The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-07-10
"A we are.--what we nisss have bees:

We have en6esvored TO show, in the second
and thiri numbers Of the Examiner. first, that
slavery was the cause Of the slow growth Of pop.
ul.t-en 81 Kentucky. and, second, that it op-
prsase5 and drove away thousands of our best
ei.i;oas- We Geslre, in this, 10 prove tia, il
prevents immigration, or the settlement, among
ni,of citizens from the free States Let u. state,
sEs', few general considerations.
L IS wei. known that immigration, al other
iliag 5siag equal, would be soaiieardiy Men
naturally weGid leave cold ana sterile region
r.. genial ana fertile one. II the institutions
Of Ohio an Kentucky had been the same oriei-
nally, Kentucky would have been settled FIRST
80 most ;hickly, by immigrants from the East
and North. We have made il a siuGv, FOR many
wars pss;, to enquire Of Northern firmers sad
mechanics, and, especially, of those VINO wend
iaeir way iato Indiana and Illinois, what their
disposition. their cisk was, and We have invan-
ably foand, that nearly all Of them, would have
P.sfsrTe1, Tor the reason stated, our State.
Many of the mos: inteiisen; citizens Of Vir-
Cl-il, aware Of this fact, and anxious TO meet
TIC difficulty, have resorted 10 every means in
ihe.T power 10 turn the iiae of immigration
southwark. Our readers may remember series
efcssays On this subject, Published il the Rich
nond Wing, year or two ago-essays which
VIC purpose noticing at early day. They en-
ee1-oTe5 70 show, that land was cheaper. COM
z.erc!al facilities greater. markets nearer, an old
Civilization, and its comforts more sure, the re-
wa-.s Of Industry larger, climate healthier and
better, in Virginia, than the West, and they
urgej upon Northern farmers and mechanics to
come and settle there. Partial success has at
tended their efforts. Fairfax county has been
partly settled by farmers ans mechanics from the
free States, and the result Is. entire renova-
lion Of the soil, and an unwonted prosperity Of
those nOighborhoods where they located"
What c.nno; art and industry perform
When silence plans the progress Of their toi7
The great majority of immigrants from the
free States, however. will not come TO the slave.
This we know. Our own citizens who have to
toll, leave it, because slavery makes labor disrep
r;a5e. We cannot then, expect those. born
amid universal freedom, 10 encounter difficulty
which shocks and drives away the native. Ma
iionai inducements will effect much They will
lead Northsrn farmers and mechanics 10 seek a
new horne amid wiiderDess-Perils, and a wild
forest society. Occasionally they can be per-
sua5e5 to graphic with the ills of slavery, as il
the case ia Fairfax county, Va, aud 10 brave
every social difficulty, as with resolute hearts
they and theirs toll daily, for a nionied reward.
But the masses OF them shrink from the great
evil as worse than any which frontier life can
offer, and turn deaf ear 20 every promised
physical good, when it is TO be met They
can encounter the rudest hardship" says one
Of them, "snd would fo-ego oil the pleasures
ana comforts 81 old settlements for self advance
rnen,; but they cannot grasp prosperity when
tic to- BY which it Is TO be won, is held de-
ba,isg. Tney care not for the toughest strug-
gle with fresiom; but they dread wealth, a
death token, when the means by which IL is
cline5 are hello 10 be slavish.''
Let Us see, then, what Kentucky has los,
through this means-slsvery
Popua,ioa Is the source of power. 4 State
may have large individual wealth. and that
wealth may Increase yearly and We, ., shall grow
poorer and poorer, as State For instance:-
euppose oil around Louisville, and ali over Ken.
lucky, the large farmers should buy out the
email turner's, and that these should seek new
homes In the free States. The owners of the
soil, If they coald cultivate it productivity,
would be richer. But how would il fare with
Louisville, ami tho State7 This loss of pop1a-
lion would be 70 them loss Of wealth. More;
II woalj DO The csrtain means Of reducing both
Louisville and Kentucky In power, growth, and
every marx and mould Of prosperity. +.
We must have pepulstien-ani increasing Pep.
ulation-a population variously engaged in nuI.