Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-01-13
The Jamaica Outbreak.

iuo JuiildlCtt OutDTcdh.
Ono Of tho greatest mistakes be.
ing made ut the present moment ia
that OF imagining that the outbreak
in Jamaica is one of black against
white. There is no such element
in it. II is simply an emeute of nm
atrocious character among people
without any defined relation of col.
or or racc.-Among the names of
those who have fallen in sacrifice to
the brutal savagcry, tho name of
but one white man occurs-that of
tho "so.callcd" Baron Keteholdt,
All the others are colored people of
various degrees of the "dip," from
the EXTREMIST ebony to the faircst
specimen Of the darley to which n
distinctive name has been given.
What we say we know our read
crs will rely upon. Their inferen-
ccs from our facts may be different
from our own. But the facts arc
simply these The Mr.. Price spo-
ken Of rs having been killed by tho
savages was as black as ever was
negro imported from Congo or Edo
country in Africa. The reverend
parson whose slaughter is recorded,
was n bright mulatto, or rather
Sambo man; and throughout tho
whole story of violence, treason and
murder, there is not the name of
another white man but the Baron
Ketelholdt mentioned.
TO magnify the outbreak in ia.
macia, therefore, into a war of ra-
ccs is mistake. The fact is sim
ply that the negroes of Jamaica
have fallen out among themselves,
and without any more rhyme or
reason than some other people have
found for pushing into tribulation.
But this does not depend upon
mere assertion or theory. Price,
the negro, who was killed with
many of his own color, breed, and
cultivation, was but a sample Of
many in the Island. lie had intel
ligenco enough to know that there
can be no government without laws,
no prosperity without labor. The
creatures who slaughtered him, and
those who felt and worked with him
could not understand that. His po-
sition forced him to maintain his
position and on some paltry de-
tail the demi savages he had to
deal with cried "Uavoc. The
wrctches will get the worst of it;
but it will be at the instance of
those whom very few would think
likely to be found in opposition to
them.
The great point to be understood
is, simply, that the outbreak has
nothing to do with the simple ques-
ton of white and black. 1t may be
that the question of colored and
black has something to do with it,
but even that can have nothing but
the widest connection with it, mas
much as the stupid and brutal insur-
gents made not the slightest distinc-
ton between white, black and col
cred in their barbarous proceedings.
If the details be examined it will be
found that the slaughter was indis-
criminate. That one class, as to
color, predominated over the other,
was simple logical consequence.
The negro authorities predomina-
ted; the negro insurgents assaulted
them, and negroes were the victims.
Outside of this the outbreak in
Jamaica is not worth notice. 1t
would never have occurred if the
whites bore a numerical proportion
to the negroes that they do in the
South.
We need enter no further into
What we have said
may be relied upon. But, we may
thus sum up the state of the Jamai-
ca affair. The negroes or colored
people are divided into two classes
one conservative and the other
radical. OF course nothing but isms
and blood will satisfy the latter.
Compromises have been tried and
they have ultimately failed. Blood
is the cry, and those who raise it
are likely in the end to suffer the
most under it. AS for the condi-
ton or prosperity of Jamaica, the
late outbreak can amount to but lit
tie in itself.
But it may serve to awaken slum-
bering politicians to sense of dan.
ger where they have SO far refused
to acknowledge the possibility of it
arising.-N o. Star.
Execution of two Indian
Chiefs.