The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-01-02
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faais n Jsmaioa ne@ occupy isrRs share
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in iha oDsusry. The news q IN insgr
rrc,aa susSas sbs bl.eks hrs; reached 0s
spa DC Fspqrg wA' received By ,bs sni.
nles a the asgro, ~ sn additional proof
sh.t tie race Il suki for freedom. But
ls,s sooauuli slow ihai lhs ziroci'ses q
tls Negro subjects hsvr been Gar surPast.
81 b. those Of The British rulers
The London T1mss jpstiaes the action
isisa BY the ciVa and military suihoriiies
a tie Island. Lord John Resell hsI 80
a. ylalIcd 10 The demands q the Liber-
II, - 10 promise a sirics Investigation Of
tie affair. The Loudon Star iniima,es
that the lhira Of blsod exhibited By Ihe
British officers IN Jamaiea eniille them to
be called friends Mr. Bright sayi that i
murder Il eth crime, the Governor Of
Jamaica and hil aooompl'ees must be
bsoaghi TO tie bar Of justice. Gold
~ia Smith writes that If the Home
Co,trumen, does not vindicste the char
acier Of tie country, il win be time Tor
kngllshmsn pho care fot their honor to
look GU, for another lone.
The circumstance Of Tie outbreak were
no, such as required anything more than
a ,igorous and jus, execution Of the laws
according to the usual forms. A party OF
eo.ored men resisted the execution Of a
warrant against some Of their number
The military were called out, and fred up
on them with considerable effect. The
rioters then seized the muskeis Of the sol
disrs, killed about twenty Of them, and
INDUCED IN some barbariiies But Cove.
nor Eyre admits that women and children
we're left unharmed. and that after the fu-
~ Of the moment was expended, there
was no attempt TO extend the insurrec.
lion.
Here, certainly, justice and safely de.
msnded nothing beyond the ordinary pro-
ces Of arrest. trial, and execution upon
conviction. But the authorities made II
the pretext for an indiscrminate slaught
~ Of the black population. The British
troops were called out the Maroons, .
savage tribe Of mountaineers, were sent
for, and both regulars and bush-rangers
we're let loose upon the inhabitants. Men,
women, and children, were hunted down
nud murdered by British officers and men,
as though the business was a pastime.-
Every negro, without regard to sex or
ase, who came within the reach Of the
military, was sure to be hung, shot, or
logged. All persons believed to be guilty
were Immediately hung without the form
u a trial. All persons believed to be in
noeent were logged and then released
All Who attempted to escape from the APP |
preaching troops were shot for the crime
Of running away. any exhibited signs
Of malice under the fortunes OF the lash, |
the fiogging was Immediately followed by |
hanging. According to English estimates,
Two thousand negroes have thus been mas
sacrsed.
The manner in which the British off, |
GERS speak of their part in the murderous
work. exhibites degree Of heartlessness
and brutality that would disgrace the mil
iiAry service Of nation Of barbarians.-
One officer reports that sixty.seven prison.
ers vere sent him by the Msroons, aud that
be disposed Of as many ~ possible, but
vas too tired to continue after dark. Aa.
other recouns with admiration how a
party oftroops shot and hung nearly two
hundred during short march. AID adds,
"lhe soldiers enjoy it" The superior Off
Ger in reporting the number put TO death
withou, trial or investigation, remarks
iha, there was mo time for such FORMS"
Thus one more chapter OF outrage and
baIbarity is added to the history Of Brit
ish rule. India and ireland, in the past
two centuries, have been the scene OF
many such occurrences; and they seem
nearly as frequent in this age, as they
we're in more barbarons times British
Governors still rely upon the sword rather
than the Law, and seek to inspire fear Of
British power more than confidence IN
British justice. But this cannot always
last England must either yield to the
spirit Of the age, or be destroyed by i.
THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW
Another year Of great events has been
added 10 the hit,ory o. the American Re
public. The year 1855 will form prom
ineht part Of most prominent centary.