The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-01-05
SLAVERY IN KENTUCKY.

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lately pabIished in a pamphlet form, ansvsr to
speech Of X. WicklifTe, Jr., in which Mr.. Clay
B. denounced 80 abol itionst, on account Of his
opposition To the movement for the repeal Of the
law prohibiting the importation of slaves into
konlarky. The following extracts will serge to
sho~ the noble sentiments which Mr. Clay enter
tains ,hi. important subject. lie seems fully a.
ware, by the contrast between the prosperity Of
uhio and Kentucky, that slavery hangs like a
s'ishung mldsw over the slave holding states, and
sithsrs all their physical, moral and political ener.
giss. When such sentiments a. follow, sTo thus
hpldtySpakenby iegiSldlog-a man high in the con
hdenes ~ has Islow eitizsns-the day ofbe eman.
rpaiios r. .he slaves ia Kentucky, BY law, can not
be very blatant.
"R. wickEas calls mo to account aud holGS me
uP 80 public oJrum and Indignation, because "dar
ID 10 discuss tie merits Of slavery When the
go~sston 10, shall increase OF decrease the num-
b@ Of slaves what else, under the high heavens
remains 10 be discussed, but tho merits Of slavery
Yet am not slave-l dare do all a maa dare
Thanks to liberty, may yet speak, though all the
world Do deaf shall speak advisedly, calmly
hOns.tly, boldly-one freeman to another-speak
VITO plants hrs foot upon the rigGt, fec ling
that he who falls for his country, most gloriousy
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believe slavery to be eyl--an evil morally, eco.
nom'eAIy, physically, intellectually, socially, re-
ligousy, polniealIy-evil in is inception, in lis du.
ration aud IN its cat.strOphe-an unmixed evil
without Palliation defence, in necessity
sun am emane'paiionist far less an "aIJIitiOn
ist " but like nine Ienths of the slave holders, in
all The world, rest where was III the begin.
ming. In part, like them know not what to do
partly, because there is something in The hearts of
all men which teaches them tbs better TO sbear
the ills we have, than fly to otheys know OF.
Yet stll il il evil That which distinguishes
this age above all proceeding time is the invention
OF steam power, and its application to machinery
since then, man has become god like, in his evden
cling almost creative power. The world is tenn
ing with improved machinery, the combined deyel
opement of science and art. To us, il is all lost
we are comparatively, living in centuri es that are
gone, we cannot make il, we cannot uso it when
made. Ohio is many years younger--possessed Of
fewer advantages than our state, the next census
will give her, perhaps thirty members, whilst Ken
lucky will probably be struck down TO twelve
members Of the National Legislature. Cincinnati
has manufactures TO maintain Der last year she
put up 1000 houses Louisville, with superior nat
ural advantages, as all the world knows, wrote SO
rent upon many Of her houses already made.
OHIO is free, Kentucky a slave state. Upon the
sand hills of New England, where once grew juni-
pers and black jacks, are now villages, manu!acto-
ries meadows, wheat fields, all Tie comforts, and
many of the lrxuries of LIE. In the South, where
cotton aud tobacco rewarded the hush indman,
can now be seen sterile pine groves, clay banks,
and naked rocks !; the crab,ree, and mullen now
struggle into life, where once luxurantly grew the
walnut ard the vine New England is cultivated
by wh,es-Yirginia by blacks The glory Of the
Old Dominion has departed, and New York has
become the Empire State
Every slave imported drives out free and indie.
pendenil<entuckia ian Almost on every farm you will
find many house as good that IN which the
lives, ,enanted, and falling 10 ruip and
unlimely decay. The day is o. coming,
when every white must work for The wages OF the
slave-hIs ,ictuals and clothes emigrate, or die
Ny sympathies are for the white man-bone ofmy
bone, and flesh Of my iesh-his industry, iplePer
dence and comfort the sirenth, the wealth and
glory of the state.
This act is thing in The lesislatson of the
country When Virginia colony OF the Brit
ish crown, size sterniy demonstrated against the
importation Of slaves into her borders. In 1898 she
passed law :, IN force now in this State, forbid
ding the bringing in any slave from country, or
who had been imported ntn the United Stale since
the first of January 1898. The constitution of the
United States gives Congress the power prohibit
the Importation Of slaves into any of the Suites af
Ter the year 1908 In 1915, Kentucky passed
law similar TO that of 1888 The thirteen original
States were all slave States ; the most of them
have gradually thrown of1athe disease. There is
nothing in kentucky TO make slavery eternal
nothing in the climate, nothing sae soil, nothing
in the products, nothing in tho circumstances by
which surrounded. have not made up
my mind that slavery shall exist here forever
revolutions in time must and will como Let us
be of those who, having eyes, see not and ears
hear God grant thai we may avoid the dread
full remedy which some Of The States have made up
their mind to bear--slavery, till determination
shall give 10 the whites ar the blacks entire sn
premacy.
The United States contain 9, 300 600 square
mites. One half Of this is settled, and contains a.
bout $4,000 600 of inhabitants. If the United
States numbered many i.phsbiiants to the square