Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-02-15
From The Western Citizen.


a6'. Lyle--L IS the boast of Ken
lucky that ber sons are growing opulcn
by commercial tre ffic ; that they are fast
| surno ming the obstacles Of a miserable
| circulating medium, b. turning it mo
| stock, CT other proddce OF this fertile
country, send!ng lhem to distant markets,
and nv this means converting their al
mos worthless rash into money Where
aaiure III her whims hos net thought i
necessary 10 place navisable streau 5,
! lhry with TIE spirit OF enterpr u, nj
dent 10 ColumDiA' free born SONS, have
| found iand-roads By which they convey
her live stock to market, fhey have,
needless OF aiiliculties, with their horses
| their Catiie, and their hos, snFy4 fet
the mountains heights, eacoaueret tho
rushing torrent, en- 1ared the merci, ~
pcitlng OF the snow, hail andran. A 30
yet all this is laudaoie, beaca Sc com
nerclal tretfic IS cessd J 10 the very
existence OF civil government.
We VIII now turh our attention to Ia
river Ohio, on whose bosom the bark
oi kenlncky aoat laden with the pro.
ducc Q! her soil. FMS FIR ti.na was
the only source Of trade we had--we
now carry Il on in very considerable
degree. Steam Boats have been erected.
IN order for the Iartherance OF trade, TO
render the voyage 10 the lower eountr,
more oommodieus * expeditions. THIS
| commend, admire, but whilst every
honorable species of traffic is laud Abie,
there Is yet one which every freeman OF
nice feeling, or even the common feel
ings, OF humanity, must look upon with
disgust, with adherence, as disaraceiu
to a land OF liberty, or Of tyranny---I ~ can
the diaboiical, damning, practice OF
8OUL-PEDLLNG, or the purchasing
OF negroes, and driving them like brules
to market. This is kind of business
commenced at first on moderate scale,
in Kentucky, bot now grown so enor-
mously as 10 become alarming! Oh
conscience. has remorse totally losts its
sting ? Has heaven no lighting eternal
" TO blast the abomnable wretch, who
first introduced this nefarious trad
Having business in Parls, on Tues
day l7th inst here Witnessed
scene more shocking 10 humanity than
any that has ever come within my no.
tice.-Never shall forget the painful
sensations with which the horrid specta-
Gle filled ne, uNtl the last round oftime
is run, and the universe sinks again into
the chaos from whence ii arose. Oh
that the obliterating hand Of time could
efface the scene from my memory, for
/, was acted in the country that gave me
birth, the land of liberty and indepen-
dence, the boosted asylum oft misera.
bic and oppressed! there beheld be-
tween srventy-6ve and one hundred
miserable wretches calling under the
yoke OF dcspots, (Which by the way is
too mid a name for their iron hearted
uppressors,) doomed to leave their
home, their country, and their friends,
rendered ever dear to them by the
strongest ties of nature, from the ear
liest dawn of life. Chained and guarded,
they were driven like other stock, from
their native land. They were paraded
on the public square, in front Of the
courl house, the seat of justice. Over
their unhappy heads, that banner waved
under which our fore fathers fought and