Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-03-22
TrOlIOpe on Jacamia.


Island of Jamaica. He has fewer snrmises
and more facts when treating Of n than
when traating of Cuba.
The latter Island he found 10 be. ho,r.
ever, eminently prosperous. and even the
slaves on the sugar plantations seemed IA
partake Of the general prosperity; ct an
events they were healthy and bappy.
sleek, fat and smiling" He only bad
some misgivings as to their spiritual con.
dition. for be doubted If their souls were Ar
well cared for as their bodies. L 10 In
evidence that considerable attention In
given to their spiritual wants; more an.
parentiy, than to given to thoee of the
great mass OF the ignorant and neglected
laborers of Britain.
:. put let as turn 60 Jamaica, aAre Enc,
hsnmen IN general aware that the half the
11use. estates 10 Jamaica" be Sritee. sand
1 oeileva more than half the coffaa nl.nt..
lions, bave gone back into a stata az hushS
that all their land rich with the r;ch~..
PROD uee thirty years since, has nov f.IIsn
oack into wilderness THAT the World re-
ereaoouts 80 much refrigerated f-thea
choas and darkness have swallowed a s..0
an extent OF the most beautiful land 49,,
civilization bad ever mastered, and that
too beneath the British GoYernmentin
why the British Government has ALLOW.
ed the emancipated negroes Of Jamaica n
pass their days in the most abject idleneaC
while it is 80 terribly exacting with The
poor HindOos of the East Indias, is q cues.
ton which may give food for reflection 10
the phllanthropist or statesman. Perha,,G
treat Britain intended in the West India
emancipation merely to throw an apple on
oiscord into toe realms of growing rival
power, and was willing to eacrifice tempo
raitly,at least. as many West India Islands
asw0uid be necessary to accomplish il.
Ihat Jamaica was a land of wealth.
rlvalIng the East in its means Of riches.,
nay, excelling it az Q market for capital M
place in money might be turned and
tnat 1t Is now Q spot on earth, almost more
poverty stricken than any other--so much
Is known almost to ell men. That this
change was brought about by the msnu-
MISSION OF slaves, which was completed In
1000. OF that also. the English world 10
well, the emancipation was accomplishs
60 cut bono THE negroes idea of eman.
c,patlon was and Is emancipation, not from
slavery but from work. To lie in the enn
ana eat bread fruit and yams, is bis idea
Of being free. Such freedom as that h noes
intended for man in this world: and saw
that Jamaica, as it now exists, il still undsr
DEVILS ordinance"
After a reasonable time, saw in ma tvo
three centuries, Mr.. Trollope thinks an
intelligent and industrious family of COLI.
ed people may grow into power and ~
spectability these said colored peonIa
already being we'll known there az mixed
descendants from the white and negro raee.
They may be industrious aud even power
fui but that noble island should not ba
allowed to go even into temporary barbar.
ism until the new dynasty is ready 70 taxa
the reins. '--o
In the meantime, what are We 70 Do
with our friend, lying as be now is, ct his
ease, under the cotton tree, and declining
10 work after ten O'Clock in the morninof
mo, tankee, massa, me tired now. ma 6o
want more money Or perhaps It lie. mo:
Workee 90 more money no nuff, workee
DO payP
These are the answers which the suo.
plant planter receives when at ten o'eIoch
he begs his negro neighbors to 90 a second
time into the cane fields and earn a second
shilling, or implores them to work for hin
more than four days G week, or solicit.
them at Christmas time to put nd win 4
short ten days holiday. His canes are rine
and his mills should be shout or else thew
are foul with weeds. and the hoevhea6s,
will be very short if they be not cieanSed.
de Is anxious enough, for all his world
depends upon 1t. But what does this negro
caref No, no more vorkee nov.IH
Our author observes that you cannot
blame q man for not working when he can,
live without work-''rolI in the sun. suak
oranges and eat bread fruit;" but still be'
thinks it would be we'll if somsthiue could
be done to bring these estimabIe people To-
bear common portion CT the worlds work
without reducing them again to slayerv.-
de does not see why they should have auy
special exemption from the general lot of
Adams children. Perhaps q wholesome
rivalry. by the Importation of spprenticed
laborers from abroad. would stimulate then
to little wholesome exertioo.
III Is said that an obligatory period Of
labor amounts to slavery, even though the
contract should have been entered into IN
the laborer of bis own free will. will nof
take upon myself to deny this, as mioh1
find it difficult to define the term sIavaev :.
but it this be 70. English apprentices spsi
slaves. and 90 are indentured clerka: a
are hired agricultural servants. In manv
parts OF England and Wales and 90. GER
tainly. are our soldiers and sailors. %
The religious status Of Jamaica negroes,
did not make very favorable impressioni
on Mr.. Trolbpe.
He says as they have no language. nor
country OF their own, nor pride Of raoe.
they have no religion of their own. and
can hardly be said to have, as peopIe. a
religion By adoption and vet there h ma
race which has more strongly dayeloped
its own physical aptitudes, rs own habit.
its own tastes. and its own faults.0
"And thus am led to say, and say n
with sorrow enough. that / distrust the
Negroes religion. What mean 10 this
that in my opinion. they rarely take In ana.
digest the great and simple doctrines al
christianity. that they should and fear TIE
Lord their God, aud love their neiehboro
as themselves"
70 them religious exercises sre 10 then.
selves the good thing desirable. Thew sine
their psalms, and believe. probably. thst
good will result; but they do not connect
their psalms with the praetics of any vim
tue They say their prayers; but having
said them, they have no idea that thew
should therefore forgive offences. Thev
hear the commandments and delight In the
responses but those commandments are
NOS in their hearts connected with abstio
nence from adultery end eslumpy. Thev
delight to 60 10 church or meeting; they
are energetic in 81 DgiDg psalms, they are
constant IN the responses; and which Ia
saying much for them, they are wonderful.
iy expert ct scripture texts; but-snd Z
say it With grief ct heart-I'doubt whethsr
religion does often reach their rinds.V
The race is 90 far advanced in Jamaiea.
Withal, that negroes and "colorsd meaS
are elected to the the Legislature, or Hosss
Assembly. Bot the Legislature d The
lsughing:stock Of the people.
We have brought Q few passages form
Mr.. Trollops's work TO show the results Of
emancipation under British law; results
which may be expected here unless some
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