The Shasta courier., 1859-10-15
Effect ofiEmancipation of of the African
Race.

Race.
There is no blinking the truth. Years of Bit
ter experience-years of hope deferred, of self
devotion unrequifed. Of poverty of Illumination
of prayers unanswered, of saferings derded, OF
insults unresentcd, Of contumely patiently en-
dured--have convinced us of the truth 1t must
be spoken out, loudly and energetically, despite
the wild mockings of /" bowling can't" The freed
West India slave will not till the soil for wages
the free son of the ex-slaye is as obstinate as
his sire. He will not cultivate lands which he
has not bought for his own. Vans, mangoes
and plantains these satisfy his wants; he does
not care for yours. Cotton, sugar and coffee,
and tohacco-he cares little for them. And
what matters it to him that the Englshman has
sunk his thousands and tens of thousands on
mills, machinery and plant, which now totter
on the languishing estate that for years has only
returned beggary and debt. He eats his yams,
and SniggerS at - Buckra."
We know not why this should be but it is so.
The negro has been bought with price-the
price of English taxation and English toll. He
has been redeemed from bondage" by the
sweat and travail of some millions of hard
working Englishmen. Twenty millions ofpounds
sterling-one hundred millions of dollars-have
been distilled from the brains and muscles of the
free English laborer of every degree, to fashion
the West India negro into a 'free and independ-
ent laborer.7 Free and independent enough he
has become, God knows but la5orer he Is not
and, so far as we can see never will be. He VIII
sing hymns and quote texts, but honest, steady
In. us:.y, he not only detests but despises. We
wish to Heaven that some people in England
neither Government people, nor parsons, nor
clergymen--but some just minded, honest-heart-
ed and clear sighted men, would go out to some
of the lslands-say Jamaica, Dominica or Anti
gua-not for a month or three months, but for a
year--wond watch the precious protege of Eng
fish philanthropy, the freed negro, in his daily
habits would watch him as he lazily plants his
little squatting; would see him as he proudly
rejects agricultural or domestic service or ac-
cepts 1t only at wages ludcrously disproportion-
ate to the value of his work. We wish, too, they
would watch him while, with a hide thicker
than that of a hippopotamus and body to
which fervid heat is comfort rather than an
annoyance, he droningly lounges over the pre-
scribed task on which the intrepid Englshman,
uninured to the burning sun, consumes his i'm
patient energy and too often sacrifices his life.
We wish they would 90 out and view the negro
in all the blazonry of his idleness his pride, his
ingratitude, contemptuonsy sneering at the in
dustry of that race which made him free, and
then come home and teach the memorable les
son of their experience to the fanatics who have
perverted him into what he is.-LondOn Times.
"NECK TWISTING There are practices tole-
rated in religious congregations which Chris
tians who are jealous for the honor of their
Masters house should utterly condemn. Deco
rum is the handmaid of devotional feeling and
for this reason the house of God should never
be disturbed by the slightest approach to irrev-
erence. 1t is part of my religion, said pious
old lady, when asked why she went early to
church, " 1t is part of my religion not to in
terrupt the religion of others" And we believe
if many country congregation made it a part
of their religion not to twist their necks almost
out of oins to witness the entrance of every per-
son who passes up the aisle of the meeting house,
it would be better for both their necks and their
religion A gross abuse of religious decorum
sometimes needs harsh medicine as remedy
We do net know whether it would be proper
for some of our good ministering brethren, who
are sorey tried by the neck-twisting propensi-
ties of their congregations, to use that adopted
by Henry Clay Dean, who was at one time Chap
lain OF Congress but we give it for their con-
sideration, of course, to adopt reject as they
please. The anecdote is from the Pacific Meth
odist:
Being worried, one afternoon, By this turning
practice in his congregation, Mr.. Dean stopped
in his sermon and said:
Now, you listen to me, and I'll tell you who
the people are, as each one of them comes in.
He then went on with his DISCOURSE until
gentleman entered, when he bawed out like an
usher, Deacon A, who keeps shop over the
way" and then went on with his sermon.
Presently another man passed up the aisle,
and he gave his name, residence and occupa-
ton so he continued for some time.
At length some one entered the door who was
unknown to Mr. Dean, when he cried out, " A
III fla old Il i
hat1 don't know him, look for yourselves"
That congregation was cured
A TOUCHING INCIDENTAL the Masonic Festi-
val IN Medina, on June oath, says the Cleveland
(Ohio) Herald, there a banquet in the even
ing. Among those present was Ossian E Dodge,
who, of course, was called on to sing The song
he selected was the 'Snow Storm" written bv
Seba Smith. Mr., Dodge, before singing the
song, narrated the incident to which it related.
In the year 1921, Mrs. Blade with her husband
and child, was crossing the Green Mountains in
Vermont during snow Storm and lost their
way. When discovered by some persons in
search of them, Mrs. Blake was frozen to death.
and Mr.. Blake almost unconscious. Near the
dead body of Mrs. Blake was a little hillock of
snow, on removing which was found a bundle.
which, when unwrapped, was found to contain
the babe alive andwelA, wrapped in the clothing
the mother had taken from her own person.
When taken up, the child looked into the face
OF its rescuer and smiled. During the singing of
the peace gentleman and lady in the audience
were deeply affected, and wept copiously The
majority of the audience sympathized with the
couple and wept also. The gentleman was the
Hon. II. G. Blake, son of her who had perished
in the snow, and brother of the babe, and the
lady was his wi.e
JAcKsoN.-ln his work, " The Nazarine,n Geo.
Lippard makes the following reference to An
drew Jackson
Well remember the day waited upon him.
He sat there in his arm chair can see him
now. We told him of the public distress-the
manufacturers ruined-the eagles shrouded in
Grape, which were carried at the head of 90 900
men into independence Square. He heard us
all We begged him to leave the deposits where
they were, to uphold the great Bank at Phila-
delphia. Still he did not say a word At last
one OF our members, more fiery than the rest,
intimated that if the Bank was crushed, a rebel
lion might follow. Then the old man rose-I
can see him yet.
a. Come he shouted, in a voice of thunder,