The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-08-12
AUGUST 10, 1859.


died fires among the dry cane leaves 10
work by. During slavery, the weekly ex-
penses of the estate were S2l9. After
emancipation they averaged S96 20. We
have no cause TO fear Instructions now.
Emancipation has freed us from all danger
on that score. The negroes are easily con-
trolled by law. do not know of single
planter who would be willing to have SIR
very restored. 1t was curse to the plan
ter and the slaves.
Mr.. Bourne, the manager Of Miller's es-
tablishment, said:
6" feared the consequence of emancipa.
ton, and reduced my cultivation in 1884,
but finding my people work as well as ever,
/ have added new land. With money at
handI can take any crop God may send.
Nothing but bad treatment can make them
leave their former masters. They are less
indolent now than during slavery. The ex-
peuse of infringement of estates is reduced
one-third. Many machines and expedients
for saving manual labor are introduced
Emancipation has proved an incalculable
blessing TO the planters. by releasing them
from an endless complication of response
bilities, perplexities, temptations and ankle.
ties"
Joseph J. Gurney, who visited Jamaica
in lS40, says: aH-
"The people are industrious, contented,
and gradually accumnlating wealth. Un-
der slavery, two hundred slaves were sup
ported on the Papine estate; it is now
worked by forty-three laborers. The estate
of Halberstadt used to support one hund-
red and seventy slaves: now fifty-four la
do al III The 90
slaves on this estate cost 81, $50 annually.
The annual wages of the fee laborers
amounts to $3,065. .r
Doctor Stewart said that be believed
that property in Jamaica without the
slaves is as valuable as was formerly with
them" In six years the number of free
holders, who had become such by their own
industry, was 1900. This testimony was
before ls46, and was proof positive of the
benefit sccruing to the former master by
employing free rather than slave labor.
Alter 1916 came hard times. The tariff
was removed from sugar, ard millions of
dollars were lost by the fall in price, the
ruin OF estates, and bankruptcy Cf the
planter. The prostration. resulting from
this has been attributed to emancipation.
How falsely, is apparent. t41
What has been the effect upon the growth
and prosperity of the lslcDd?
II the condition of both c1aster and slave
has been improved, we would expect to see
il manifest in the increase of export and
import. 1t is so.
Mm. G. Sewell reports
that betwt en- 1920 and
1884, British Guinea
imported annually to
the value zoo, ,oO0 1859, $500 900
Trinidad imp. before '3i .690,OO0. lS g. 3OOj.OOO
Barbados, frs; period. 2,SoO,UeO 1889 co. 900
Antigua in san time. 60U,OO0. 1859 L, ,2SU UtO
The total import trade before emancipa-
tion, So $4,000; and valued in 1859, $i4,-
0.0uO; gain of over $5, 600, 900.
In their exports. there was relative ad-
vance in every island but one, making an
exhibit of 265,Ooo,o0O iu 1859, against
lS7,000,000 In 1884. An annual balance
is shown in favor of freedom of ST. ,0Oo, 900
at the lowest estimate. All of which can
only be attributed to the improved condi-
tion and ample means of the peassntry un-
der the dawning influence of freedom.
Jamaica has been noted as an exception
in the matter of sugar, and coffee, and rum.
The sugar plantations were SO managed by
the middle men and attorneys as to drive
off laborers. Ceyion came into competition
in raising coffee, causing great decline
and rendering it unproductive. But the
condition of the general population had
been Immensely improved. The negroes
left the estate, but established themselves on
independent freeholds, small farms of one
to two acres each, which they bought and
built upon. Their annual earnings were
estimated at $4,000, 900, and their prop
erly, accumulated since emancipated, is es-
timated at one hundred millions.
One thing is remarkable, that emancipa-
tion, though compulsory, never cost life.
The people who were patient under slavery
were simply grateful OF freedom. The in
surrection of st. Domingo is often cited as
caused by emancipation. 1t was not. st.
Domingo was held by the French Revolu-
tionary government of 1898. In 1901 the
former masters petitioned Bonaparte to re-
establish slavery. He commissioned an
armament to do 1t. His force was repused
and the French massacred for attempting
to revive slavery.
What shall sce do nth the SLAVES 2 Simply
let the masters pay them wages; appeal 10
their interest; put them under the protec-
ton of the law. There will be no fear of
their harming those upon whom they de-
pend for a living.
Truly. said a. W. Beecher, in his late
serman: 90 man is cafe in proportion as
you make much of bin, aud dangerous in
proportion as you permit him to be little.
Cardinal Mascarou would say, They are
brutes they are ignorant, and capricious
it win not do 10 trust them; they must be
watched and controlled We would look
on them and say, fFhey are ignorant ; they
ond they are sale"
that emsScioaton Ihf6 60s a%a I84 is