The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-06-24
COMMUNICATION.
81. Methodist. Hear.-No' Nv.

u d, giiOrs Of the Examiner;
- Mise was made in the preceding
LII vour attention TO the signs OF
l1', and what they indicate as proper i0r
40 in relation TO slavery-a thing ai'O"-
!..,u 10 vie with the tabled uPas tree
'.'-.,nicious effects upon soeiety-iis SHADOW
,-,,b,r.. and its influence bhgh's Wherever 1t
comes
A, morbid sensibility in the public
=, sort Of iarelleetHai OF moral dyspepsia
-, il 10 shrink from all agitation OF the
-, And there are not found waning
n, take fire at the mention Of It, and
"a, many bitter, and often, wicked
-. ,bout those who have the temeri'y 10
=. holsly the honest convictions OF Their
-.,5s II sas but yesterday that two in'elii-
- inauential members Of the Methodist
- stated TO me, that there tods mol to"h'
H., sr psigLJOrhOOd in KsRsaeky' 'oAers a
,...8 be- allouoed 10 discuss the question:
.-t,,r, And il is possible that you entertain
-i.,il,r oginions, because some E0'sg seq conn
a., D.ighbOr who asPires to the rank OF con
,,olipgsprii in his vicinity, has so given Il on|
I'D o,b.rs have echoed him. lNrp often hear
III 5s,larations-Inen frequently ayow that
LIDO, L,Eel shall decide the fate Of sHt'-'iSUe''y
u..n-but hear them, always, with feelings Of
.,, That maa is TO be Pitied, who, in the
..o.,s.p,b century, expect TO stay the progress
Of mind BY brute force. | eOmmisera'e the
man protesting to be follower Of him who
49,, ar.sfk and lOroly'' in heart that so far for
--,. the sanctity Of his profession, as TO even
minis Of doing violence to a fellow-being who
ma, chance to hold opinions adverse TO his own.
While acknowledge then, the extreme sensi-
,irspsss Of the public mind, | rejoice that il is
NOT 50 much so as fOrmerly-and this is one Of
the encouraging signs Of the times. Every one
VINO has noted the phases of society for the last
f-W wears, will bear me witness that, in this
psrtieular, in cur own State, changes have gone
On quietly, but steadily. One fact will prove il,
in 1884 James G.. BirRey undertook to establish
an sHti-sIaDery paper at DaRUille, the place of
h, rssiieHce-a public meeting was called-the
publication Of the paper interdicted, and M.
BrEsy nsodsstly Informed thaf IL uoOUid be hiEhly
sgrssabf TO the citizens II he psHId issee. lie
did leaye, and finding no place for the sole Of
his fOot in kentucky, went to Ohio and com
msneed the publication Of the 'PhiIaRfkr6Bist'
The Office was twice, or, thrice nObbed, even
tlsrs, On free SOUL so great was the influence of
y0-savery sentiment and feeling. 1t may be
true, that even nav, Dsnville and many other
pisces in cur state, would not tolerate the pre-
sence Of press whose weekly issue was devO-
led 70 the dsstruetiOR Of slavery. But it is not
true Of ererg place in the State. For as you
knOE, for nearly three Consecutive years, there
has been published at two different places in the
State decided sRti-slarsTy psper-hrst, the
"Tras American" at LeKingtOn-and now, the
"EIaainer," at Louisville. And though may
not affirm that the patronage Of the latter is am
pie, affirm that it is steadily gaining upon the
confidence of the public, and every week eK-
tending its circulation. While many other pa
pens equally devoted to the great cause are TAX
- GHd eagerly read in various parts of the
State, Does this show prOgress7 A wearing
away Of ancient PreJudicesl And an improved
moral taste, which eonse nts TO read, think, and
act cody and intellgently. IL doss-and LEI
Us rejoice in it. But not only is our own State
coming up to a more sound and healthy condi-
ton, but Western Virginia, where, in Wood
county, in 1887, they appointed an iHquisifOriaI
e0HRstiee, whose business il was TO examine
every man who came among them in the char
aeter Of Minister teacher or Physician, and
am not sure but al Others, touching his opinions
or TIE subject Of siaUeTy-snd # they found him
VA'oHhd they were TO bid him depart without
eeremony-eUen there, is the stirring Of mighty
sPirits-'hers, freedom has a press, and the "Cri-
'S' is being sOwn broad cast all along the wes-
tern scope Of the Alleghenies. Strong men are
lowing themselves to the work-and her own
hgGheT, host himself, has taken the trump Of
freedom and blown blast so loud, shrill, and
s'Aruing-lhat every valley and mountain
every gorge and glen has heard it.
Thank God for the token"
II Is the bow Of promise spanning the dark clOud
winch has hung so long and threatningly over
us-h is breaking into masses, and here and
uere' from its dark folds, flashes the light Of a
glorious day!
We al This moment, have our eyes fixed on
Earope-where, Crown after Crown fades and
erum0iss to dust-where all systems of oppres-
son and wrong ATE giving place to more liberal
'nst'uuons-her heart beats and lTobs, and
eaeh Pulsation demolishes some hoary abuse
ana gives back to the people some long usurPeC
''gh' guaranteed to them in the great eharfe,
o. theH being. This is no (ebrile aefiOn-nC
'"naueism Of day-but one Of those gigantic
strides by which nations sometimes advanc,
III CIVILIZATION, liberty and independence No
need we be surprised at the apparent suddenes
Of such movements. 1t is our fault that we ar
1HeAi''e only to the more striking phenoman
VI nations, as Of nature. When the temtes
h0Wls IN the distance or the dark portentiou
CLOUD hangs over us, all are attentive to them
Ou' now lew remember that, that howl Is bu
the concentrated voices Of the gentle breeze
which the day before cooled his brow-and ths
Tue O'erhanging cloud is but the aggregation
EaPOurs which have gone up impoverished frol
the earth SO when the shock of battle shnk.
aeOnhnent-Or people long trOdden dow
stricken and stripped by their rulers-ss Il
freneh-rise up
mo say to the world, they Diu be free,
And strike the blow that gives them liberty
Al men gaze and wOnder-but hoio uery (,
Marked in advance, the little things tending
ana ultimately combining produced these mi Oh
rssnl's' "Csn ye not observe the signs Of 4
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