The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-12-01

Jamaica lnsurreotton. .t T8
The teachings Of the late diabolical akroci-
ties committed by the negro insurrectionists in
Jamaica should not be lost upon those intemper-
ate radicals in our own country who are endea-
voring to elevate tho negro beyond the sphere
the Creator intended him to occupy. They should
serve TO them as terrible warning of what
may occur here, and what bloody scenes may
be enacted in our midst, especially in the
Southern portion Of the country, If they persist
In their designs; and to what . fearful account
ability they will DO held If they refuse to listen
to the counsels of reason and learn nothing
from present occurrences.
In the case of the Jamaica butcheries we
perceive that the "brown man." Gordon, pos
sessed Of an intelligence beyond the ordinary
standard of the black man or negro, and en-
tertaining degree of ferocity and vindictive-
ness only found in the latter race when In their
most savage state, was the leader Of the assas-
sins, and had been elevated to . responsible
official position By the votes Of the inhabitants
of Jamaica, where negro suffrage, or negro
equality, is legally recognized. Restless and
ambitious, he inAamed the minds Of his ignor-
ant followers. just as Wendell Phillips. Oheever.
Garrison end other negro agitators are doing
at this day in our country, and awakened the
revengeful passions of the ignorant blacks to
an extent that knew no bounds. The blood
curdles as the record of the barbarities COM
mitted is read We see here-what the history
of St Domingo and attempted slave insurrec-
tions in other portions of this continent have
already shown--another instance of the utter
incapacity Of the negro race for selfgovern-
ment. Their normal and natural condition is
that of dependents. In the South the great
mass Of them are more helpless and IMPROVE
dent than the merest children. Az q race, if an
effort Is made to elevate them, to bestow upon
them the rights and privileges of white men,
they return to their natural instincts of barbar-
ism or utter helplessness, and become burden
and pest in whatever community they may
reside in any number. It is true there are ex-
captions to this rule; but we refer to the present
wretched condition Of the masses Of the
Southern negroes, to the newly gorged
gibbets of Jamaica, to the sanguinary
massacres of both Jamaica and ST. Do
mingo, for evidence that our assertion can
be substantiated. What must be the re-
suit to the entire race If such brown men as
Gordon and Fred Douglass, and such "white
men with black hearts" as we have named,
shall be permitted to continue the agitation of
the subject of negro equality! In the first
place, we shall see the whites in the West In
dies opening war of determination against
the blacks, and in our country we shall see
every Southern plantation and roadside covered
with the graves Of negroes Or their uncofined
corpses. They are dying SO fast there now Of
starvation and exposure that the humane plant
ers cannot care for them or their dea d bodies.
What folly IL Is to talk to hundreds Of thou
sands Of miserable beings like these about free.
dom and equality, negro suffrage and oil that!
On the other hand, there are many thousands
OF the Southern blacks who have been taught to
believe by the negro worshippers Of the North
that they are the equals Of the whites in every
respect, and that fact being denied by their
former masters the natural instincts of their
savage natures, or, us the London Times ex-
presses it. "the very moral Of their African
forefathers" burst forth and humanity sickens
at the deeds Of blood, pillage and massacre
that ensue-all, Of course, followed by sanguin-
airy and merciless acts Of retaliation and pun
ishment.
President johnson, in his reconstruction pol
icy, should approach this grave matter Of ne
gro equality and negro suffrage in the most
careful manner. He should be cautious in be-
slowing rights upon the negroes to which they
are unused and, by the great mass Of those in
the South, never to be appreciated by them.
At the same time, the Northern agitators and
radicals, such as Phillips, Cheever, Greeley,
Fred Douglass, Garrison, Higginson, and all the
rest, should take warning by the horrible
scenes which have resulted from an attempt to
spread their insane doctrines of negro equality
over the once fair island of Jamaica.
How Mistiaer O'Rciiiy M.nsgea tho
Charter Election.
Pending the State election the political par
ties called to tlbsir aid several Of our distin-
guished generals 10 help along the canvass.
We had General fitzpatrick and General Logan
holding forth in New Jersey and New York;
General Cox stumping in Ohio; Generals Bar
low, and Slocum, and Patrick, and other war
worn veterans on the tickets; but the charter
election appears to be left entirely to the manage
ment Of the politicians. Private Miles O'Reil-
ly, who has been getting up war songs during
the rebellion, enters the lists with his shillelah
and his song, to make Mayor and Corporation
Counsel, just as II he was in green Tipperary,
on the hesthery sides ofhistoric slievegammon.
Re hrst undertook the management Of the Citi-
zens' Association. Misther O'Reilly walked In
among them with his shillelah In his fst Q
song in his pocket and bundle Of weekly
newspapers under his arm. He told them that
Misther O'Gorman, the bould Irish boy, who