Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-02-09
De Lord, he lub de igger we'll
lie know him Niger by de smell;
And, when de nigger children cry,
DE Lord. he gib dem pOssum pie.

I'm these Illustrations of character the chief thing to be
noticed /, that there little scsustaning power and
sense of the future in the negro-acs that are all impOr
taut in determining the question OF labor IN the West In
dies seryile race peculiarly fitted by nature for the
hardest physical work in burning cline tie negro has
100 eSie for property strong enough 10 induce him to Ia
bar pifh sustained U0cer. lie Ire, from had 10 mouth.
III order that h. mdy haze his dinner and some small
fi,rv he cW cork hit bit after that he Is content
10 Ice in the SUM- This IN jamaica he yery easily d.,
for emancipation and free rdd haze combined to hro~
e,orao, tracts Of ia,d ont Of citcatio', and on these
tie negro sguis getting all that he rants oih Cery iuls
0bie, Sinking The most TesOtte taShton back 10 tie
sGrdgs state Lying under his cotton tree, he re-
fuses TO work after ten o'clock IN the mo ming. NO,
tankee maSSa, me tired now me want more
monsS" Or by way OF variety, he may say, mo;
wo Zee more, money no nuii; wOrkee no pay
And the planter must his foul with weeds be-
cause he cannot prevail SambO TO second shil
ling by going into the cane fields He calls him lazy
niger aud threatens him with starvation The answer
s-"No maSsa; no starve now; God send plenty van" ="
These vans be it observed which SlmbO relies, and
on the strength of which he declines TO work, are
grown on the planters ground and probably planted
at his expense and Mr. Troope suggests inquiry into
the feelings of an English farmer If our abOrerS to
refuse work the plea that there i plenty of potatoes
and bacon to be had-the potatoes and bacon being the
produce of the farmers fields. There lies tie shiny
0iIy oiorons HeV0 tnder his mango tree eating the las
ciotS fruit ~ the S "Hs SENDS has bdck iTchtH WD
for breadf7Gt and behoid," says Mr. 1roiiope, "Ue
EiIy table IS spread lie piercss cOcodad, and 10
there Is has beverage. lie les tie ground, s,Tron-
led Jy oranges bananas and p1,eappies. Why should
he ,c0rk ~ Let Sam6o hin'se reply. No, indssd, nee
reak in me Lsity me- o rOrkse fO,iay Ike nor
kss inst en- Httie moment" Mr.. TrOllope gang of
ten or twelve negro girls in canepiece lying idle on
the ground waiting commence their weeks labor
They had not been to work on the Monday; this WAS
Tuesday morning, and they lying with their hoes
beside them meditatug whether they would measure
out their work The planter happened to be with
Mr.. TIollope aud they Immediately attacked him. mo,
massa We workee; money no nui, said one. -Four
bits no pay No pay at ALL said another. Five bits,
massa and We gin morrow arly' The demand was re-
fuse d. aud the planter observed to Mr. Trolope "Ihey II
measure their wor; tomorrow Thursday they will
be- n and on Friday they will finish for the week. -
But will they not look elsewhere for other work ," it
was asked "Of course they viii, and occupy whole
dav in looking for IT, but Others cannot pay better than
do, and the end viii be as tell you"
The srl .rhieh thus cruelty sn6drrdssss the planters
is chiefly fsh in JdDlaeG and in some Of the smaller