Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-08-20
NO. 1877.
MISCELLANEOUS READING
NEGRO EMANCIPATION.

The London Times INDUCES in the follow
ing reflections on the emancipation ot the
African race, which show that a wonderful
change has come over the English mind III
regard Ia this subject There is no bllnalng
the truth. Years ofbtter experience
"t hope deie' red. Of seli-devotiou unrequited.
of poverty, of humiliation. of prayers unan,
wered, OF sufierings derided. of insults uure-
sented, Of contumely patiently endured have
convinced us of the truth. 1t must be spoken
out. loudly and energetcally, despite the
wild mockings of 'howling cant The freed
West India negro slave will not till the soil
inr wages: the free son of the ex-save is ~
obstinate as his sire. He will cultivate lands
which he has not bought for his own vans.
mangoes and plantains' These satisfy his
wants; he does not care for yours. Uuttou,
and sugar. aud coffee, and tobacco-he cares
little for them. And what matters it to him
thar the Englishman has sunk his thousands
and tens of thousands ON mills, machinery
and plant, which now tOtter on the Ian
gushing estate that for years has only re-
turned beggary and debts. He eats his yamS
and Sniggers at 'Buckra.
We know not why this should be; but it
is 80. The negro has been bought with price
the price OF English taxation and English
toll. lie has been redeemed from bondage
by the sweat and travail of some millions "t
hard working Englishmen. Twenty millions
of pounds sterling hundred millions of
dollars-have been distilled from the brains
and muscles of the free English laborer, OF eve
nv degree, to fashion the " est Indian negro in
to Free and independent laborer; Free
and independent enough he has become, God
knows: but labOrer he is not; and so lar rs We
can see never will be. lie will sing hymns
and quote texts, but honest, steady industry,
he not only detests but despises. We wish
to Heaven that some people i'll England
neither government people, nor parsons, nor
clergymen-but some just-mlnded, honest
hearted and clear sighted men, would -
out to some of the isands-say Jamaica.
Dominica, or Antigua-not for month "r
three months, but for year-would watch
the precious proteye of English philanthropy.
the freed negro, in his daily habits; would
watch him as he azily plants his little squat
ting; would see him as he proudly rejects
agricultural or domestic, service, or accepts 1t
only ut wages ludicrously dispropCrtlonate t"
the value of his work. We wish, too. they
would watch him while, with hide thicker
than that of ahippopotamus and body to
which fervid heat is Il comfort rather an AN
noyance, he droningly lounges over the pre-
scribed task on which the intrepid English
man, uninured to the burning sun, con
sumes his impatient energy and too often
sacrifices his life. We wish they would 20
out aud view the negro in all the blazonry oi
his dleness, his pride, his ingratitudr, con
temptously sneering at the industry OF that
race which made him free, and then come
home and teach the memorable lesson ot
their experience to the fanatics who have
perverted him into what he is"
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the Fairfax Camp Meeting, to commcnce on the
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Persons intending To join the company aud board
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practicable, that we may make our arrangement