The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-02-17
SAINT PAUL. MINNESOTA THURSDAY FEBRUARY H. 1859

Ihe cxactions and expressions OF INC
Spanish government, sustained at the point
Of the bayonct, by an irresistible military
force, produce their natural effect upon the
people. Highway robberes and theft arc
frequent and esteemed trivial offences by the
people; cruelty Is one of their principal
traits incidence and Ignorance prevail And
the national virtues Of patriotism, honor and
justice are unknown.
rHs cooLiE AND SLAVE rRADk--rERRiBLE
CONDITION or rnk CUBAN siAyEs
The number OF Chinese Coolies on the
Island is about 10000. The lecturer stated
that il any one deemed their condition supc.
rior 10 tina, OF the slaves, or the Coolie
trade Inferior in cruelty, oppression and
guilt TO the slave trade, be need but visit
the island TO undeceive himself.
The condition Of the 400, 900 negroes hold
10 bondage in Cuba Is deplorablc indeed.
The lecturer did not hesitate 10 say that
there il Us wide difference between slavery
as il exists in the United States and in
Cuba, ~ between the Anglo SAaons Of this
country and the Crcoles Of that Island. bad
Ms the 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 10 Cuba Gan any
zane man doubt that the acquisition Of Cuba
would do much to alleviate the terrible hard.
ships OF the slaves. az narrated In the follow
INK extrsct from Judge ArwsrgRs lecture;
Take for example tho routine Of slave lie on
. sugar plantation In the boiling seas0n. Al
four O'Clock In the morning the bell calls 10 Ia
bor and in Htren minutes every slave must be
Al his post The field gangs repair forthwith 10
their labor, which II continued without inter
mission til 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
eontiausd ull two or half past, when there Ia
another iatefvsl Of half an hour for luncheon.
After which wora ia commenced, and continued
TIL nine 10 the evening. when the bell sounds
for the slaves 20 repair 10 their quarters. As
these are frequently two or three miles distant
from their place OF labor, they are not uDire.
auently feach he'd before teu. after which
they must provide Their own sUppers aud per
form such other labor ~ their own necessities
or that Of their families may require. This 10
continued during the whole sugar making sea
son, lasting from four to six months. speak
OF the routine observed upon the plantation
with which ! was most familiar, situated
some hty miles west u Havana, aud regarded
~ u model one 10 every respect. II embraced
MI area Of abou, four square miles, and EN-.
pIoyed over seven hundred slaves. Some what
different regulations u course obtain on the
different estates, but where they vary from that
described, the comparison would not usually
be 10 tbsir favor. On some plantations for OK
ample, the work Of the day ceases for An hour
only for refresbment, from II TO u, and the
evening bell does not sound the signal for quar-
tsrs till ten. How long the human system can
endure such protracted sxeIti0n. each may
Judge for him..r The value 81 human slave
llfs In no way enters into the Cuban planters
estimate, except - mn item II pecabinry profit
OF loss, This IL well illustrated by the remark Of
the proprietor 81 the estate towhch have refer
red, who stated that he had made 5000 b0Gss Of
suzsI the previous year at loss ~ 10 per cent
Of his hands, and that with the increased price
| Of sugar that year, be should make large pro
1T IL he could increase the humber 81 boxes To
10 600 at a loss of u per cent of his slaves,
which hs proposed 10 do. And yet this gentle
man va. literally educated, u most refined
| and engaging manners, had Travelled extensive.
|, In the United States, and doubtless posse ssed
| of ~ humane feelings a. any planter IN Cuba.
| II would he easy 10 ebumefAts instances OF ~
! human cruelty and diSregard Of life iowards
| ths m isstabie class u beings which fell under
/ my own 0bsery alton. bat such IN not my pur.
| pose. General results can only be glanced at.
| And that We have not misguided In regard TO
| the TsatmeG NJ Of slaves 10 Cuba and the est.
! mate there placed npon slave life Is further
| proved from the Published statistics. ~ the
1 censgs oil Isa1, the number Of slaves on the
| b. and Was fjg.tJs. In lrJy the number was
lrs. IN ~ tD1. 900. being decrease ~ near 80
, 90. while none are exported. although the i'm.
! poftaiion during al least q part Of that period
/ amounted ~ near ascould BE- estimated At over
/ l.. 900 yer abnum. And 0f all the slaves
nos on the IslsDd il IL said that not iess than
! opc-haH are native Africans. Contrast tbts
With the rapid natural increase VI the slave
! population 10 the States remembering at the
1 sane time, the largely increased prOfit. u slave
/ labor IN Cuba, aud II viii not bs diibcult even
! vi hoat other proof, 10 assign the true cause
/ for this .SEs1rdiBAry dseTsss' Of the most M
tar.ly prolific Of ihe human races. Thu differ
/ snes II treatment between the slaves u Cubs
| ADD tL0ss Of the Southern = a,ss. ~ asoTibe
| .oisly ~ the difference Of Hsbonaliuss, and
therefore Of the individual characters 81 tbsH
JTopfletSr,. for u Ia doubtless tfss tina, many Of
IL. dave Laws ts0 c.iled) 10 tGba, are IN terms
more fsvOrsble 10 the slave than hOse 81 the
s..s slater Of the Union. bot his sTikingiy
illustrate, ho~ italy useless re the best lave
uni... sustained by pubte opinion. And tbsse
slave lsss SOisr a. they pufpOri 10 be iOr The
7 amcl,sfatl0n 81 %" cphdh %. ~ bs slave. are
a.At.oiatsly dead upon the statute toot, as
The -. Agsirsi he slave uads or highway
robbsfy. sbicb crimes are daily, openly and
un6Igshingiy e0mmittsd. ut only under the
vsfy nOses, bat siu the rom vance and sane
ton - ths GovernmsBi oflelals Aud indeed,
tee have 81 ., al corsct IA o1r estimate a
Cub. character aad The dsn"alZng eject d
tb. .gs.m ~ Government there prevailing
shat ythsf result s0a,a BE- ANTICIPATED ga 70
spec, - q class 90 G;t.' } remedies. AID hope
l,.. agai.a wrong nearly Oh" half have
no hsf. iBtsil gibls lsngHsgs 10 sb'sh g. ytl~i
thef -omyiaiH,s then ins bfGtes Themselves.
.ssEIaTiJs v CUBA
~. kctu.y concluded his a sc1urS u III