Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-11-29
Negro observation-disclosures OF the
West Indies.

NegrO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF the
| West Indies.
From the n. Y. Herald.l
| There is now scarcely 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 digniied by the name
ofrevolutions. Yesterday we announced
! a new rebellion in Jamaica, and the fact
that in one parish alone four hundred
negroes were ready for revolt. The
island is in panic, the white population
seriously menaced, trade and commerce
stsgnant, and civilization buried still
deeper under load of barbarism. Hayti
presents the same sad and revolving pic
ture Of movement in the direction Of
barbsrism. On the 18th of October the
scene in the Legislative chambers was
very violent. Even the negro President,
Salnave, "beeame so audacious as to in
cite Ta0ble of women ard boys to attack
the House of Assembly. This they did
amid loud vivas for Salnave, and cries of
Down with the Assembly = hurting, at
the same time, bricks, bottles, sticks, etc.
The dwellings OF many were vigorously
stoned. The American Consul was fired
at, but escaped unhurt."
These are the pictures of negro rule, of
negro independence, Of negro suffrage.
These are the pictures Of a country gov
eTned by the blood of Africa. In
Jamaica more than a 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 demoB-
strate. They have not only been going
on from bad to worse, but civilization
itself has been dying out even where il
existed among the whites. The blacks,
instead of rising to the level OF the white
population, have gradually lowered the
whites to the bssest standard Of morality
and intelligence, until we have the pic
ture of magnificent West India island
sinking to the fearful barbarfsm of Cen
trail Africa. If Jamaica presents this in
one light, Hayti and st. Domingo pre-
sent it in still bolder relief. Here we
have the full focus of negro efforts at
civilization. First g war against the
whites, then q war between blacks and
mulsttoes, then what may be denomi-
mated a Kaleidoscope war, in which color
has warred against color in all the end
less changes, forming magnificent revo-
lutiOnsry combinations, very beautiful to
AODh a. az q uAotanIGf BuN uedlu W
pate 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 try
ing to impress upon the United States by
false and barbarie legislation. Radical
rule as exposed to-day means down with
the 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 q 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 history did
they descend to forcing barbsrism
to the surface that it might
swamp intelligence. Never did q nation
try to throttle itself by voluntarily
placing the black hand of Africa at its |
throat. Never did statesmen before de-
seend TO the dregs of humanity to bathe
their hands in its worst filth that they
might besmear with it such a civilization |
as we have reached in 1867. But they |
are not statesmen; they are mad dema- |
gogues who, to prOlOng political power, |
would willingly plunge the nation into |
fifty years of civil strife. They must be |
overturned before they effect our na.
tional ruin. The people, the common |
sense of the country, must stand between |
them and the ruin towards which they |
drive. 1t is not yet too late but four |
years more Of such legislation would |
ruin any country, though 1t had ten |
times the backbone Of the United States. !