Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-03-31
From ne Gibe.

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p0'tjcigu krrfWcsg has rirfusliy lcifhdr0rn from 4
n, -agiJjcracy ef opprtSsors. Ihc struggle aay /
Sc ttt sslrr6 SiGrcrg teiR DIE GAME dHf e mist /
dc, heltGeky is Resc eur battle greaRd.
We have been endoayorIng tor some months |
10 wake mp the serious attention OF the friends oil
lhe Union to the political consequences OF Ihe /
con'ejency which has taken place between Fed 1
eraAsu, uied States Banksm, and Abolition
lsm asd for that purpose, have occasionally
gwen extracts irom Abolition newspapers, and
from Federal Bank speeches to show. that these
three pgties now make one party, and that they
| are perfectly united in their political objects.
With the same view we give the extract above,
aud those which will follow, have TO inform our
readers that these extracts are from the Emancl-
paior of March Slh instant, and that they ATE on
| ~ a sample taken from slr columns IN that paper
devoted exclusively 20 tie question OF Abolition
IN tn, State of Kentucky From these SIX coli
| umus II IS wen seen hoS duly the AbohnouIsts
have considered their plan Of campaign, when
they say, KENTUCKY Is NOW OUR BAT
TIE GROUND! and we add, she Is also the
battle ground of FEDERALISM and UNIT
ED STATES BANKISM. There resides Nj
CLAY, the champion OF all these combined, aud
| their furious candidate for the Presidency. Ken
lucky is his ground SO that the battle ground
will be- the home Of the genetallsslmo OF the com
bined part es. From this time forth, let 10 man
! be silly enough to ask who is to be the Oppos
ton candidate for the Presidency CLAY Is the
man He Is the darling, aud tic champlon OF
! Federalism, United States BOnkism, and Aboli.
touism. He has The qualities which the repre-
seniation Of these combined parties require, and
lhoy arr not roinp 10 waste their time and money
in n siulooe for ii ARrIsoN, OF WEBSTER, neither
nr whom have The ongi;iifs which the driving for
wand of their scheme. via rooure. Cray is their
man Kentucky their ba,,le ground and "Nh
t.l.,,, in ,bo,r mouths. hell in heir hearts. and
d,o9c,s IN their hands," thew march to tho onset
Tbe following additional paragraphs taken from
,ho same six columns, an relate to the great con.
tost II which Kentucky will he the battle ground,
and Of winch every election viii form an action
lpo,l ibc pranJ decisive day of tic Presidential
election of ls4O,
nv ,be census OF Kentucky in 1890, the
slaves constitute one.lourth Of the whole popuIa-
uon or K.ntncl,y." \
49, i,n ,,,,5 ,,u 90,
:, ,,rivo car he sIayebolders. For seven years
tb,, tho duty Of immediate emancipation has bean
nrss,ed mon them, they haye been looking for a
relaxation Of the pres.uro. And what do they
now zee We cannot pretend to lotoseo how
The nresent question of n convention Will be dis.
posed Of. Should il ISSUE in re-enaclnenl
slavery, however, il will only hasten the townfd
of the system. And the facts With which nc as
ante familiar forbid rs 10 feel hc least dread d
The prospect, that when tho people of Kentuct
once summon courage To look the monster 10 III
face, who has so long travelled rough-shod owe
iheir rights and interests, there viii be SUD
DEN DISRUPTION ofihe relation Of ma>to
aud slave, and creation Of 10000, not las
-arOai, but FREQ citizens, in day. How hgl
would be the honor Of Kentucky, should she gly
die lead IN thls noble wolkp
Slavery is the greatest evil, and It's abolition
the greatest question, that is before the citizen
of Kentucky. Why should 1t not awaken tn
greatest interest. The people of the North hav
been told, through the dl-ludged efforts Of tn
Ahoiuonists, Kentucky was turned back and seal
ed. Aud TIE press Of Kentucky has been quit
silent Bat now Judge N. assures US that pub
tic sentiment Is not settled there"
"Were Kentucky in world by herself, o
were her l65 900 slaves all the people of Aliicl
descent 10 be found on the continent, it might d
10 talk 10 them Of 'uItimato exteunination' az III
price of their liberty But when wo consIdc
Kentucky as part Of the American Union, an
her slaves as a small portion Of three or four mill
ions Of people of the same race, situated in tn
same region, and bound together by commo
suffering Of wrongs unparalleled il the history
nations, methink5 the whites should be CAUTION
about making thoughts Of 'extermlnalion' too ta
mar"
Who now says We can do nothing ut III
North to affect the South when, without papC
or an organized society, aud with hardly state
reader Of our publications in the whole State, "
have gained such hold upon the mind in Ker