The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-08-15
Governor Eyre.

against him with such malignant zeal by
Exeter Hall, and re-echoed on this side of
the Atlantic with ferocious emphasis by the
Radicals. The fact, out of which the inves-
tigation grew, may we'll give us a topic for
reflection, more especially since it is manifest
that the mad policy of the enemies of peace
is shaped with the cruel object of melting
among us a war of races.
The situation of the unhappy Island of ia
maica is in many respects, similar to that of
the South. There is this difference, however,
that though in England there is a portion of
the people called the exeter Hall" faction"
which is equal in its fanaticism to that of the
worst Radicals of the United States, and
though this detestable knot Of knaves and
fools has had power enough to influence the
action of the Government of England, yet
their influence has been in every instance but
temporary 1t is true that the people of
England are, to man, opposed to slavery,
and the tax for its abolition is the only one
paid by Engishmen without grumbling; yet
this opposition of the masses has never been
tinctured even with the crazness of the Mas
sachusetts school. The people of England al
ways admitted that the whites of Jamaica
had the rights of Englishmen; the fanatics of
New England allow to the South not even
the rights of human beings.
A striking proof of the common sense of
Englishmen, has occurred within the last few
W. Iar fbs nd
energetic action of Governor EYRE, of Ja-
maica in suppressng diabolicaI plot to ex
terminate the white race in Jamaica-now, in
fact, by his "taking the responsibility" he
saved the Englishmen Of Jamaica from utter
destruction.
Upon the news reaching England, there
arose howl from the "Stigginses" of Exeter
Hall, because their beloved negroes had not
been allowed to butcher the whites. This
/, uproar of fanaticism reached such height, that
the Government of England appointed a
Board of Commissioners to proceed to Jamaica,
and on the spot they investigated the grave
charges against the Governor.
We wish it to be distinctly understood, that
. he administration that appointed this Board
was composed of Englishmen Of the PALMER
sToN and RUSSELL school--men who first OBJ
tanned power on this very question of the
abolition of slavery, and who were, therefore,
not to be charged with any undue bias in IA
vor of the former Shareholders of Jamaica.
Well, these Commissioners went to Jamaica,
and on the very soil where the insurrection
occurred, they made fair, impartial, and,
at the same time, most searching inquiry,
into the conduct of the Governor.
We are rejoiced to learn that, even 10y the
adjudication of such a court as this, the Gov
ernor has come out with flying colors. The
Commissioners have justified him in his ac
ton, and he stands before the world fully
absolved from the most unjust reproaches of
Exeter Hall and of all the fanatics Of New
England
VIII the time ever come when the people
to them E? Shall we ever see the day,
when the laws of our own Sovereign
States shall not be set aside by Freedmen's
Bureaus
Yes, we still live in hopes that, when the
waves of the late mighty storm shall
have subsidized, the people of the South
will receive their rights. But this will
never take place until the Government
shall have been restored to its equilibrium,
and the principles of our fathers be re-
established in other words, till the agrarian-
ism of the present majority shall have been
reformed, and the South allowed to enjoy the
rights of freedmen.
The mighty revolution that is to accom-
plish this end has already begun. Yesterday
there assembled in Philadelphia body of men
who will set forth before the world the I'M
happy lot of people taxed without their
consent, and subject to all sorts of insults
from the hands of military masters in time Of
peace.
We have great faith that the reason Of the
long continuance Of this state of things has
been because of the utter ignorance of the
Northern people of the way in which we
have been treated, and that when they are
made acquainted with the facts of the case,
the people of all the North and to the West
of the Hudson will rise in their might, and at
the next elections wipe out of political exist
ence the oppressors Of their fellow citizens.
In the mean time let us remember that
''history teaches by example" Let US not
fall into false security lulled by the "orders'
Just issued in Richmond but let us prepare
calmly and collectedy TO prevent by judi
cious police and militia organization repeti-
ton here of the scenes of Jamaica. This is
more necessary, because we have no Governor