Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-06-25

! ing the blessings Of emancipation. lie had not
himself seen any of the horrors of slavery but he
had laborod for several years rs missionary Of the
Cross Of Christ among its martyrs The scene of
his labots had been British Guiana, which was sit
uated on the northeast coast of South America
! 1t was not an island, it was sometimes spoken
Of as being, even by Legislators in this country,
but was part Of the great South American Con
tnent Its area was three times that of Engl land
and Wales; but while it contained $4,000 square
miles of good productive soil the population was
so small that it to great extent remained uuculti-
waited. What population there was, was chiefly
tfinged along the coast but with o sufficient pop
latou to cultivate the soil, sugar and coffee could
be raised sufficient to supply the wants Of the peo
pie OF Scotland, England, and Wales. (lIear
hear, If then they had sufficient population
for that purpose they would be able to strike or
efectual blow at the United States slavery (IIear
herr. The black population of British Guiant
was emancipated in 1888, and they did not forge
that they owed their emancipation to the Christian
people of this country. (IIear, hear) 1t had been
his lot to preside at several Of the anniversaries to
celebrate their emancipation, and he bad been Of
ten much affected in listening to the speeches OF
some of the aged negroes, as to the effects which
slavery produced upon them. Some of those aged
men wont to pray God that they might live
till they could die free. (IIear ,hear.) They were
however, no doubt aware that there was q large
party at the present day, who we're fond Of bring
| ing accusations against the friends of emaneipa-
tion. They said that emancipation had ruined the
trade of the West Indos but he stood there to tes-
tfy to the contrary. (Cheers.) The West Indian
colonies were never prosperous as they were at
the presen. time. lCheers.) Just take the case OF
British GUIANA and compare the state of the pop
ulation there twenty-five years ago, with what it
was now. Previous to freedom the colOred popu'
lation could held no property, but during the
tweuty-ono years since freedom, they had acquired
property and held conveyances Of it from the Brit
ish Government to the extent of million sterling.
Loud cheers) Nine tenths of the black popula
tion were new freeholders of the country Every
man lived in his own house, and their being free
holders was the reason why many Of them devoted
their time between the cultivation of the sugar and
coffee estate, and that Of their own land. Before
freedom they did not know the use Of clothing
Wide now they were as well dressed as those he saw
l beftre him. (Hear, hear.) Before freedom no
| one of them knew letter Of the alphabet, bu
now every adult could read for himself the won
deriu Book of God, while the Children were re
ceving as good an education as were the childre,
of the working classes in this country. (IIear
hear.) The London Missionary Society had four
teen large stations there, while there were also
Church of England, Wesleyan. Church of Scot
land, and other missionaries, who were all striving
tha, al ,t,o I,,1t and toa a1 afa
the young. Before freedom they did not know the
rights and privileges of citizens, but now they
knew and cherished those privileges and rights as
well as do the working classes of this country,
the only difference being that they taxed some
what higher for the enjoyment Of .hem than was
the working class of this country. (lIear, hear J
When the cholera was in Barbados they assem-
bled and raised fund for the benef Of the suffer
ers, and during the Crimean war they raised 200t.
for the Patriotic Fund cheersl and these in
stances he thought showed that they were worthy
of the freedom which had been conferred upon
them. The exports of British Guiana are larger
now than ever they were in the palmy days of sla-
very. At that time the sugar exported amounted
to from eighteen to nineteen thousand hogsheads,
while last year the sugar exported amounted to
So, 900 hogsheads, having considerably more than
doubled since the Emancipation Act. At the same
time the prosperity of their colonies was then
placed on a proper basis. During slavery their
prosperity depended upon single system Of
credit, which was like house of sand, touch i,
and it went down. Now, however, matters were
different-cose TO British Guiana was Dutch Gu
ana where slavery still prevailed. There was only
river between them, and over that river the poor
slaves could look and see free people in the en-
joyment cf every blessing and comfort. Parties
of these Dutch slaves often came across and were
received and provided for by their free BRETHREN,
AS showing an excellent trait in the character o
the black population, he might state that in the
days Of slavery the red men of the Forest the Alb,
origines. were won't to hunt the fugitives. and de-
liver them up to the aoh, but instead of retaliatnG
upon them now that they ere free, some five or six
years ago they assembled and took the necessary
means of sending missionary to those red men to
teach them tho gospel of Christ. large number
of young men are also being trained up for the
preaching of the Gospel, and others as select
teachers, so that the moral influence of British
Guiana would. no doubt. be felt in Dutch Guiana
and other colonies. (Cheers. .t...
'r. r.r. From the Cleveland Leader.