St. Croix Avis (Christiansted, St. Croix [V.I.]) 1844-Current
March 10, 1865
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Terms of Advertising, Approved by Government, 25th June, 1838, For an advertisement of 8 lines, or under, one to three insertions—— Small Type (Brevier) Ito 51ine5....%1 00 oo A R R 16 Larger Type (Long Primer, Small Pica, Yichk Uolambia:) to Slines 100 es,e BLo 10 For jine of Inigest Fype ]2 For 1 to 3 subscquent inscrtions, the halt amount of the first charge will he made. All advertisements for incertion must be delivered at th's Oftice on Motndays and Thursdays. notiater than 4 o'vlock I M, accompanied with the CASII, as otherwise insertion wile refnsed. The Postageon lettersto this CGfiice from Wese Bnd or St. Thomas must he prepaid, or no notice will be taken of jiem, T T P T e T TS I S T UTS T T BRutheran Chureh, Cbaasliannled. On Sanday the 12th fnstant, there will e divive serviee held for both Lutheran Congregations in this Chureb. TARLE OF THE FALL CF RAIN durine the week from Ist March to 7th 3Marceh, Christiansted, Frederiksted. King's- Hill Lines. lines: Lines. March 1,0 O 0% 0 “g 0 0 3 4 0 4 1} L4O 0 0 i 5, 0 0 0 6,0 O 0 0 -T0 0 0 1} 4} 5 Shipping Inteiligence. Shpenß v ENTERED AT FREDERIKSTED Ma!’(‘h G,——l)ll:ifii\ !:71:(51!(’: 4 riton, I‘l I;-'\”ff, Copenhagen, E-tate Supplics, CLEARED AT IPREDERIKSTED Mirch B,—Danish ship Dirgitre Molchoir, T Haiboe, Crab 1-land, Ballast. YS S N Py T T P TTYSL PA TR T T YW -k New Arrival. \{W( ARE, Polloek and Cod fisl: in ticrees, O\ Hlerrings and Mackrel 10 barrels, Family Beef, Pilot Bread, and Hams, Oats, Oilmeal ard Cement. liarreis Ale and Porter in Botties, Claret Wines, Gin, anid Havanah Cigars. Fofßale by R. J. ROBINSON. Frederiksted, Bth March 1365. Royal Insurance Ofice. Christiansted, St. Croiz, 9th March 1865. K beg leave to anvounce that I hvive re- A ceived a fresh sapply of the Rovai’s, «BOOK AND OFIFICE ALMANACS” for 1865 for araTis dishithution. e E. MONEFELDT, Agent. L T RL R I U RS e -y exrcuted at this Office mB PR‘NTING with ncatness and des patch. CHRISTIANSTLID, FREDAGEN den 10de MARTS 1865. ;H’,-\VING been informed by several of .f;k his friends that it is proposed to re lect him to the Caolonial Counel. the undersigned, erateful for their confi lener, respecttully informs them, that cirenm stances prevent his according to their wishes. Christiansted, 8h March 1865. W. CLINDINEN. o————————aenee eet—— e—— e————— VIMT W) TN STI Y b Q M{\ o o 0 PANGRCS A1 N 0 9 4 L N ;fi T WO 810. Y HOUSE g2l 9 s e No 3L. A Water Gat, for particu- Lars apply to T. J. ARMSTRONG. TN consequence of the approaching dis :L solution (ft .lho B.n"_v_hvr Council, I linve been divected to eall upon all per sons having any claim against the Land Treasury to transmit the same without delay. Burgher Counei’s Secretary’s Office, St. Croix Sth March 1865. JACODB MULLER. Co Lemmuniralings To the Editor of the St Croix Avis, Dear Siel Times must indeed be very hard in St. Croix when a man will do anythirg which another one tells him to do in order to retain his situa tion. 1, and many others, have heen perfoctly aston ished to see an article in your Last paper signed J. 11. Mclntosh, a Country School teacher, in which he “roundly and flatly” contradicts a statement of mine made in a former No of your paper. I suppose when Mr. Melntosh was writing the words “roundly and flatly,” his body mnst have been flat and his head goivg round, fur I have heard of a flat coniradiction, bhut not a round contradiction. 1 wiil however not bring any more of his disorderly composition forward, siteh as *anitigating against’ ete, but let it re main where it is, a3 a proof of Lis excellent diction Now let me ask Mr Mclntosh to disprove, not “roandly and flatly,” hut straizhtforwardly, what facts T will here bring forward to show oppression, The teacher at Mr. Victory was repeatedly spoken to about his Beard, and when he did not comply with the Inspector’s wishes, lie was ordered most peremptori y to take it off within a2 menth, that is, by the time he made Lis appe rance again at the teachers’ megtine. Lt Mr. Melntosh deny that the same day he did deciare