New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-10-13

! ls~s-our t.ru;shed tth-our wounded honor--our re-
paeious ~rs-our psundering eouque'"-our insa'ea
amoSssdors-our imprisoned citzens-our rooocd pres
rs-oar murdered people, and tel me DC
nsnc when cay that slavery threatens al law and our
whoie system Of repusls ani'm the ruin OF property sni
the oes OF HE Whether then slavery stood BY the ava
nee and sehshness Of the farmer kenuc ky the pager
OF Louisiana the manufacturer Of Lowell the cotton
chant OF Newiork the pork deser u Cincinnati or the
speeulstors upon slave labor a. urionI Wished
to appeal the strongest motives Of the human heart
the OF money and the alteration OF women arouse
them yirsbie and disastrous consequences WI
any one OF ,hss tell the guards which they pro
pose TO thrgs, between the silver the board the
daughters OF wealth with hands unhardened BY toll yes
the smooth skinned women on the ottoman and tho
purdered poor the lswless whose existence pre- sup
posed by the very necessity Of government sfs Come
now fssndious sman you who have bad time 10
aect please tell that may IN the future avoid your
wrath. and my country escape this great wol shall Il
be BY law, Thst you have sacrificed u slavery snail
Il be BY long nsted and sacred reverence Tor the Con
stu,ion' That you have uamped under ioo' shall
1t De an appeal common interest between the ricb
and the poor the only basis OF repubcan,sm You have
separated the gres, OF the American people from
you by slavery by studied contempt and inc
barriers OF ignorance and poverty You VIII sPpeA TO
a strong government and hng-whl yoaf Look back
through History aud ssrn that no Republic has passed
into Monarchy without long years OF blood and snar
chy in which perish property men. women and Children
and when are not spared the statues Of dead men OF
the temples OF the living Gcd The sst clause IN the sru
Gle which has been bsscy tortured into the PresSn. nor
every sensible man viii Is dependent upon the CON
ungency rASa virtue lost II may be now, 10 morrow
next year the hundred years and virtue roru
rooted out OF the minds u the people. sero
Has il come TO this that am to BE- drawn up AMI pub
lcly censured for speaking in plain and manly language
TO men who order relinquish my birth risnt or
I die 60 tyrsnts am not yet slave" Are you s<sr
X, niue kans IL not this shameful Alas have we %
soon lost the breed OF noble boods -
Iii that denied the right Of the citizens 10
/ consult together on such subject
On the contrary did acknowledge their right by my
repeated appeals to them not only to consul-oat 10
adyise-to wsrn-but then their office was Al an end
They could. no than single person, 60 arther
than the laws allowed Had they confined themselves
this much good would have resulted There IL moral
power in the proceedings and counsel OF the assembled
people the public discharge OF duty when within the
bounds of law and justice, which no sensible man VIII
disregard long principle be not violated But when
they transcend their power they sink INTO the dust I'M
potent and contemplate as the meanest faction and all
nea will stand by me when defy them. ss do now
Whether they Will best accomplish their purpose oy the
pursued time will deyclope-and may God defend
the right
For whom "haye sacrificed 30 muchf For the SIR hss.
bred thoHsand free hi> tiboros Of ksHtaeky Against
whose every vital In slavery eternal and i'm
pacsble For them lost caste with the slaveholdns
arstocracy OF the land For them liberated my saves
For them have sacrificed ali chance OF political eevs-
ton in my native state For them have lived and
Tor them have stood rea y to die They who have
OF my bread, and stabbed me IN the dark
they. VINO have stood by again and again. WITHOUT
hope of reward they whose children gszing In my face
with lovely eyes and reproachfn conhdence-seemed to
be enabled 70 be fed and clothed the children oi
shareholders shall We not have school houses and
churches and be taught 10 know how TO work to ad,sn
tage shall be- placed 10 be able To possess
small piece OF land at all events, II We are manuisc-
urers sell or II We are mechanics 10 md
continual employment AZ fir wagest-shaii we nor
change our log cabins dsubed with mud and chleu by
the winds of Winter comfortable little cottages with
evidences u taste in yards OF flowers and shruosf
we pray you, from necessary tdleSsss and ds'
honorable rork-spsre yourselves the expense Of lss
] M, ueni teD =
eluns tate yes these the men, the great majority
of the people of kentucky whose interests in lc4l,
swore never would beray-for whom ! then fell and
suffer. How long my countrymen. seeing you have
the power of the ballot box, shall these things be VIII
you least be relieved from prejudice which pot
you with hatred and injustice to the blscksi En-
shaved by passions which masters cunningy infuss
into us from very crsdle-wi you never open your
eyes and be freef Win you not at least awake arise
and be- Then shall be delivered from this out
swry. this impending ruin, this nsunerable exile this
living death
Not upon the slaves did call How could II 10 any
man in Kentucky base TO charge that have held
conference with the slsvesf No, not one How
then could call upon the slaves, who could not read,
one in hundred With all my relations and kindred.
