Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-12-09
[From the New York Herald
Negro Rar bsr ism xperience Of
the West ladies.

There is now scarcely a telegram that
reaches us from the West Indies that does
not tell OF, horrible atrocities and servile
outbreaks by the black sons of Africa
outbreaks dignitied by the name of rev.
olutions Yesterday was announced a
new rebellion in Jamaica, and the fact
that in one parish alone four hundred
nrgoes were ready to revolt. The island
is in panic. the white population serious
ly menaced, trade and commerce stag
nant, and civilization buried still deeper
under load of barbarism. Hayti pre-
sents the same sad and revolutionary
picture of a movement in the direction
of barbarism. On the 18th of October
the scenein the legislative chambers was
very violent. Evon the negro Presi.
dent, Salnave, "hecame so audacious as
to incite rabble Of women and boys to
attack the House of Assembly. This
they did amid loud uiras for Salnave.
and cries of Down with the Assembly =
hurting. at the same time, bricks, bottles,
sticks, &c. The dwellings of fmany were
vigorously stoned. The American Con-
sui was fired at, but escaped .unhurt."
These are the pictures of negro rule,
of negro independence, of negro suffrage.
These are the pictures of country gov
erned by the blood of Africa. In ia
maica more than generation has passed
since the negroes were thrown to the
front and forced to make an effort to
maintain themselves at the level of the,
white man. How well they have sue
ceeded let the present troubles demon
strate. They have not only been going
on from bad to worse, but civilization it.
self has been dying out even where it
existed among the whites. The blacks,
instead of rising to the level of
the white population. have gradu-
ally lowered the whites to the
basest standard Of morality and
intelligence, until We have the pictur. of
a magnificent West India island sink
ing to the fearful barbarism of Central
Atiica. If Jamaica presents this in one
light, Hayti and St. Domingo present
it in still bolder relief. Here We have
the full focus of negro efforts at civili-
cation. First war against the whites,
then war between blacks and mulat-
toes, then what may be denolninated a
Kaleidoscope war. in which color has
warred against color in all the endless
changes, forming magnificent r-volu-
combination. very beautiful to
look at at distance, but death to par
ticipate in.
In drawing the picture of Hayti, St.
Domingo and Jamaica We are only pho
tographing upon the American mind in
advance the picture that Congress is
trying to impress upon the United States
by false and .barbaric legislation. Rad
zeal rule as exposed to-day means down
with tine white man! up with the negro
Down with intelligence up with igno.
rance! Down with civilization up
with barbarism And they ring all the
changes on the skull of the negro which,
were it not as tough as a drumhead,
would burst under the blows. Never
has such miserable legislation fallen
to the lot of any nation. Never in
the most degraded days of Roman his
tory did they descend to forcing barbar-
ism to the surface that it might swamp
intelligence. Never did nation
try to throttle itself by voluntarily pIa-
cling the black hand of Africa at its
throat. Never did statesmen befor. de.
cend to the dregs of humanity to battle
their hands in its worst filth that they