Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-08-22

o De sure, " was tneileaciOust nut lhat was
no fault Of theirs, for It accomplished all that
bad at that time been proposed lt dealt with
the question by penalties, and everybody knows
that the profits Of that Internal boiiic were so
great that man might safely risk the loss ofiive
or six vessels by seizure provided he escaped with
the seventh vessel, finding that it was abso
lutely necessary that we should, for the first
time call the thing by the right name, and that
we should no longer slander trade by calling
that trade which was crime, we treated it as
1t deserved--as an offense, and had great sat-
isaction in prevailing on Parliament to pass
bill for making the slave trade felony, which
so great was the revolution which had taken
place in peoples sentiments--went through
both Houses Of Parliament without encounter
ing one dissentient voice That ended our
share in the slave trade With the exception Of
OF some few capitalists employing their money n
that traffic, it has now ceased 10 DO British Of
fense, and is confined to those foreign nations
to whom have already referred. [Cheers.l
Now, that emancipation has put the negro on
the same footing as the white in point OF rights
and privileges, il is iit that We should for mo
ment stop to consider what his behavior has
been under the change; and nothing can be
more satisfactory than all accounts Of the con-
duct of the slaves Il was expected by some
that on the lst of August 1884, there would
be an outbreak, and that the sudden liberation
Of persons who had so long been confined, and
under the influence Of oppression, would occa
sion conduct that was not consistent with the
public peace Never was any apprehension
more completely ialsihed by the result, Hear,
hear On that Jay there was all over the
West Indies, venture to say among the $780,
700 negroes whom we had liberated, the most
perfect peace, uninterrupted by riot or debiuch-
cry In that country where nature provokes
the passions aud where the stimulus OF
intemperance is dealt out with profuse hand,
there was no instance to be found in all the
CariDbean Sea Of intoxication or OF riot from
| intoxcation. On the contrary, the churches
and chapels were filled. SUGGESTIONS Of con
| grcgatons, one after another, trequented them
in order to testify their gratitude to God for
the great boon which Providence had bestowed
on them, [Cheers.l Those people, as pious
| as the nature Of man will allow, spent that day
IN piety and devotion, and not the slightest
breach fthe peace or act of intemperanee was
perceived. Then it was said, They will not
work" The result has proved the contrary
| They are not at all indisposed to work. Give
them wages and they will work. No doubt
they will prefer cutivating their own yam gar
dens you do not give them adequate wages;
but when they have adequate wages, they viii
| work as well as can be desired, not only at cot
ton and indigo, but at sugar also. IL was said
at the time that the supply Of sugar would
greatly fall off but we have positive proof from
the most undoubted authority %her9 they are
well treated and proper wages are given, the
supply of sugar in the district is not diminish
ed by emancipation, Indeed it was stated by
the Marquis of Sligo some years ago ia the
| House of Lords, that thore was one district in
| his Government, he having been Governor of
Jamaica, in which a two fold greater produce of
sugar had been made by free negroes than by
slaves in former times That, l admit, appears
to have been peculiar case, and therefore
do not mention 1t as an average; but as gen
eral rule, say that there has been no dlmlnu.
tion in the growth of sugar, and no want what
ever of men to work at proper wages .(1eaT,
hear) This subject has lately been matter o
controversy, and an inquiry is now going on
from which hope truth will be obtained, and
from which we shall see whether there are not
exceptons-as don't doubt there may be, to
that rlle For instance, am told that Bar.
badOes stands in a different position from Ja-
maica in that respect, aad that Barbadoes is
hourishing. Undoubtedly all the respectable
testimony which we have from Barbadoes is to
the effect that there is no want of sugar, and
that its growth has increased instead of fallen
off. The former slave stands now in different
position with respect to the community, incon.
sequence of the change that has taken place
from that which he occupied before
He has the same int rest now as his master
, II becomes his interest that the master should
profit, lOr his wages are to be paid out OF the
gains of his master The profits of the plan.
? ter are the fund out Of which his wages must
, butpaid consequently they have a common
interest and he ought to rejoice in everything
that tends reasonably and without abuse to tn,
profit of the planter. Hear, hear) Tha
many planters have suffered that many will
continue to suffer s undeniable; and those par
ticulary will suffer whose estates are under
! mortgage. lt m be said, indeed, that it al
I depends upon that, aud that those whOsC
, estates are not under mortgage are flourish
ing, but as a very great many estates ar,
unfortunately in that condition, / fear tina
; a considerable proportion of propriotors have
suffered But there have been many euf
ierers also by their advocacy of emancipation
! and when mention the name of MIR
Stephen am reminded of the last act of hit
. public life, when having been the steady sup
porter of the then Government, he, in the yeaI
, 1915, gave up his place iii Parliament and all
hope of preferment and retired into private life
! because he conscentously differed from his pO
ltica frlends-the Government of the day
r lin a.question regarding Africa and the slave
trade Such men also as George Thompson
aud others, both IN this country and the United
States, deepsing the daugertl which in some
cases they were exposed, and the loss winch M
all cases they underwent, labored in this great
and good cause, and honor bo to their names
[Cheers / could name other instances, and
II it were not seRsh aud slight matter com
pared with the sacrifices which others have en-.
countered, might name my own case. Loud
cheers ! grudge not, but look back with sat
: slaction and delight, to the labor OF nearly &C
! yearA in the cause but l was about TO state a
different kind Of sacrifice which made mos
choetluy. / lost an estate in the West Indies
which should not much have valued, and
lost an estate in tle North Of England which
should very much have valued, 10y kind indi
yidualw who had made me his heir to both os
: tates altering his will because | would not, u
1888, abandon the cause of emancipation
! [Cheers have grown old in these labors
but this Is an occasion on which may say,
"E'eu In our ashes live their wonted are.p
Il Is difficult to avoid feeling renewal D
[ what one has not intemitted but only relaxed u
= pressing, and relaxed, of late years, because th
? occasion has ceased
: VALUATION OF THE Cry OF New YoRK To-
! increase in value Of property real and personal