Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-08-06

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exhibits a moro decisive tendency n so
cial and moral regeneration and improve
ment@ The rural popuhtioe .re qulte
sontented and orderly ~
-N;vI-Rerort for lS6' Tla roads
appear as if she greater para % the paPl-
IItion had ne'1 clothed tn-u-aiNs- sni
in the harbor, 80 often deserted ! no.
count ton ships o. considerable s'IGsjen.+
sDDeag4 nov - hs u wcrit au srs
dustriuu- spirit o. Imncav-msDi.
TISI hEA1Ropcrr-In. ai SriT a iaF.sV
quantity Of sugar x rr1st1cHsl norv >tr"n
IN the time Of slavery, ,~t''o2-h al = -En4.-
81 area.l Report for le5Sz The a~gricHl-
tuual prospects of the lands are most ep-
~couraginy. Its tin incial condition contin-
ues satisfactory - d. tue educational 70
tnrn-. At4enilnce in schools IS steadily
increasing. CriIne steadily diminishing
In one year. from 1855 "a 1877. ;rai~ iu-
.orel. cd e &,23S tS5l4J42 80
y. LseiA.-Report for 1858: Al no
period Of her history hy> there heen .
greater breadth of Efnd und,.r cultivation
th3als5J The present mDmenr. Between
the four wears ending 1872, AMI the four
wears ending 1886, the increase of sugar
exported was i.Sa3.6ls FoundS.--
" 81. Tn1csAL-In 1857, the Governor
describes "a really sound and healthy state
of the colony apparent. and a cheering
and promising prospect foI the FUTURE
He describes the rising villages. tine grow
Ing number of freeholders ana ieasehold-
ers, and the steAdy progressive increase
in the value of Imports. In one year.
from 1876 10 1887, imports and exports
increased sl5G.633. (S7jS,SS6 * ] and he
EXPIRE sly attributes it to increased culti-
Walton aud prosperity In 1858. he de-
scribes the colony rs in a most satiSfac-
tory ~tate.' Agricultural operations
largely extended 'Anticipations Of con-
tinued progress and prosperity fully real
led
ToJayo.-The accounts had been dis
NAL in 1852 and 1853 but an improved
financial system was adopted in 1856, the
result of which was a report in 1858 an
nouncing a marked improvement in the
revenue returns The Governor describes
the laborers as 'we~ll-behaved and indus
trious.'
TOrtoa.-This island, under slavery,
exported 1859 hundred weight of sugar.
Now, it exports none at all. But the
change is wholly an advantage. 1t is re-
markably well adapted for raising stock.
The people, with few exceptions, are
owners OF cattle, which they dispose of to
great advantage The laborers appear
fully sensible of the advantage of educa-
ton to their children, and the latter man.
fest a great desire to benefit by the OPP
portunities offered them. GOA
"TriainGd Is highly fourishing. In
1852, the crop was the largest ever ship
ped from the island and it has been ex-
tending since. The whole trade greatly
increased since slavery. The report for
1888 speaks of marked improvement in
the cultivation of the sugar estates. Ex-
port Of sugar rose from an average of SlJ-
~ cwt. under slavery, to ~ ,O42 cwt.
n the seven years ending 1854"
Do these official statements show that
emancipation was a failure! On the con-
Irary, they show, beyond cavil or doubt,
chat in the West Indies it has been .
glorious success.
l will quote from a speech made in
the House of Commons by Mr.. &. Bux-
ton in 1859:
because labor is free and trade is free
the West Indies are now rising to a pitch
OF wealth and happiness unknown before.
IL would be Impossible for me to lay be-
.ore the House the immense mass OF evil
Ience winch demonstrates that fact. !
An assured of it by mercantile men; |
dua II strongly set forth in the reports
nom the Governors of the Islands, and IN
Ia statistics furnished by the Board OF
trade. In the four years between 1875
ND 1857, there has been an increase IN
.le exports and imports OF the West In
dies and Guiana OF &4,5U0,000 ISL, SO2,-
JOO.) Considering what mere specks these
Stands look on the map OF America, 1t Is
astonishing that their trade to and fro, in
the year 1891, should actually amount to
ElO, $4,000. lS52,0II.oT5. IL Is altogeth-
er absurd to suppose this prosperity Is ow-
ing TO the immigration OF u few thousand
laborers; ant III fact the islands which
nave received no immigrants are quite as
hourIshing as those that have. Interest
ed parties describe the negroes as barbar-
GUS and idle, but | find ample evidence
chat they are living-in a high degree of
industry and comIort; though l admit
that they somewhat prefer working on
freeholds they have purchased, to Labor
ing Tor hire"
l have briefly referred to the success of
emancipation in the West Indies TO re-
fute II IntimatIons OF my colleague, and
because the people of this country, in
some form, must meet the fact OF emanci-
patton. The necessity of it Is every day
oeIng made more and more apparent
Ine soldiers in the field see this more
clearly than the citizen at home. We
cannot expect permanent peace If the
status of slavery Is to remain the same Us
before the war. No man, unless his wish
: father to the thought, can entertain
my other opinion. Events beyond the
control of the President, of the Cabinet,
and OF Congress, are irresistbly forcing
the nation 10 that opinion. The question
lor the Government TO determine is, whetn-
er il wnllead this opinion or be led by it.
God IS just, and HIS justice will not sleep
.orever." Ny colleague and those like
Inn need not expect 10 stay the current
u event. by pronounclng Inc African zig
aoraHt, Idse, and VICIOUS" Intelligent
ana Just men know that the surest way
70 reieye INN from that Ignorance and
degradation Is TO take from MIN that load
Of oppression which brushes out all mo-
1--we Tor improvement, and honest men
viii act npon 1t. 1t is n o singular that
men who are IN favor OF keeping Africans
al Ignorance and slavery should oppose all
efforts for their moral and intellectual in
struction. History will pronounce all
UGH men tyrants and oppressors. If Ed
ward Stanly is permitted to carry out what
report says he has commenced, to wit
the breaking up OF a school established
sustained by philanthropic persons
or the purpose of educating colored chill
Iren, he will be regarded as infamous in
history as a J~etfreys or a Haynau.
advise my colleague Mr.. Cox to look
well to his own epitaph. That he may
see himself as history will regard him un-
he mends his ways, l suggest the fol-
Here lies the Buckeye at home.
The evil that men do lives after them:
The good is oft inferred with their bones"
In case of this Buckeye. would that this maxim |
might be reversed ifnot, little would be found
here but bones.
lie expired with the Thirty-Seyenth Congress;
lie died Of Negro-phobia, babbling against the
NEGRO. |
lie ah,l..- Gsto1 L.. r. |