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JllNKPIl A. EKLLT, Editor.
I I II I II
The Great Speech
OF
HON. ALLEN G. THURMAN.
HON. ALLEN G. THURMAN. DELIVERED AT WAVERLY, OHIO ON THE
HON. ALLEN G. THURMAN. DELIVERED AT WAVERLY, OHIO ON THE 5th INSTANT.
ealWa co lv c' k i
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ir. PrtHAent and Vffott Vitittnt ;
Thirty-thee years ag, and In tint
eounty, I madathy flrit political
speech. I was then a beardless youth,
'fiut yettitiitd to vufe. Vfniit I then
said kfce iloBgr i ne'e -pamed Trmi my
recollection; but the kindness witli
Whiob X wga- received and listened to
i can never forget. ' Mo ef those wn,q
'them heard me hare passed away from
earth, and I new ataud in the presence
of new generation. But I foci thut I
am now,,ne I was then, surrountied by
friends,' And ' that the same kindness
'that was bestowed upon mo' by the
"father will be ehown to aae ' by their
odi.-? j.lt. 1 I 4 T.
.Tl ybt,;hiWKe,.llieje. , .'.tJiirty-tKrvc
years have, produced. When I apoke
V) your fathei-B we wuro by far the
trl people in the world now nbao
pluta fJeupot:ftu prceaila over ri'e-tl)irl
cf the Ro'publio. riien, the Conat1t4
Hon of our conn ry was regarded na
only leaa aacrcd than Holy Writ now
outside of the Democratic party, Micro
la noi.e so poor as to da it ruvcrenco.
Theft tb-B great principlo of American
liberty were uuiveMally thurisln(J
now, they are op.enly ttpO'ud at und
IrodJiJa "undor fwt:'- Thon, a violiuion
ef the: constitntional aatj,'oi.rdx tf
;j-rfb(1c nd AndiTiduiil rcudom whs n
jthiuft unkniwu-rnowi ilrc-y have bttn
v!oiuUl aoolten that their very ,;exi
vnco Is scarcely "ntknowlcdged. . ;
. , .Then we wero thit L-uat . iiidtbiud
-outitry oi- the jfiobn our iationul
M'jbt bei relets than $x millions now j
wo ow more than ' any " other ' f qul
nnubsTfof.toankmd, nd j-ublio
taKrvn.,.v,lj It'l null fifili mid " ' 4 1
debt excci)d8 3,UUO,000,t)00.
1 ,'iben, we Were the lightest taxeit
fccplo io tbu'wcrldnuw, no oilier u a
tiou (, roars, tinner a bui thon ol taxa
tion equal to ours. 'J lion wo bnU 'ii
currcu'-y of gold at;d silven.or Lh jr
equivalent now, wo havtr ras and
ftuly ras. Then', th balance el'trado
with other connti'nwwaA nearly equal
now t is ugnint is to inoro tlutn a
'hundred tntllions ot dollnrs n year.
ilu-n, twentv-five millioiiB pur annum
covered our expenses of Government
end tho interest on tho public debt
nwrwe ay. ueurly 600,000,(100 ocei y
vear, md arc, iievcriheless, rutin. ng
lurther into debt eyei-y dny.
ft ITi'snojft, w.o thmi hud h .Constitu
tional Government, adiiiiiiisterod Uoii
Democratic pi i iciples uow, 4we
have art .'Abolition- Governirunt, id
tninislcrod upon Abolition prineijiles,
by a fragment of u Congress ituJ five
.titJlitary diotirs.i'' " v. ' '
...My friends, there av r time, loss
'than thirty threo yearn ;g', when to
Urvu and OiKy tha CotiHtiliilion was re
gardod as tholilghest charat-leriMi: ol
n J'atriot now,-- to-even mention it
with respect is to'bnng down upon
your hed the appellation of trniior.
Ilave you considered what this change
JjpbrtemlB ? Havo . you reflucted upon
tbo fact tliat'. aside froni .your strong
jrms the oply guuraiteea you .have of
lifdf liborly and property, are contain
ed in your Coustitutiohs? " -
What is it that secure your lives from
bem'g taken at the mere will of a des
pot? The lite of a subject can bo thus
Saken In Turkey or Riissia, and why
not hero? Because our Constitutions
forbid It. . What 1 It that Htc.iir your
person from . imprisononmcnl at tho
t)Ieasurt of a dictator? There is no
such security in very many countries
why is thero here? because your
Constitutions forbid it
Wljat is it that, secures yu in A.tlie
Mqaijiiqn,, enjoyp)ent an aispositipu
of prcperty?
