The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-26

Engia.d's Eudeaver 20 "Reconstracts'
Jamaica.

rrroia tho London Times, Oct OIL
Two questions of very unequal dDculty we're dis
late Secretary 10 the Jamaica Ccmmssion, before the
Social science Congress at Manchester Its general sub
ec o WAS coIsu as ma "a and tbs
involved no than consideration OF first principles
4 would be comparatively simple There are few IN
pean and another for the African Ia the sense which
Mr.. Rounded 10 properly condemns There ore many,
however who believe that, although ChEl5tan
morality 10 he svprema Ten for christos
nation IN an i6 Seo'fors q hsnsd3 besEg' y,f
sOaa !. k.ps caa Z sg.ss ,yey , - az
Al the same time II pus BE- admitted that oven The nost
elementary dictates OF Christian morality are apt 70 be
forgotten under the influence OF such passions were
Minded by the Morant Bay massacre Fear Is proven
bally tho mother OF cruelty nud when the instincts or
i io"n e ss favored rscss which peculiarly Anglo
SAXON but consccratcd as wcrc by the military spirit
humanity has ever proved put ran barrier against
contempt for the rights and feelings OF interiors which he
represents as Characteristic OF the military profession,
and bclevesio have been aggravated " TIE great Indian
mutny. -,
nov almost universal iha, communists s g. which We
whites formed very small minority. was sgnally unit
for representative institutions lie attributes tic pres
ont condition Of Jamaica not 20 the effects Of
emancipation for bad sct IN BEFORE nor 10 the ruin
GUS competition with savesrown sugar, which has boon
sustained with success by Trinidad and other Islands,
nor 10 the inherent lsxiness OF the blacks. but
rather to tho infasuaiion OF the plsnters, who,
By wholesale evictions AND DINER acts OF short
sighted Injustice taught them 10 seek homes and
provision grounds OF their own, instead OF living tho
great estates This s controversy upon which our
readers will hardly expect Ne 70 enter fully Mr.
RoundeIls view 20 have boon strongly supported
al tho meeting, and particularly by Mr.. Constantine
Burke who paid high compliments 70 tho skill and in.
dustry Of the black peassntry Nor can be denied
that Is 10 be said than appears NJ hrst sight 10 ex
cusc Of their aversion from continuous labor A
very large proportion OF Jamaica negroes are in the
position Of small propresors with cultivated grounds
or their own, from which they derive their chief
subsissencc only working for wages at odd times
However essential therefore, command OF continuous
labor may be tho planter especially In getting In the
sugar CROP It Is lttle unreasonable 20 blame the negro
for NOT deserving his own nelds al q critical time
to work on those Of another stu, 70 doubt
that idlsues 10 me bessfing vice Of he cm,nci.
,pos,d eeoyo or that he may obtain fair wages ny
working regularly, Is 70 dispute what gil HIS lest
friends are compelled admit The elaborate repor OF
the Baptist Mission 10 the Jamaica government s COP.
could be called behalf OF the negro population, ye,
they dspore every page OF this document the fac,
which Mr. burke rid cules
Neither Mr. Roundcii nor any Of thosc who followed
him could suggest any sovereign remedy for the cond
ton OF jamaica They would have shown little dlscre.
one Specific Tor evils which cannot be traced any one
cause pasunol d>spcfism, srch az has al lsa been
esfoblsshsd a6trr tie bet cAdns " rebuilding ne ociai
fo for no task than this devoves upon the gov
eminent Not only IL there most complicated land
question 10 be settled great changes In finance taxa
ca but sven family ties have TO Be created afresh with
ali the forms Of English elfgovernment and eccls
sastical organization modelled on our own, many
dinerc1a Of Jamaica have OF late been iapsna into
STATE OF praetoa anarchy. Perhaps Hrst two sspq
70 y taksa 80 v sesrA N ursssaS adminnsssA Il