The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-07-15
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What should we be now, what should we do
now. ON the question Of slavery; werc we infiu- !
enced b. thespint Of our Fathers!
Hair-brained young, and hot blooiel old men, |
measure mans sanity, sometimes, by the ex-
tent of his zeal in defence Of human serytude.
and affecsa deal Of scorn and contempt for those
who claim liberty for all as alike common night
and common blessing.
Nay, the out and out perpetnalist-he who
calls slavery divine institution, who proves IL
To be me distinction Of the South-has your lover
of freedom at advantage He viii allow no DIS
cussion. lie calls hard names. He nsesin stat
ure, and swells in compass, while he hurls de-
nunclation after denunciation upon themadman
or fanatic who dares dispute has assertion, OF de-
mics his right 10 be considered as the chosen
champion of freedom.
Go where you within the halls Of debate, OF
in casual street falkland you viii see this Illus
trated. Your true man of fTeedom-youI real
defender of human rght-has almost always
some qualification to make--there is no lnso-
lence, no dogmatism about him. Notso with ms
opponent He spurns all misgiyings, all logic,
all courtesy-and stands up for slavery boldly
unhesitatingly. Wespeak generally. OF course
there are exceptions-noble exceptions--ln all
places, and among all classes. But where we
find one man ready to speak the truth calmly, on
the side of Liberty, we shall find an hundIet
ready 10 shrink from it.
: Didour fathers do sol Did the brave men o
: the Revolution quail before the eyeor tongue o
the perpetualist Of their day? Did they hesitate
to lash with manly the monstrous wrong
OF to shame into silence its defenders by the mol
: al majesty of their beanng They never dream
ed of tolerating any man OF set Of men, VIII
D calmly. deliberately. set IN work 10 prnre tina
!, slavery was divine institution, and that il wa
D duty TO uphold and extend it. The very though
> was secuted by them. They held the proposito
Y as at war with reason, humanity and religion.
= One example of their action-a lesson fit f
o the best among us to study and initiative wi
= give.
. On the 18Th October, liza, our Fathers in Il
i Continental Congress, adopted plsnof assoc
alton. This contained great variety of ar
u cles, and among them, onedenOuncing the sla'
Is trade. Wequote it, and ask our readers to ma
II lis strong language:
l. "We viii neither import, nor purchase al
n slave imported, after the first day Of Decemb
/. next; after which time we will wholly dlsconti
ne the slave trade, and will neither be concerns
lin il ourselves, nor will we hire our vessels, n
J. sell our commodities or manufactures TO tho
? who are concerned IN IT,
n How directl how manly! how worthy the pa
is rots Of the days that tried mems souls. Al
B. think you that such men would now, if alive, Il
II crate the extension Of slavery? Think you tn
Il they would listen TO any man who would upho
h its pepetuation7 Their very spirit would revt
N at such cruel inhumanity-such wanton injui
lie ice. Nor LET any one suppose that these, o
,e fathers, were divided on this ISSUE Tie artic
m quoted above, (see first Vol. of the journals
re Congress,) was signed by the President, Peyt
IN Randolph, and by all the States represents
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