New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-24
JAMAICA.
Py@~ Labor Work mud Wsses-'as'""''
The Right Of snnr"se-He
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SrR. 1 have message w "" '' "
,he honest. Woodworking freedmen oil Jamaica. We
have ALTERED widely in views az to the possible ana
-ohable future Of the negroes, bat In one point con
e. rnvsen convert There IS ttTo room ara ''a'"''
os, for bo,a races his coatsaent Ample rco" "
o,h in harmony Of interests for another century a.
.ss, But social results, as whole, must nov W
,odsed BY Iocs, accidents Of riot and insuoofdhan
.py more then the general operations OF nature arc "
o. dsusted because Ofan occasional earthquake OF m
ubd6tiop.
No two Islands In the Antilles present Ike Socal con-
h,,ons and VET. think fair valuable opinion cannot
wen be attained concerning the proper relations oil the
rl,te man and the negro. without having seen them
toge,her-ln Slavery and in Freedon-ruder tie va
Md conditions in force. in Cube, in ST. Domingo 10
Hayu andSn Jamaica
In ths more prosperous parishes Of Jamaica we find
Almost without exception class Of resident planters
among whom there are many men Of mixed olooo'
though as rule the wealth and enterprise OF Jamaica
are represented BY white men-and the matter to be
noted H. that in these more wealthy and thriving dis
t,os the blacks are conented and Industrious because
a. ,hey saw themselves they "9ef tork and vags''
sm speaking not Of the larger sugar estates alone BAT
Of lie cattle farms opens they called here) and Of
She pnsnto estates on which very mixed system o.
1roluction is seen The freedmen q class have rot
yet acquired tie means OF managing tneN mus III
holds 10 tie best advantage. They Only succeed wen
where thsy have intelligent example ana employment
esypinc waRes q pert Of tho year; and they LOOK Ol
their WORK the nearest large estate Bt te owners
of these large estates have Dnhappy i me Wen Oeg
az Jamaica left the island discouraged by the extreme
difficulty Of securing steady reliable ahor N crop ne
Bnee emancipation and the distribution OF iands amOhb
the freedmen more Of them viii work more than ionr
DAYS a tie week for the p ueIs except on such terms
a. consume the profits t. chief mischief, however
is that the owner Of an acre or two on wch DE VIE
End children could raise their food with but an coca
sional days work from himself was too npt 10 depend
ON that alone and become idle and denOteIzed ana
81 this class the rineaders OF the Morant nor
The better class OF blacks are beginning 70 icel ara
complain OF the evils Of this horde Of droDes. INC
fepIedations Of tho men who VIII not WORK on the idnd
fine men who 90 have al last aroused even the care
hess blacks TO ask for laws against vagrancy Hitherto
The Island Legislature has dealt too glnociy win acs
chat their voting black constituents chose 70 ignore
IN this awakening is the dawn OF better day Tor the
Industrial interests Of Jamaica ana he statement 81
this fact leads to the first nstalment Of my message
70 you.
ard believe may add nine.tenths Of the most re-
speotable backwOuld prefer the certainty Of regular
wrk at fair wages 20 the right Of voting. You may
meet this stubborn fact with what theories OF ouPM
and shoVG you please. but II is fact, nevertheless,
That the elective franchise represents 10 the ignorant
biacks-rot that Ignorance ID of any pa tcnar color
two shngs and as much rum as they choose 10 drink
election day, al he expense of tie candidates he
most worthy aud intelligent blacks have met seldom
or ever use their right 10 vote, not thinking 1t worth
nc cost of the register tax. If candidate has so
much need Of their votes as to pay tie expense Of
bringing them 70 TIE polls, the longest purse would be
sure Of O majority; bu. that sense OF the purity OF
elections Is LOt confined 10 negro constituencies. Cd
Elder Kingdom says 10 yOn that 900 numbers month
Of The Freedmen published by The Boston Tract 50
riey) for tLer evening reading classes would be worth
10 the decent working blacks OF -. GATHERINGS
than oil the voting they have done since emancipation.
Tell kind white friends to help as get something
good for work and send nice Sunday School
5Doks," said another black classcader. This one is
Wesleyan, Kingdom Baptist bat both were born
Waves and both above the average intelligence of
then class " We want TO better ourselves and our
children, ard the white folks show rs how 10 bring
" about. When the white planters raised sugar and
soaae and pimento and ginger they got rich on IT, but
This Is what the freedmen of Jamaica Hayti and St.
Domingo to learn. This is what the steady old
Dembers Of Two different religious organizations in
one parish appeal you directly to say to the men Of
the North. " Toach us how to make our labor more
available This is the true lever for the elevation Of
Jamaica lands are cheap enough and are known to
be emineDtly rich and varied IN their productions.
Some Of thcm-the tonic pimento cordial and pimeno
strip, for example-are almost peculiar TO the island.
Jamaica ginger is equal 10 the best IN tie word
Oranges and lemons in some parishes so abundant
that they ere left by hundreds Of bushels TO waste I'M
gathered though orange cordial and the delicate orange
vne-which scores OF negro families make OF the pure
Juice Of the fruit without the addition of single drop
Of alcoholic spirts--wOuld be highly appreciated if
ofoper,y knovn AT the North Whoever buys lar of
preserved ginger or bottle Of pinento sirUp con.
tributes not only 10 the present support Of the freedmen
fho 1t is passion with the negroes to initiate
the manners and educate their children in all the
learning of the whites. Help them forward In their
social progress with the right school books and perOd
Gals encourage industry by showing them the bPppy
results OF steady Effort and then few years will DECIDE
whether they are capable of self government.
At all events, cannot accept the idea that the blacks
should be set upor shut upscmewher by themselves
or that they and the whites necessity antagonstie
~ interest. The negroes the working capital the
strongest producing element in the largest and faires
portion Ofthe habitable earth devoted 10 enlightened
Sultiv alton, and they cannot be spared from it. What
>~ad become OF the magnificent belt extending 81 de-
W side o. the equator. If the working Indians
greee esen =, saddeny to disappear therefromf
sna Aiieans ss!r presence, under conditions
that viii keep them SAFE hysl,- 80 tSef tbev Z IN
apcers; and Christian justice dem" III ,roo,.s "
have their fair place in the ranks oil So, 1t. -
tbeye not then that kindly wisdom in the ySes VI
EewYork and Boston aid in the solution oil u, open
nroblem in this near and favorable field OF JainsSa
Are there no hslfdozen Of your merchant princes
knowing SO well how TO do the work who womb unite
,heir efforts 20 bring the most precious products OF
Sresdmens labor to the knowledge AID use OF the NIL
lions Of willing consumers in the United StateSt
Until tie free blacks of Jamaica and santo domingo
far more fully have learncs tne way for thenser inc
capital educc~.sor and eolarss]. experience OF the
whites as necessary 10 them their labor is TO the
lanter and there is reason why free labor should
not be ss profitable in those islands it is in New
England. In fact ii is even now more 80 IN jamaica
NJ the statistics Of few well managed estates will
prove when the data forw srded 10 as parties
here have proposed but is not Of or for thom but In
behalf Of the ginger pmento and fruits OF the small
1eds Of the black andhoders that this message is epe
sialy directed TO You c. MONTGOMERY
'C.,l.xs,.,. parf.k Jamaica Feb Ii