Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-02-09

PRACTICAL RESULTS OF NEGRO EMANCIPATION
RECENT TESTIMONY OF AN ENGLISH WRI
TER-HOW THE BRITISH COLONIES HAVE BEEN
RUINED-THE EVIL DAY STAYED OFF FOR
TINE By IMPORTED COOIlES-THE FINAL AMI
UTTER DESTRUCTION OF THE ISLANDS INEYI
TABLE, &c., &c., &c.
From the london Times, Jan. 6, 1860
THE WEST INDIES AND THE SPANISH MNN. BY Anthony
Trolope. London
We looked for amusement only from Mr. Trolope, and
are inveiged into instruction In the introduction
to his book find ourselves in the company of man
who looks only at surfaces who makes fun out of every
thing he sees and who threatens with large volume
of pleasant nonsense We are astonished his deter
uuatiOn with the account ofhi mseres in
a small brig that sme woeiuy of salt fish; began to
get tired when lie spends sentence after sentence i'll de-
scribug how he spent hours in Jamaica sun, do
ing nothing beyond roasting himself ave and when he
descautS bitters-a first bitter second bitters,
third berS telling that - long bitter duly swg-
gled is your true West Indian SIREN at once see
that We are in for it-good business like amusement =
Mr.. TrOllOpc, however is better than he seems. He
manages 10 do pleasantly whatever he attempts,
but his real object in writing the present
work is serious one; and we have TO thank
him for most valuable contribution TO our books
OF traYel Affairs Of State rs he describes them-
which We suppose to mean the affairs oil the Post Ohce-
compelled him to visit the Vest mdes and the Spanish
Maiu and hc made the most of his opportunities. lie
laughed the negroes hc made merry with the planters
but hc also took interest ia the politics of these re-
gcu- aud studied the questions that are involved in them
with much shrewdncss. Necessarily the questions rea
ting To the production Of sugar. and be several COndi-
tions Of the negro the coOe and the planter received
the largest amount OF his attention. When he crossed
over TO the Spanish Main he chiefly interested IN
questions Of traffic and the merits of canals and railways
the sthmus. Returning home by way of the Ber-
mudas he unearhed certain prison abuses for de-
light What with negroes and cOnyicts, sugar planta-
tons and railway advances, have enough 10 think Of
without troubling ourselves with the lighter portions OF
Mr. Troope's volume In the present article We conhne
our attention the West Indies aud propose to de
vote another paper to Central America and the Bermu-
das
Negroes coolies and planters what is the position of
each and what the rights OF each: In England II Is
much the custom to regard only the first of these
Faoi, Of pathetic siogHce and Tong geS ot poTtid-
4tsYttrV struggling hare Taught 10 js'ggiHe that the
eo,Id rlS gais f1 Sam6o and that the sole Of sugar
srftteg SANTOS existence. The Hsgro IS, no dotf,
a r,i.g amusing and g5rg 0mab'e tell,c and onght
20 irish him rtY bit he is also lazy animal, rthOH
lHV foresight and therefore Repairing 10 be led and COM
pc'sR II'e mu,t not j{ge him by orss'res, That he
q, capable OF improvement erergboig admits b'H i the
usaptiae he IS sci{div irtrior-he IS bR Ats raised
0i1rs mere animal The gegoe, kHOe This themselves.
7hsy hare no idea Of country amt pride of rdce-
Ihsy despiSs LegSeircs They know nothing Of Africa
except that il Is Of rsproach, aud the name which
oends them most l. that OF niger So little confidence
have they in any being who has admiXure of their
blood that no negro will serve muattO when he can
serve a European or white creole. In his passion he
calls the multto niger and protests that he is not
never will be like buckra man. These coiored people,
too despse themselves and in every possible way try 10
DENY their African parentage. They talk contemptuousy
OF the pure blacks whom they describe dirty uggers
aud nasty uggers and mere uiggers Mr. TroOpe heard
this sort of language in the mouth Of one whom lie had
absolutely taken for negro and who not speaking
buSiyely but quietly giving the ordinary appeatiOn OF
800 inferior class To compensate for this absence OF
pride there is in the negro composition an excess o vanity
Whoever would win the heart OF negro Tor an hour must
call him a gentleman. Whoever would reduce him
90 despair must tell him that he is filthy negro, that his
father and mother had tails like monkeys aud that he
cannot have a soul like the white man. Mr.. Trolopc
yiyes sOmc very amusing instances OF the working OF TIN,
vanity and perhaps the best OF these is the story OF the
negro lady IN white. One Sunday evening as our author
was riding with planter over his estate Young girl
was seen walking home from church aud aaycl from
head to foot in virgin white Her gloves were on and
her parasu Wa, up Her hat was white, so also was the
lace and 80 We're the bugle which adorned she walked
with great dignity and behind her Attendant yir
aiu whO carried the adys prayer book as everything Is
carried by negroes the head. As the fine lady pass
cd the riders the recognized her Mass and curtcied
"Who on earth Is tina, princess =. said Mr. Irollope.-
They are two sisters who both work 40 my mill, va,
The reply Next sunday they will change places; Polly
will have the p1raSol and the hat and Jenny will carry
tie prayerbook on her head behind her This little in
cdcul is very characteristic OF te eVrO WtJ IS rOid ~
,slErslidHcs and is the creature ofcrcmytdrss. He l.
very funny of animal aud there is something in
ereSting in bcrg dependent he is on the sympa-
hv OF others bt - IS creHt that he IS scarcely 'tsd
"a take care of hmssiC lie has care for to-mOrro,r
and II is enough if he can strut for little hour in his
hnery His virtues and his vices alike those Of mo-
mentary impulse Although lac is desperately fond
of life vet ~ he he i the SUi for hour vid,ot
aia hs eH not drag himself 10 the hospital to be cured
| IF Il ,,ortE disease. Although he loves hi, chill
| lren he will in his rage i'll them ieartully.-
Although be delights to hear them praised, he ,riH
| sell his iIightrs virtue for dolidr. little
makes hu happy, and he IS entirely creature If the
present that nothing make hl permanently 'rretched
Mr. Troope compares him 20 dog ~, his attachments.
The dog is fihid to y didso T., the negro In return
for our protection the dogs give al hcrh hearts but it
is not given in gratitude and they abstain with all their
power from injury but they do not abstain from judg-
meut The may either his dog or his negro
ever so cruey-yet neither has any anger against him
when the pain is over. II a lger should either
from IN usage there would be thankulnc,s after
the moment Affection aud fidelity things Of custom
wju him. Is for the HegroS religion, ou' dHHOr IS
LHIs faith iH ~ The Hcgroes Ls SdgS ch ytttr 10 be-
Joag 10 BAPTIST congregation to cdiied iSiya,
Bof because tere a., ercitacHt IS ali0red 10 them chich
is drai,d ~, the Ch,1ch Of England They sing, they
haloa tey SCREAM hsg hare their reeioais hey ak Of
their 'sar JrodsrS' and "dr sisters" and "H their
srSt1iic holrliHg get U, for their a." They
have little or no perception, however, OF their relation to
the spiritual world and the extremely practical view OF
religion which they take is summed ~ in he ere Of
rymn which We present to Mr.. Troope for his ed
ii a. Illustrating the cccessias zeal conviction OF the
"deIr brOders' in the United States
De Lord he lub de rigger well.
lie know him Niger by de smell;
And ~ zen L. ",