The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-03-15


h walton would diminish ruinously but, for
! tunately, Coolies from India, after firs
Q failure, and violent opposition from Excite
Hall and kindred spirits, were found to b
. well adapted to replace the former laborers
r The results are q production of sugar NOR
than doubled since emancipation. Canno
= something similar be done for Louisiana
: We quote, to show the perfect identity ther,
is between their, and our former laborexs:
That the Indian immigration was abso
3 luteiy necessary is clear from the characte,
r OF the cmancipated negroes. Our author Il
7 evidently afraid of provoking the wrath q
the Antl-Slavery Society, but he canno,
. help speaking his mind bout the shortcom.
ings Of the negro, who ;s snsM.ari.ias yer,
r much what he isin Barbados and Jamaica
, only less stalwart in frame, and less inso-
. lent in demean0r. Like his more Western
compatriot, he is fond of dress, show, holt
days, and idleness. Though he can work,
he won't. Despite his love of finery, " the
genuine BLACK natives of the island are al
most universally filthy in their habits, and
In their person, too; and slOvenly to the
Last degree, if not disgustingly dirty in their
dress generally, both" 1t is recorded that
during the memorable and fatal cholera of
1-reraies and shirts with cambria frills and
dandy gloves were to be found, but not a
blanket or single pot, pan, or basin in
which broth could be cooked or served.
The natural consequence was that the
negro population persisted in excess beyond
all others. That such a population should
eschew domestic service except for it's own
occasional convenience, and then when it
found 1T convenient, should perform its
duties carelessly and .faithlessly, was only
too likely. Unfortunately, education,
which was expected to correct these defects
of the negro mind, has only made them
worse. The young negro, in addition to
dlshking work, learns to dispise it and. as
he has not relinquished the idea of preferr-
ing his claim to the estates of the white inha-
b,tants, he is forced to supply the necessities
OF ms easy life by petty theft. But, idle
and thievish as the negro of the present day
is, he is the same jocund, laughing, reckless
being that he is everywhere else, when not |
warped and soured by political teachings.
But we turn from this repulsive subject
to something more agreeable, suggested to a |
critic in Mr.. Boyle's work:
How charming must DO the drive from
Port Louis over the Western Hill. under
trees rich with blossom and prodical of
the grotesqne peaks or the vol
violet tints of a tropical sunset Then.
again, how enjoyable must be the soothing
excursions into the prim@val forest. where
there still hnger remnants of the deer which
once mOnopolized the centre of the island
How cordial that primitive hospitality
which the French habitants still pride them
selves ON extending toward ali strangers
who penetrate into their remote settle II
ments! Nor can we help suspecting that
the French planter is much more sensible
fellow than his English neighbor While
The latter is cursing the climate. the sers
wants, and the food, brooding over what he
Is silly enough to deem his hard lot in being
sxiled from England, and absorbed in the
ask of amassing sufficient money where {
With to buy stuck-up ill-built house in W +
ournia, and parade his family in the Park 4
Turing the season; Frenchman. more s
grateful for the good which he ENJOYS. uti- S
ICES every resource of soil, climate, and
cenery, builds his chateau at the foot of n l
hady mountain, or on the confines of a
wooded ravine, OF by the soft and winsome
'eauty OF tranquil bay /; gathers his be-
ongings about him, brings from Paris the
ijouterie of his salon and the decorations of. L
lis bedroom, and sets to work to make life
omfortabie. While the Englishman ia
wearing at the privations of his enforced H
xlie, the frenchman is alleviating them
y care, diligence, and providence. Be
ween the daily visits to the sugar house he f
} occupied with procuring food or direct
,g its preparation. Nowhere in the world is
re there better breakfasts. Nowhere is Z
here more hearty hospitality. The sea 81
rovides fish of great variety: These make L
ASeleut Ooutttte O0tSSe, 10 which additional ID
iquancy is given by the piments, of which
fferent kinds abound. Then turkeys grow
size and flavor rarely known in Eng
md. Add to these a curried fowl and H:
ottle of cooled claret, and the breakfast of TIL
lie French habitant merits all praise. Nor Pr
its SAVIOUR impaired by the reflection that pr
adame and her daughters have taken Ca
ersonal interest in it's concoction Nei- gic
Ter, as we gather from our author, are pei
rench Inequalities confined to the country Bo
he houses in Port Louis exhibit a rus in
'be. Detached, and surmounted by gar "
ms, they luxuriate in flowers and shrubs. N
| the evening their saloons are lighted up,
i'd music and dancing reward the uncere-