The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-02-06
ABOLITION N THE WEST INDIES.
Practical Results of Negro
Emancipation.
RECENT TESTIMONY OF An ENGLISH WRITER.
How the British Colonies Have
Been Ruined.
observation-disclosures
The Evil Day StavSd III for a Tine b!
Imported Coolies.
The Final and Utter Destruction Of the
Islands Inevitable,
&C &c.. 40
RECENT TESTIMONY OF AN ENGLISH WRITER.


~ beck we iud ourselves the company of man VIII
Issks only surfaces who makes fun out OF everythin
~ sees. ard who threatens us with large volume o.
sessapt nonsense We aston,shed at his determioa
ION with the count Of his miseries in
small brig that smelt woefuly OF salt fish, we begin to g.
when he spends sentence after sentence IN descrb
Ing bo~ he spent two hours in Jamaica sun, doing 90
1h'rg beyond roasting himself alive; and when ne des
bers-a first bittere second bitters, third
bters telling that ga long bitter duly swiggled is your
foe West Indian sren, at that IN for
b-good business like amusement Mr.. Trolope, how.
ever, better than he seems He manages TO do plea
sAotly whatever he attempts, but his real object in
wiring the present work serious and We have u
bsnk him for most valuable contribution to our book
Of travel Affairs Of State he describes them-vhich
suppose 10 the affairs OF the Post Ofhce-com-
seized him visit the West Indies and the Spanish Nam
be made the most OF bis opportunities He iaughea
negroes he made merry with the Planters but h.
ao took interest in the politics OF these regions an
vaded the questions that involved in them with much
Necessarily the questions relating TO Me
production Of sugar. and the several conditions Of the
me- the coolie and the planter received the larges
amount Of his attention. When he crossed 70 the
Spanish Msn be chiefly interested In questions Of
traffic and the merits Of canals and railways across the
tahmus. Returning home by way OF the Bermudas, he
up.srthed certain prison abuses for our delight What
negroes and convcts sugar plantations and railway
with the lighter portions OF Mr. Troopes vo
hne. In the present article conane attention to
% Central America and the Bermudas
Negroes, coolies an planters what Is the position OF
eacb and what the rights Of eachS In England it
no much the custom to regard only the first OF these
Ilsods Of ratha,c eloquenoe ard long years Of parlian
nyy struggling have duqh to imagine that TIE icord
~de for San,o and that the sole use of sugar is to s'ee"
3eskos ezlsferoe The n.gyo doubt gerry oD,ustn0
cd q am,able tiioc and oe ought to tsh him WeH
~ Ne IS also larry animal nthou any foresight, and
AeSefore yeQt,rfno 10 be led and compiled We must MOI
edge by ourselves That he is capable Of improvement
eg~yybody dpt LDt in the meantime he is decidedly snfe
gos kno,o themselves. They hse idea Of country
nd prtde of race Theu dsp,se themselves They know
soshOe Of Africa except that is term OF reproach and
e which ofends them most is that OF niger. So
h1sie bfdebce have they in any being who has ad
mixture OF the blood that negro will serve muatto
vh-n he can serve European white creole In his
passnp he calls the muato niger and protests that he
b not will be like buckra man. These cotored poo
Pc, too dee hese'c and in every possible ,oay try 70
dpy pesr Afrrodn pdre,t0ge They talk CONTEMPORARY
Of tn pure blacks whom they describe as dirty niggers
end nasty niggers nggers Mr. Trollope heard
Nus OF language IN the mouth Of one whom he had
absolutely taken for negro, and who not speaking
abssively but quietly giving the ordinary appeiaton OF
an interior class To compepsat' Tor TINS absence OF
ps0e there the negro composition excess Of vani
" Whoever would the heart o negro Tor an hour
must call him gentleman Whoever would reduce him
Gsspair tell him that be is filthy Niger that his
lhaher and mother had tails like monkeys, aud that he
cannot have foul like the white man. Mr. Trollope
uVss some very amusing OF the working of this
vAsky perhaps the of these the story Of the
BeNvo ady in white. One Sunday evening" as our author
rising with planter his estate, young girl
w,s walking home from church, and arrayed from
head foot virgin white. Her gloves were on, and her
psrssol up. Her hat white, also the lace
and 20 were the bug'es which adorned it She waket
wth great deuy, aud b. hind her an attendant viz
gin who carried the ladys prayer book as everything
osSrfd BY negroes on the head AS the nne lady passed
Me ri0srs SHE recognized her "Massa and courtesed
"Who earth Is that princessy' said Mr.. Trollope
sTbey two sisters who both work at my MILL, wa
Re reply Next Sunday they will change places; Polly
