Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-02-21
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and ono to every seventy-cight of the
white. In Richmond there is one to
every forty-fve Of the colored and ono
to every one hundred and twelve of
the white.
Sufficient from the census. l think
l have maintained my position so far
as our country is concerned This
race, in their own land, could have
demonstrated no capacity forprogress
that would not have been transplant
ed here, where all the facilities neees-
sary for self-deyelopmcnt are given
them. -
THE EXPERIENCE OF JAMAICA.
Now, let as visit Jamaica, the Land
that was to be the elysium of the ne
gro. That island, in 1888, when the
members of our convention were in
serting in the Constitution Of the
State the word "whte,7 was cmanci-
pated, and universal freedom proclaim
ed. Suffrageand political rights were
there given to all colors by the gov
ernment of Great Britain, but proper
ty qualification was uniform every
voter must have five acres Of land.
The island of Jamaica possessed great
natural advantages, its production
was almost spontaneous; it was the
very garden of that section of the
world. Its total population was about
four hundred and fifty thousand, of
which three hundred and fifty thou
sand were blacks, eighty thousand
mulattoes and fifteen thousand whites.
From 1888 10 1853 these inhabitants
were free, with the RIG ht to make pro-
gress, encouraged and upheld by the
mother country, which sent them
money in immense amounts. Yet, in
1853, Earl Russell, one Of the Sccre-
taries of Great Britain, reports to the
home government that there were but
three thousand men there entitled 10
vote-three thousand () out Of four
hundred and fifty thousand, four hum
dred and thirty odd thousand of whom
were colored Why is this? Why
did they not make progress when
placed npon an equality with the most
} favored 7 Why is it that that land
does not become what gentlemen pro-
claim the South will become under the
: bcnefcent rule of the negroesY u ia
because inherent capacity for progress
docs not exist in these people that in
their natures, debased and sensual as
they are, that qualification which ia
essential for progress in all races does
not exist, and never has existed
: The productive power oftkat island
has been decreasing ever since oinan-
cipation vagrants and squatters Peo-
pie the whole land They are not an
! telligent and respectable, but theyoc-
cupy the land, squat here and there
and move when il suits their convent
ence. They live from hand to mouth,
on bread fruits and yams. In 1859,
Mr.. Trollopc, an English anti-slavery
traveller, said that one-halfo of the sll-
gar plantations, and moro than one
: half of the coffee plantations there
: had gone back to the bush Look at
tho figures. From 1929 to 1888 tho
: yearly average of its productions was +:
OF sugar, 76,2S2 tons. Now, 1t is
about 10000 tons. OF rum, 5,S05
puncheons now, it is 10000 pan
checns Of coffee, 17,645,00 1bs;
r now it is about 100000 lbs ''The
. great decay in the material prosperity
0 of Jamaica is made more striking by
the facts, that during the period be-
tween 1882 and lS47, COS sugar ard
coffee plantations, containing 1856, ,432
acres of land, and affording employ
ment to 1888 laborers were entirely
abandoned; and from ls4S to 1858,
57S other plantations, of 39l, lS7 acres,
!, were totally or partially turned to
/ waste, and this in an island Of less
than 1000 square miles. These as
founding facts are verified by Carey,
and statement made by the West
, India Association of Glasgow, and
appendent documents. Bigeiow, in
his Notes on Jamaica, says:
"Shipping has deserted her ports her mag
nifcent plantations tf sugar aud coffee nre run
ming to weeds; her private dwellings are falling 2
to decay the comforts and Injuries which be
!. long to industrial prosperity have been cut of,
: eae by one, from her inhabitants and the day
is at hand when there will be no one leftte rep
: resent the wealth, intelligence, aud hospitality
| fox which the Jamaica planter was ence 80 dis
J tinguished."
l do not know why this is; perhaps
/, gentlemen can explain it, The land
! is becoming a waste, hepopulation is
} returning to barbarism; and liberty
, with them is what it always has been
T and what you must admit it is now
. among these people in the South,
, Liberty is hceHsc--lieense TO be idle I;
license not to work; license to be
| sensual license 30 be sluggish; license
to relapse into the habits of their an
cestors-
DEVELOP THE SOUTH.
, The Senator from Bradford says /:
| OThe South is ferfilev and ha WINNIE