shareholders, msny OF them ministertng In turn
my sick couch by day and ny night-sn ID
To be- involvei in one common run-wsrring one
county against whole State-and prosrate and una
bic raise my head call upon the slaves 10 rally 10
the standard OF civil war refrain from expressing the
great indignation which such gross and monstrous cal
umny csnno but generate In the coolest bosom. Go
search my secret and public life from the cradle up and
tell the world by what steps have gradually prepared
myself for this last round OF unmixed deprsvty When
have stripped the poorwhen played the sycophantt to
the powerful-where have lied-whst party betrayed
what friend descred-when have stolen or robbed
when did IcounterfeIt-whom have secretly Injured
in what penientares have served an apprenticeship to
crine-whom have secretly pssoned-whom have !
openly murdered Then, before this charge IN Tho face
Kentucky and the world, stand mute Poor and
friendless-broken In spirit and In Unprecedented and
exed though be- there is something yet remaining Of
what mana proud, dishonest MAJ should be-snd
shall stoop plead not gully not here nor npw.
In the nth and last count OF their Indictment am &C.
cused OF attacking the tenure Of the property OF slave
hoders"--ot being "uespssser on them-snd VI
pushing the community to extremity Now, deny
that have attacked the legal tenure oil slsvepro
perty-the justice OF law Is thing ts validity ano
Iher call for proof My writings for hve years are BE-
fore them and the world. challenge them 10 the proof
They can never produce It, How then can be tres
pssser upon themP have ever vindcsted their legal
right TO theu properythey have robbed me OF mins -
Tney have taken property from than the aver
age value OF the slaves heid by masters In Kentucky.
IT, then their accusation were true and not false per
peiua silence should have sealed their hps-the robber
If be onehss been doubly robbed
did not push the community 10 extremity. For, In
addition my other concessions was willing 10 suspend
the paper until my health restored. No, by all thai
Is sacred among men--it not the community, but
slavery. which was pushing 10 extremity Those
slave holders who favored emancipation cared not what
said of slavery, my subscription list proyes-those
who did and did intend TO favor H. was not
falls t falls by consent u shareholders, u VIII
never tall in the ude Of time How many oil all the
monarchs of the world will any Of undertake
To persuade TO lay down the sceptret Governor Ham
mond. in speaking OF moral sussion addressed 10
shareholders tells but simple truth, when In writing to
tine venerable Thomas Garrison ne says, you kn0p 10
mare nonsense" John Green, Of Kentucky, one VI the
idest the best and most impartial men that lived
said in the Luminsry, IN 1896 Il Is but natural that
stranger in passing through state should take up
such impressions from the liberal tone In which poll
can- and intelligent speak on the subject so
long rs they permitted to deal In generals. and To
qualify their remarks by the important word ~ Both
you call upon them ~ propose some plan and To com
me nee adion they viii almost antrossuy draw back
Think know something Of public men, and tell you
they are doing NOTHING Let me be no more, then
damned with faint praise that my motives are good,
but that / am rash and denunciatory. No. my coun
trymen it IL not rords but action TOR which am now
outawed
The shareholders Of the other counties have dropt the
and shallow idea of tnoenday,sm and say that sars
nv shall not be dcnssd This the only and true Issue
1nls manifesto means itthough was ashamed ~ say
IL Else why speak Of its constitutional guarantees Now
the United States Constitution leaves fairly within the
power OF change The Kentucky Constitution. article y
section |. thus reads: The General Assembly shall
have power 10 pass laws for the emancipation ot