Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-27
The Negro ouestion-Again.

scif> Here is his ausVer:l
Il have never noticed tine pc1santry use
more than the Mauchctio, a sort oi chopper
almost a. long ga sword, whilst cleaning
their coffee plantations Ihet SIMPLY cat
down the weeds and the crecpcfs, but
never stir the soil around the roots WITH
hoc.'
during The French colonial days the
principal product WAS sugar. and in tlf
wear 1899 they exported 5f.On0. 900 pounds
of white sugar md l07,0oo.OOO pounds oi
brown. ~-* And ~ is no longer found III
the lists Of exports except As fancy artl-
Gle 90 obtain bountes.'
"Of cotton. 500 600 pounds were cx-
ported in l7s3 ia 1860 it mad fallen o.
| CS3. 735 pounds. and n tnc last commercial
reports the amount of cotton exported
from the whole republic IS not gwen. '-
| H1yii, &C., pa c, 1855 amt j6I.
And brcathcd more freely when had
| left that miserable cross-blrfh ~ ffTDo"V anu
/ pi a0nn.roDic eeatmoi4L" q" But i'm the heart
/ of them has revived the idoLtry Of The
| Gold coast, and IN the villages Of the IN
| terror. whore they are out of sight and can
| follow their instincts. they sacrifice chll-
! dreu in She Norpent> honor alter inc man
ucr of their ioreather-. Fr0rlc, pages
34j qd 1875.
What ha, brought this about?'
l. Their iucapacltv 30 govern.
SIT Sponscr ~. John. vino had known
| Hayu for upwards al twentV-hNe Years
page ZGO: who had been brought
up under SIR James Brooks, whose
enlarged sympathies could endure no
prcildiccs Of race or color : who
iSt. john chad dwclt forty years
among colorod people Of various races ' ;
who had lived Twelve years in familiar
and kindly intercourse with llaytlenSo oil an
ranks and shades ~ color, and the most
frcquout and not the least honored guest s
AT INV table were of tine black aud cOlOrcd
races Introduction, page 10, says
&C. know what the black man ~, and
have no hesitation IN declaring that he j.
incapable Of tho art of government, ami
that 10 iutrust him with framing and
working the laws for our islands Is 30 con-
denim them 10 inevitable rum. What the
negro may become after ceniuueS OF
civilized education | cannot tell but what
know "a that he j. not ht To govern now.
There are brilliant exceptions, doubt less,
As 10 the black Chief Justice of Barbados,
but we must Judge Them as "a race, and a. "a
race they are incapable. wi Is5od~'ton, Pajf
II now agree with those who deny that
the negro could ever originate civlllId-
ton. and That with the best of educauons
he remain, an inferior type of man. lie
has. as vet. shown himself totally untitled
for ~elf-gON crument. and -u' dpable. a. "a
people. TO make any progress Whatever.
10 ludgc the negro fairly one must 1--we q
considerable tim" IN tnoir midst, ana not
bee led away hy the theory that all races are
capable Of equal advance IN cIylllzatlon.'
Anon The black gentlemen Won hnd
some of polished manners and cultivated
minds. as ms friend Alexander Dclya and
the late " Paul, or e genial companion
like luhin. the sou-iu-laW cd the late En-
prror Sml0uuuc. lct Notwithstanding
these exceptions and the more remarkable
ones have uOtIcedln my historical chap~
tiers. there can be no doubt that the black Ks
have NOT vet arrived ~ that state of civil
z4tion which would enable one 10 compare
them fayorably with any other civilized
race. or o. say that they are competent 20
Govern a country" During INV twelve
wears residence i'm Hayti 10 black states
mAu appeared who Was capable Of manage
ing with credit any important Official po-
,ition. with the exception OF General La
mothc. a talented and agreeable man; but
fear that the charity which begins at home
so predomuatcd in him that the interests
of hls country were sometimes forgot
ten. 50. JOia, p0gtS 1875, l43, dI@ ia.
government elected 10y the ma
ioritv of the people reflects nom the
nature Of things the character of the
electors. The blacks depend for
the progress which they may be capa-
ulc Of making on the presence OF Che
white community among them.
But the black does NOT love the mulattO.
and hc drspiscs the white man who con-
SCENTS 10 he hIs servant They might elect
their hali-ca~te attorneys or such whites
Ohe most disrcputable of their color az
would court their sulraEes. In
ii Il A. al Illf %
man 10 hold land In freehold. The blac KS
elseV here with the same opportunities
Will deyelOpthes same ASPIRATIONS. '-frOWt
pGq.S - OJpi -.
but the future of the blacks, and ouI
own influence over them for good depend
ON their being protected from themselves
and from the schcmers who would take ad-
vantage of them. g. 3D., pare 90.
2. Ihcir tendency Is to sink INTO the state
of African tribes.
In spite of All the civilzing element.
around the Haytcns there Is a distinct
tendency % sink into Inc State Of an Air-
can tribe n-N JOl,,i. Introduction, 9.
but place him free from all such i'm
fuence as IN Uayti and ho shows no sign
of Improvement. On the contrary. he ls
gradually retroeradlng to the African
tribal customs, and without exterior pres
sure viii fall into the state OF the lnhah-
tauts of the Congo. II TINS were my own
opinion | should hesitate to express It 90
positively. but have found no dIssldent
voice amongst experienced residents SINCE
first went to HayuIn January, 1865. Id,
pdge l3i.
They have the virtues as we'll rs the
vices of Wlld races. and although their
long intercourse with their more civilized
c0mpatriots has given them species OF
French varnsh, Yet they are essentially al
African people removed from the parent
country. "--iL, rs.
IF left entirely to themselves they
would IA - general lon or two relapse INTO
sayaecs. There were but two alternatives
hrfOre-nOt Grenada only. but all the Eng
hsh West ludics-cithcr an English admin
istratlon pure aud suuple Ike the East
ludlan. OF "a falling eventually into state
like liaytl. where they eat the babies and
no wnlte man can own yard Ot land. '-
Ffmne pd4c j6. Their notions OF right
and wrong are scarcely even elementary
their education. such a. 10 may be, Is hut
skin-decp, and the old African superst
tiOn- lie uudistuTbed at the bottom OF
their souls. Give them independence and
in "a few generations they viii peel OF such
civilization as they have learned a. easily
aud a. Willingly as their coats and tTOu-
sers I'D page 2S7.
q. The hostility between the blacks and
mulattocs.
during the late Instruction Solomon "
Qhe present ruler) determined TO awe
the capital. and sent his s0ldiery and the
rabble TO attack the houses OF the prlnci-
pal mulattoes. After firing grape-shot into
one the soldiers rushed IN and dragged out
the proprietor, his wife, daughter, and
son-in-law The proprietor they murdered
before ms famil" the daughter thoy strip
ped naked. and she was violated several
times by negroes IN the presence OF an ap-
proving aud grinniug staf of Salomon's
officers -. JOiV,, Introduction, page H.
"Ifroussaint was element, Dessalines was
the reverse: and the mulattOcs declare that
be killed upwards Of ten thousand of their
caste. ID, page d. From the palace the
massacrine passed on to the town, where
every Mulatto who showed himself was
murdered Page "a. There Is q marked
linedrawn between the black and the mulat-
to. which is probably the most disastrous
circumstance for the future prosperity OF
Tho country The black hates the mulattO,
the mulatto despises the black. PrOscrip-
tons, judicial murders, massscres have
arisen and Will continue TO arise a. long "a
this deplorable feeling prevails. I'D, page
40, also 26l and 232.
" Bat the blacks hate the mulattoes, and
the mulatto ieud will not maintain itself,
81 g..