In a lanre part of tho globe there is
po rjnoh iocurttyr- wby. I 'there Jiere?
JJocanso your Constitutiona declaro t.
What is it that aeeuies the minority
from being rumpled npon by the ma
jority? There is no. euoh security
whom there are no r-atnctipna nin
pofer; then why is tb'ero beroT
cause Your Constitutions forbid.
Ho. then, who undername the re
spect of the peopla for ihfir Constitu
tiQis,..unJ.9rniUKS1ihefr security for
lifo. liberty -nnd property. Uo who
treatslbo ords Count it utionuliet and
traitor 19 B.?notiymous, i,s meaning the
is birnselfatrpitororA fool,
Understand me. my friends, ' I do not
liiy that any Constitution cnn.'of it-
oil, sitcure tho pooplo frotn oppression.
We buvo ample pratif, of J,his m tho
history of tho last 'six ; years. Thero
have novcr been 'Oonstitutions that
tbfr.'TVlgtits of mvi m r
plftip4y than our, and there
never been obstttutions more shame-'
fA'ily'Violnted. Our Federal Constitu-
tion provides tbai-the Comrress ahnll
, be co in posed y.8'Prtrti nn4r,R.eprv
'ontativeA from all tl e States : and yet
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ion oiaie r u - .iwiui.nyirrprii
entatjn nqtjvo ctbvMlHt.rtially de
pn'vod. - It provides that p kill aWI
pnvoo. -it proviuvs wn snii s-imi
tooo'a6"a'lAw 'witUnt tbo Preaef.t's
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jtbtis ubtatning it; they convortod
war .,irom what -tbe , President;
i' Congress At tho i;utsot ileclarcd itto
Wll,. (0 preserve 1 the Un'Oni
' jj,c Const itiitidn-into n wA fr :
' enfranchisement, ufdiegroea and
I perpiifuufumioC tho. power of a mrty;
' t40V denounced Sberniun aa a trnitW-,
because be grunted terma of stirren
guaranteed. jler to Johnsotj' wliub If carried
bava.'jK. -.lioir U-tier ond ttirit, Aroubl
giyenma restored Urtion and opi-aco
! f,, country. in'less : lbnn ti. month
,Ttey ftlternately icoax andj
i(jram tbeirVopesot boin)j.:uhl
' a'i,;m f.i rfieir nnroosea rna br
-
ftpprovnl. nnless iSnnsPd l y two -third
bf each brunch taf thtf Conrcs :' and
yet,' by- d Wfiihchising' twtlv"StHt(?rf,'
fragmentary and nnccnsl'tutionul
body, 'e!f-ty led a' Conrcs. nullifies
the veto and fnncta' whatever' H'.' sties
fitto-iil'r ly lthetnhme' of Jaws, li
provides fof ft .'Supreme Court ' of tbo
'ant resort, arid jtttho will of a Bfiga
dep Oenersl id made paramount tolts
solemn' an-i 'Mo'it thoroughly ' tonsnl
eftd ttecfrsMi Si It declares .'that ' tfce
HghloftriaF by jury shall be hi invio
Into, nd yet tnen, woman too, r hat-a
been sent 6 the achffold and to donth,
bfiKnterte of Jlillitnry Oommissions
and that, too,' boo the tlrU courts
were open and peace ' " prevailed.
It declares that h'u p rholi shairhv de
prived 1 of nfe,"" liberty fcb'i" property,
witbont do proccM ol any kiid, with
out even the sentence 6 a ! Military
Cnmmipstort Vorjcanite'd to' tontlo'
Thousands of'Amei ieari' ci'tif-en'. fu
males as well as niales, havo been- plun
dered and imprisoned, and eome of
them fclain by the Government or its
agents ; and this, too, where the coune
were 'in the unobstructed ' exercise of
their functions.' ." l'' '' :
It forbids the making 'of any ':lnw
prohi liitlnif the free exorvta of religion;
iind 3'et preacher liavo' been' silenced
and even - - Imprisoned ' fr tet'cbmr
ChriHt'a sermon on tho' Mount. "):. ''
It. guarantee 'Irecdoni of speech-and
ofpreso; and j et banishment, or im.
