, 1860-08-16

ply Of slave labor in tho colonies. The impor.
tations we're almost ubnlly Of persons between
tho ages Of fftsen md Atty. There ware ~ among
them scarcely eoy young ch1Ia!en. t9ese M NE
were picked Jaborin9 population. 1heJ we're
nearly Ill field handa-men as VEL ~ women.
Could there be more favorable conditions for an t
immense yield OF products in proportion 10 inc
whole number Of Inhabitants f-S!averT WIS
rspiajT fsil to iss natural level Herds Of slaves
became divided into families Of free people.
Women left the fields, and entered upon their
natural household duties The pnapoftioa Of
persona urfiE for labor Of any k'nd VIZ g1e1s1y
increased Eightsea yf.1s slaRssd rnx most
choseu far compariaou. Ard what was the re-
sultf A yust Increase in the productive m
dus{fy.. 4 fnr eu1aiter number Of persons had
raise1t far greater quantity Of products, AND
this is what The editor Of the 1t'n<s and He'a11
deliberately calls "a, marked xetfogresslon
towards original barbarism." The poor man
had just DECLARED, in the preceding sentence,
that .the commerce. and productive Industry
of people are tie surest tests Of their pro.
eresslve ciyi1izationi" This would be like asy-
| ing that the Nortbern States Of our contederacy
are much weaker than the o2u,he1a osatea
| because national strength CONSISTS III Hun1oerS,
| intzuig<Ac4 and tced:th.
I IsIal give the editor Of the 1sn.s dnd Herald
/ the advantage Of another view oi the subject.
| What was the condition Of the British West
Iudies before emancipation? Far the sake Of
alone, DetHeen 1918 and 1888 there wera
eight and twenty slave coneplrac}es and 'n-
surtectfons, in one Of which in 1860
orer eleven hundred men persisted, aud moro
than Il million dollars worth Of p'operty de-
s:royed. On an average there 'ras an outbreak
in every i've and q halt yenr.. Twenty-s11
years hare passed sinc. emancipation. and
tll:re las b,en not one rebellion. 1sthis1etro
grading towards barbarisr? From state
1nens male in the House Of Assembly in 1899
We l1aru that one hundred and seventF'seFe1
estates were sold within twenty years tor paE
meat Of debts; tla. hfts.two estates ", W.T.
thrown up; and that ni2ety-t~o we're still II
, the hands Of creditors. A period lnnger b.
| morc than six years has elapsed since the er
OF freedom. We have hard Of no bankrupt
!, cies in that time, excep! Of persons Whose case
= we're hopeless before relet came. Is this an
o other proof tba: emancipation has resole
: = in unmltizated evil to both master and s'afe Z
= Ph- baok5 Of the ProEost-narshal show tha
80,lal executions, amounting to more tha
$4,000, 900, we're lodged in his office in mint
) teen years, nearly $4,000. .oG0 per annna
u And "1amaica has been ruined" because u
- 80 5eass the island was under the ben'gnai
rule ct slavery. It bad uearly whole CONT
nent from which to steal lAborers. The chnrs
in blessed Md 6anctifed it's " patr1srchai lns'it
tion." Britain poured out her wealth upon
ct shores. Aud wien freedom came 1uko posse
Is soa of the mismanaged and worn cut estat
a not one f-urth OF the land had been hroug
= ur1er cultivation. parliamentary dccume
lis published in 1881, set forth that commert
" during the previous eighteen years. bad pc
to "deserting the chores Of Jsmaica; that els
Nv ':or prosperity vera no longer perceptlo1
u- .-tla: one un!ve:sal gloom lowered a1ou1
Id "and that ruin, in the most dreadful shape, u
es, "to a!l appearance inevitable, advanced vi
in "rapid strfiies" un every side there were
is. ide ces Of Il wide. spread and general demor'
in zation. Bad mea in other countries vi
er. shocked at the depravity they found IN Jam
n, ca. Added tn the most beastly intemperan
tue grossest RIGHTEOUSNESS, laudanum- drr n
opium. ea'ins, gambling. and proximity, ~
was IN utter disregard Of life, liberty, and Il
Society wa4 ready 10 burst with its own rott
red ness, and the cLo.ce was between emauc'Pat
Al, and destruction. Slasery was abolished. III
o'A arc peace and order now. Life u:d prope
IN are SECURE Half the troops in garrison
h1e been withdrawn. Yhree.fou1ths Of The pc
o~e force has hxen dismissed. There are
w THOUSAND more 1andholLers- 0ne hundredth
'a' sand more children rcceiye instruction.
He another glorious Ink has been added 10
TO ling caaia Of proof, tl4at man should not b
49, power to lord it over his fellcw.
the EESSEnE