to the Inspector that no man Lhad any rizht whatever to interfere with the alr on anotier man's face. Let Mr. Mcellntosh deny that he was not four dollars out of pocket that month for his bold declaration. I thought that hairs grew “natwrallv” ent of aman's face, but di not think that compulsion to take them off grew “unaturally” out of schoolkeeping. That Mr. Melntosh wax one of the londest to complain is undeniable, for he has told me that he was Kept as a slave, ard his wife said to me, in no very low strain, that it was hetter to be in h.’l than to bein such a place—Friedensteld, as they were watched and listened to in the night round about their dwelling and under their windows, Is it “pleasant” and for the henefit of the schools, to overpay a teacher five dollars more than his salary, and when he counted the money and returned it, to say to his face that i, was done to #ry him, If such be the pleasantness of the situation of the “staff” of teachers, then may they long re main so enjoy it. If such be the privilege of a country school teacher, then Mr. Mclntosh’s condition should not be ax it is after 22 years service, Mr. Melntosh’s pleonastie article may pass current with a few who are unacquainted with good Inglish for something very clever, but T am sure that there are thoese in the com munity who know what a proper refutation of any thing thought to be erroncous is. lam, most respectfully, THOS. THOMPSON. Dassin, March 10th 1865. To the Editor of the St. Croix “Avis.” Dear Sir. The “Labor Act,” has now heen in force nearly 17 years, and it is the opinion of mary that it Las been allowed too long to outlive its usefulness, and should now without delay have the praning knife of reform applied in order to separate the sound from the unsound parts. When this law was framed the pressure of cir cumstances rendered its enactment a matter of immediate necessity, and the condition of affairs out of which it arose, being new and sudden, it conld not be expected that very perfect mes. sures conld be framed to meet the exigencies of the times, where there was neither experienco to raide, or time perhaps, to deifiberate. But the “Labor Act” never was intended to be a permanent institution, and it is only a matter of astoni=heent that it shonld have heen permitted to remain so long as it has done a standing re proach to justice and common sense, without an attempt from any quarter to have it refomed yvet I feel persuxded that only timid men and those opposed to progress can possibly desirg Its continuance, It is obvious that the principle of “fixed la. hor as laid dewa in this law is injurions to the Planter, because it restrains him from cenduet ing his business in the way he thinks hest, and ix, as experience has proved, a hindrance to his obtaining Inimi_rants from other Islands, while it is the undeniable canse why so many labour ers have left ihe country, aund is, furthermore, produetive of idleness mmonyg a large porticn of this class of the town popnlation, The law as it now stands must be considered unjust to tha Labonrer because it prevents a hard working, ahie, and inlustrions man from ecarning more tnan weak oridle one. For these reasons, and others, which might be stated, it must he evident to unbiased minds that the principle of fixed wages operates injuriously to the gene ral interest of all classes of the community, particnlarly when we consider its effeer not only in discouraging an increese in the labouring popnlation from abroad, bnt as causing even natives to leave the Island 10 seek ather plices where they can be at liberty to turn their ca pabilities to the best advantage, It is not my design, however, in making these remarks to enter into a lengthy argumint on the subject, particularly as I undersiand a prie lic meeting will be called shortly, for the full and fair discnssion of the various points con nected with said act, and to petition Govern ment to bring forward a bill at the ne.t sitting of the olmial Council for the pnrpose of ve forming the law in question, Hoping you will excuse my ocenpying so much of your space, I remain, Dear Sir, 35 ihe Your obdi. Servt. REFORMER. [Nr. 23.
