The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-09-19

Immediately before tho adjournment O.
Parliament, the Royal Commission. whic.
was appointed for that purpose, made n ful
report with reference to the late ncgr,
insurcction in Jamaica. With rofurcmc,
to tho immediate causes Of that insurrcction
80 much has heretofore been said by this
paper, that We need do little more than rcfc,
incidentally to tho subject.
10 the people ofthc late slave States OF
tho Union the report Of tho Commits sion is
IN some respects, n production Of the most
profound interest. 1t proves mos, incDn.
testlhly that "whcnevor and wherever two
populations Of different 5lootls are brought
into close and enduring contact, aftor n
sudden and radical change in tho condition
of tho inferior race, and feeling of raoo is
sure to be cngendcrcd in each. jealousy,
contempt, or resentment, or suspicion, in
greater or loss degrees charact oli1es their
mutrsl Intercourse. This has always be, n
the case with rae 3 Of the samc color, and
the pejudiccs of race in tho case of tho
Ausrians and tho Vcnctians, the English
and Irish, tho Neapolitans and the Pied
montesc, and tho Poles and tho Russians,
are few of tho many instances to which wo
might refer. But this instructive antaeon-
ism is greatly intensified and exaggerated
by cntiro dissimilarty Of color, aud still
moro by the sudden change from slavery to
freedom.
Tho insurrcciion in Jamaica was doubt
less brought about by tho mixed race and a
few designing and unprinoiplod white men
working upon the prcjudiccs Of tho blacks.
AS preachers and rs profcsscd friends thcso
over tho Jamaica negroes. The bloody in :
surreStion in October, 1865, At Morant Bay,
WAS oocasioncd by q dcpravod whito man
advising negro not to pay tho cost, in q
snit which had been decided against him.
The tivo hundred infuratcd blncks who on
tho 10Th day Of Ockober commenced tho
work OF slaughter, emerged from chapel
whero another rcprobnto cxhorted every
Sabbath to insurrection and murder.
The commissioners state in thoir own
report That desire to got tho local governs
ment Ito their cwi, hands, and to possess
the lands Of the whites free of rent, and TO
control Tho decisions of tho civil courts,
were tho causes ofthc insurrection
That portion Of tho elaborate report Of
tho Commission which treats of tho effects
OF thirty years liberty upon tho negroes Of
Jamaica, 's TO us by far tho most interest
ing portion Of their work. In this report
We readily find why All island which for
fertility and beauty was an Eden, has bc-
cons, lesort. Tho extreme poverty of
this onco wealthy ond pSosperous island is
Tho result Of 'hc hopclnas Incidence of the
"mancipatca negro. as tho labor of sim
gle day each week furnished tho black with
means of support Tor tho rest f.the week,
ho Will not work moro than ono dny in
seven, Thcrc is among thcm growing
indiiferenceto honest labor, and an inoreas.
i"g propensity to substitute larceny and
bu: s!ary for toll. They aro losing ali traces
of The civilization which they enjoyed rs
slaves ND in nany instances are as barbar-
Gus es were their ancestors Of the Gold
ono can rise rem tho contemplation Of
"'. 'criy impartial report upon tho
tnl''ion " jamaica without seeing
e''N the negro is n greater curse
tAah p4asue, pcstilencc aud faminc. Tho