The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-10

Tuesday morning A grca. political bearing is gcaerailv
A despatch dated October "a. says
The Emperor Of Russia arrived at Breslau yesterday
morning N half past nine O'Clock, accompanied ny the
Grand Duke Of SAKE Wena and the Prince OF Orange
grand reception took place at the railroad station
AboIitionism i'm England and Its Enects
In tho Colonies.
from the London Times Oct 2o]
sixty years before the a,st reformed passed
the negro emancipation bill the Judgment OF an English
court OF law had set At liberty every slave who had tcod
OF philanthropy were unceasng and religion came 70 i0
aid The evangeic cal school Of the last generation, with
were mainly busted about the wrongs Of the negro Thsg
were rdcued abused and threatened but still they per
severed and towards the close Of their they
victory in the distance AZ the beginning Of the present
century they only able to abolish tho slave trade
because the planters cared little for the introduction Of
any more Africans but aer the peace their pros
pered so much, they had such dominion the religious
'co,a, they numbered 50 many inaue'Hal and popular
from r alliance ith the Aopf4l and enthusiastic berag
ism Of day. that they were able to give up all concila
against sMvehclong During tho last Years IL ss
crusade the owners OF negroes were probably the best
aS s race u IL. world Every vice was srousS .
Jamaica pianter--a compound OF avarcc, sensuauy,
cruelty aud cowardice. FsT
West Indian enterprise In tho less denseiy populated
islands the newly enfranchsed slaves left their to
idenes ,rhich all barbaros races they preferred 70 Ae
enjoyment Of comfort Sugar became more expensive =
English market Ruin seemed 10 stare every planter IN
the face and he invcghed with natural bitterness on the
phanthropss who had destroyed his prosperity to gra-
THY their own crotches. The planter represented, with
some show OF TRUTH that the negroes not better or
than before emancipation, that their subsection 70 the
Whites had not given them instruction, had yet af-
forded the opportunity Of mbbing the first lessons Of
yzation, and that these being rapidly forgotten By
the savages who backing ideness under the sun
wherever they could find piece Of ground Then
there the of the Americans who, impelcd
by of their own abotonss were anxious TO prove
the folly Of highlands policy, and took every opportunity
Of contrasting the pr0ductveness of Georgia. Louisiana
Cuba with the ruin Of Jamaica On the other hand the Eng
hshaboonists in good humor they could
ca from themselves that the negroes very and
sensual that their economical prophecies about increased
sifed and that hard working and patriotic of colo
nss had been made TO suffer grevously for more than
acted upon the phanhropc party in the usual manner
namely they made peevish and dsputatous No pro-
than the speeches Of the abooniss for years after
emancipation an for good reason-because they had
to defend the immediate results of the measure and to
show that they had predicted the colonies prog
porous, and the negroes morally improved
But quarter Of century is long time in the
life Of nation The who confronted each other
the great quarrel have passed away, and their children
may deal with the question they argued without acr
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Science to us TO treat the matter In spirit worthy
Of the present generation We need not repeat his state
the paper itself, but may take the opportunity of
curing to this important subject which in these days Of
and political anxiety is seldom mentioned, but which
is full of moment for the future Of the humane race.
What has been the result Of the experiment tried In
1882 may be answered, in the first place, that has
succeeded IN converting every man, woman child IN
these islands to the condemnation Of slavery as system
When there were slaves in the West Indies there
partsans Of slavery and religion, natural revealed soas
either the classics the Bible prove that man may
do what he likes with his own purchased slave So much
has been gained and we say without boastng that
from England the conviction that slavery is crime has
passed the Continent and has induced France and
African bondmen. This then, would be great GAIN but
it is all The West Indal have sunk in relative
thought Of This arises not 60 much from their decay AZ
from the growth OF stupendons empire which claims the
attention Of the home government Since tho days when
the great colonies Of Canada and Australia may be said to
have come into existence, India has been fully con-
quered and the United States-a commercial, If not q
political province Of Egland-has sprung up the height
Of power and prosperity SO people care little about the
communities which were the subject Of 80 much wran-
CLING thirty years ago. But those acquainted with the
islands are aware Of the great improvement in
and education both among whites and colorcd people.
Though negroes not be yet all that they ought be,
yet there s vast difference between their moral
condition and that OF their fathers and mothers, who
lived in promiscuous intercourse; whle to their intel
ectual attanments, must be remembered that reading
and writing were wholly unknown among them before
the English church and tho sect Of Mehodss instructor
has become very general among the coored children in
education, and taught side by side with the whites in
the parish schools The morality Of the whites has been
their own Species and may be said with truth that
however rich the old of colonists may have BEEN
civilization as 1t is understood in England, only COM
menced with the emancipation Of the slaves.
But economically the results are more doubtful We
are not inclined to lay everything emancipation There
is no doubt that the extension Of sugar growing over tho
American continent would have brought down prices
even II slavery had continued. Cuba Ia vast island,
cs Of Brazil wod hold the British snds e me
over What, then, ID TO be expected when enterprise
brings all these immense tracts into cuuvaonf But ALE
lowing or tns there still remains sufficient evidence that
Tree labor Is not 30 advantageous slavery the
OF property AS Mr. Cave observes, under slavery the
where the legislators owners the abolition Of slavery
is not likely 70 come for long time What we see around
United states has extended is extending and will extend
Is remuncratve and as long II is So there the
his experience only bids US trust in the justice Of our
cause, and hope that time will when conscience
WIN De seconded by interest That this period may soca
arrive must be the earnest prayer of every Christian and
philanthropist
The Great Eastern and Her Future.
LIVERPOOL OPINION OF THE BIG SHIP.
From the Liverpool Albion, Oct. 221
1t is matter Of indifference the Liverpool public
whether this ship goes to southampton, Weymouth
reason assigned should, however, be the onet is
railway Job The plea that there not accommodation
in the Mersey capable OF ample rcfutaton The Soyne
is as safe as Southampton water and the ship could be
securely moored head and stern with springs attached
to two anchors on each quarters and two before each
BEAM similar to the moorngs of the Great Landing stage
II appears that the decks OF the Great Eastern are only
81 inch plank and will have to be replaced with 4inch
or doubled with 21 inch plank her sleeping cabins arc
wreched, dark, badly ventilated dens and must all como
down In short, she is nothing more nor less than
gigantic mposturc below cit sample of Thames 'ierry''
building fxngs, tho whole demonstrating that limited
liability can coexst with unlimited folly aud extrava-
gance These are the great characteristics of the Great
have turned out such work.
x..., from the London Chronicle, Oct. 241
WIN respect TO the future movements Of the ship Is