Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-11-28

than the iVirginianl slave of 1860. ,Eman-c
against negro rebellion. p'l ios'nooi
The savage Instincts of the, race are asoii
| savage as before, and break. otlt in outrages 10
which remind us rather of the fury Of ao
beast of prey, which some accident has re-
leased from the tamer's discipline, and sent
back to his natural career of carnage, than
| OF the crimes of human beings goaded by
wrong Or excited by hope into rebellion
and bloOdsbed. "The negroes are commit ,
ting great atrocities" OF course; and it is
horrible to think that English women and ~
children should be at their mercy; but !,
there isnothing strange or unnatural In theoy
fact. The wild beast is only acting after
the manner OF his kind, and nothing re-
mains for IFS but to crush. him as speedily
as we can. No time must be lost in putting,
down the rebellion; no sparing infiiction OF
punishment must follow the suppression Of
the maddest, most wicked, most wan nton fe-y.
volt Of which creatures II inii human /.
s,;sga,,dsS shape were eyer guilty; Mercy e %
rant; generous ienity to the spatrioiic
martyrs of a broken and hopeless national- ID
ity; pity even for Fenian lnonomaniacs or :,
lonian ruffians-bnt no pity, 10 mercy for
those who rebelled without provocati0n 70
and murdered without cause, simply that ia
victory might enable them to give rein to 4
the worst passions which nature has inn !,
planted In the breast Of a savage.
The insprrection In Jamaica may read a. Il
careful lesson TO the negromaniaes Of this u
country and of New England, who refuse to q
believe in the danger of negro insurrection -
in the South, and who clamor for Negro
Equality and Negro Suffrage. There isno 9il
conceivable reason forirebeliion in the case 10
of the Southern freedmens there was none eo
In Jamaica. The slaves Of the, South have :,
just acquired, their freedom; those of ia
maica have enjoyed IL for years Neither y
has anything TO gain by rebellion; both N
have everythingto lose; both are certain to, a
be promptly crushed; both are Ignorant
enough to dream of victory. What inn
probability is there, then, In the expecta-si
tion that the negroes of the Cotton States b,
may do what the negroes Of Jamaica have
done? They have seennegro troops guard.
ing Southern fOrtresses and insulting white,
prisoners; they have witnessed all of which
the others have merely heard. Why should %
they not rebel? ..' - -' aI 40. iI'jjE 91i yi
/ Again, what Is to be expected from Civ ii
ing them legal equality and electoral privi- q
Fleges? The experience of the West Indies
is before the United States. We emanci-
pated the blacks and they ceased to work.
We gave them equality, and so renouneedIo 10
the power OF forcing them to work. We
gave them the suffrage, and so allowed
them to take part in their own government.
And what has been theresult? The indus
trial and commercial ruin of our colonies;
the spoliation of the whites; the deciviliza-
tiOn of the blacks; and, finally, an insur-
rection of the majority of a self-goverhing9
people against the laws which restrain I
them from robbery, and outrage, and MUIR,
der. Is this an encouragement or warm
ing: al example to be boasted by the, Sum-
ners, or a beacon to save the President from
steering the vessel of the Union on the rock,
toward which the Abolitionists are bent on
driving her? ''. 10 s''l. 1". ''.a o-
From the London Morning Post.l GlGU'
| II the discomfort of the negroes of ia
| maica arose from those causes which are in
constant operation in every country in the
world, and which not unfrequently impel
civilized peoples to rise In arms against the
established Government, the magnitude of
the existing evil would be considerably di-
minished. Those who insist that a system
of civil government has its obligations as Il
well as its rights are equally ready to rec
ognize the benefits which 1t eonfers, and
their demands are. seldom inconsistent with
| the common veal. But the negroes of Ja-
maica most probably regard any form of
government whatever as odious, and have
( no definite design beyond that of eXter-y
minating the white population, and by this
means securing undisputed possession Of l.
! the colony. IN, rr -,..l,......sv -. -,.-,
We are unfortunately not without Illus
trations OF the m0das operdhdi of negro In
surrections, and we can haveDno difficulty
in ooDjecturing what it is which the revolt
ed negroes propose to themselves, and the
means by which they hope to attain their
ends. Aristotle was of opinion that the =,
negro was intended by Providence tobsAai
| slave, and there are many even to the pres =
ent day who are of o. similar opinion. But
lhowByer persons may differ upon this point,
| there are, we believe, comparatively few al
who have had the opportunity of studying
the negro character who are not of opinion &
that negroes should be ruled with a strong u
hand. They seem to be altogether ipsepsi- a.
BILE to the binding force OF, any obligations o
despotism.1 They understand perfectly Il
what obedience to a master Is, whether that
master stands In the relation of an owner to =
! a slayesor. OF Q aydespot to q subject, But q
they have no idea whatever of that obedi-
enee which, from motives of self-interest,1
theseveral members of a civilized communi-,a
Ity willingly render to those laws which are (,
framed for the protection and convenience o
Of ALL Uiiqn1 bsHaonioa hos .sIe.,ibaq odt ?
| The only notion of power, whether social r,
por political, which the negro forms, Is the r
ability which it confers Of tyranniziDg over, -
some one else. i This is strongly illustrated n
| at the present moment in the Southern Il
States of America, where the first use
which the emancipated slaves have made of
their liberty is to embarrass and injuree "A
much as they possibly can their former e
4 masters. And in their present revolt It wilp
| be found that the negroes In Jamaica are
not tstruggling for the attainment ofiany.
/ social or political advantages enjoyed by,
Pthewhite population, but are, simply sen-,I
Bdeavoring to exterminate race Which they, p
regard with jeaiousy.q 9di qss>l % hsIHIrolr