
whites, it is, in some cases, because the
incumbents date from period antece-
dent to the emancipation, and in others,
because individuals Of the fashionable
color, with anything like the indispen-
sable qualifications of mental character,
are not readily found. Whenever they
do possess some education and ability,
they obtain preference. do say that
this is the deliberate policy Of the Brit.
ish government and its representatives
here it may we'll be the natural conse-
quence of the predominance ofthe color
ed people at the hustings and in the leg.
islature, the colonial government being
what is here called parliamentary"
The little influence and respectable
ty retained'by the whites being derived
from their superior wealth and intelli
gence, the leading spirits among the
"colored party have always endeavored
to effect the overthrow of the former al
the expense of the agricultural ant
commercial interests of the island and,
with that view, have either legislated
; against property, or refused to legislate
when protection was required, and, al
magistrates, have used all their author
liz s sSes st sya ins s1ms imam a!
ing whites. In the fulfllment of this
scheme their progress has been wonder
full, yet still too gradual to comport with
their impatience; its originators are
growing old, and some Of them, like
Moses, have died before entering the
promised land A number of whites
still cling to their possessions here as
drowning wretches catch at straws
hence the wrath Of the colored politi.
clans. which occasionally swells toe
high to be restrained by prudential con-
siderations. ---- ..s -.rrf .sfs sss $50 sssa
| Some idea may be formed of the ex.
tent to which the colored people carry
their pretensions, as well as Of the in.
tensity of their hatred for the whites
when it is known that the senior edito,
, of the newspaper which threatens the
colony with the fate of Hayti is (altho'
a mulatto the Governors first minister,
! (or ''chairman of the executive com.
mittee," president of the privy coun.
icil, custos rosulorum of the country, and
mayor of the city of Kingston while
his partner (also colored many is a
member both Of the privy and legisla.
tive councils, justice of the peace in
several counties. alderman of Kings.
ton, lighthouse commissioner, &C., &c.
The senior editor virtually governs the
island in his capacity of FIRST minister,
and, as president Of the privy council,
he would, in case of the death of the
I Governor and Lieutenant Governor, o,
the absence of one and death Of the
other, succeed without dispute to the
8 chief executive power. AS these edi.
tors and other colored men are not sat.
is6ed with their present position, it is
fair to presume that nothing short Of
the expulsion of the whites, or their ex.
termination, will do for them.
i l wish it were in my power, in q few
words, without dwelling too long on 3
most unpleasant subject, to convey tc
you an adequate idea of the poverty.
misery aud degradation which the
emancipation Of the slaves has brought
upon country. which the anti slavery
papers in the United States basely rep.
resented as an example for emulation
| cannot think Of these shameful false.
hoods without feeling an indignation
|. which it would i'll become me to express
in adequate language. l am induced tc
bring the subject before you by observ.
ing in the colonial newspapers extracts
; from some anti-slavery publication re.
specting Jamaica. which has recently
appeared in the United States.
i Nothing can be more untrue than the
! supposition that the idle. dissolute, and
criminal population Of Kingston, pre-
sents an unfavorable contrast to that Of
the country. In the interior, where the
whites are thinly scattered. the police
insufficient, where example for good is
wanting. where the means Of subsis-
] tence for man in savage state is abun.
dainty provided by the liberal hand oi
2 the nature, the negroes give themselves
, up to African 'idleness, obscenity, and
vice, without the shadow Of restrain,