The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-12-30
OTTAWA, ILL, SATURDAY MORNING DECEMBER 30 1868


Inc peenee OF the radical papers in this country
pet theories the in Jamaica perpetual
" ne rose against the whites because they
denied him his rights &C., brushed aside bv the
London Times: y A>
here can be no doubt that the nsuecticn of negroes
an event OF the most import. 1t
tended with of the horrible that have been
even in that horrible land of African lawlessnes
ne Oh OF slavery the Jamaica noted among
race Tor his dangerous character against his
| patton.
Since that time this been almost masters themselves
from their vastly on equtny with the whites and
an influence beyond what their intelligence should give
are and magstracy they have by the Colonial
Office at home successive Governors have thought
ia'lon The generation which freed in 1888 has
ed BY another, which has up under --sceed'
nature. They lave civilization in the nee 70
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Englhmen, who have the country the black
friend and who have done all in their power
him. They have been taught the reared
possible the practices of Christianity Every child has had
much better chance of good educson than the
classes have IN this country climate exactly
suited to them. Abundance of land, and the easy
supply of the wants of life ought have made them tho appe
and connted the world seems how
impossible to eradicate the original of the A
blood.
As long the back has strong white Government and
white population control him he j. capable of living
respectable member of society He be made quiet and
industrious by the fear of the power and by the
9ss degree of e @
he will barbarous life and fierce habits of his African
@ 5 In
of the smaller Islands the OF the Population and the
pete occupation of the land have obghed the black people
work steadily for and there has been complain
of their conduct sad such show reasonable
Industry and dociy OF violence unfrequent and their
offences are oy such petty hets might be expected from
pie so little gifted and until of late completely neglected
In jamaica however the circumstances which highly
been the of failure The has been able live with
little work, he has been able patch of land readily
considering the that have spent by the
English nson in freeing and educating and preaching to them,
they the most unsatisfactory portion of the tha exists
either in the island. the Continent Of the New World.
Nearly millions sterling paid down 1884 ran the
squat and hang the of the island
How all the efforts of philanthropy have ended may be read
The Liverpool Post equally high authority the subject
The condition of the African admitted hut excused the
had the chance home other people, but he has not i'm
proved The fault is innate; is idle deny it. From home
his changed? Slavery bitter draught but the
slave in Africa before he became slave in the Poduc
ing and co9ngrowng Islands s. lie was brutal used IA both
Christianity and civilization at work around him in
thirty years ago in the British colonies and IN our day four m
ions have been emaneaed in America The experiment in
America has be made but will be made in the ignorance
facts. In Hayti the has been free fifty The
British islands he has been free for fifty years What has been the
will hang an for or the capacity for self
Through his brutality and the convusi
the world he became free The island Of ay his
into his possession through circumstances favorable hi,
development: The soil rich and we'll cultivated Trade
active and the OF trade good codion He had
been with the best humanity the time and he spoke
the polished language OF the world What has been the result
All the advantages have been thrown the influence of
ample has been lost and for the existence OF whites
breeds the island ayti would be all Africa.
Mormonsm is the rule for marres number OF wives in
order that he employ then II growing food and in picking
the coffee berries from of plantations TIE
negro has not N. fy yects planted sagte eo6ee tree
thrtysia the emancipaed in
the British West India Islands They secured their freedom
BY the greatest and most humane on the earth They
participate the ami raon of local affairs they had
the rich soils of titled and untitled fields and there employ
wages if they chose labor Pains had been taken
instruct them in religion, teach them reading and writing but
they failed appreciate the happy which surround
them. They did work they did not produce and of
they The emancipation act but
advocates have been sntre satisfied They e,s
satisfied.