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with a contempt for its enemy, an over weening confilence in its own power, and an uatterly mistaken impression of the weakness of the Sou:h. It unlearnt its errors in a saccession of humiiating reverses, and at a cost of blood anl trea sure almost beyond computation. For all this, however, it never swerved from its purpoge or faltered in its efforts, It gent out armies after armies, Generals after Generals, and fleets after fleets, and when its progress was visible only 1o the confi lent imaginations of its own rulers it stiil held ou 1o the beliet of ultimate success. Nor was the South left behind in the race of heroism. The Coufele rate Government, as cannot be doubted, had built its chiet’ hopes on what 1% pre sumed 1o be the inevitabie intervention of Furopean Powers President Davis and his colleagues believed that the stop page of the cotton supply would of a cer tainty bring France and England into the field agatust the blockaders of South ern poris, and that the ciispuri:y of South ern resources would be thus far removed. They presently learnt the dolusive ni ture of these expectations, but the di-- covery did not shuke their resolution nor damp their courage. They acknowleleed the disappointment, but unflinchingly maintained the struggle. Scldom hasa war been conducted by a weaker Power with such valour and success as this, That the Confederate flag stiil floats over the Confederate capital, and that no Fe deral army, after tour years of the most desperate efforts, has been able 1o pene trate to Richmond, is of itse!t a fact suf ficient to invest the South with ail the lonours of war. Itis impossibie tot to recognize the high qualities which have been displayed on both sides, and ardent ly to desire a termination of so terrible a couflict. All such hopes must, how ever, now, we fear, be .:'.!.)uvdm:c\l for some time to come. The war must go forward until it is brought to an end by the inability of either one party or the other to prnlon;: the contest. From the 111. London News, Feb. 11.) THE NEGRO IN AMERICA. «The coloured man,” said Mr. Frederick Dougias, the eloquent negro orator, at a lecture which he recently dehivered in New York, s the master of the situation. Upon whichever sidle he shall declure himself, on that side wiil be the victery.” Mr. Douglas knows his people, and does not exageerate the importance of their action in the mighty struggle, of which their cmamzipntinn was the pretextrather than the cause; and, knowing them so well, his opinion that they will fight for their masters, on the promise of freedom to themselves and families; that they will not, as some abolitionists have predicted, turn their arms :against the cause in which their services are cnlisted; but that, on the contrary, they will zealoasly, faithfully, and bravely earn their liberty on the terms proposed, is entitled to the respect which all opinion founded upon knowledge claims from every rational man. As the South, under the pressure of military necessity, is about to make this vital experiment, for the sake of re plenishing the ranks of its dwindling and decimated armies, the time is favouarable for a review of the progress already made in the emancipation of the coloured race. As a preliminary to the full comprehen sion of the subject, it should be steadily borne in mind that the South, though it has always been pro-slavery, has always been pro-negro; and that ihe North has, sTec GROLX AV] S in like manner, been anti-slavery and anti negro. 'l'he South has maintained that it was a good thing for America that the negroes should remain jn 1t and inerease and muliip'y, and that it was a better thing for the negro that he should be o slave than a free man. The North, on the other hand, has maintained as stren uously that slavery was an abomination, an outrage, and a crimwe; but that, -all things cousidered, it was avery bad thing for America that the negro race had ever been introduced intoit; aund that if siavery were an evil, free blacks were evilsalmost, it not quite, as flagrant. Social prejudice set up and sull insists on *his preposter ous claim. The result is that throughout the North, the negro is systemanicaliy repressed and deprived of social position and political privilege by the tyranny of custom and the nameless operation ot so cial laws. In some of the States in the West neither negro slavery nor negroes are allowed to exist; and in Illinois, if not in Indiana, it is a penal offence for a coloured man to cross their borders and presame that he has any right to dwell among his white superiors. The uegroes of the North feel this sacial excommuni cation more acutely than the negroes of the South feel the oppression of slavery. In the South the white man does not hate the negro, nor the vegro the white niany while 1o the North the love felt by anti-stavery agitators and others for the negro is purely theoretical and politieal, an:d not i the shightest degree social; while the opi ion entertained by the ne groes of their whie “fiicads.” who talk so muoch and do so littie 10 thetr behalf, 15 of the kind whieh n:ost men