The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1859-09-23
From the London Times.
THE RESULTS OF NEGRO EMANCIPATION.

| puoIiC tieetliS WAS nelu IN tnlS city to
celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the
abolition of slavery. One Of the speeches
delivered on that occasion has since been
reprinted, and not without reason for it was
fairly addressed to.the solution of problem
on which most important interests have
long been depending. Mr.. Hincks, the able
governor Of our windward Islands, was not
content with eulogizing the triumph of hu.
manity Which the grand act of abolition
expressed. lie outstepped this sphere of
suPerhuous panegyric and grapped with
questions which still remain for decision.
The negro has been emancipated, but what
have been "the results of negro emancipa-
ton y Justice to the black and freedom to
the slave, no doubt; but to the planter what!
to the colonies what?-to the sugar-markct
WHAT The philanthropist need not scr,,ple
to entering thssessupplementary questions,
for in very truth, their chief concern is with
philanthropy itself-Slavery has been abol-
isbed not everywhere but in certain territories
only, and unless abolition can be shown to
have been uot partially, but generally a
success it will 10 a certainty never be repeat
ed in other countries. Are Cuba and Lou
isiana to follow in the steps Of Jamaica? If
they are we must prove that Jamaica either
has been or can be gamer by the experiment
itwas to this object that Governor Hincks
directed his observations, and to this we shall
now address our own.
1t is not only asserted, but statisticaly
maintained in the pages before us, that slave
labor is in reality dearer than free labor
According to this argument, and indeed, to
body Of evidence which we should be reluc-
tant to doubt, cultivation ought to be cheaper
and more successful in the British West
Indies then in any slave plantations, be they
where they may. Mr.. Hiucks, however,
we'll knows that as matter of fact this is
not generally the case, + He tells US that
the advantages possessed by Cuba and
Louisiana are not- possessed through their
slaves but in spite of them. At this moment
labor is dearer in Louisiana than in the
Northern States Of the Union, high ms the
rate stands in those parts. What the Louis
lana planters gain is by their astonishing
economy Of means combined with wonder.
ful excellence in manufacture, the trade
being also protected by tariff. The safety
of Cuba again lies in its virgin soil though
in this advantage it is rivalIed by Trinidad.
Apart however from these considerations,
we are distinctly assured that whereas the
labor consumed upon every pound Of sugar
produced may be estimated in Cubn at
cents a,d in Louisiana at 2.1O cents in
Trinidad it does not exceed cents and in
Barbados reaches only 4-lo cents. These
assertions are both consolatory and sugges-
tive and we give them publicity with all
the greater will ngness because whether
sustainable or not they do at any rate
proceed on fair and reasonable principles
They do not assume that enfranchised blacks
are the only creatures to be regarded in
calculating the results of emancipation. They
do not ignore the prosperity Of the colonies
or, above all the claims of the blacks who
are not emancipated yet. They are guided
nanfestly by the conviction that until we
can prove that the abolition Of slavery while
bringing liberty to the negro has not wrought
ruin to agriculture Our example will not be
followed, and that until it is followed the
work of philanthropy will bo but half per.
formed. These principles we recommend to
the careful attention of obr Auti.Slavery
Society at home. The members Of that
Association seem sndly in want of mn object
and here is one made to their hands. Let
them agitate against slavery in Cuba, by
improving the results Of freedom in Jamaica
Let them help to prove, what Mr.. Hincks
declares that our planters can really beat
Shareholders out Of the field by cheaper and
better production.
To doing that they would be- once more
discharging the functions they profess, for
slavery will pot be long maintained either in
Ouba or elsewhere when it is found to be a
losing game.
The PARISH MIN1srEa. The author Of
.Adana Bede, in sketchipg the rector of a
parish says, be was not much ofa preacher.
He preached short moral sermons. But
then he acted pretty much up to what he
said. He didn't set mp for being so differ
ent from other folks one 'dsy, and then be
ss like 'sm as two peas the rost :, and he
made foiks love; and respecs him. Mn