The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-07

tttafct 10 rulA4 upon w.. $3.50 ~ W u
though this has ccensien ly Becn ihe
case, by fsf che gFeaieF ilsilbefs ofaghen
have bought land, and 81 az good
price, Coz their settlement Aud tho
negro proprietor is just f1moud Of his
own home aud lTeehole - Any English
man might be.
"rbey are rising zoo, with rapidly Ia
the social scale, aad would Seem 70 be ~
for any kind ef employment
In the legislatures OF many of the islands
there are aheadgsundfy 81 members. !
In 1850 there were fen or a
dozen colorcd men in the Legislative AS
sembly OF Jamaica, which consisted al |
together Of about llfty members, aud The
police force, the officers Of the peniten
tiary, the officers of the courts Of justice, !
as well as some Of the barristers, were
colored men, and we believe they have
since been freely admitted TO the msgis-
tracy and to political Office The old
prejudice against African blood is disap-
pearing, though under slavery il was in
tensely strong, so much so that the col
ored people were generally not allowed
10 be buried in the same churchy ard with
the whites Yearly year. oo,educaiion is
making way, Y and the Governors,
almost without exception, state that crime
is diminishing in the islands. In fact,
crime Of al atroci0us character is very
rare indeed. The negroes are guilty of
q great deal of petty piltering, aud they
are also regardless of truth; but happily
/ drunkenness is notone of their prevailing
faults, nor are they given to deeds of vio-
JcHce, or of deliberate villany. They
are merry, light hearted, and kindly
people, somewhat shallow and thought
less, and with the faults that come of
that character but dOcile, orderly and
pcaccabe"
Judging from these statements, it would
seem that there is but little ground for
your fear of the extinction of the negroes
in this country as consequences OF their
emancipation. And though the West In
dies for several years alter the emanci-
patton, suffered period OF great depres
sion, vet the present condition OF the
islands is most satisfactory, and their
prosperity seemingly far more stable
than ever before.
The two main conclusions" says the
reviewer, "that arc forced upon us by our
investigations are these: The one, that
slavery and monopoly were bearing the
West Indies to ruin; the Other, that Nn-
der free labor and free trade they are ris-
ing to wealth. Under slavery aud mo-
napoly the lab0rng class was miserable,
and was pTishipg miserably. Under
slavery and monopoly the owners OF the
soil were reduced to the greatest pitch OF
] Il a. GO Of - lut la1
arisen under The old dispensation bad
rendered a crash some day inevitable
But when once the blow had fallen, and
the old Thugs had passed away, aud the
new things had come, then the inherent
principles of the virtue of freedom he
came manifest; and il is now working
out the most benelicout, the most aston
ishng--what few years ago woulC
have seemed the most incredible results
Sipcerno permanently evil consequen
! ces have followed the emancipation 0
= the slaves in the British West Indies, an'
since you have appealed, justly as
think, to the analogy between thos
islands and the rebellious States OF thi
= Union, fronting thereon the Atlantic an,
: the Gull, let us candidly dismiss iron
1 our minds all apprehensions of calsmi
ties TO flow from the emancipation pro
e posed by the President. The worst tina
2 can happen from the measure will b
o that those who can force the negro {
: labor for nothing, will be compelled
e pay him a reasonable compensation 70
his toll, from which they the employers
d will reap not less, il not greater prof
r The moral condition of both races Wi
a be infinitely elevated and, what is NOR
, than all, the life of our nation will no
3 he sacrificed as an atonement to oflende
justice, by that Divine Decree, which ha
= gone out against every people that Ina
e been guilty of the incapable crime
n the enslavement of man.
= History is full of shipwrecks of poo
y Piles and Of empires; customs, laws reli
: gions; some fine day the mysterious hur
70 ricane passes by aud sweeps all away
u The civilizations Of Judea, Chaldea, PEI
!, STA, Assyria, and Egypt have disappear
u, ed one after another" So says ViotC
d Hugo, and he asks, "Why ?we know no
&c What are the causes of these disas ers
70 we do not know. Could these socicti'
have been saved was il their own faul
* did they persist in some fatal vic5 whic
10 destroyed them? How much OF suicit
ia is there in these terrible deaths of n nj
IS tion and Of arace Questions witho'
"a answerl Darkness covers the condemne
IS civilizations. They were not seaworth.
g. for they were swallowed up; we haV
- nothing more TO say; and il is wit a so
s. of bewilderment that we behold, tar ba'
70 in that ocean, which is called the pas
~ behind whose colossal pillows the cent?
OF ries, the laundering Of those huge ship
IN Babylon, NineVah, Tsrsus, Theb'
u Rome, under the terrible blast whis
- comes from all the mouths Of darkness
ne These shipwrecIs Of people and n
- tiOns, these disasters, these terrib
u, deaths of a nation and a race, can all
40 accounted for ell these startling que
to tons can be answered by one and 4
D. same word--savery To be satisfied
he this, dear sir, read in MOmmsen's Hist
de ry Of Rome---the chapter on the manag
ue ment of land aud capital. This ms
TO not be the exact title OF the chapter,
as Il indicates the topic. Read il, aud y
viii feel that you can answerthose frigl
re ful questions Of the great novelist
no Let as not paltor with this great 4
40 gumont let US wipe out this bolouh
be spot; let slavery die; let tho matt
ug live LET IA fear the iuatiee az an AVIAN