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creasingly numerous in the West Indies. Colour pre- 
judice is still strong, but it is not so strong as it has 
been. The antipathy of the old set for ' new people,' 
which exists all the world over, forms an element of this 
prejudice. In spite of Mr. Froude's championship of the 
prejudices of his own particular set, he will not suc- 
ceed in setting the white and coloured colonists by the 
ears. With bat-like instinct our Tourist delights him- 
self by dwelling upon the dark side of things, and 
shuns the brighter aspect. The nostrum he prescribes 
for the ailments he supposes, is the adoption of the 
Indian system of administration. This is to operate as a 
sort of political Holloway's Pills and Ointment combined. 
Failing its adoption : and it has already been tried, 
is now in existence in some Islands, and has been found 
wanting : Tendimus in Haytiam ! 
It is clear as the day that Mr. FROUDE brought out his 
dread of Haytia, ready made, with him from England. 
He might have visited Hayti for but a fortnight, on either 
of two occasions. It did not suit his purpose to do 
so. At the same time, he seems to have accepted 
as evidence against the Haytians, yarns told him by 
sailors : tales they had heard from others, who had, in 
turn, been told by somebody else. His knowledge of the 
Black Man is throughout, akin to the linguistic attain- 
ments of the Irishman, who, being asked whether 
he spoke German, said, no, he did not, but he had 
a cousin who played the German flute. Knowing 
nothing of the West Indian man of colour, of either 
the mulatto or the negro, our Tourist fears that, if 
these be allowed to vote for some of the members of the 
Colonial Councils, the end will be Haytia, or a relapse 
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