Washington telegraph., 1865-08-30
r. G. BR-ADY,{
PUBLISHER. |

pRAcrtcA1. EFpEcTs OF EMANCirA-
,,y.--Eigdt Years in British Guiana.
f,o,s 1910 TO 1s4s, inclnsire; by Barton
|p,er,ixns a planter ot'the proUince.--The
author a native of British Guiana, was
loft by his father, sugar planter of that
colony, an estate yielding about 100000
nor snnum profit. Educated in England.
bc tbere married the daughter of veal
tbv London merchant. In 1882 the slaves
in the British colonies were emancipated,
subject however, to an apprenticeship OF
a certain number of years. In 1888, soon
after the measure of emancipation was
proposed by Lord Stanley, in the British
parliament, Mr. Sismondi, the distln-
guished hi storiau. in IL communication to
the London New Monthly Magazine, de-
clared it to be his opinion that the meas
ure must fail 10 obtain the objects IN
tended by the British philanthrnpists.
Comparing this emancipation with the
emancipation of the slave peasantry of
Europe, he says: The conditions on
which the work of the country continued
10 b. carried on by tho heretofore slave
for tho heretofore master then settled the
question of indemnity for the luss of prop
trtv Of man in man, and must settle it
now, since the question is agan raised by
the planter. He who reckons that the
labor of the negro Is gratuitous to the
master who purchased him is surely a
bad calculator. The master in buying
slave only secured having a workman at
his command, dependent on him, whom
he can employ against his will at what
ever work he pleased, without ever hav-
ing to bargain for wages; nevertheless the
master is obliged to support tie slave; he
must feed. lodge, and clothe him; wheth-
er well OF i'll it must be sufficient to keep
him alive; he must support also the chill
dren, the aged, the sick, women in their
lying in. even when they 10 not work.
or at least not sufficient to gain their
livelihood. But, alas! let ~ consider
the condition Of he labo!ioas pour liz the
country and manufactu ing towns of
England aud Ireland, as well as France
and Germany. and say whether the wa
ges they gain can producs more than
what the master is bound to give the
slave. They earn hardly coarse food,
wrrtched clothing and lodging; and lit
leindeed remains of their wages To briug
up their children, or to maintain them
selves in sickness, in age, or when out OF
work. The mastb- is then at the same
expense for the slave Us he would be for
the workman, without ckoning the pur-
chase money; only, in the first case, he
undertakes himself the exchange OF wa
ges for labor. in giving what he thinks
necessary ID the sls yr; il the secaGd. lie
Its the exchange be made according to
the Judgment and circumstances OF the
workman. Il s C ear that II the master
j. SECURE of having Mt his command the
same number pf wOrkmen a5 und:r the
slave system, and OF Obtaining from the.a
the same quantity Of work at th" Same
expense, he would have no light To de-
Iuanl an indemnity; but he would have
no notion. !iaoHise, t'1r prrferrlRs the free
u the slate system l. was better
bargain for the master when the Europe
IN slave was EN- 4ncipated; he Offered
more work at less expense aud care; ac-
cor,ling ly, it WAS eaSsry accepted The
defenders OF the negroes think 1t sufficient
to pronounce them free and grant them
all an entranchisemeat at once, such as
that which is sometimes obtained by iu-
dIyiduais for L sIm of money, or from
the bounty OF their na..stsr; AID they at-
firm that the slaves would t.iruceiorwdrd.
like the white laborers. Lublts their wa
yes with their tyriner masters; would have
the same security. aud on retara bring
as much intelligence and activity to their
work La this single instance the pro-
tector of the negroes appear to Ills to bo
greatly deceived; and the planters are
right whe., they affirm that it would be
the destruction of the colonies. Not only
the planters would themselves De- ruined.
but the black population would, in a short
time, be destroyed by misery and famine.
Our ancestors did not displace them
they did not cast them on an unknown
fufurity-they did not demand from them
combinations Of prudence and foresight.
for which they Were thoroughly unpre-
pared! Nevertheless, it was men Of their
own race whose yoke they broke-men
speaking their language, protesting their
religion, aud who had besl long admitted
to an Interchange of ideas with them.
''If the existing tie bstwaea the mas
ter and the slave be broken. ii the latter
be sent away from his cabin and planta-
ton, If his wretched elothts aud instru-
ments Of labor (Which certainly belong
TO the master) be retaken, it would be
necessary to bsgin by assigning him a
capital with wAlcn to procure these first
nscessaries of life, otrorwise the liberty
granted him would begin with priYations
he is utterly incapable of supporting. 1t
must not be forgotten that it is being
naked, feeble and ignorant that'is thus
suddenly called to begin a new exist
euce; that it is, at the same time, a hui
man baing of strong passions. who forms
no clear idea of the Liberty granted him,
which he receives at first with trans ports
ofjoy, soon followed perhaps, by trans
ports of rage, when he perceives that it
serves as a pretext to dispOil him Of the
Little that seems his own" Mr. Sisnon-
ai then proceeds to show that a feeling
ot hostility must arise between the former
master and the former slave, now placed
IN l the position of open rival sAterests
here is now no charity or sympathy