Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-11-23

wbo, Las suc:, African life in Jamaica IL
common with African life in those alituues G
the United States, which know tho %ln,cl
cold rs we'll as tbs summers near, anu "nici
produce bread 10 strengthen inc i'uus'''ous
husbanlnan's heart, rather t'ian Spo'lateou:
frui, for the rccrcshment oil IDLE d"eiieIs III LIZ
land Therefore, good briton, iorpoar TO quote
effected emancipation in tropical Jamaica rs OF
encouragement 10 attempt emancipation IN ten
rcra:e North .Aincrlca.
And rbol mayest all the more properly inns
/ r,rbcar because it is plain enough hat alter al
Ihorc is certainly something wrong. about ia
,noic, II is confessed on..all HANDS that the
;slond has, since emancipation, had very little
snrnlus production OF sugar to export. The
friends decentralization say, that this want Of ex'
nort ,h1c wealth is abundantly balanced by inter
nal prosperity. Tic explanation seems vague, un'
I'll il is translated into plain language, IN which il
means that the blacks are comfortable and indie
ncrdrpt of control and work-that they eat
The fat of the land, and are its virtual owners,
in indoIence accordant with their African con.
stjtu,jon. In Il word, the island has been given
IN to them; and yet Englishmen are a money
, liking race Us c~olonists throughout the world,
md ,lr- have therefore concluded that Jalnai,
., ,m,st not be sacrificed in toto. They have
consequently devised the importation Of Coo
lies Who's. service to them shall gradually
make tie proprictary Of the island independent
nr IN, fro. African race, and of the unrcason.
.LIn demands Of That race for little work and
much pay. n.
Now we have n word to say, good Briton,
about the Coolie system, II ever u remedy
WA. worse than the disease, It IS SO in the pre-
sent Instance OF the importation OF Asiatics
into the West Indies. We do not purpose to
dwell on the frauds, or even on the persona!
commission, by which ii Is credlhly alleged
that the poor fellows are drawn int" one
sided contracts with hcartiess Spectators
on their ,noncv--aluc rs Iaborers; nor DO
We intend To- institute 4 comparison he
tween your Coolic emigrant-shlps and the
s~lavers, which there is too good reason TO say
that those c1nigrant-ships closely resemble, IN
all points that concern health, comfort, deccn.
cv. ard care of the lives Of the unloriunatcs III
either case. We are willing TO suppose. gratui-
tolsly. that your Coolies have been fairly got
len m the land Of their birth, and humanely
TRANSPORTED 10 the land where their labor is de-
sired. But, good BTiton, nearly the whole Of
your Importation into your West India posses
s;ons are males only--lnales Of Il most liccn-
lioIS race. Have You considered the moral, or
rather the immoral, tendencies Of shch lrnlnl-
grGtion-thc necessary consequences oil the
influx of hundreds and thousands Of sensual
maic .ASiatics, without wives, and without con-
scitncc rs to denominations Of which it is Il
shame even TO speak? And do You suppose
that domestic happiness and female virtue
.,...- ,.n,,, ,r Iy, - ,hIsEl AErIpDnr WILL ln
increased under the reign Of ~ircc.lo"c laborer>:
One Of the primal Divine utterances, in re-
spect to the sons Of men, is the declaration that
Ill IS not good for the nan ~ 6s atone. That
declaration was made whilst the man WAS yet
in the innocence Of Paradise; and AL Divine
revelation, as well as all history, sacred and
~,roGlnc, since the fall, adds solemn coniir1na.
ton to the vast moral evils Of neglect to heed
the law that every man have his own wife and
every woman have her own husband Cell
bacy. as O religious vow Of ordinance, has con.
seouentlv come to be esteemed by ProtestantS
an unsuccessful ard most pernici0us fraud on
the nature which God has given to man. In
proof of their views, they appeal to facts in re-
spect 10 pricstly, n,onastic ard conrcntllal HE,
which candid and intelligent members OF the
Church Of Rome cannot gainsay nor contradict.
The followers Of the last named communion
admit that vows Of religious ccliblcy IRE high
and exceedingly difficult to observe; but they
claim that The good Of the Church Of Christ
requires such sclEconsccratio1, and that the
grace Of God is sufficient for those who have
undertaken it in His strength. Wcdo not stop
to decide this cr:dless difference oi Two great
RELIGIOUS bodies. We advert to it only 10 re-
I. 49,, ,t,o ,;,t,,, v.hirb DrntrCfapts 1llprp
To be a!n,cst impossible for man thoroughly
refined and ChriSiianized, and which Roman
lists admit to be exceedingly hard. even for
such an one, must he altogether impossible FOR
semi. barbarous, halEheathcn Coolies; and what
language can sufficiently condemn an industrial
system which tends IL place Jamaica on the
vile crnincnce nf Sodom and GOmorrati: DO
not, good brn;hcT, for Il single moment, sup
nose that the people Of the Lnitcd States Of
North America vii! initiate your p'cddo,Fhi-
lanthrcpy in this matter.
On page -, our author *cnds Il centre shot
through Stewards doctrine Of the ''irreprcssi-
bic conflict"
Ii appears. rs we remarked in the outset Of
this discussion, that our iorciathcrs were quite
mistaken IN the opinion TINT African slaves
would continue &c he n hopeless burden on the
United States. In oar day their productive
power in cotton and sugar has become so great
that our great Republican has proclaimed, that
an 'irrcpressiblc conflict exists between their
labor and the labor Of the free white man. In
other words, be proposes to forbid the extern
sion cr slavery, on the ground that it is too
prnfiaJie 10 the States il which it exists.
The following grouping Of facts is excel
lent:
lIr. Seward is kcenly alive t0 divergence from
the wavs Of our forcfatters to the profit Of the
South. Why is he not equally sharp-sighted
and equally strenuous AS TO divergence from
the WAYS Of our lore!athrrs to the profit, the
great and manifest profit, Of the North: Does
h. not know that, beginning with the date Of
the Missouri Compromise, which he calls the
date of divergence in favor of the South, the
resources and productive powers III the North
have been unintupied I: And by what means ?
Not hv the toll Of the hardy hands Of The North
eru Suns or Revolutionary SircS, but 10y the toll
Of European immigrants, AMI Of the SONS and
DAUGHTERS Of those Immigrants whose common,
hard or mcnial labor we direct by our intclli-
prnce. but seldom assist with our uTn hands.
And does lie not also know that our furcfathcrs
greatly unprecedented the consequences that
must flow with such immigration into the
United States: The works Of Mr.. Jefferson
and his contemporaries show thar their wisdom
WAS quite IL much at fault 10 respect to the
effects Of an influx nf emigrants, ~ it was in
respect 10 the employment OF an African slave
population. They had no farsighted vision of
our present public improvements and expand
ing Western country, just as they had no visicn
or prophetic dream Of oar present cation crop.
They supposed, naturally enough, that mrdu-
caleli muIiitmdcS, flying from the f~ainineS or
expressions of Inonarchi'al Europe, would
brin. with them political and social vices which
must unfit them inr participation in 4 Govern.
nicnt in vlich tie voice OF The iuanrti< law.
Bur Almighty God, in His gracious and wise
providence, has, by the hands If those very
immigrants, whom our loTctathers would have
called Il dangerous class, male vast openings Of
what was wilderness, hot ONLY in 1916, or in
1851, hut cYcn in 1890. Yes, the changes of