The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-01-03
The Tnsurreotion in Jamaica.


We live and learn. The wild imaginatons of ono
age are the accomplished facts of another and opnous
which were accepted gospel truths during the heydaE
Of the buried past are at present regarded only as
vain and obsolete decisions. In matters of high
importance to the human race, the changes less
decided; in others again. the marching centuries move
on following in each others footsteps animated by the
/ same impulses, and echoiug the same eternal voices
When the great emancipation act was passed by the
British parliament in lS3S whereby over 10000 slaves
were liberated IN Jamaica ana othef v esL IhuIt lsand
the whole world applauded the act one OF unparal
leled maenanmity and with cTeduous hope looked tor
ward to the time when the freed negroes OF Jamaica
would take rank with their late masters IN all tEe arts OF
peace and civsatiOn To assist in accomplishing TINS
desirable result the beneyoeuce Of the day was smu-
lated to unwonted extent, and immense sums were
collected to set up the freed people as independent
housekeepers and supply them with preachers teachers
Libraries and other civilized Injuries connected with an
advanced order Of intelligence. But - these efforts
ended IN s'ckening disappontments he great wealth
0 the Jamaica planters and the $780, distributed
among them by the parent government, as consdera-
tion for the losses incurred by forced alteration of
their system Of labor enabled them to meet the change
without excitement financial difficulty. With conf
deuce chilled by untoward examples, they were
to extent inspired by the enthusiastic hopes OF the
professional humauarans and believed that their new
system Of labor would not only equal the old but prove
much more abundant. The history Of single genera
ton which has interviewed between that period and this
serves show how the logic Of anticipation Is corrected
by the logic Of events. Never did an emanclpated peo
pie assume the dotios aud responsibilities of freedom
under such favorable auspices; never DID people SO
completely dsappoint the hopes entertained on their
behalf jamaica declined in commerce, in population
and in domestic quietude From one OF the most pros
porous, it became OF the most degraded islands Of
the sea Even the forms OF eTlHsatloh Woud nave oeeh
swept away but Ior the whites ana NAN eeus VINO re-
mained there from choice necessity.
/ And now they have insuITection in Jamaica. Not
that they are deprived q PfNiegeS, ior they nave al
That the white people q the Island possess but because
Of their aversion to the ordinary restraints of civsa
ton. The liberty Of barbarsm is that which they de
mand, ana 9asf flins taEes ".ch 'nel are caGu upon
resisted as their only available grievance. Thus they
have rushed into revolt and the barbarties perpetated
during their little hour Of triumph have been OF the
most degrading character There being about forty
negroes the island tor every white 1nhaDant ther
fury was turned not only against the Whes but against
I oII who favored cfvilisation and GOOD order
AS in the case of St Domingo during the insurrccton
Of 1871 the blacks were as much opposed to the mula
toes as tbe ghiIes and on those Of mixed blood the
atrocities If no strmge between the races were spe-
c;aUv y;sitad In tfa condolences Of overpowerina
numbers the thoroughbred negroes proved successful in
the St Domipgo Instruction. But the leaders had
soso a0fgh t0 see that to maintain themselves in au
tor tFey must make the lands which had fallen to
hnir iot productive and 10 this end they established
strict system of compulsory labor, giving to the unw
LIMO workers as lil COMPENSATION for their services
/ +, fGrrth I,or+ Of f|a ,,ro9uce Of their toll.
The existiug revolt in Jamaica unlike that Of ST.
Domingo is wholly unprovokcd. Possessed of all the
rivIngas which their warmest friends could demand
far them the negroes during thirty years Of freedom,
have lost the little cvidsation which they acquired IN
their days of bondage and settling all laws at defiance
they have bYdceds Of unparalleled atroclty shown how
necessary it is keep them in restraint To US the
cent events in Jamaica possess than mere his
torira interest they show the instincts Of the UnCurbcd
African and are suggestive of the necessary remedies.
Fortunately for the superior is in the majority
in all the southern States and with every year that ma
ioritv viii be enlarged In this fact the negro viii find
check to the demoraIsatIon winch otherWlse "o9ia
friendship and confidence of bis white neighbors he
may vet be saved if not he WILL according to the pre-
dcion of his prophet Henry Ward Beecher be utterly
ground to powder" ~ .. Times.
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3.ENT.-GPon this point the Richmond bepubhc says;
An objection has been raised IN some quarters 10 tue
c9nstitutonal amenament, that nnqer seeono secon'
winch reads thus congress sh9il nave power 70 en
force TINS article bJ appropriate i9gs4Iioh mere :
danger la5 congress y LSsu.g lie s ANY
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OF it. 1t seems to be forgotten lhat congress would
nave JusI as husA pow! II ulI sslon e nl'
exist me seIouu sfe,to',, %'' -
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preserved but further t9n mat c2lgress VIII nave ne
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no form o. leEaI PPItsS'oS S"1 'S pIl ''ltili "
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!tE!> !>i9'uies S 'Lt ~ t; r ~ ti ,trI IF 49,
le11 lgf an assu Pton "a o oi1, IT, y, 4f @
groundess It IS true that prior to the TeadmsSlon OF
the southern 9tateS 20 tne eIoS ent " tneI iu con
I5utioltl ll!IS, .I Le ti e @ Lt ~ - ~ -
to be satisfied that there IS an ho2es purpose 10 secure
the freedmen every natural llgn, out "4en le feaaS
sion has been actua'S co4sua'eu iHe tIeatuignI u
the freedmen oHtsae o lae raES ol tis ms
mQst pc leit enlre{ 70 tle So"4 'iC 4 % & ',,
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70 once beyond ms ocP5n' a4o oey oh9 ms
SION, cursed our sister 2laIe Iof IouLGeu lo' - y e
an admnisrauon Sac4 as was never oelore t'ra oi
anu anu Io,l m o ts llne g f ~.iiIi m t % % r, P''
lagsrea9her o. shallow Pfetensl9ns pr Was soon