The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-08

THE unfortunate negro gone masterssS
less whom Carlyle so strong lyS commits
Grated, has not very strong Ideas eves95
OF the duties OF self government mucI
less Of the government Of others, ant
Soft Jamaica was given independenG tn
1t would be as bad OF as sIIayti. on saoSS
count of ~ is solid popuat ton Of negroes
but Cuba? There they have ], 630,61 81
Inhabitants, OF whom 52O,316 are coloredss
or a percentage Of about 70 white toA2..ggSS
colored. and thus they have formed All
stable governme by tho white CubansiS
The "grifre" or blacks In Jamaica. arr
counted in the census reports sepa ratse
colored, ana social distinction Is 4 lsoi
maintained among themselves .sS The .
negro servant Of Kingston has q free and
easy patronizlng air when dealing with
YOU, and feels a supremacy overs the Or
binary white man. 53s 3aS ss3;gR
There IS constant trouble L wi tn II this;
negroes, n and In a conyersat lon. Sir Ans
thony Musgrayd, the Governor asked
me how 1t was that they had constant;
difficulty with their negroes while y IN
tho United States the slaves, who were
emanclpated thirty years after theirs
seemed to behave themselves well. 81 ans
swered him that I believed IT. was be-g
cause In the Southern States there wa sH
everywhere n sufficient number OF whltesa
to enforce the laws and sot good ax-S
ample while In Jamaica there were
hardly any whites. Then, q GAIN the
negro Will not work In n tropical y cll-.S
mate IL he can help It, for nature Is So
liberal in supplying his wants. In b the
United States the negro has toSwork sors
starye, and the climate will not admit
OF his living In n palm leaf shanty and
luxurnting on the wild fruit and sugar
cane III sss 81
After emancipation was consum1nated
In 1893 tho negroes quit the ugnr and COT I. &
feo plantations and the plan ters We're
ruined. The island had been yielding an
Income of over Is million dollars Y pee
annum,s but 1t fell away at once and Sthe]a
expenses of tho island had to be met bfa
the British government SO that from
being n source OF great wealth II BEGAN
a constant drain. This led Trollora to-
say in his book In 1857 THE negroes
Idea OF emancipation was. and Is eI1lan-S
#cipation. non from slavery, but FROM
work. TO lie In tho sun and eat bread
fruit and vans Is his Idea OF being free
Such freedom as that hns not boen in-lil
tended for man in this world !; and 20
say that jamaica as 1t now exists Is still
under a DEVILS ordinance d III
That Jamaica was a. land OF wealth..
riyalling the east In its means Of riches
nay excelling 1t as q market for capt. III
as a place In which money might be-
turned: and that II Is now a spot on the 3
earth almost more poverty stricken than
any other. so much Is known aim. att
to all men. That this change was brought
about by the manumission of the slaves
+ the English world Is we'll aware, I'roperty2s
has been Abandoned rs good for not hing 4
or sold for what It would fetch, Are Eng.E
llshmen IN general aware that hatf .the1s
sugar estates In Jamaica, and ! belieyGE
more than half the coffee plantations
huyo gone back into brush. fallen bass.sss
Into wilderness and chaos, and darkness
swallowed all this bount!ful lard. And 4
Of the negroes he says:S'I d!strnst tho 4
negroes religion. What mean Is tlltafs
that In my opinion they rarely take I'm
and digest the great and simple doc
trine of Christianity, that they should
love and fear the Lord and love heI M
nelghbors as Themselves. They love the
excitement of religious seryic es. ~ hey a
hear the Commandments and delight In
4 the responses, hut these Commandments
are not In their fSnrts connensel With
abstinence from theft, adultery. alunlny$
and lying" Sf
The Jamaica planters In order TO mako
a living were compelled to plant bananas, III
oranges and other fruits which relulsas
but little cultivation and they now
very thriving frlit trade With tho
United states, which employs two liI,eaS
Of steamers, tne Salue ~ eSpoElS Uctitv5
about million dollars. Some Iailrua,l
have also been constructtt and several:
large ho,eis, and tha island now holdsS
out Inducements fors6a winter feSOrttS
while many OF the sugar and Eeoffca
plantations are cultivated aga ii and the
island Is prosperous. notwlthst nding the
thousands of shif,less negroes who ltya7
lin tho bush and on thu abandoned PLAN
tations, living on Wild fruits and the pgp,
duce OF garden patehe5. 81 ss ss54s