entertain towards papiblebypoeizy. Mr. Lincoln once thlladeputation of negroes that the best thinz they and their race could do woulld be to betake themselves out of the couutry, to go buck to Africa, or drift down into Central America. Mr. Douglas, speaking for his race, declares that they will do nothing of the kind; that they wiil not be “improred off the face of the carth,” like the red Indians; that they have found a home in America, and that they will keep it; and that their true place 1s among friendly, and not amoug hostile, white people. Possibly, and very I\r()!m!)iy, the result of Northern love for caancipation and of dislike for the negro may be, 1" the South should achieve or help to achieve its independence by the aid of the coloured peopie, that the North ern negroes will graduaily, if not collee tively, migrate to the South, attracted by the superior eongeniality of the climate. In the North their natural increase is not so great as in the South; in fact, if their numbers were not augmented by furitives from slavery, they would die out asa people in a certain caleulable length of time, as may be discovered from the fact that the annual number of deaths among them is greater than that of the births. The South hold the doctriue that the Federal Government had neither the right nor the power to.abolish slavery, hat that the only ageney which could «ffect the purpose was the lawlul and Constitutional legislation of the States in which the in stitution existed. Mr. Lincoln, for mili tary reasons and for State necessity, abolished slavery by proclamation and by stroke of the pen as the Pope would abolish heresy by an encyclical letter. But slavery remained unaffected by bis fulminations and only perished in dis tricts where his arwmivs were able to pen etrate, holding its own as firmly else where as if he bad never issued Lis pro clamation against it. And now, in the fourth year of the war, Ihough'slnwry IS falling right and left, it is not beciauase of his proclamation, but because the Border States of Maryland, Kentucky, Tennesse, and Missouri have, in their sovereign capacity, resolved to abolish it. Congress, which 1s ready to indorse all Mr. Lin colu's words and desds, finding the futi lity of “proclamations” or “edicts” of military power, debates an amendment to the Federal Constitution—a document which permits slavery, but whieh, it the amendment shall pass, it will tolerate no longer. And, more effectual than uny thing that the North cau do or propose, the South takes measures, not alone to emancipate its slaves, but to elevate them in the social scale, and itk the fortunes of the white man aud the bluck by the ties of mutuaal interest and reciproeal grati tude. The black man in the North is free, but a parinh. 1o the South, itis probable that the black man who shall have served in the Confederate army will be free, and as much of a man as soldier ship and the respect of his white contem poraries can mahe him. It would appear from a considera‘ion of all these circumstances that the eman cipation of the slaves is more likely to be satistactorily effected by the Southern than by the Northern people. So pas stonately does the North love the Union, so immense are the sacrifices of pride, us well as of material resources, that it is prepared to make for its darling object, that, were the Nouth to declare that it wonuld fay down its arms on the sole con ditlon o the maintenance of slavery by th- whole forceof the united Governments, the majority of the North would in all prohabiiity accede to the proposal. The negroes kuow the fact; and such mien us Douglas give very siguificant hints at all available opportunities that they will not consent to be played with by either side, but will make their own bargain whenever they thiuk they have arrived at the deci sive moment of the strugele. There can be little doubt that the South can be of greater bencfit to them than the North that the South, by reason of its climate, ix a better home for people of their blood than the frozen regions of New Yok, New Lngland, or the great North-West; and that, under a propetly- organised systemi of labour which would be neces sary to prevent them from becoming pau pers in becoming free men, the Sounth, if 1t shoulid be recognised amoung the inde pendent nations of the earth, would be enabicd, by means ofi's freed negroes, to develop its immense resourees more rapidly than it was ever able to do under the system of slavery; and that, finally, slavery would disappear altogether. Should, however, the ~outh be conquer ed, the question of the negro us well as the question of slavery will not be so easi ly settled. Slavery may be abolished, but the Northern overseer will take the place of the Southern master, the rela tions of the races will be as urkindly throughout the whole Union as they now are in the North, and the poor negro will be fortunate if he escape in the sequel the fate ot other races that could not be ens slaved and as a consequence were exter minated. H. Krebs Pratorius, AGENTS OF THE NORTHERN ASSURANCE COMPANY. FOR FIRE AND LIFE.
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