The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-10-30

wrong yet involved ia this conduee-one, fear
full to think Of. or contemplate. Il Is this, that
they who pursue it irample under foot the Di-
vine Law, and mock at Gods command. Hx
has ordered his 10 search the scriptures,
and yet they who so act stand up. and in the
face Of Heavens majesty say, s'thsse blacks sup
port US, they make money for US, and, for this
end. we must keep them and their whole race
in ignorance and degradation, making even
Gods Book to them, mass Of confused and
uninteligent matter" Terrible responsibility!
We would not rest under II for worlds, and we
Invoke our friends TO escape from II, and the
fearful consequences IL involves. No! no. this
assumption proves too much. II overleaps the
barrier Of reason, right, religion, and must be
abandoned.
Apart, however, from these, views, let US ask,
whether christian education would hurt the
whites. The Virginia report says no. II avows,
'that such education would do more than
any thing else to make the relation Of master
and slave mutually pleasant and profitable, while
it would essentially promote the eternal interest
Of both" And why the first part Of this propo-
sition' Simply because intelligence Is safer al
ways than ignorance. We are in no danger in
Kentucky; but suppose the blacks were as dense
here as in South Carolina, and the question were
simply. which was safest, to keep them Ignorant
or 10 educate themi We should answer at once,
educate, educate, educate. The upper servants
in South Carolina and Louisiana, ~ q general
rule, are in every way, the most reliable. BY
contrast, by conversation, through the pulpit,
from hearing public dscourscs, and, almost =
thousand sources, they pick up crumbs Of in
formation. and they are humsnised. Their tens
per il softened; their minds are more freshly
employed; their feelings and hopes elevated.
Thus the faintest ray Of mental light aleviates
the misery Of ignorance and slavery, and If ex-
tended, If put upon u christian basis, would,
provided slavery were continued. make the po-
sition Of the master safer, and the relations be-
tween him and his bond mutually pleasant and
profitable" II would convert, even in South
Carolina, the multtudes of blacks into a re-
specialize peasantry, instead of n dangerous and
degraded foe, and prepare the way, safely and
wisely, Cor the inevitable steps Of emancipation.
We say inesitoble, because of its political neees.
sify. The master will himself, at no distant
day, seek relief from the burdens of slavery.
He cannot help il If he would, and hence an
other reason, to those already offered, why he
should generously secure for the colored race
this essential boon.
There is one general view-nvolved in much
that we have already urged on this subject
which We desire briefly to press, and that is this,
that chat is riehf is best for all eoneerned-best
morally. Pecuniarily, socially, politically. The
hand of God is seen in all the actions Of man,
Furnishing those who violate his law, browning
all with happiness, when just. Turn to history.
This lesson is taught on every page. Turn TO
Society. The experience Of every individual
proves il. lie is, indeed, q practical atheist
who doubts or denies this point. He has no
faith in man; he can have none in God. The
right in this case is not, and cannot be matter
Of debate. Ais fixed, as ia. Heapens, and made
olsiR 10 Emery eye. We put it, then, to the rsa-
son. the convictions, the religious sense, of
shareholders themselves, and ask, whether they
ought not, as well on the score Of expediency, |
Is Of duty, to secure religious instruction for
heir bondl We appeal TO the Church, as the |
guardian Of the gospel, and they who minister
n lis holy places, as its acknowledged expoun-
lers, and enquire whether the Holy Word is not
whether God himself is not Geied, |
wherever, and by whomsoever the right is denied |
he slave TO search the soriptures," If so, We
invoke both, as they, too, shave a master IN
Heaven, TO SEE to r. that justice is done the |
oloTed race-that they have an adequate chris
ian educsiioa-ihat they be made able 10 know
he terms whereby ''eternal life may be obtained"
We invoke them TO do this, that, now and here
fter, they may enjoy the fulfilnent of the
romise, ever kept by the Most High, that they
rho serve him faithfully-who keep the way of
he Lord to DO justice and judgment-shaIl be
lessed--they and their households forever.
The second proposition must reserve for
ature consideration, as we have enlarged more
han we intended on the first.