Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-17

i IS over, tne puUliC niuul apt W iSh JAZZ
into a state Of apathy and indifference
with regard to matters even Of the great.
est portance to both themselves and
others, it may not be amiss to say few
words in the interests of truth, or on
the scsial and moral phase of the Ja-'
maica atrocities.
,IEis equally evidensthatboth black
and ..white have great deal to IN;
learn before anything like harmony-to
say.ncthing of loye-in social life, or
unity n political action can be realized.
Amidst ali the chickering's of contending
parties, i must have struck the most in.
different observer that the deadly yirisa
of caste Is at the bottom of all this mis-
chief aud that its balefuI influence en-
ters into and poisons every spring Of so.
cial intercourse II stands out in bold
relief that the white man, in his heart,
despises and contemns the black, and
consequently looks upon him, not as q
brother, ct any rate, although unable to
deny that Le is q man. And it 10
equally palpable that the negro clearly
sees, and acutely feels, the indignity thus
cast q pom bim. q The natural-conss>
quence of this state of things is, that
the white treats the black, if not harsh
I ". at least in a manner sensibly differ
| ent. from that in which be would treat q.
u Iaw nsrrx. 20 n ~aw mfl 10
similar Taking these points into con-
sideratioa, can we wonder that the ne
gro naturaHy-we might say national
| ly, orpride and ignorance are twins
should, under the circumstances indicat-
ed, allow all the ferocious instincts Of his
African nature full play-for the Etbio-
plan cannot change bis disposition any
more than his akin--and, nursing his
wrath to keep it warm, "sigh for the
first favorable opportu nifty Capitalization,
/ or long for the hour of revenge" In di-
recting attention to these features of this
sad case, LET US not be understood as
acting ii the slightest as spologists for
the negro race, or even of the mixed
races, much less as offering these argu-
iments asiaDy paliation Of their horrible
atrocities.I We are merely arguing, on.
al broad intelliRible2 basis, abe natural
eonseqgences1o of things. of cause and
effect. No one can justify cruelty, much
4 less murder, come from what quarter it
may, or upon whonsoeyer it may be per-
4 Datratad eahe E1sF1 .tG3
But we have yet another phase of the
case of the irrepressiblenegro TO notice.
Like begefs like, Eis AN old saying, and
no one with hfany pretensions to an &C;
quantance with the science of ethnology
will, we, believe, in the present day and
i generatio1,s doubt that mental as well as
physical excellencies are transmissable
1 from parent to- child more especially
iftb6se Of the mother. And this position
being admitted, I'VE ares bound also to
admit the cunverse--namelyy that mem
lItal weaknesses, blsmishes,g imperfee-.
i tons, Vand dispositions, care equally he.
reditarys Experience in fact, decides
j this question for Us without reference to
OF iobi6i0ns. hffHesg ddtiS SRs VIM take
for granted. Let US then ask in what
4 POSITION stands rhH happy negro2 Has
he not for years--for long generations,
been bartered, bought and sold and in
almost every other respect been treated
as "brute beast that hath no under
standing, !" as a maH twithont o. soul, and
as sue ground down to hopeless servi-
tude 1dag geIIatsd near to the death
without daring to utter one word of re-
monstrance. or reproach, much less to
| lift ahald-in defence, against bis white
MASTERY And when be could no Logger
endure ''the oppressors wrong" the proud
man sscontume &C., rather than "bear
thesilis he had" would fly to others he
knew not Of. But should be be disccv.
ered,r what was his fate z Has he not
been hunted and torn ia pieces By blood
hounds, trained for this special purpose,
or shot down with as little compunction
or remorse as would wolf that had de-
voured a frst-bnrn son, or only child.
Nov, In what mental condition could
any nation, or tribe, of human beings
be, who saw themselves or their kins-
man sfreated in, the manner described !;
orswhat would be4their sentiments to.
wards those, who so treated them2 We
all know the indelibility of early inn
! pressians,s and their effects on after life,
u aud that Of Veritable certainty the least
, eradicabie OF all our Impressions are
our antipathies. Why, it is six hundred
years since Wales was conquered and
l. annexed to aiEngland, and how does
! Taffy like the Johnny Bulls eTen now
They are quite as tender on the score OF
| nationality to this day as even Paddy
. himself, and why provide any other
l Estandard 4oss the 1Bfortunate negro
r But it may be objected that the West
, India negroes have not tasted the T.
0 terness Of slavery for years. That We
| rxlo Hira Cd P1 l. L.
4 that centuries have not obliterated the
Traditional antipathies Of the Welch-
i nan, who, although they were never
. enslaved by the Saxons, still cherish q
0 lively hatred to all supposed to =be~oi
3 that conquering genus. Again, it may
d \ be argued that the Jamaica blacks are
comparatively civilized, and even to al
8 outward seeming religious. Alas, We
!, know too well the truth of the old
y proverb, I" III weeds grow o space" and
9 what q slow, almost imperceptible pro-
r gress the best means of education, how
r ever ihdustriously or vigorously applied
/. make in the civilization or conversion
8 of nation sunk for ages in the quag
!. mires of helpless bArbarism,I As to shs
E religious features of the question, WI
nj know TOO well how slight hold--ever
with all our boasted Intellectual excel
1 lencies-religion has upon our own ma.
= tion in periods of political excitement
: England has been preached at, sanC
n preached to, for the space of eighteei
: hundred years, and what then Hay,
thew no riots q Have they no murders
4 No fatal poaehinglcollisions 2 No stab
Ie bing No garrotings, and that, too. il
4 tbe nublic streets in open day Anothe
,r point is worthy of consideration, an
!. we ought to ponder it well before "
n are too hasty to condemn the unfortu
OF nate negro How came he 10 be in th
N island Of Jamaicaaat all Did we nc
,g steal him and place bin. where he ls-
II or at least connive at the kidnapping
Are we afraid of him Then why nj
g. have him at home, where most certain
d. Fly, he woald nsver have troubled us
I'D He never would have come to seek u'
he for the bepefcent King of Dahome
ak would decidedly have given a good az
a. aaf,z5k Af h M had -, b<ar,s 4ron NJ anml