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of the Edinburgh Reuiep. which we have perused
with deep interest. We present our readers
with summary of the more important portions
of the article, for which We are indebted Co the
Boston Post:
The writer says that the least warlike, the
most timid OF the African races, are generalIy
sold Into slavery. He asks what they arc
likely to become when transplanted to othe,
countries, and says: ave should expect TO Ind
In them respectful deportment, a submissive
homage to the class which owned them. fed
them, clothed them, worked them; patience
and long suffering; sense of absolute depend.
ence on the master caste; propensity to imi.
tate that class in all external symbols, such as
dress, ornaments, mannerism, etc etc.; an in
cllnation to the least rational form of devotion
an intensely strong love of APPRECIATION, which,
when encouraged, would grow into conceIt: a
great development of slyness to avoid the nor.
NAL proportion Of labor assigned by the usual
amount OF penalty consequent on idleaess-
These would be the characteristics of the great
majority OF such race In such a state of tbnps.
Inc minority, composed Of War.like and etnb.
born tribes, would be cullen, insubordinate. re.
oellious, and vindictive." And such, he saws.
is their general condition In Cuba and tae
southern States. He says further in describing
their condition as slaves, "his subsistence is
guaranteed by laws which he regards as uu.
questionable, and his protection secured by a
power wnlcn ne looks on as irresistible. He
mas no FEAR Tor the morrow. He and his FAM.
ly cling with parasitic tenacty to the famjIv
which owns his person and bis industry, Hs
eats sleeps, works, lounges, dances, sings
and reVels with ell the happiness and self.
abandonment which an animal existence can
allow" H0 ''n
"Ihe man and his children cease TO be chat
tels' and become free. What are thew likely
TO DO In this new state Of things? Dependence
is gone, protection Is gone, irresponsibility ia
gone. The principal patron under the shade of
whose mansion they have sported az children
and worked as adults, wear no longer the ia
miliar and friendly face of former Years. The
Government tells the haIf.infant and halC.sav.
age that he is to meet his master hencefortb nm
equal terms-to barter the value OF work with
nim' ana treat as q party to o contract with
him" "''N
In other words, or Edinburgh translated, Il
To-Day slave, tomorrow free; to-day par.
asiIe, tomorrow an oak; to-day dependent on
sue win OF another, to morrow compelled to
morrow helpless.
The writer says truly, at seems to ma that m
claim for such people sudden elevation either
in social or political life, is no. onlv a hlnnJe,
but cruelty. Isit wise or expedient
to launch race inperfectly civilized At oncs
upon the easy enjoyment Of unearned priyi.
legesI fet It Is for this object that philsnthro.
plsn nave written and declalmed, politicians
sgtatsa' and amiabe societies contributed
Iunos' in speaking further of West India
emaneipauon' he says: "The truth is this, Ev-
erytning connected with emancipation exhibited
ciuoe notions and precipitate action. L. was
OBVIOUSLY expedient to elevate the mnlattoep
irom q state OF systematic degradation, AZ soon
az slavery came to an end But this might
nave been effected by eleyating only those
whose superior abilities and superior character
quaiined them for elevation. The mass should
nave peen siited and Winnowed The best spec.
imens should have been selected; the worst re-
lec.ed education. talent and probity should
nave Deen especially rewarded iu the men des-
lgna1eo ior nonors and employment. Unfort-
unAteiy tnis wise system of gTadation was post
Poneu .c one which was at once precpitase and
g;sae.uI gesensiousI governors and clergymen were
who had no claim to distinction but that of ccI.
or, or vicious oleverness. The imnetua onoe
given, II was difficult alike to recede and "a
stand sui. What individual beneyolence and
misguided compassion began, was completed BY
PUBIC policy and governmental acts.
municipal institutions were introduced into
coionies which were just as we'll adapted fol
mem as Queen's ftigate is for universal suf
rage. Perhaps no Secretary of State eyel
worked 90 hard for the colonies, or deserved sC
muon gratitude from them, as Earl GRAY. NJ
secretary OF State ever left upon the colonies
sucn vivid traces of devoted and intelligent IN,
dustry: But II 10 hardly too much to say that he
neutraLlzed almost Rll the good which he other
use erected, when he introduced municipal
institutions into the Cape of Good Hone aud
Nautilus. Had the object profesaed been to
arm class against class; 10 complicate factious
mailgnlty with personal jobbery; to give the
mulstso an opportunity Of showing his spite and
petulance against the white creole, and to keeu
petty communities In q ferment of perpetual
collision, 10 could hardly have been better
| acnieved than 1t has been by creating these
hybrid anomalies which amuse foreipners apd
disgust EDglishmen."
Emancpationists crude and preopitate. They
know not what they are advocating; they kno v
not the social ard political consequences Of
tneir principles; they do not seem TO possess
the capacity to see one inch into the future. -
Let the Emancipationisis have their wish, and
wnat would we have2 Four millions of imbe-
Giles. They would be thrown off from the care
OF the planters, off the minds and kind atten-
tions OF the Emancipationists, and on to the
hands OF the Government, an unsolvable prob.
lem. What the Edinburgh says of Jamaica
and Barbados, in case the negro race had
the monopoly Of power, would apply 10 this
country:
"Jamaica and Barbados would become what
the Haytian and Dominican Republics have
been: aggregations of sloth, sensuality, and
abasement; societies without law, order, indus
try or authority. The energy of the white
man, and the rivalry Of the white man, and
the truthful courage of the white man once
Withdrawn from his contemplation, the negro
lied mulatto would relapse into that condition
which makes men of violent and extreme opin-
ions rejoice that st. Domingo has reverted to
Spain, and almost hope that Hayti may revert
to France.
."No. The white settler Is indispensable 70,
the good government, for the eorder, for the com
merce, for the industry of the Antilles; without
him, the mulatto race would be extinguished OF
brutslized. And If he continue to occupy th,
islands which the blood and treasure Of biz
countrymen acquired, he must have q share
and large share, In their government We say
this, well knowing that the white settler is no
always gentleman, and Is frequently yer,
coarse sample Of his country; believing, how
ever, that his sterner and harder qualities ar,
essentially serviceable amidst the langud lif
Of the tropics"
The writer, fully apprehending the dificultie
Of Emancipation, and yet not thinking that "th,
greatest evils of Emancipation are to be com
pared with the normal evils Of perpetual slave
ry," says of ua;
II siShall thav ranaak Tho nolicv of Grant Ri