prisonment. or botbj have, followed th
exorcise o"thls fight; while pre after
preas hss been' silenced bj' the onlors
of Government or tho Inatigatod vio
lence of mobs. ' ' ' "' " '' '''
' Ir.oeed, it is bnt truth to assort that
tl.ere ; ifc scarcely k' provision : 0f tho
CotiMtitutlon, tint has "boV, within ' the
lrtut. hIjt j-ent-K,1 beet) ' slnil'iclesiy iind
r.eedlcHhry tramHed tinder toot.'' and
that i nrf. at this day .yet n'nire hhame
lewly end more ' riecdleMsiy Violated, '
: In fnco of these-IV(-is, It Is apiirent
that no Constitution can. of itself pro
tect the people;" '''' " ! '
. To t.rodu. c thrt efTeci, ir'mtiBt havo
1 . . .
the constant afl'oction and support if
tho masm-a;. and just in tho ploportViii
that tliis affection and support are
nececsiiry tti its '. efHcacy, ' just in .'lire
snme propoit'on is the tneritot'tdinvrbg
'and teaching1 obedience to it com-:
manda. ami tin cridio of violating Us
provisions and weakening its bold upon
the popular mind. ' ' ' ; " ' '
-And here! my friend,'i'we 'find a
Vroud line of dUtitietion between the
Pcimx-ratie nnd Radicnl pal ties: Tho
Democratic party i and ever ban been
a CntiNtitutinn loving parly; nnfso
w as the Old Whigprlrty until the iiitiss
of it beeomelia'rgnnin,il bj the poison
of Abolitionixm. audit became changed
from A ireat National and Union pre
nerving party into n greai sectional
and Union destroying organir:ition
But tho Itadical psrty,- or at least its
leaders, bnvo no respect for rnytbing
but their own nngoverned will, and
their own insuttato lust for power and
minder. I' mm ' the day that that
miseniblo fiction,' whose oracles had
for twenty odd years, denounced the
Constitution as ''a covenant with death
and n lenirno with hell,'' and whd hnd
atrained every tierve iri bring about
dissolution of tho Union from-' tho
moment, I fay,' that theo enemies
our Government obtained be'-'Ascen
dene and impoMoil their will upon our
ruh-rs, this country has seen littlb else
than woe. ,' '' '' '
It was owing to the machinations
of this faction that disunion nnd civil
war were not peaceably averted ;
was to their machinal ions that wo owe
tho prolongation of the war two yen
longer titan it would mhorwiso liavo
biHted : H is owinv to thorn that the
Union was not completely restored
soon as peaee was achieved ' and th.?y
aro the men who, with diiibolicnl in
eenuity, add, every 'day, aomo now
element of discord to aggravate" our
unset led nnd dangerous 1 condition,
and to menace us with a future of an
archy or deapftism'. -"'-
1 They overwhelmed with abuse nnd
ridicule every man, who,' before
war, sortjrbtto preserve tbo Uii'on
peaceful means; they bunted down,
lar as they Wore able, every pcbertil
the war, bowover meritorious, who re
fused to becoma their servil J partisan
they deprived McCleibtn of his eom
nand bees use after BoutU Montuin and
Antietum. It wni jilain that poacoeould
speedily Ihji obbawictl't "t 'bit . basin
the Constitfttion aind Union .nf
ru,h,.r n(l becanso tiow'as in favor
flll .Ullll 'yi - -
- . 'jije threaten the vroHtaen, :wiui
i -broent. .-bi
uh
boertuse -tie nes.mes
wom , the-! Prtsident of. a .paity
4 InBteed of being 4h. riwioVeiit f
the do I believe that ihe white rneo is thus
nnd enpSblor and IP t hi Wan I cannot er
samgtbing. be I jm.fit to' surrender- its power or share
end j with those whom' God. fur bis - Own
thi ; wi purpose, bus made interior and
tho ; intnnsblo. 11 '.''. ' ' -' :
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Republic. ( , ; ' , r . i, ; "
They reject, by the hundred the;
most gallant And meruoiious ')flleers
iid soldiers, when- nominated lori ffiee,
if thev refuse rO keen sten to-Kadual
musici Tliey use . every art.- -resort o
ri(j usijwr, ('nil tvi nu ui(, iiduiii
61" rcpcat'oVery falsehood that , can in i
way serve to excite hnd maintain
nngty pasaion And prejudice? tmohgj
peoplv in feeling as well 'AS in in-iiatiizo
tercst.
