Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-01-24
Jamaica Again.

C Will soon hear another hoNl against uV'
vernon EYRE and the other authorities Of ia
maica. Coutcmporaneou>ly with the passage
through the House Of Representatives Of the
bill civin. suffrage TO the negroes Of the Dis
trict of Columbia, comes the news of the abo-
rtiop of the old constitution by the Jamaica
Legislature, and the adoption Of new consti-
tuition vcstiug all Legislative power in a single
chamber of twelve members. The Kingston
Standard declares that q" it places the fran
chise altogether beyond the reach of the ne
groes and middle class men, and hopes that
her Maic>tv's Government will weigh well thi,
matter before advising the Queen to give her
sanction To it. a burnt child breads the
fire." The recent dreadful occurrences in
Jamaica have satisfied the Legislature that ne
.rocs should not be entrusted with political
powcr. just a, the moment that this convic-
lion was impressed upon the minds of the ia
maica authorities, by their calamitous cXpe-
r.cucc, the House ct Representatives, not pro-
Htu- by this experience, but counting ITS
disasters. resolves 10 try the experiment of
negro suffrage in the District of Columbia.
I'D. is called wise man who profits by his own
..xpcricnce but ne is a wiser man who profits
bv the experience Of others. The House
%. Representatives, or at least the ll6 mem
beers who voted for negro suffrage in the Dis
srict of Columbia, have not this WISDOM
They are blowing up the same fire that burnt
the people of Jamaica.
An editoriaIarticle in the Kingston Standard,
of December 9th, complains that the fanatics
of the mother country represent the negro
"a, q .lam5, g" and the planter as "a wolf de-
.rrmined TO dcyour him." 1t says that no
amount Of evidence can be expected to con
vince these fanatics that right is not with the
in<urrectiouisJs. 1t declares that the negroes
who rcbclcl against the constituted authority
Of the land, "aud dipped their hands, under
circumstances of great atrocity, into the blood
of the victims in St. Thomas, IN the East, adj
ylnccd no motive, even at the foot of the gal
lows, for such diaboljcal course, except this
That tleg designed to eciermiaats tie ,rhite and
coi5red men R the colony, aad possess them
,e'res of tie property Of those men,
We quote from the Standard the following
important statements:
Women and children were preserved from death
only 10 be submitted 10 a slavery and degradation a
thousand times worse. The women, when deprived
or their protectors TO subServe the uSttul plea
sure, of the disgusting mupierers, and the children
....re o. be ,pOScd OF m some equally horrible man
ucf. These are uo mere taucicS. The rebels them.
,clrcv Crccutti az FcrCNt points fer distant from
,sr another amt iCita0Ut tie possibility Of commit
llrqtOR adhered consistently IN their i1St moments
fp the dCci0rC5H Of this plot Nearly all spoke OF
gl oath SrOrg 10 by them 10 accomplish the cHd So
trgrfgi 40 as terms GEd rcH calculated Ia 1sFe-
t.cc inc most SayeTshtOUS terror 40 MgSt cFo t00f
L. that all refused 10 repeat 10. The programme was
.trred out Systematically and the fact IS the best
denial that can be offered To those who believe that
the excuses committed We're only such rs ordinarily
tlle Mace when pUpQlace oil any KIND " break into
slid riot" In the inst place, the rebels took no
drink: they kept their senses clear Tor what they
were about: they burnt no buildings, except by &C
c,cnt: they destroyed no machinery, but simply
manned portions OF the works OF the estates, 50 that
~h works might As they stated, be easily restored
Z, efficiency when they became themselves the pro-
prcturs of the same after eNtermlnatuS the Hghtlul
owners. They killed no women and children, bul
only men, They abstamed from touching the prop
er,v of any connected with the Naroons, for teJr
oI alternating the support which they expected from
tblt peop,e Gould mere mob have acted with So
much reserve aud system It is true, the rebels fled
ANA nowhere attempted to make head against the
regular troops but this owing to panic having
been produced among them, by the unexpected at
rival of the troop, among them, aud the terrible re-
tributlon which was dealt ont without moment 1,
Hesitation upon those who were taken.
The spirit that has since manifested itself over the
entire island shows clearly that although the troop
luusht no great battles, the able dispositions thai
"a err. made of them ut all events prevented battles
being fought. by cucirclng the rebels everywhere
and eicctuay preventing the raliynG OF the dlspers
Ell bands which might have led to reorganization
and resistance ltwaS quite true what his EXcelencl
The Governor has stated in has speech that any delay
M rereryc on the pert # the troops lr0Eid hare Ia
the torch Of rcr0f from one end Of the island Il
i.s other. Let therefore, British negro SympathIz
ers Slv as they like, and from distance, apply u
the investigation of this rebellion the false theore
by mesuS 1i which they have already wrought st
tnuch injury 90 the negroes themselves and all bu
ru ned The unfortunate planter, OF these colonies
ta, fact, stated here are irresistible, and WILL We
me. be lowed 10 stand out with all due importan.
before those whose province 10 Is To decide ON TIA,
proper remed Is TO be applied TO our present condt
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