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tlic thooric? of many Auicricnns, -o fciir to do;in act of jti.st.ice, lest we of tli(3 Nortli kIjuH bo overrun by black paupers from t.lic vSouth. No, the i»aupcr.s of the South are clothed ill soft. rriiinen.t, aiul live delicately, and are, ov would be, in Kings' houses, it is a curious, bit well attested fact, that among the free colored people of the ]^)ritish West indies, in 18*20, the jiroportion of paupers was one in 870, while among the whiles it. was one in 4.0.* In nuiny places, the projiortion was still more surprising. Iti .Barbadons, there were l-l: 500 whites, and 4r)00 free lilacks: there were 990 white pau- pers, and one black one! in Berbicc, there were two (.'olored p'au].)ers out of OOO, and sev- enteen while ones out of 000. f.n Jamaica., the free colored were tf) the whites as two to one, while the while paupers were to the colored, as two to one. in Massachusetts, in .1^^;");"), the nuniber of paujiers was one ii; 148. No return was made of colored paupers, but wo are told that the returns of .IMiiladclphia, where there wore in iSfjO, about 20 000 col- oi'ed perstius, show a niu(.-h greater proportion of white, than of colored pau"'pers. .Many authorities have already been rpioted to .show the hapjty re>Mlts of J'hnancipation, and we have been cavefid to take the testi- mony of enemies as well as friends. Let us add a few mor(.>. to the list. lu 1.8;!!), l)e '{.octjueville wrote thus;t ".Maii^ persons, [ireoccujiied Ity the recollec- tions of Si„ Ibitningo,;u'e led to believe that the l*anaii(.;iiKiiion of the slaves w'iil occasion bloody collisio?)s between the two races, whence tJie expulsion or the nia.^sacre of the whites m;iy soon follow. Fjccri/diiruj leads lo llic: Ix-licf fJidl f/n'se fears are fijia(/i)iar!/, or at least, ninelt exaf/i/erated. Nothing which has taken place in the Mnglish colonies leavt!s room to suppose that .lmancipation would be acconi})aiued with the disasters wh.ich ar(,! (b'caded." In the Mu(*yclopedial^ritannica, a work of the highest authority, occiu's this j)ass!ige in the aili(,'le on Slavery, j)ubNshi?<l in 18;")*.): "'.riicre can be but one opinion reg;u'ding the results of I'^mancipation entertained by any man who will dispassionately investi- gate the cttudition of the colored populations in the West Indies; and that opinion will redound, in the highest detrree, to the sa-

• lUiic l!;)r>U. M:iy ]^'li'<. Cjiint.vi in Ttu' Totivist. lSri'2.

t lu-|iort<in lilt' .Vl'iilitiiiu iif Sl;4V('fy in tin' I'rciifli ("<ilii- mi<. I'.v Ali'i-: 'riii-i|iii'viilc'. (Triinsl'.itii.iu) Divytuii. ISii.i. J). 'J'i. 'i'liis i.< .'i ii;uiiplili.'t. of ,>» jijigi's. gactty of those who tlion advocated the de- liverance of the slave. Kiigland, by freeing her slaves, ))erformed a [lolitic, as well as a very just act." Mr. Sewell, who has alr(;adybecn quoted; .says, at the close of his book, written in .1 SllO: "The act of British I'anaiicipation li.as been widely abu<ed; but its detractors must live among the people it di.senthralled, if rhey v>'Ou}d learn the value at which it can be es- timated. Time, which develops the freedom that act created, adds continually to its lu.->tre. .Krei-dom, when allowed fair ]ilay, injured the prosperity of none of these West Indian colonies. It saved them from a far deeper and more lasting depression than any they have yet known. It was a boon conferred upon idl classes of society; upon planter and upon laborer; n]X)n conunorco and agricub ture; upon industry and education; u|)on moralitv and reli'j;ion. A.nd if a perfect measure of success remains to be acrhieved, let not IVeedom be condemned; for the ob- stacles to be overcome were great, and -the AVorkers few and unwilling." The Hon. (Miarles i.M'aiU'is Adams, in a letter written July 21st, 1800, says: "V'est India .Kmancipation is gravely pro- nounced a l';iilui'e. 1. have licard it so de- scribed on the lloor of I lie Mouse of l{e])re- sentativ(^s. '.riie only reason ijiven, is that the British Islands do not produce so niany ! pounds of coU'ee and sugar;is they did when they r.ould force them out of the bones iiiid muscles of slaves. iS'ow nnudvind may, by jjossibility, be tolerably well (.tfl', and y<.'t do entirely without coffjc and sugar. .But how can they be hajijiy with(.nit good security for their right to .seek happiness in their own way? . . . Vet thev tell us, because coffee ami suirar fail there is no liood in .I']mancip:ilion. If, by reason of this failure, I it could be shown that there was misery anfl I famine in the land, that starvatiitn was in ii i fair way to turn the garden into a wiKler- ! ness. I. shouul be re'ady to concede soiiu'thing to the argument. Jhif J hear of no suelt (Jihifi as that.'" The Hon. Charles Sumner, in a letter of July oOih, ISOO. says: "^^'ell proved facts vindicate comj)lot(dy tJie policy of I'anancipation. even if it were not commaniled i)y the simplest rules of mor- alitv. . . . Two diflen-nt fiovcrncM's of thi.s island (Jamaica )^ have assured me that, with tSi'c New Vnrk Iiiili'pi'inli'iil •>!' ^tjin-h 20, fi'r un iinpor- taiu K'ttiT ol'Oi.'T. Iliiiks oil this I'ljitif,.