! -Put riot content witli All this, they J
notv demand that' the white race, to
whom this country owes its greatness,,
all iu free inol'tutions and all of lfbr
ty and civil, government that fs left li'
it, shall become subordinate .to-thr- ho-1
trio.', lesyi suuoi'dir.atel for is it not
subordination v when -wbite-'tnen tiro J,
ami ' black mfn Set o,J
rule o' er them ; and Is It not' nndeni-
Hirst for every negro the: Kudieul
proposp to enfranchise Ihey demand
tho disfranchisement of more that? lwo,j-trnita
; And'do Aot suppose tbit this' con
cerns tho South alone."-' Wo bave the
proposition t ight before na ' here in
Ohio to confer the ' vote bh seven or
eight thousand blacks and mnluttoes
and to take it away from about three
times 1 A many white1 noldiers. But
tins a mere drop' in ibc bucket com
pared to-the propositidn lv make vo
ters out of all the negroes of the fiontk
ann nrm-vbtorsouti Of: ' fnajorrty of
the white men tlierev'i If thht b4 done,
the negro voters will out bumber the
white votra in' nearly or quite every
SoiitherA Pfsto ;' nnd their votes may
niiiko your rrcs'dctits nnd Vice Pres
idents 'for half a century to ome. ''
i For that reHtilt iawhal a oi'isMrn
bio bidy ol voti-rs, tolin solidly Ono
way, tbnnch nflnoi'rty. can generally
Olfcct. - It is the oid 'proWem of a ba-U
ance of pow-Vr 'par.tv that gives suct-esa
to wliaterer : sido--it ' goes 'with, ana
controls iU priuoiplos nod governH its i
meftsnre. - - 11 ' ' I
Itwa thua that the Abolitionists
iot tonteol of tho Whig piirfy.dcstrov
ed tM organ'Jtatmti, nnd titnTl upon its J
rn.ns a t'rent timi irinmntiant seeiionsi
party. ' And so. if th KadnMil plans
of suffrage be enrrin d out. th iieirroes
Pof South w ill become the balance i
of powe,-and destroying the prch(
so-called ' 'Roptihlieftn . c rgnntr.ntion,
will hrinir into exUtncti- a yet more
radical oaHy a white- rnan d"sfrtin-i
rhininc, pro.ei-fy eonfixentinK', srtcml
eniialify, mieeirenation purty that
will riilc'thi eonrnrv until the conse-1
qucnce of thcexpcrinii-nTshiill beeomo
too grrvlous to be borne, and tho pro-
plo ahull re in their strength nnd
throw ofTtbp dejrrn. lina And disL'tisting
yoke. Ncirro dominion" first am) nr.-
rxttncttfin finnlly must. It srem to
tie inevitable result of the cx-
periment if tried '
The latter is horrible to contemplate
the tormor is full of horror1 also,
For what baa been the result of nolitl-!
and social equality anions different
siid greatly- dissimilar race in thoi
same country? Look 'at the South
American Republic-, look nt Mexico,
nuv. look nt Ifaytl. where even - the
bUeks and mnlettoes.'thoiti-h eloiely
related, have been compelled toVnrW-
ate, the former nreiipymrrono partard
the latter another p.irt or th iltind
heesimn thev eann'ot live ioretber hi
pe..ce.- In all theso coiinM les wbnt
have we seen but alternations of nnar-
..I. f 4.,.i ,i..onni;..,i;rnr iU,, i.i.t ti, ..-
years? No staMo - Government. 'no
'..,i., : ,;..ii!...i:., in.A..u.'-t
, .. , ,v m.i
wealth, bo security for li fit, liberty or
property ;"but every wheie burnings,
iilunderinLfs. ' mtirdcrs, insurrection.
pros(-riptions
and " t-orfisciitions
bhsll we,
one-third
fate?
