Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-02-27
Slavery I'm Kentucky.


Mr.. Cassius NJ Clay has left the field of party pol
fucs, Tor which he did not peculiarly qualified,
Tor the more useful sphere Of slavery reform He has
recently addressed letter to the people Of Kentucky
IN which he depicts the evils Of slavery In that State
IN very strong and convincing language. Here is an
extract from his argument:
"The competition Of unrequiied service slave labor
dooms the laborg white millions of these States pow
ery poverty gives them over Ignorance and igno-
rance and poverty the fist highroads crime and
suffering Among the more fortunate property holders
region and morality staggering and dying Idleness
extravaganza unthrness add of energy precipi-
tate shareholders INTO frequent and unheard OF
cies, such unknown free States aud we'll
M0narchIes
The spirit OF uncontrolled command vitiates our tenn
Peramen,s and destroys evenness Of temper and
eqnanmty OF soul, which are the sheet anchors of hap.
piness and safety in world of unaainabIe desire aud
memorable evil Population sparse and without num-
Ders there Is neither competition division Of labor
and of necessity, all mechanic arts anguish among US
Agriculture arass along its slow pace with sIoveny ig
noraat, reckless labor Science, literature and art are
strangers here poets, historians artists and mechans
the lovers Of the ideal, the great the beautiful the
and the useful the untrng sesrshers into the hidden
treasures Of unwilling nature making the winds the
ers the papabe and impa pabe OF things trb-
ufary creating qualification for the body and
giving new susceptibility and expansion 10 the soul
they flourish where thought aud action are unrammeIled
ever daring must be the spirit of genius its omnpoence
belongs only TO the free.
loose and inadequate respect for the rights of prop
erty OF necessity follows in the wake of slavery. Duel
ling, bIoodshed and Lynch little security
10 person. general decentralization has corrupted the
first minds 10 the nation It's hot contagion has spread
among the whole people; lcentiousness, crime and bit
ter hate inest home reputation, and the forcble
prOpagandsm Of slavery, arrayng against the world
IN appeal to history to reason, nature, and
conscience, which neither time space, fear nor
hate, hope Of reward, crime pride nor selfish
ness can utterly silence. Are these things true
minute comparison of the free and slave States so often
and ably made forbear; leave this unwilling and Bit
proof each mans observation and reflection There
Is. however, consideration which would urge upon
ALL because it excludes all anaiicism enthusiasm
Kentucky will be richer dollars and cents by eman-
cipaion, and slave holders will be wealihier by the
change.
quality in the free, from 100 to $50 per cent
higher value than the Slave States-m some cases
probably six hundred per cent. higher Lands six miles
from Cincinnati, IN Ohio, am credbIy informed are
worth $50 per acre. whilst in Kentucky at the same dis
from that city, and of the same quality they are
worth only $40 per acre Now the slave holders Of the
State with exceptions the andhoIders OF the
State thew therefore absolutely fortune by
beratng their slaves without compensation Thus
If own 1000 of land in Favee il is worth $50
900 IL slaves worth So 0OO the probable ra-
between land and slaves If land rise the value Of
the free State Standard which it do my be-
worth closing the value of The slaves, So 0O0)
S95 900.
If $50 per three times present val
ne, az most sincerely believe it would do in twenty
years after emancipalIOn the owning 900 Of
land, not worth $50 per would be worth, under the
free system, Sl40 900. Now this assertion is fully prov
by facts open all Kentucky settled by wealthy
emgrans-Ohio by laborers Kentucky the senior of
Ohio by nearly half Of the existence of the latter
Kentucky is the superior oS Ohio SOIL climate miner
ais and timber say nothing Of the beauty Of her
face-and yet Oho's for 1543 amounted 80
462 81 whilst Keniuckys tax is only S3436l7 GO. Thus
showing Ohios superior productive energy over Ken
lucky Ohio has 20 electoral l3, aud out
strips in about the ratio all things else. A
comparison Of the older free and slave States will show
favorable balance sheet the free labor States
whilst the slave States have greatly the advantage eli
mate and SOIL to say nothing of the vastly greater
of the territory of the slave States"
In closing his address, Mr. Clay proposes the call
ing Of State Convention for the discussion of the
subject in all Its bearings His remarks do not ap-
pear to be unacceptable as might be supposed to
the newspapers of the State which have spoken on
the matter.
By prospectus in our advertising columns, it
will be that Mr.. Clay is about establishing, in
connection with others, at Lexington, Kyentucky,
newspaper, which is to advocate sentiments similar
to those expressed above. The norelty of anti
slavery paper in slave State will undoubtedly induce
many people In the free States subscribe for it.
1t is a bold experiment, to say the least, and may
possibly &c less healthy than profitable its conductors.