The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-08-15

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causes that produced the negro Insur-
rectioh in Jami ica, may not, If allow
ed to exist, produce like instructions
here
o "EDlToR BosToN Posr:-I notice in
your issue day or two since an larti-
Gle which censures Coy. Evred of Ja-
maica. for his vigorous measures in
suppressing the late insurrection. II
is not strange to me that the AmerI-
can press is greatly IN error upon this
subject, as all intelligence has reached
this country through English Liberal
pgpers.. As know you desire TO ar
rive at the plain truth upon all sub
jetts, allow me TO give YOU what /
believe to be u truthful presentation of
facts connected with the Jamaica in-
surrcetion, gathered from, personal
observation on the Island at the close
of the outbreak.
tgInno sountry orthe world has
more money been spent and greater
efforts been made for tho moral, in
tellectual and material improvement
OF the negro than in Jampica. Soon
after emancipation the right of elect.
! i've franchise was given to the black
man. He was allowed 20 hold any Of
flee oftrust winch was nt the disposal
Of the people. A free school system
was devised and established, with a
free college or institute, where the
higher clnssics, the sciences and me-
chunie arts were taught. Benevolent
persons in England made largo eudow.
ments OF professorsl,ips in these in
sttutions which we're and arc filed
nv eminent men of the old country
The churchee Of England and Scotland
were supportedhy Government in the
most liberal manner and the Mission
airy Societies Of the Methodist Episco-
| pal and Baptist denominations in Eu.
rope extended their work there until
the meeting house was as common,
and the sounI Of the 'church-going
bell as frequent aR in the most favor.
ed portions Of our own New England.
Thus all which an enlightened nation
could do for the prosperity, the intel
lcctual improvement and the morality
of the black man had been done
/ enough, one would certainly suppose.
10 raise a community of whites TO n
Imostprospcro etate. Combined with
this were the advantages Of u won+er.
fully productive soil and n saluberous
climate The practical question for
Americans to know NJ this jun cture is,
what have been the results of all these
efforts?
After emnncipatI, tho negroes re-
.mained on the old plantations. But
liberalists from England began to
teach them that they should break loose
from their old masters and settle or
tie Government lands or become ten.
ants Of the landhOlders This fatal
step they took. the negro, fndiD &
himself free ilom restraint, gave up
work. He retained only sufficient VIZ
or 10 plant the few yams necessary 10
support life or to pick the abundant
fruits Of the tropics; his clothing was
Of the poorest kind, in most cases was
never removed from his person until
it fell off, this neglect brought on loath.
some disease he remov
cd his children from school, and
bic, religion degenel ated into the most
revolving sensualism. . Ba DBL
'Irhe effect upon the master was
that his revcnuce We're cut off for want
Of laborcrs; his rich valleys. OF sugar
cane gave place to underbraslI; his
coffee aud dllspiee groves ran up t.
timber; his smiling hillsides of bananas
and oranges were over.grown by I'll,
invasive mango tree; his castle wasted
in uccay;his plantations, which haC
yielded him thousands Of pounds pei
annum, was worth only a fewhundreC
dollars; and the noble families of Eng
land which had courted alliances wit!
the princely planters ofJamalca, now
turned from him in dsdan. Coult
his misfortune and that OF the negro b,
greater2 r. ssog.tr ga .r a.C
THE scqual will show. The negr'
enthusiasts of England would not al
low that this dcgoneracy arose iron
any characteristics OF the black man
but from tho Lomineering spirit of tn
white. They therefore sent to the Is
/ land party delegates to direct the nc
E gro vote, place radicals in power, an'
destroy the influence Of the white eie
, ment They chose among tho lsiand
ers n crown man named GOrdod, note
rious for questionable principles, al,
! several negro preachers. trativcs Of u
Barbadocs, who had influence anon
. the blacks These told tho negroC
, that the Queen designed the Island
. be black COLONY, that the whites wei
4 usurpers, and that the Crown seqreil
|. favored move ment TO throw N
q power INTO the hands OF her black snb
0 joc,s i
!, ., So much for negro equality IN Js
!, maica. Let us now turn TO Can"d
q You have all h ard ofthe .pndergrqpn
r I railroad aud now thousands Of negro
q were ran off upon Tito Canada, al
Il there settled in the enjoyment Of &
N the privileges of tho whites-the rigl