Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-04-24

tlOn VI hOclcty, on tTUey bOunu, anu las
ting principles. AS the question at pre-
sent stands, a race has not been formed.
Liberty has been given to heterogen-
eous mass Of individuals, who can only
comprehend license; q participation in the
rights and privileges. and duties of civil
lied society has been granted to them /;
they are only capable Of enjoying its vi.
ces."
With the help Of Yagrant Acts, and
other legislative enactmcnts, somewhat
like order was established and the intro.
duction OF Coolie labor has enabled Trim
idad to recover from the state of poverty in =
to which it had been plunged. At all
events, the planters have now labor upon
the steady supply ofwhich they can depend.
which was quite ont OF the question with
the free negroes left on their hands. AS
yet, however, the success Of the immigra-
tion scheme must not be regarded as abb
solutely established. The Coolies, both
Chinese and East Indian, seem to be
pleased with it, and exhibit few signs OF
availing themselves of the free passage
placed at their disposal after they have
served their time. They have even in
some instances sent for their families, and
become independent proprietors. But in
order to put the scheme in motion, Trim
idad has been compelled to burden itself
with an immigration debt Of Sl25 1000.
OF course this entails taxation, and to that
extent becomes burden to industry, and
renders competition with other countries
more difficult. On the other hand, the
export of sugar alone since the introduc.
ton Of Coolie labor has risen from go, ,50G
to DO, 900 hhds. whilst that of cocoa now
reaches 5000 900 lbs. against 3.300,0 900
lbs, the highest ever obtained before
emancipation.
"In the time Of the French occupation
(Hayti,) before the revolution of 1898
thousands ofhogsheads of sugar were pro
duced; now, not one. All is decay anC
desolation. The pastures are deserted
and the prickly pear covers the land onc'
laughing with the bright hues Of the su
gar cane. The hydraulic works, erected
at vast expense for irrigation, have crum
bled to dust. The plow is an unknown
implement of culture, although SO emf
|, nently adapted to the great plains ant
deep soil of Hayti. A country so capa-
pie of producing for export, and therefore
for the enrichment of its people--besides
sugar and coffee, cotton and tobacco, the
cocoa, bean, spices. every tropical fruit
and many of the fruits of Europe--lies
unoccupied, uncultivated and desolate.-
Its rich mines are neither explored, no
, worked, and its beautiful woods rot in tn
soil where they grow. A little logwoo'
is exported, but ebony, mahogany, anc
the finest building timber rarely fall be
fore the woodman's.s ak, and then onl.
, for local use. The present inhabitant
despise all servile labor, and are for thu
most part content with the spontaneous
productions of the soils and forests. Fol
their imports of -four, salt fish and dry
goods, they pay with the produce of their
coffee and cocoa plantations which theil
French predecessors planted. And tc
gather in their crops they depend on the
voluntary assistance of their neishbors
whom they fed during the harvest, and
, then, in their turn, repay with similar as
, sistance. Every description Of cattle il
rare; few pigs and numerous goat
f were the only domestis animals visible il
, our long ride, but fowls, turkeys ant
geese wern abundant