The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-07-29
COMMUNICATION.
u.heai.,- ncar.-Ne' VIII

ally. and the Methodists particularly
ii1'' ~. ,.s.op why they should engage
IS Ah0 n, great and good work Of EmAn-
h' a.,ou the fact that slavery ahsc's inu''
F'P' ~, educational. moral and religious M
,srssts. ..a,.rra Il has upon
AOs' -...a.I interests Of the community Is
- the fact that large portion o. our
i'aD. uu,csuaintsd with the elenen-
P~n-,0elpIss OF eduranOH. ho0s's y ~
Ny EYE, a is4O we have $50 'ss' white ln''O'
''u '",0 kentucky; Of this number there were
''n" -. dan fsrfy tkOrsSnd above twenty
'a.- age who could neither read nor H,i a
,bou.ana persons engaged IN 'he du'ies
-. lifq unable to read even the WORD OIL
q "a 10 this number we may add one
T - and eigRfy-nins thousand persons Of
- Ro, il is asked, "urhat had SLAVERY 10 10
"A h;,," Much every way
hr g. -. IN. whole legislation Of the Stale goes
..t.IB No and peryefHate Slavery NO "a" can
Goa tina, will in any wise tresPass upon
-. in,.rest-even in the estimation OF
-, ;s.lous slayeholder-hrnee no nell reg
- ,,,tsn Of common school Instruction esn
,Lsp, STATE. am aware that "ov.
1.,.,r, prOnOuuced this "an abolition si1H@s''
A.. ,nnual message to the Kentucky Legs
,-.~..in ls45. and earnestly called upon that
I,,0,,bJs body to prove the truth Of his asser-
-, bv 50 amending the common school system
-. is benefits uniform and stable
,.,ougbout the State. Bat he found II much
=, % make the assertion than TO furnish the
u,,of The Legislature left the law as feeble as
= ,ouna il. and to this hour the system eK-
=. bsDs6ei.Ily only in scattered fragments.
Ub.,bs, il Is an abolition or pr0-slGrery posi-
a., matter pot-we are concerned alone with
=. 18th or faIssAood-and, until we do better
than We have done, We are not safe in cAllingh
SANDER.
hkursed, however, that II the people ieli
a. they should the importance OF edneslon'
,hsy would educate their children without the
,5 Of the school-fund. This may be true to
,,ns extent, bat there are many, very many eK-
s,vtiOns. In the wealthy portions Of the State
n, stiaebt generally send their children TO
bOaraing schOOs-there the poor man cannot
s-uashis for two reasons-hrst, he has neither
the time nor means necessary TO convey them
70 distant school every morning ana home
every evening. And, second, he has not the
money 10 paw their tuition, much less their
bOard Thus conditioned he may have Just
APPRECIATION Of the advantages Of education, and
sfisnly sigh for the improvement Of his chill
drsH, bat poverty IS upon him, and he is CON-
psllsd to fOregO the object Of all others most
Gear 10 his heart, and suffer his children to grow
% in ignorance. In the poorer sections Of the
country, among the hills and mountains, the
retreat Of the poor, their hiding place from the
aygrOGeAss Of Starry few neigh
tOrhOOds are able to support teacher, and
hence, the great amount Of ignorance in oar
STATE Hka Methodist preacher in keEiueky
Bat has been banked, in his e6oTts 10 establish
SsttsA schools, because he could obtain no one
ssifsd By education 10 take charge Of u Oh!
slavery covers the earth with darkness, and the
people with gross darkness-snd every year Of
IL Continuance the darkness settles in thicker
and still thicker folds.
Go 10 Virginia, the proud '0ld Dominion the
land Of Washington, J.gersOH, Madison. and
Marshall, look at her-she once sat as Queen
smODgthe States Of this cOnfederacy; dispensing
the blessings Of liberty and wisdom TO her hum
bier sisisrs-now she lags in the distance ey-
AdHsisd, her intellect dwarfed and in the coun-
els Of the nation she utlers a feeble voice
~hle along her seAbOard, her valleys and noun
tain gorges maltitndes Of her sons creep Like
'oSrRed Slaves to their oPnlent landlords and
ask their leave to toll. How has the mighty
fallen! How has the crown fallen from her
head and her glory departed, But what pluck
ed her down from her eminencel what tore the
Cfowh from her head, and cast her glory down
INTO the dust, covering her with the weeds Of
oea'Al Whatdegraded her poor white children
80 deeply and dresdfullyl WHAT Slavery
S'n 'i' long train Of ssiIs. Slavery has rob-
Ueo her Of her giOry-swePt over her like the
osaoly ArOeeo-paTehed, and burned, and black
tA'd' aud still clings to her, though little more
than erisped ruin.
hshtaeky cannot expect a different result II
sue soieies TO the system Of Involuntary seryi-
'11'-''ke causes operating under like circum-
'AAees must produce like results-let the pre-
vat 'a'e OIL things continue for fifty years-lei
''a'e'y lice on, and the interests of education
's neglected as they have been. and now are,
sho what horde Of sHedEcated men will come
Up 10 exercise the highest rights of freemen-
''Huo the veal Of our gallant State--ant
e''e in the temple Of God!
Gu desire happiness and prosperity, respec.
''ON'y and honorable distinction for your DOS.
'y-very well, "tLe prudent man JorseetL Oh,
70" and hdeA himself" Note the effects O
y s'seWhere, and in the shadow of comm,
"' read BY the light Of the past. the certain
, H,'''aoe doom Of every country that viii
!" The clearing curse, - and 90 honestly I,
"Ota 10 avert that doom.
" 'hls ever changing world, none can flst,e
n's'i mat wealth will remain in his famiI,
N11ne MS own life time; II makes 10 itself w,nc
O mrs away. The men Of this generate,
nv are neh' for the most part commence,
rs''' and The probability is, that their immedi
s'eendants will sink back to the condi,io,
poor men Wealth in this country never r,
T%' Gu u The same family three generations
' "s rae' and who can doubt IN 4.
"a =. s0s owe to POs,erity, your ssn pos,er;t,
T. "sy this intOierabIe burden Of slar,ry !.
a. you may now enjoy immunity from IN
ana s shHn press upon and grind the poor ma
!, " Children into the dust. Wealth and :
an A purchase may be yours, and in the ou,,
"eh' Of the manifold blessings which n
a. wv here may be no anxious thought sho,