The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-03-11
COMMUNICATION.


IT,, Northern men should be in favor OF th
-,a,.,op of The area Of slavery, Is strange be
- sx,ression. They occupy free soil an'
-, ,bs inestimable blessings Of liberty
49, nav. the satisfaction of knowing, tina
-, Them. the doctrine Of human rights i
''aseTstooa and practically recognized. And 4
,airb, he reasonably supposed, that a universa
rsrognition Of those rights, would hill the hear
-, Narthrrn man with emotions OF The
-, i,y But is IL sol We fear not The
f.,sii,.n of the North 10 slavery Is not 81
ospsr,l and so decided as IL should be. In srr''
.et,an Of this statement. II needs only 10 =
81 that Texas could not have been admitted
So ,hs Union without the concurrence OF
No,thsrn members of Congress. The writer
,..,,.,ss that the anneKaiion Of Texas was un-
.s,.,u,ional Here are some reasons for ihi.
.,.,niop. II Texas was an Independent kepGb-
~ On. snu.Xation should have been effected by
- with her. But if Texas Was ProSincr
81 Ns,,eo. treaty with Mexico was indIsPen-
IN "a annexation. Take either view and a
1T. VAS necessary. But the Constitution
,on6t4s the mower 10 make treaties 20 the fresi-
Ut and Senate Texas, however, was an
p-,sJ by Joint resolution OF both Houses OF
C.nyrrss The Constitution =. a. trappied I'M
-, t,,,t IS IL has often been. I.ir Foint wish
"a present Is this: Texas could no. H~Ir ,-,en
annexed 10 ihe niled States, even by joint
resolution, # a portion of the members OF Con-
sress from free States had not concurred In the
m-asure But no more with regard to Texas
n mas be that the day is not distant when Con-
yrs.s will be require1 10 say whether other slave
States shall come into this nlOh- no" VIII
The an ,s,ion be met trust that the Senators
80 r snresrDtatiyes from the free States will
,hoN themselves worthy Of the positions they
,,cuov-that their action will indicate an ar
cent 1--we Of liberty, and fixed determination
10 foster is sacred interests. Ie men Of the
Nortb, The friends of the African race in the
South are looking TO you. Discourage not
their efforts in the cause Of Emancipation
Let them know by your Congressional action
that YOU heartily approve those efforts. Nield
not. as you have often done, 10 the South
stand hrm on the platform Of Constitutional
liberty, and cherish the principles Of the Decla-
ton Of our Revolutionary ancestors
The writer must be permitted TO say that
members of Congress from slave States and
particularly from Kentucky who shall avail
themselves Of the influence connected with
their distinguished stations 10 enlarge the limits
Of slavery, will deserve the indignant rebuke Of
their constituents. Am | asked, why? For
This reason: The opinion is entertained BY
many in every slave State, that slavery is q great
EGiEnllk- ulc opthieh II kohCtoi IN AAoh-
,ucky. You seldom find man who would not
,ay, il Intercepted the subject, that it would
have been a most fortunate circumstance if
slavery had never had an existence among us.
And shall our Senators and Representatives be
instrumental in inflicting an evil on others
which we ourselves deplore' Would it not be
the essence O( sbsurdityf Would II not he
difficult to reconcile such Il course with the die
tases VI -~and Judgment, to say nothing Of
the impulses Of an honest hearth II slavery T. a
political evil, il indicates political insanity TO
enlarge its area. Ii il is a moral evil, its extern
sion argues moral insanity on the part Of those
who lend their influence TO extend IL. How
evident il is that the North ana the South should
both be inseparab.y united in the purpose 10 sui-
fer no more slave territory to be annexed to this
Union. The interests Of the whole country re-
Sure the formation Of such a purpose. May
such purpose be formedi Then will be seen
the twilight dawnings of the day Of universal
liberty. Then will the period rapidly approach
when "the oppressed shall 60 free;' for the
trump Of Jubilee shall proclaim ''liberty TO the
esptiVes, and the opening of the Prison-doors
10 them that are bound"
A SOUTHERN krsIUckIAs.