The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-07-17

And vet, not more. al farthest, than twenty
FIVE thousand cf our voting citizens sre intsrss-
ted either in he growth Of hemp. or tobacco
How comes il, then, that the one hundred thor.
sond rsfsrs Of the State, i'm a matter which con-
Germs them deeply. and directly, should
cause scarce rufile upon tLe social stream
break not wave upon the political waters ?
It's their fault. Did they speak cut, did they
tell their grievances, did they proclaim what
they endured the -xaction forced upon them
by law, would toe. by law, declared void. and
they left free TO DO and to will. AZ interest and
duty NIGH, dictate,
ID. Thy mus ha,a Q. spsok oaf NIGHTLY
The wrongs they suffer are not ephemeral
They spring out Of an institution acknowledges
bs the constitution Of the land, and the laws OF
eur Stale. Ne rude hand must b. laid upon
H. No viol-ucr done 10 overthrow it. IL cN
lists by law. and, by Law alone. must il b.
terminated terminated. too, without injury Il
master. ~ hurt Ia MAN terminated in = va!
to benefit both. And this may be- done, !
the non shareholders of the State, ii the on
hundred thousand voters speak out, and A'-
RIGHTLY, Whist is To prevent They are il
the majority. They have the power ." "a,
Whist shall, and what shall not be done, ac
ccrding 10 law. Suppose. then. al the ballot
box, they declare, that slavery must have an end
that masters shall suffer no harm. but tina
the evil which troubles all classes, and hurt
more OF less, every single individual in eaci
the evil which eats up our sustenance and vigol
shall die out--who can say, nay Who sue
cessfully resist. II non-slsveholders choose I
speak cut, and to speak rightly. EMANCIPATION
a. certain - that We tread the earth W. liv
upon.
Sd. Emancipation cannot be carried unle.
shareholders do ths-unless they act.
IL is all idle TO tatter shareholders. a. a elias
OF TO rely upon them.
Doth the Wild ass bray in the midst Of grass
OR loweth the OK over his fodder
Shareholders enjoy ease, and possess static,
and will do nothing to disturb the one, or sal
riiice the other. Brave and generous spiri
among them, the truly religious and patriots
those who think and see the wrong, will forg'
both, and sacrifice both. as a gossamer, TO AZ
vanc. the common veal, and add 10 the commo
happiness. Aye, IA many will do this anon
shareholders. a. would be fou nd in any class,
any section of the country, when called upo
to surrender time-held power. OF old admitte
monopoly. Bat these. be they large or smal
! in point Of numbers, accomplish nothing
comparatively, unless sustained and aOr al
they to be sustained, except by the non-slav'
holders OF Kentucky They must move. 1t
their work. They must stand by the caus
Tins is their duty. Let who will faIter, the
must not
Let us not be misunderstood. We 20 again
all class interests. We make no appeals
classes as such. Providence, in our belief mil
. giles in every interest, and NO mixes up all gr,
dations OF society. SO that none can suffer, or
happy. none be- degraded elevated, without d
feeling it, and being injured, or benefited ther,
by. Ii, therefore, il could be so ordered. as
may te, in the struggle for emancipation, ,hs
shareholders should lead, and Mons laveholde
back them, must be, if the latter do their d,
ty. or that Shareholders alone should acc on
plish the glorious work-why. the blessings >,
cured will be common, as the light Of day. an
like it. warm and gladden. every heart.
But enough, for the present We mean tn
a. an Introductory, merely. We shall have flu
as much TO say to non-slaveholders. as to slav,
holders. Their interest is the same, in fac
They 90 not always view il But it 10, an
We shall seek TO prove 1t, 10 prove that there
no hope for either rrithout emancipation,
prove that shareholders cannot truly fiouris
without freedom, and that social death, con
parstively. must be the doom of non-slaveholc
els, if liberty b. not the common lot of all.