New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-02-26
From C. NJ Clsy's True American
IT.. CONGRATULATIONS Sentiment in Kentucky


o--es,ondcnt writes us from Glasgow very
..nourae;ney, and among other things says:
.bonId be better satisfied If the political journals
~s-c not so slent-any thing but tha; should rather
hay. abuse thick as II might DC sno"e!eo
npon ue-for then people wouu DC 80 h
.ort OF natural liking for iuss and otH take stdes
Bat editors dumb about Emancipation that sney
wont give us a chance. don't Ike his
We have them on the hip, however, IN anoIher way
The religious people talk about Slavery ali the tiile-
some OF them say, Hush don't stir up !he delicate
question IL will kick up row In the Sta'e' hhd We
shall have religion mzed with politics But o.nsf;
and majority believe, say, Wrong is wrong and II
Chstisns don't acknowledge IL what are they worth
They mus. do right else they cannot serve God Bet
ter have arrow In the STATE sa' o6av a., a.
will In heaven. That must do or we are not MS
children u, a.,
characterization question debated all the evening ana
out Of some tGentyone two persons only two op,
posed Emancipation and condemned your course anu
OF seven others who did not belolg 10 the church o
aided against you and opposed ,n, y. ,"nars
supposc this would not be exactly ihir tes' as to5 80
those protesting Christianity bur mere 10 -. ,h
the fact that largo portion OF item are nauseG - 80
evils of Slavery, and that they mean 70 cieaf M 80
81. ~ ,n.y INIT we shall have more emigration from
Old Eenucky than have had Tor the last ten years
Mark my prophecy.
The silence of the political press is no test OF the
condition of The public mind IN henlucky on inc
subject OF Slavery.
TIE causes which produce this result are pretty
,VeI understood. Owing 10 "a peculiarly IN our
country and TO The fact that subscribers ee as II
they must discontinue paper when Il di;ierS rom
thcm in opinion the political press IS entirely silent
Ga general rule Il. the beginning oil all moral re-
e-n,S There is no good reason for this. But so ii
ia end however much /, may be regretted IL cannot
be helped
We suppose there never was time IN hentucKy
when the whole subject Of Slavery was more ear;
nestly debated than at present 1t forms part OF
sImoSt every conversation, where neighbors gather
n tcIl or hear the news. And it is very rare In
their gatherings that the necessity OF Emancipation
Is denied We honestly believe il the public voice
could express itself, independent of party conslde
rations and those fancied fears which Cypress IT,
that would declare itself VOW ready Tor this step
10 some form.
ne Religious Sentiment. as our correspondent
intima,es is n strong oae-the strongest, perhaps
which synvs the heart of man and directs the course
Of society. IL is not fond OF excitement w hen
mems passions boil over, or their preudces gather
like the black cloud, and lower with threatening
aspect Il apt 10 lie STILL and wait for its time But
mere excitement cannot last; il will die out; and
when il docs, a reaction follows; and men, even
those who are the subjects o.! it reflect with some
degree of cooness their past conduct. This Is
the state of The public mind in Kentucky at present
After the mob Of the 18th OF August, nothing was
heard bu: n denunciatiou OF those who ventured 10
public decree was, that 1t should not be debated
But the excitement which gave seeming authority
10 this decree has passed away. and with 1t has
passed the decree itself; mems minds have become
calm; all parties are enabled TO look existing evils
fell in the face and hiding it's time, the Religious
Sentiment of the State, with deep sobriety OF pur-
pose and solemn sense Of the responsibility rest.
ing upon it, is becoming more and more Interested
in the cause OF Virtue and Freedom.
We have opportunities often of knowing the
views Of preachers and professors of religion. We
know, too. often, that in neighborhoods there are
leading religious men, ignorant OF each others
wishes aud opinions who feel that they ought not
and cannot keep silent much longer on the grave
question of Emancipation. And we know beside
that humber members Of the church, silent TOO gen
orally because they are not accustomed to speak
out their thoughts, and not actors because haoitu'
ated to others lead, are uneasy, dsquieted' on ac
count Of the strong conviction they have that some
thing muet be done, and that they should do some,
thing rid themselves and Kentucky OF the evils OF
Slavery. And can this Religious Sentiment, now
boiling and bubbling up in every nelShoorhood
throughout the State and ready to burst ont all SIR
ring and living with the best, bravest' and fullest
power of humanity, be much longer suppressed I!
II Ia impossible II will break forth, and so thaw
the moral power Of the State and warm into be-
ing it's generous nature to guard Freedom from
all assaults and make Emancipation the great and
glorious end OF our action
russo NO iuss, row OF no toW, III lne sesc III p" I'i
our correspondent uses these words the religious
people of Kentucky will obey their Father $
voice and hearken to his words, proving them
selves Christians in deed rs well as name. The
idea OF accomplishing any good without effort
is nonsense The man who acts upon it will ever
be a negative character noncniity among Ms
fellows-a poor creature without positivenes'
enough for love or even Indifference. No human
being can be good or great without struggle. hare
and unceasing struggle, and if the Christian shrnk
from IT, or sinks away from the contest which duty
forces upon him. he is traitor TO Earth and Heaven