1 my friends, bring' noon
of our' country a hlmilar
' Bh All we mnko n Mexico of the Innd
that gave ' birth ' to WasMnirton ' and
Jofferson, to Mnrtbn and Rutlodgp, to
Jnckson nnd Clay? Shall we make
tho defendants of the. men of '7fi.
slaves of slaves never tobe freed from
thraldom except
tlir m.h an ordeal of.
nnnrchy? 'Shall wo blindly ami stu
r.1,111 f-AF nA m-,.iii.ni !..., ' veTrniicTn
psrtV. entail s neb calamities upon onr
nonntrrf T trust not T h.dier not
for I have not yet 1ok mr ancient eon-
ftdeneo in the integrity nnd wisdom
tkn nr.nd. Tnrf n.-firwU- .t liol v
It f kn' n Mkt .,.. ia 'tin tn -.P
I,.ir n,.v,.r..m. lii-nnrt .i lhAliill: of
acienee. bislorv and exportcnee. T e.;r-
tnudv do Lrl'cve lrnt-liK-t ' ro fit mlv
' TP there h r-nv who think that the
n.. .. ...r t ..r i:..t
I nil- i t".t.c mi i iii'MT ii in lire t-i
val'i" beertiao-thfl whiw of Mox'co
nnrl Kim tl. Atni-te re cl.ir-flr ?.vWiwh
desoent. and the inhabitant of Indian
. . . . .. . .
moon i npre oinmitiiie-i- nu oilier, m-i
i. .:. t t..,.. .-v,u
II III' II II n , , r- j .'it'. I' II. " i " I
nndee tbe mo'tfavorable mriimatani
ees that canhim!.'ined.theyxneri"cnt
biisbeeii tried of social and poltal
ni.r. ......... ......... M .... , ..
tnnptity netween Aurown' Angio csax
lo.onrsee run tne necro. - ,
.'j The 'British Parliament. 'not onlv
1 ewrASpukd tbe stave' eftbst island,
ui (fnpci ly. nuv fiiij hub, oui ini-
tneiiauauHie ftuve been expended, part
nny ly by thw Governmeut 4nd partly by
jdiihinthropiats,. to educate and ctirist
the the. blacks, and lo procure for
Aepport. And now what is the result?
A plain And undeniablo failure. - The
production of the inland not one third
what it form ly was, society everywhere
feurfiilly deinoralitcd. a'hegro iniu.
fection occuring vithin the lust year
and put down with great 'destruction
of iit'e. and at length, thv Britndi Tar
diafrsnvhised liameiit compellel to supersede,- lor
the prencnt at least, and perhajm forev
lible or, the lolal government, and ti ko tho
.fulo into it own hands. 1 Such aro tbo
-of tienrly thirty j-ears experience
J'car. that menioriala havo been tdtrncd
lJ" classes of colonial society hitherto
standing uloif from politic, aud not
nnly the lenchiind tho bar, but tho
biahop, clergy and ministers of ell do
gro tioininations in tho island, without ex-ma.-be
ception, have recorded theirconviction
that, in tho absence of timely relief.
the religion and educational lnititu
and ; ttoiii of tho island must bo abandoned.
d the masses ol the populutiyii retro
eal ' g'lo l" bni-biti inm.
Mr. Bigelow, nn editor of t ho Evening
! J't, one of the most influential of the
journal of Tew York, ami strongly
uuti slavery, alter - baring : spent a
winter iu Jamaica, says ot. its condi
j l'c eonnectod wit i chut'chc. In View
of,f "'' facts, some hi.yo been led to say
i 'ThC Spiritual ClHldil lollpf the poplllu-
iniiiif"' - ,
create a pnhlic sentinienVu b'S fuvor.
f
but it conferred upon them an absolute
equality of 'fight; political as well n.!
hvm, with tho wbiteaY. .Tho riht to!
4vote, to sit on junea.to bold ollice, were
all irranted. im Well as the riuht ot'tree-
ilom, una' to acquire, bold and di-pose'j
mem larm autliclenl tor then decent
of wluto , and, neuro equality .1n the
fa'rest And moft feilile island of tbo
gjobe. And this stute of things is not
accidental or' spasmodic. ' The decay
iind dcmoralicalion have gone on. In
creasing from year to year, every since
the inauguration of ;, -negro equul'ty.
