Year: 1866

not understand how it is that "imprcssons and infer


ences sseud be considered insufficient ground TO Justify


wholesale slaughter Of the blacks but upon this and othc


points, they viii doubtless get few lessons now that


might hereafter be OF profit to them end benefit to
! the country.


You will hardly be surprised to learn that now matters


have taken turn adverse the authorities here for the


course they pursued dnrng the late disturbances, several


of the principal actors the horrible Tragedy OF last Oct0-


ber are doing all they to shake oil responsibility for


the cruelues perpetaied upon the blacks. Gen. Nelson


did not wish to hang Gordon and wanted to hear from


Gen. Frye before sending that poor gentleman TO the gal
lows Gen Connor did not consider that he oiic


ally consulted 10 the necessity for proclaming martial


law The valiant Capt Astwood shot only one man. as an
act OF mercy, TO put the poor wretch speedily out OF his
pain Saii-SgrcenD Morris drove his sword through only
negrOs head, from the same humane motive Col.
Hobbs caused only seven men to be hanged without any
form of trial Whateverl Nobody ordered women to be
logged in good eanest-the 1ogging was to be only a
slam 1agellaonl Nobody ordered the cottages of the
peasany to be burned down Everybody condemned the


use oil wire cats cruel instruments 0 tortuel Every
body including the notorious Crmean hero Provost
Marshal Ramsay tried TO deal as endery as possible with
the misguided people" Everything was done from
sense of duty TO Tic pubic-fom sentiment of loyalty to
the Crown All gery ne this but people, who happen to
have memores have not yet forgotten how these men


crushing out The wicked rebellion The strain in which


they wrote and spoke of their exploits only three short


months back, was very different from that which we md
aud moderation cannot them from that deeper hunia


on which is in store for them for the part they took IN
of the foules atrocities that disgaced humanity


As to the present state and the prospects of the country
am sory cannot write in favorable terms. To judge
from the tone Of the newspaper press the planters would
seem to be labonng under sort OF fauty The blacks
and their friends-especay the Baptist missonariesare
roundly abused IN its columns day after day, while moth
ing whatever is leing done in the way OF local effort 70
cOncsie that portion OF the population upon whom the
future prosperity of the colony must mainly depend
OF what avail will be the change of government which
hands Jamaica over to the scmi-despotc rule of the
Colonial Minister and the introduction Of capital into the
island without the establishing of mutual confidence be-
tween the different classes Of which her population is
made up But to this Obvious truth the amaicans seem
10 be- utterly blind and there are men here who, as If
udica stricken, bent upon fomeniing class preju
dces because they not al0wedto have everything their
own wav The planters in different parishes have been
presenting addresses TO Gov. Eyre, prasing him for the
action he took in the ST. Thomas in the East Affair." and IN
dorsing in unqualified terms OF approval the bntcheres
Not content with this. shamefuly bad as II is
of them have addition, expressed their doubts
to the continued loyalty and peaeeabe intentions Of the
black population thus persisng In that course Of mis-
representation aud SANDER that has done much in alien
ating the freedmen of Jamaica from their former maste
This is what Of these gentlemen from ST. EiZabehs
tell Gov Eyre in an address which thoy have Just pre-
scented to him Your Excelency hesitate not TO tell
you hayen0 faith in the present calm Wcknow not what
viii come how services such Is you have rendered
may be required again We rna spch counseis end
aefOa ilty prescrrcd may not be pdHfngtn hfe
emergency What think you Of this Are we not jus'-


fled questioning the mental sanity OF men who under
the circumstances would express themselves after such


fashion Bt these people seem to have no faith IN night
aud tih-no confidence IN the Power OF Justice between
and peacc-ensuring element of society. Let them only
learn IN do Justly and love mercy and answer FOR 1t
from long and Intimate acquaintance with the blacks OF
this c0untry-that no part of Her Majcsys domnions
viii give the Imperial Government less trouble than the
Island Of Jamaica


Now that the Commission has closed its abOrs hero
which have been arduous they have been faithfully
OF the Commissioners, Mcssrs. Russell


Quincy and Maue, will forthwith rourn to England, sir
Henry storks remaining to administer the Government
until the appointment of a Governor The report
of the Commissioners will be presented TO Parliament win
all convenient speed, but in the meantime the conciu-
sons TO which the Commissioners have arrived remain
profound secret There il, however, anicsty an uneasy
eoling on the subject among Gov. Eyres plrsans many
of whom are Anticipating the verdict Of the Commission
crs by accusing them of unflrness toward Eyre As
have already said think there Is no ground for ths
oharge; but you know the old adage, suspicion haul
he mil lfr mind. y