w have The psrasol and the hat, and Jenny will carry
The prayer book her head behind her" This little in
eadsbt very characteristic of the negro who is rod Of
ss reian6e GnS the creature Of circumstances He is
funny sort Of ANIMAL ana there Is something nts
resting in being dependent as he is on the sympathy
q others but Is edcnt that he Is scarcely nted 10 take
Of himself tie has for TO porrow, and IL is
enough he strut for little hour in his fnery. HIS
virtues and hs vices ike those of momentary i'm
pulse. Ahoufh be desperately fond OF fe yet he
eas he in the for an hour ihO1t pain he u not drag
htsAself 70 tie hospital to Be cured Of mortal disease Al
Though be loves his children, he will In his i'll
them fearuly Although he delights to hear them praised
~ xN sell his daughters virtue for a dollar. little
makes nun happy, and he 50 t'rsly creature q ~
Mr. 1tooTe compares him to dog ~ his oadchments The
dog taIhfM 10 u.s. and Is the negro. In return for
nt given in gratitude and they abstain with all their
power from injury but they do not abstain from judg
ever 20 cruey-yet neither has any anger against him
when the pain ID a stranger should save either
1hs moment Affection and fidelity are things Of
vxh him. As far the Negroes rel'gon our author has "
neyaA IN T. The rgroes ne says ns,eA 2rer % bslos9
heoase there ercem< au9,ocd TO them ph,ch is de-
.sud in the Church Of England They sing, hey haoo,
Svods'' and "dar saers and n their ecsatie oplin9s
0 fun fer their money" They have little or NO per-
sepoon, however, Of their relation 70 the spiritual world,
md the extremely practical Of religion which they
1Ate summed up In the verse OF hymn which we pre-
sent to Mr. Tolope for his next addition, as l.trating
De Lord he Tub de niggar we'll;
He know him niegar by do smell;
And, when de niggar children cry,
De Lord, he glib oem 'possum pie"
these lustra tons OF character the chief thing to be
zoeed Is that there little self sustaining power and
sant h determining the question OF labor the West In
dks Aservie race peculiarly fitted by nature for The
- Ss.srt Soy ~ asr oa ee,nA % ;s him q In
sssA suaoaned posUer he lircs from Adnd to mouth IN
svdr Aot h may hare his DINNER amd snail fny, H.
ssiu sprk le but after that he content 10 lie TIC
1kis Jamaica he rery easily do onoapatow and
Jrss tvude hare cosb~ed to rov tracts Of la~d on.
q esltratiom, and on these TIE ngre squdts getting all d
II spants ,cA rv7v h,e nure and sinking TIE
spssae fashion back to Ae sewage state Lying under bis
eoson tree, he refuses to work after ten O'Clock in the
morning "No, tankec, massa, me tired now; me no
want more money" Or, by way Of variety, he may say
ssNo; workee more; money 'nuf; WORKED no pay"
sAnee be cannot prevail Ssmbo 70 second shl
Ing by going into the fields He calls him . lazy
Niger and threatens him with starvation The answer
mo, massa; NO starve now God send plenty yam"
Theee yams, be observed, which Sambo relies and
On the strength Of which he declines TO work, arc
= hin expense and Mr. Troope suggests an inquiry into
fhe feelings Of an English farmer our hborers were to
refuse work the plea there plenty OF potatoes
ana bacon had-she potasoea and bacon being the
produce Of the farmers heA Nero Les Ge shiny
ey edorous negro u.dr ais nn.90tree oatsng tie lios
q
k-udfrnl oad, tsAod,' says M 7rclopw, "0e famdy
table preod He pus eocoonsd, and, oi there Is as
brrdge He lies on ne oosHd, surrounded BY oranqs bo
aasos snd pincerPls Why should he york 20 Lei Sambo
Atwsef reply "No, maesd, NE scdk in belly: me no
ssxkee TO day lake soork jila 'ess ilt,e moment
Mr.. Trolope gang OF ten or twelve negro girls
canepiece, lying idle on the ground, waiting TO commence
Sh~ir weeks labor They had not been 70 work the
Monday this was Tuesday morning. and they lying
with their hoes beside hcm meditating whether they
would measure out their work not The planter hap
pened 70 be with Mr. Trolope, and they imnediaely At
lacked him. "No, massa no worKee money no nun,
said one "Four bits no pay! No pay Of an,' said
anosher "Ffve bits, mara, and we gin morrow
sary." The demand was refused, and the planter
observed to Mr. Trollope "Theyn measure work 70
morrow; Thursday they will begin, and u Friday they
vin finish for the week" "But will they not look else
where for other work. was asked. "Of course they
will and occupy whole day In looking for IT, bat others
csnoo pay bee'ter than do and the end will be as
cell you"
he ei1 rAich vs eruely esbdTasses he planters Il
sAy fd IN jamaica and IN IF tie sdliv Islands,
0renodd, d ninioo and 81 Lcsd, Uhere the nevo has TIC
eAosce g squaatna N Barbados Jen at all,