Years utter thendoption of that policy,
tho American and Voreign Anli-Sluv-ery
Society, in its annual rcporj of
1853, felt' compelled to admit; jliata
'ifation of slaves tMnoot'ut On'co be Con
t;cHcd into u nation of 'inUlliget. in
dustrious'and moral freemen,'. And
thai '-it is not too much even noy, to
any of tli4 people of Jamaica, their eon
dition is exwndingly ilecraded, their
inorak woefully corrupt,", ; -,
About tho same im'e, tho LonJttii
Times thus forcibly and truthfully de
scrihed the'hitiintion : ' " '' ,
"The tlcgio ha not acquired, with
hia Jrocdoim. nn- liabita ot ninuntry or
inoraittv., ju inaepun'teiu e is but
bettor than that,, o no lincaptvrcd
brute." ' Having-accepted lew of tho
Jtuving- accepted
rest ra hit of civiliitition,' be is amena
bio to few ' f . its becPPsitiei ; I nd tho
wants of bis na'.ure are so eaaily sut-
fied thiUat the current rate of waes,
t called upon tor nothing out titiui
or dcKtiltory exertion. The blucks,
therefore, lnnteud of becormne intelli-
ire nt niinbundmen, have become va
grants and squatter, and it ia now
apprehended, that with tho failure of
cuttlvntinij iu the inland will come tho
failure f it reMJiine for inidrlicting
or oontrolini? its ' population. So
imminent ihie this conrituimation ap-
tion from lb-48 to llOd
"This
icar to
decline has been going
vcur; daily becoming
from
more
island
i alarming, until 'at length tho
, !' rcuched what would uppear to bo
't profound of .distresa and misery.
when thouauds of neonledo not know.
. . .
when they rtae in the i ormng.wiicnce
i-or-ln what manner thev arc to nrocuro
bread for ono lay. ' '.
The American Jlitsionary, a reli
gious periodical, nnd the organ of . tne
! Americini. Missionary Association, in
its number for July, 1855, cortained
tho follow ing: j - -r
.'!From the number of churches and
chapel in tho Ulaiid, Jitniai'.-u ought
certainly to bo called u christian land.
Tho people may bo called n church-going-
people. There are chapelt and
nlaces of worship enough at least In
lhi part ot tbo island, to supply tlio
' . ... r
people t! every
do if every station of our mtaaion
worn given up. And thero is no lack
of miiiisters and preachers. As far as
I ant acquainted. ulmoatthe cntireadult
i population proie to bnve a hope of
cicttitil lilo and I think tho largo part
tion'is very sii t it-tii clo ry ," . But tlti're
, il illlOt luW cLlN of f jlCt N t lltlt IS Per fl ft
'i' anlouiiding. ' With this array of tho
external. d religion, ono broad, deep
wave of moral deatli'mll over the laud.
A tiiao piay bo a drunkard; u "J'mr, n
S.ibhatli breaker, a prufuiio . man, a
fornicator, an adulterer and such liko
and known 'to bo .such and goto
chapel, ' and' bob) np bis head there,
1111,1 ,''1 1K' di"H'e irom iiichu tntngs.
li. i-nifin tliev me so common as tf
Ho niay iro to tho commutiioii tnhlo,
; fduf cbcrihh a hope of heaven, un not
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I rniirh! tell
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of "niTrii tMiiltv of romc if not u.l
, . ' ' ' I 1
; t1i-M" Uiiuas, ministevinjj ..it) holy
things.' - "
i Cl.ofettic prooi oi mo siaie o; unnr"
. , - - - ! , , .
- jiih'c. i) fi; "'J"-
-m.-M, . ; .- r,
: notion rosu wriue ia-i u.
ipray yon w now e'nji.r.;
,
English an Ameiican abolitioniwtH.and
to ask yourselves whether the ame
causes that pro
preducod the neijro insur-
rectfoii Jn Jann tea, may not, if allow
ed to. exist, produce like insurrections
bcre: i ...!-;.
i "Editor Boston Post: I notice in
your iasuo a day or two since an . arti
cle which censures Goy.,Ryre,T of Ja
maica, for his . vigorcus , meusurcs in
suppressing the lute iiiHurrection. It
is not strange to me that ' the Ameri
can press in greatly in error upon this
subject, as all intelligence, has reached
this country through English Liberal
pppors. As I know you desire to ar
rive at the plain truth upon all , sub
ject, allow mo to givo you what I
ucliev to be a truthful presentation of
facts eon netted with- the Jamaica' in
surrection, gathered from personal
observation on the Island at tbo close
of the outbreak. ' '
In no sountry of the world ' has
more money been spent and 'greater
efforts been made foe tho moral, in
tellectual and material improvement
of tho negro than, in -Jamaica. Soon
after emancipation the right of elect
ive franchise was given to the blacit
man. lie wo nllowed to hold any of
fee of trust which was At the dispotal
of the people. A free sohool system
was devised and established, with a
free college or institute, whero the
higher classics, the sciences and me
chanic arts were taught. Benevolent
persons in England made largo endow
ments ot professorships ; in these in- !
stitut;ona which acre and , are filled
by eminent men of tho old country.
