The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-02-17

Inc exactions anu opprcssions oi tM
Spanish government, sustained at the point
Of the bayonet, by an irresistible military
force, produce their natural effect upon the
people, Highway robberis and then are
frequent, and esteemed trivial offences by tho
people; cruelty Is one Of their principal
traits Incidence and ignorance prevail And
the national virtues Of patriotism, honor and
justice are unknown.
THE CooLix AND sLAvE rRADK--rERRiBLS
CONDITION or rnE CUBAN SLAVES.
The number Of Chinese Coolies on the
Island is about 10000. The lecturer stated
that u any one deemed their condition supc-
rior 10 that OF the slaves. or the Coole
trade Inferior In cruelty, oppression and
guilt TO the slave trade, he need but visit
the Island to undeoeive himself,
The condition Of the 400. 900 negroes held
10 bondage in Cuba Is deplorable indeed.
The lecturer did not hesitate 10 say that
there il Us wide difference between slav, ry
a. it exists in the United States and in
CubA, ~ between the Anglo Saxons Of this
country and the Creoles Of that Island. bad
~ tho system Of slavery may be in any part
OF this country, il Is scarcely TO be compared
with the horrors and atrocities which char
acterixe the institution in Cuba Can any
sane man doubt that the acquisition OF Cuba
would do much to alleviate the terrible hard.
shps OF the slaves, AZ narrated in the follow
ing extrsc, from Judge ArwarxR's lecture:
Take for example the routine Of slave life on
q sugar plantation In the boiling season. Al
four O'Clock In the morning the bell calls 90 10.
Dor, and in fifteen minutes every slave must be
at his post The field gsngnrepsir forthwith 10
their labor, which IL continued without inter
mi.sion till ten, when there 10 . pause OF half
an hour for breakfast, eaten on the spot where
they are at work. Labor 10 then resumed aud
consiassd tll two or half past, when there !.
another iatetvAl Of half an hour for luncheon.
After which worS " commenced, and continued
til nine In the evening, when the bell sounds
for tho slaves 80 repair 10 their quarters. A
these are frequently two or three miles distant
rom thef pace o' Aeof' they are ho' un'fc'
d"sny IeAneu oe,o'o 'o"' n"' sno"
they mus p!oNIue 'neI o"h s"pPe'h snn psI
iofm seon o,ne' soo' ~ 'ns" own neo"ss,'ss ,,s'I
continued during the whole sugar makiBg sea
son, isstins from four 10 ak months. speak
o' ,"o ,vu""s oose' ''' "Pon w P'an,A'o. P
W." I'M" ""9 "v, '""'""', e""a..
s""e NY '""'" vs. " NJ" .'s"'"-u
"" """e. o,' u. o,o'y '''peo'' ~ '"o,A's"
an area VI Apo". ,ouI el's,e ""es, sna I'm
ployea oseI se'.h h""s'uu sisses' nome"nA'
a,se.en, ,s Iss"o", ,, ~ .os,. o",s,a y" ~.
a'"e'en' .'.se', uu' "ne'. 'hey 'Hy no'" 'ns'
describes, he comparison "oo'a nov usually
oe W 'nnm wv, ,sa% III s'ne p'an.auons ' 70, On
s"p's' "' WI VI ~. my ,,"' 'o' =" "ouI
ohy ioI 'cnrhmeh.' n . nom W ~ ~" uhs
evening peh "D.s ho' so."u ,ne sIsnA IoI guar
Nts WI ,eni nos ,oap "e h".nsn 'y'%" can
sbo"e s"vn p,p" sSep", eaen hsy
Ja'gc lo' h,'e ,ne 'ane " nnnan .e
we 10 no way eaVe'. i".o w. oupsn p'snf' >
, -, ',,,,.,. an .n y, R.,ny p'n,
:" 'pss .os " W. W.. . .'.'s"p " W, :"
ms pIp's'oI o' W.. ss's'e 'o"h'en ' ns'eIe Ie'e'
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We ~. ~. -. .p y, w. p,' ' .sn'
:" us "S ."' ""' ~" nv 1850" P''o'
" s"tA' u.s. ,s,, U. ,"o'.n maN' W"
" u ~ .o"'' 'n','",s 'a' ""n"'' ", oo,es '"
~ p"pH ~e" 10 per cen, :" his sA,ss'
"A Z
man " nDeIany ep"sasa, VI n'., Isnhea
s"u eps.sus ,"s"'' nAa ".,.,eo ,.,e '~A'sns,e ~
y ~ he on's'a o'a'eS' s"p u"uuusss Ppes..seo
o. o. Dn,ps". ,,e.ns any psn ~ c"ps'
- ~oa'. y. n,.'1 y, ~ , VI ~
nans" .,n. -. tih 81, ,.'s
"', ves ." ,'' u"'e'
ny o"n .o " .'''.- w, '".n ',,.. !. ~, my Pn
po",, Dy ~ s'an.ea ~.
hn' wa. We .s,e no' mDs.u'" ~ '.EHpW
lhe ".s'' y, !" Iup" ~, A"' t"e .s,r
"ae' u'e pAn "p ~,
Fp''' H"n .". p"o"ns' ''aoe.' ny .n'
c'"suH " ''st he "n"', y, "s',H y" '"'
sAhn "As - 80 80 ~. ~ -. w. "s'no.l "s
w. vs. VI .u ''"'V" p'ps =" ~" w.
wv, .h.s npns n n s.ss we im
Poi's," '".ms ..'. ,', =. &
~ s"""'''' "ps' s''".'o y" p - Wv,
I'VV ". annn"; "n' vi An .ps s'.s -
DO" op VI. Hn. y , n' ,', ..s'
With the rapid natural inereAse of The slave
,,,ui.tint In the st.tes rsmemhe ring at tle