The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-11-17
The Jamaica Instruction.

The recent instruction ofthe negroes in
Jamaica has proved perfect godsend to the
SAD negro-haters in this country 1t has afforded
..ss capital sufficient to give the Copperhead par
ty a faint though delusive hope of continued
t. life. But for that it is difficult to imagine
'-e how they could maintain appearances SO well
as they do. .4...s. 60 >
ll. tits to be remembered, of course that this
is the first and only instruction OF which his
..- e7 tory makes mention. England has never had
any troubles before in any OF her provinces or
colonies 1t remained for the poor negro of
Jamaica to afford the only instance of popu-
lar outbreak! The reader is expected to be-
- 8 leye all this, or if anableto do SO, he should
at least close bis eyes to the facts of history,
and not deny that colored man is the only
one whose INSTRUMENTATION proves his unfit
ness to be man with a mans rights and priv
ieges. "sA3i3i9F
We have been amused in reading the con-
illusions our contemporary of the Advertis-
- er on this subject Alter copying some ex-
tracts from an unknown writer in Kingston,
sboe whose whole article discloses deepseated ha
tired of the whole negro race, the Advertiser
sums I'D "the conclusion of the whole matter"
as follows: "
.- This instruction, no matter in how gplausi-
BILE light we may look at it, the moral re-
mains the same, and whether from spontane-
GUS brutality of the blacks or from their being
under the excitement ofbad men, the fact re-
-s mains the same, and proves toos truly that af-
ter twenty years Of trial, the blacks have not
sa shown themselves worthy of sef-government,
have not advanced in civilization, have reced-
A ed in industry, and are liable, at any moment,
to outbursts of African savageness and de-
monism.
--l Suppose we try hand, and show how
easily this kind of logic and mode of jumping
at conclusions may be made to bear in anoth-
direction. We will apply the argument to the
lft late troubles in this country, and we put the
statement in this form, changing only very
few words:
"This rebellion, no matter in how plausible
s-l a light we may look at it, the moral remains
- the same, and whether from spontaneous trea-
son of the Southern people, or from their be-
.o ing under the excitement of bad men, the fact
remains the same, and proves too truly that
after seventy years Of trial. the people Of the
South have not shown themselves worthy Of
W q Il seEgovernment, have not advanced in civili-
cation, have receded in Industry, and are LA
BILE, at any moment, to outbursts of treasona-
f5r BILE savageness and demonism," like that ex-
hibited, for instance, at Fort Pillow and An
dersonville, and in. putting tomahawks into
the hands of the cred devils" of Arkansas and
! along the western border, and in burning the
Freedmen's school houses, accounts of which
sssso have recently come to hand. 1911 'aa'a ee'
We put this in opposition to that, and conf
IDENTIFY leave the matter to the considerate
judgement of loyal men to say if the case is
not made out quite as forcbly against the
.vf people of the South as against the negroes of
Jamaica.