The churches of England find Scotland
were supported by Government in tho
moid, liberal manner, and tho Mission
ary Societies of the Methodist Episco
pal And Budit denonvnations in Eu-
ope" extended their work there until
the meeting bouse' was a common,
and the soun.! of th-i 'chnreh-eoing
bell' as frequent as in tho most favor
ed portions of our own New Enjrland.
Thus all which an onliuhtcncd nntion
could do tor tht prosperity, tho intel
lectual impro7ement and the morality
of the black man had been done
onouirh, one would certainly suppose,
to mine n community of whites to n
moM prosperous state. Combined with
this were the advantage of a wonder
fully productive soil and a aulubcrous
cl' mate. Hie pnictieal question tor
Americnns to know at this juncture is,
what hove been the results of all these,
efforts?
After emnnelpatn n tho negroes ' re
mained nn the old plantations. But
Liberulists from England began to
teach them that they should brouk Ioopo
from their old in timers and scttlo on
lli'e Government lands or beeomo ten
ants of tho landholders. This .fatal
step they took. The negro, findii.g
himself free liom restrain, gave up
work. Uo retained only sufficient VU
or to plant the few j'unis necessary to
sujiport life or to pick the abundant
fruit of the tropics; his clothing wa
ol the oorutl kind, in moat canes was
never removed from his person until
it fel off; this neglect brought on loath
some disease ; ' no romov
ed liis children from ' school, nnd
bio religion degenerated into the must
revtdtinc sensualism.
"Tho effect upon the master was
thatlii lovvnucS wtrocut ,off for want
of laborers; his rich valleys, of suirar
cane gave place' to - underhrash; his
coffee and ullsnite groves ran up to
,. . ... , :i- .1 -il l... .rl. .
iimoer; nia aiuiniig imiw vi ouumian
and oranires were over-grown by the
invasive mango tree; his justla wasted
in tweayrhi plantations, which had
yieltlcd him thousand of pounds Jior
annum, wu worth onlv a few hundred
dollars; and tho uoblo families of Eng
land which bud courted alliances with
tho princely planters of Janiuicu, now
turned from him in disdain. Could
his misfortune nnd that of tho negro bo
greater?, v -: O
, "The cqual will show. The .pegro
enthusiasts of England would not al
low thut thl degenoriicy arose frum
any characteristics of the black man,
but from the domineering vpiri of the
whi to. They therelore sent, to tho Is
land party delegates to d'reet the . ne
gro vote, place radicals in power, and
destroy the influence of tho white ele
ment. Thev cboso among tho ' Island
ers a crown man named Gordod, uoto
rioim for questionable principle,
several negro jireachers. Hutives of the
iJaideuloes, who liad innuenco among
the blacks. These told' tho negroes
that the Queen designed the Inland to
bo black colony, thut the whites wore
usurpers, and thut tho Crown Acqretly
lavored a movement , to throw the
power into the bunds of her black sub
jects ' -'' 1
, : Ko mucn lor negro equamy - m
muica. Let us now turn to Canada.
You linve till h-ard of the, underg round
railroad and now thousands of negroes
off noon it to ' Cunada. and
! the priviiegof of tbo whites the right
! , ' . . I. I ' r.k ll Ks-kiar tt tlia
thero settled in tin enjoyment - ot I an
- . , .
i to voto inciuuo't.
Well how .did the
experiment, work?.' ,Ict the Canada
official An. r' people' asw'cr.'' few
bretf extracts must enfle fortbe pres-
e.pt:? ; ' ' ;: -"
rT ., frftm h charts, of
tne
nir rndfl 6f tho Quarter Sessions
KZZLZ"ri- a WoiKiTrWriVt
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UATKjaJOIV
AlHERTIiLNy.
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f
i
Oiteolarai on Tr .
Hlf eoluma eat jt
Qoartar colnma ot yt ir .
pecitf tiflcii, per Ihm .
