The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-02-15

That was the result of fifteen years Of experiment
Still however British emancpaonists, Exeter Hall phi
lanthropsts, continued declaring that this
temporary passage from the system to the other
that this temporary state Of things could not endure aud
that the negroes would soon improve, In 1850, the cd
itor OF New York journal, hostile TO slavery, made
visit to Jamaica. hold his work in my hand. giving
picture OF the condition Of the island he oundi then
he advocate for the emancipation scheme He says
IL diaea, 70 xiesera aud ye' more dneat 70 define ie
ana srutuou. pouencss the nd are 20 great
tirye and yet seem a the faculty OF accumulation was gus
ned An the 'oissaiye power OF ,he so nnnnf 70 waste
tn ar Land IN tbs world may be had al price and almost i
ao not @ es@ s q s"o~ , ~ay T. mass is T.
wealth and luxury have witnessed the sonc 81 their inoers
poverty l There
public auuemsn' here kind, Tor auen'en purchased
with the surplus wealth of people here there surplus
There MAS MOI theatre OF museum or circus OF any other
island The corIortoa kngs,on owns bull ling which
used theatre, and IN he suburbs o the city 4 plain once Ia
but Of rst and pdes the only
lB.ge'o9s's J,maca in 1850 page Ss
This is the testimony friend of the scheme in 1850
But. sir have nowhere the true condition OF the
island ot jamaica under the operation OF the British sys
TEN Of free labor tor the production Of tropical products
better illustrated than in the official reports from the
Island itself 1t is scacely credible that such picture
am about read shonld have been issued by report of
the central board of health OF Jamaica in the year 1872
"yards awhieh after send forth streams Of
the mos, horrible ds,,.iaa uanbers Of di,isd and falling
together with uninclosed sites Of uledown houses, eov
township and the out tkirts q the new1
villages small settlements, the huts dwe elnss Of
pl,-te, cd wi,h the sa,nep very few
are they raised oil the erouna nor arc they amy
Ventilation or the admission VI fresh AR, i al
'The,e small dark, uuvcntasd houses. frequently
crowded y night within the small SPACE Of few square
3 fp Q" as s% s' s e O. % asss or
Of all an Of both hadiled together with the door and
through day children sleeping
and other should there
haa hai,u
something Of that kind Tue rush Of od"s on
purposes, very mu.h,o be
feared that largo portion Of our poor population seldom think o.
l na ,nr ssS Z, a shower S r
Among classes majority, being compelled by
eireu 4, be Held hborers are too lazy 70 move they IRE
qent squat down all day in sort Of suien apathy they eA and
impulses OF ,r human nature appear TO be as little exeei US
In well known fact that all The TOWNS aud villages
large number Of persons who have no oenhe means o. earning
selves and .nrrs Exposure j. very prevalent among
the pwcr under various accuses they meet IN numbers e
ancs oi wakes john
ab Chrnit- time; these or other ccsions Of
the sd they give scope animal enjoyment and the pitch
the excitement Ct the pevans passions their gestures ana ae
resemble tliose Of demons than Of human beings
English authors and statesmen. however, still continued
TO seak encourugingy to profess confidence in eventual
results until the testimony collected by the. House Of
nmons committee, in 1858, put end to all possib
ity OF denial and the ruin Of the colony is finally admit
ted TO be complete aud hopeless.
single extract from the testimony must suffice Cap
tain Hamilton of the royal navy in the course OF his cx
animation had declared that the island of Jamaica
desert Here follows his examination by the members Of
the committee.
Chairman. You made phrase time with
Aect desert win explain 10 wils,
C,,saia that going plantation establish
n, that bad sy been 9aes pcn nadns @ % where r., ,nss
uubung the places deeris nobody Them grass growing in
deserted melancholy appearance that certainly goes 70 ones heart
,t.t oulv ono mart
" q rC.psain Wamaton 1t Il the general character
ar Bright That Il not the case in Jansiea but in hcsc par,
! ticuiar locaicnsY
C,ytaia No the general character Of Jamaica Il that
!. gives you ,s impression o. place gons 70 aas"y s,ng q ~,
present population Of Janae and their locations
and c,livaion.
cua Hamison should say peculiarly applicable without any
Now Mr. President the effect produced upan the Brit
ISL mind by evidences such this may be best gathered
by cxtrat from the organ Of the abcst perhaps, OF
diving British statesmen. In the London Morning Herald
OF Sth September 1885, the admission is at length
thus ~ lde to the world
awe served, directed the attention Of
re condition e ,he o aaaI u q .s cur sovs wr, % ID oss r,s.
mistaken policy the rain hcb no. Only mes ou' has aea
crown now ,e by word The
msc by v richest fczc ndn.ies + reduced oas e
simulate her indu e raise her crushed
ihoic eno have not adviees
symptoms amendment the contrary The downward
tendency as eontnnc y for the unhappy Jn'par there
shtal vortex there seems To be no hope OF ecac
Although has been rapid and rrea
any the other iIan y deaoatn rests upon the entire
archipelago aid later will Involve them all
And Mr. President, far from this state OF things
,epg now contested treat Bain the people who
made tb,s Experiment. and who, by their folly and blind
ness reduced these oas ourishing colonies to such
state Of destituton and distress itc smc people now,
when Il Il too late remedy the evil deliberately Ep
nose TO ytbdyay the entire white population from The
island and teaya jamaica in the possession Of the
blacks secopd Hayti Hete is the Westminster Re
view for April 1853 call te attention d the seia
tor from Wisconsin mr. DooLirrIE TO the extract ~,
about to read it chimes in perfectly With his Views lie
will find here congenia spirit spirit that Is ready to
drive the white population from the cultivation OF the
entire tropics and leave them TO the british blacks that
now ns the sads that have been abandoned to their
sway But sir, when he haa carried out his scheme,
advise him to seek counsel from the hAh G.ter ana
get he recommends American Tree negroes 70 go 10
tasoE British and Spanish and Dutch free negroes indus
try and emerge; Here is the Westminster Review IL
appeals to the free coioo pspbe Q the United states,
and n e tks to them .'brethrch?
II no, for MS to mark their and yet
but think that by possible means could ihey :"
American slaves as by teacng energy ana u""y w m
free British negro
Again proceeds the Review
pe fastening their prcocpt and example, that time
when es her kindred isles the voice Of negro com
@noy prosperous .dnSas3 M 81 .n.in % a sh'n n us near and
wi lich viii not be able 10 direeard.'
will come, bold 10 be no VAIN pr"rsey
foolish 10 many may scent
Tho writer appears to have had a prescient sefcon-
sciousnessg N
hs.