The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-06-19

We have no evidence OF any chang Of
public sentiment upon this subject. Merry
recently the question has been directly Pre-
presented to the people Of New York and
decided by an overwhelming expression OF
public opinion. The extensionof the light
Of suffrage is utterly denied to the colored
population by the organic Jaw Of the Sate,
So deeply seated and universaLis this senIis
ment in the Don-slaveholding States, hat
the efforts of the Abolitionists are no longer
direc-ed to the amelioraton of the condi-
ton Of the fire people Of color, within their
own limits, but to the abolition Of slavery
within the slave States
What is the condition of this elias in
those communities where their rights are
most cherished and respected? This cues
ton can be best answered, by inqmring
what have they gained by liberation. They
are thrown upon their own resources. and
endowed with the power to acquire and
hold property. No longer subjected to the
control of a master, they enjoy the right oil
pursuing the dictate Of their own reason,
subject only 10 a just accountability 10 the
laws -of sht S'SsA. Ii may BE Supposed
that this is a most important ACQUISITION. -
They are to this extent free. But the es-
sence Of freedom is wanting. Thev have
no voice in originating the laws bv which
they are governed, and no participation in
the administration of those laws, no matter
how dearly their interests may be effected
The protection Of life, liberty, and property,
is lodged in other hands. They ar thus
deprived Of the strong and powerful motive.
which ennobie and dignity the character Of
the citizen. The constitution and the law,
recognize them as degraded and inferior
caste. Ii is undoubtedly true. that there
have been and ere noble specimens OF
humanity among this ill-fated people. But
no strength Of character has enabled them
to Sumount the barriers which the conSti.
tuition and the laws, aided by inexorahle
public sentiment, have thrown in their way.
Look at the condition of the mass 0f this
Dopu alton. What are the relations which
they sustain TO society and the Government
Ii is PROFESSIONALLY true, that this is the
mos unproductive class Of ow people, and
is eminently distinguished as idle. diN,ahte
and rnthrilly. Such has been, and Is now,
the magnitude Of this evil, where this popu.
lauon prevails to any extent, that it IS fire.,
qurntly exposed to the outbreak Of icen.
uOus popular fury. Ii is the melting cause
10 the groSSest violations of Justice. Il has
Dot unlrequently happened that they have
been driven by lawless violence from the
bosom Of that society, whose duty it was to
cherish and protect them. On late occa-
son, the attempt to colonize the freed slaves
OF The late John Randolph, within the limits
Of a sis,er State, was vehemently opposed
with strong expressions Of popular diSappro-
baton. The reason is AN obvious one A
Government like ours can derive no strength
or support from such population. The
strength Of our Government is in the virtue
intelligence and patriotism Of its citizens
And what effect this growing mass, unin
stucted in virtue, unenlighteNed by know
ledge, and unredeemed by the sentiments o
patriotism, may exert upon the future desti
MES Of our country, time alone can de
velope.
1t is confidently asserted, that as a class
occupying the position assigned them by
our laws, and the public sentiment of III,
land, their moral, mental and physical con
dition mus and will deteriorate. The ey,
Of reason discerps the cause in the nature o.
man. He is oppressed The motives Il
exer!ion, and the rewards OF virtuous ambi
ton are denied him. His pride of charac
ter is sapped at the root, and has nothing Il
suStmn it. Tell me NOT that the cause is Il
be found in the inferiority of his nature
That nature is the gift of God, endowed
with the capacity, and clothed with all tht
attributes of man. Under the influence o
his own cline, it will expand as it has ex
panied into the proportions Of intellectual
and moral grandeur.
ITO be Continued