Bunin Card of aoi mnra tfcat nt( bm
for on jtu
MutrinE Ind ath antlr frw. . - ,
undjtlinod
tA
the tfrand jury. Tho Judge stud;
"Having disposed, of t3eia.Te;uijifr
to these offeiiHas, I anivo at a vory
paintul part ot my observations, in
once-more culling the particular atten
tion of tho jrand jury, at well as the
public ut large, to the remarkable And
appalling ' circumstance that among
near 20,000 souls, inhabiting this
l)itrict, tho groarter portion of the
crime perpetrated therein should be
cotnmitltod by less thun 2 01)0 refugees
trom a life of abject slavery, to a land
of liberty', protection and comfort and
from whom, therefore, if there bo such
generous feelings as tuankfulnsss enl
grntittide, a fur different line of con
duct might reasonably be expected,
I allude to the alarming increasing of"'
crime still perpetrated by the colored
settlers, and who, in spite of tbe lata
numerous,, burrowing, convicted ex
amples.unhappily furn'sh the whole of
the offenses now iikeh to be brought
before you."
I next road from tbo address of a
public meeting, hold at Chatham, Au
gust 18, 1849, to tho people of Cana
da: ,
"Canadians: The hour has orrivod
when we thould arouse, gather our
selves together in our might and-resist
the onwutd progress of an evil which
threatens to entail upon future gener
ation a thousands curses. Now is tbe
day. A few short years will put it be -
yond our powor. Thousands acd ten
of thousands of American negrooa,
with the aid of the Abolition societies
in tho Slates. And with the countenance
siven them by our philanthropist' in
stitutions, will continue to pour into
Canada, it resistanco is not offered.
Many of you who live at a dit-tance
from this frontier, have no conception
either of the number or tbo character
of theso emigrants, or of the poisonous
effect upon the moral and social hab
its ofh comniuniy. you listen with
uctivo simpathy to every thing narra
ted of tho sufferings wf tho poor AfrU
rnb; your fcelinss aro enlisted, &nd
your purse strings unloosed, and this
often by the hypoeriticul declamation
of some self-styled, philanthropist.
Under such influences many of you, In
our largo cities and towns, form youf
sulves trto societies, nnd, without re
flection.' you supply funds for the sup
port of schemes prejudicial to the best
intorcstsofour ccuntry. Against such
proceedings. And especially against
any and every attempt to scttlo any
township in this District with negroes,
we solemnly proet, nnd wo call upon
our countrymen in all parts ot -the
Province; to assist in our opposi
tion." . i
The Apprehensions ' expressod in
thi address were moro than realized.
I find, in tho debates of tho Canadian
Parliament of ISO 7, the following de
scription of Canadian, negroes, by a
member. Col. Prince, who, knew, them
well, and who had at first encouraged
their immigration but had boen ftrcal
by experience to change bis opinion,
ilo and: . .
"The blacks wcro a worthless, use
less, thriftless set of beings they wer
too indolent, lazy and Ignorant to wor it
too proud to be taught; and cot only
that, if the criminal calenders ot-the
country were cxamined.it would . be
found that they wore adctestablo thut
u nb-t-s some method wa adopted of
preventing their Influx into this coun
try by the under-ground railroad, the
people ol tno west would be Obliged,
to drive them out by open violence.
In November. 185C, the grand jury
olE-ex county made a presentment
to the court on the subject orthe evils
renultings trom the negro settlements
in that country, in which tho opinion
was expressed that unless some tuons
nre was taken by the Government to
protect the whites and their property,
persons of capital would bo driven
from tho country. .,.--
,. In remarking upon this pesent
ment tho Judgo observed, thut' ho was
not surprised nt finding thera (the ne
groes) nmong the rtspectablo portion
of tho people, for they wero indole ntv
shittlobS and dishonest, und unworthy
of tno sympathy that some mistaken
parties extended to them, they w-ould
not work when opportunity was pre
sented, but preferred subsisting by
tbievinir from respectable farmers, and
begging from tboue benevolently i in
I have thought fit to produce these
prom", (not ono out of a hundred that
might bo produced), notwithstanding
their inconvenient length, becanso ex
pwripnee is of far more- value-than
mere opinion. That there may be exr
aggerated expressions in some of thom
is very possible, but that they are tn
the luuin correct would seem to be
undeniable, nnd they certainly show
tl-at the. Canadian "and; Jamaea At
tempt at negro And whit .equality,
like avery such nttompt elsewhere,
have uroved mtscrablo failures." ' '
But if thore be any here who preter
the opiuions of eminent mm, and who
u ta toft iiUalv tlio eatie. attach more
as is verj' likely the ease, aUaoVjnore"
weight to tlio jungemen vi gounomi
oTtho Hepublican party than thy do,
to mino. I invito their attention first;,
to what was said by Mr. Lincoln Jn.
one of his celebrated debate wita&nv
atpr Douirlos. i. .Illinois,
