Washington telegraph., 1865-08-23
which We extract from his late able letter
to Lord John Russell, as to the manner
In which our Cheap sugar is at present
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~ A]uAul SVsh huSSoii, a. 10 TIC hSu ueI
in which our cheap sugar is at present
manufactured in Cuba :----Hi Sssot 8 siiHP |
"I spent, says that intelligent witness, the
beginning Of this year in Cuba, with : view od
ascertaining the preparations which were, being
markets. Ts an Englishn,an csminY M from
Grenada and Jamaica, the contrast bstw cen tho
paralysed and decayed aspect. Of the trade Of
those colonies and the spirit and activity which
year measures had infused into that Of the fla
vana, was most disheartening.
"'The town was illuninated when I landed,
in consequence Of the news Of high prices frou.
machinery, costing $40, each, had Just ar
rived from France. and were IN frocess Of erec.
tion; steam -engiues and enginsus were coming
ever daily from Ameriea; new estates were
forming; coffee plantations were being broken
up, and their feeble gangs Of old people and
children who had hitherto been selected fer that
light work, were formed into task-g angs and
hired out by the mouth TO the new irgesios.
then in full drive. Ar -. -... -.
"It was crop fine: the mill went round night
a.d day. On every estate (I scarcely hope -
be believed when state the fact) srsry slspc
icns corksd sSder tbs chip eighfses kovrs sxf Of
the fpssty four, and, in the boiling houses. from
fve TO six p. n, and from eleven s'clork to
midnight, when half the people were concluding
their eighteen hours work, the sound Of tho
hellish lash was incessant; indeed. il was neces.
sary 10 keep the ovsrtasked wretches awake
The six hours during which they rested.
they spent locked in . barracoon,-a strong,
foul, close sty, where they wsllowed withsat
distinction Of age or sex -.
".Th-r- was no marrying amengst the slaves
ON the plantations, breeding was discouraged
ii 'css cheaper sni less froaSlssoae to 6sy thas
to breed. On mauy estates females were en-
tirely excluded; buf an intelligent Ansricaa
planter tsld me he disaPproyed Of that system:
that the men dropped under it; aud that lie had
found sh- most beneficial effects from the 'jadi-
cious adRixture Of proportion of ono lively
wench' to five nal in gang Of which he had
charge. Religious instruction aud medical aid
were not carried out generally beyond baptism
and vaccination. -.
"'Whilst =, work the slaves were stixanlstrd
by drivers, armed r'ith swords and whips, and
protected by magnificent bloodhouuds. l-,.,
Gentlemen who clsmored for emanci-
patton, in this way is the sugar which
You ARE daily consuming made! You
would not have it when produced by
slaves in your own colonies, and uHder
the humane protection Of your own over
ruling laws; yos are content to take it
now-at the insiigation Of Mr.. Golden
Auo COolSucTdtCS, WiSuOut tue HttRGt~
est scruple or remorse. for having ruined
thousands Of your cnuntrym-n-because
you can have it cheaper through the
sweat and the lif. blood Of tho slave! Is
this Ineralityi Is it justicsl Is sitsven
to descend to lower nstives-wisaomi
Can you not See before you the time
when. alter the West Indian colonies are
abandoned, a gigantic monopoly will nc
crue to the slave-grewing states. and the
sugar, for the paltry saving on which ar
ticle all has been sacrificed, again become
as dear, possibly much d-arer than be-
forel Reeollect it is not an article like
wheat, or any common species Of food
which can be reared upon every soil
There is but one region Of the. earth in
which it can be grown. and even there it
cannot be grown proitably. except
through a large expenditure Of capital.
and by means of az almost limitless COM
mand of labor. Cuba and Brazil have
both Oar colonies had both in sufficien-
cy, until, by cutting off tlfs ore. you al
most annihilated the other. Go one step
further, or rather continue in the course
you have begun very little longer, and
the capital Of the West Indian colonies
will bo wholly and irrstrievably dissi-
pated. Irretrievably-for, after what
has passed. it is vain to think. that any
British subject will again embark his
capital i'm such trade, with no better 80
curity than that of our fiscal laws, fluc-
tuating every year under the influence of
short-sighted agitation, and regulated by
men whose sele intelligibls principle is
the continued possession of power. Once
let our colonies be annihilated-thsircap
itaI Of nearly two hundred millions Be
swallowed up. principal and interest,"
their market, which took from Us annual
ly three millions and half of British
manufactures, closrd-and the inevitable
result will be monopoly of sugar to the
slave-growing states, high p:ices, and in
all probability, which the rbrllionists
ought to consider. a perpetual drain of
gold. a.-.-. e.a .e : -i1..t 30, ,.'a-sa 'i
I'VE have quoted, only fraction of
the evidence of Jacob Omnium with re.
gard to the present aspect OF, affairs in
Cuba. Much there is Of painful and
even sickeniRg detail as to the treatment
of the slaves, in order that an augmented
supply may be thrown in upon our now
unscrupulOus market, fer which we must
refer to our readers if they wish to peruse
it. to the pamphlet itself. But lest il
should be thought that this testimony
merely applies to the condition Of the un-
happy slaves at present in Cubs we shall
go further, and show that the late meas
ure Of the Wing government has given
"a ten fold addition impetus to the slave
trade; and that all our efforts to restrain
it--efforts which, at the smallest calcula-
tion, cost this country annually sum OF
half . millionaire As they must be un-
der such circumstances. wholly futile and
unavailing."' ,,,., ....e -,.,,,.t Ea-
"In February last, says the author of the
above letter, the market value Of field negroes
had risen from 300 to 500 dollars--a price v which
would speedily bring supply from the coast,
The accounts thence Of the number of vessels
captured, and Of the still greater number seen
and heard of, but net captured BY our cruisers
bear ready witness to the stimulus which you
have afforded to that accursed trade Il Is only
during the last year that we hear Of
carrying nine hundred and fifty slaves, Dipping
their flag in dsrision to our men Of war; 'il :
~ Il is remarkable fact that cleo.
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