The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-11-04

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A third deplorable effect Of emancipation ac-
ording TO Mr.. Johnson, would be, that about
o ,o0o free blacks would remain among Us. II
depends upon future circumstances to decide
whether they would remain or not. If they
could do better elsewhere than in Kentucky; IL
hey could obtain in other portions of the coun-
Try higher wages than here, they would leave Us.
II They could obtain better wages here than else
where, they would remain. The negro is not
so unlike the rest of tbs human species, as TO
b> utterly insepsite to the value Of money or
the rewards Of his labor. Many negroes, we
know, are indolent, but many, we also know,
are willing and ready to labor, when their labor
i. followed by benefit to themselves. That they
are unwilling TO toll, when another reaps the
fruits Of their toll is no evidence Of their un-
willingness to labor when every exertion will |
add TO their own comfort and happiness
We have reason, therefore, to believe that |
many of the free blacks Will labor diligently, |
and noone, We presume, viii regard an ndustrl-
Gus free black as nuisance. Many viii gradu-
ally remove TO other States, and the remaining
portion will be so small as scarcely TO be obseTy
ell in the community.
Theeyil, then, depicted by Mr.. johnson will
be less formidable than might appear at first
sight; and II Is TO lie borne in mind, that the evil
will be more than compensated by the thousand
blessings which follow in the train of freedom.
The fourth deplorable effect apprehendod by
| MI. Johnson, for Emancipation, is that the wages
of mechanics will be reduced one half
| This would be startling result indeed. We
csnnot very clearly discern how 1t would be
brought about. II Is very strange that the me.
chanics continue in the Free States, If they can
get double the amount of wages in the slave
States Let ushave evidence upon this matter.
Mere assertion will not do. Until satisfactory
evidence TO the contrary be adduced, we shall
continue to believe that the simple reason, why
mechanics seek the free IN preference to the
slave States, is, that they can succeed better in
the former than IN the latter.
Mr. JohnsCns mode of reasoning upon this
matter, Is very peculiar He says, that negTC
slavery prevents the foreign population from com
Ing to this State, and a little further on assert,
that the reason why this population does moi
come here is this that it is obliged to 60 wher,
1t can get the best wages, and therefore instead
Of coming TO Kentucky seeks Ohio, Indiana anC
other free States. In other words, wages are
higher in the slave than IN the free States, but
men 90 20 the free States because they must z,
where they can get the best wages. II will taxi,
( another Kind of reasoning than tins 10 convinc,
our intelligent mechanics that emancipation
will produce a disastrous effect upon wages.
But the amount of wages Is not the only con
2 sderati0n with our mechanics. There are othe
, considerations which have great weight viii
them. They desire the advantages OF education
? for their children, and how 90 those advantages
I compare IN the free and slave States Let tn,
following facts answer. In Massachusetts viii
! a population IN 1910 of 7S7, 500 there wcI,
= ,t4S white persons over twenty years Of ag,
: unable 10 Icad and wute. In Kentucky tht
same veal with population of G9S-S. theT,
; were lU,OlS white persons over twenty ycar
; unable 10 read and Vrltc. In that year Massa
{ oluseits supported 1852 primary schools, mum
bering i60, 2SI pupils; Kentucky supported IS.
primary schools, numbering "a ,Gil pupils.
RI These are significant and striking facts. The,
. exhibit painful contrast in regard 10 the rela
tive attention bestowed IN our own and the sis
ter StateuPon the most important of all socia
, elements, the educ ational element Nor i,
Kentucky The only State which suffers in such
comparison. The same results would be pre-
scented IN any other slave State
There are msnyother facts equally significant
for instances. In the American Almanac 70
$40, We have ms, Of seven hundred and sew
; enty-six American writers who died previous {,
that year Of that number 293 were from New
England; from Virginia and the Carolina GO.
Take another class Of facts. We find tina
during series Of years, II, 1919 patents were is
sued from the Patent Office to the free States
and during the same penod ,276 were issued {,
the slave States.
But Is Il sand that the free States are more en-
gagged in manufactures than the slave States
and that therefore the comparison is not Just
Take then the patents relating to agncultur
alone. Here we have for ,lsI issued 10 the fro,
States, 800 issued TO the slave States
What ~ the cause of this wonderful difference
Why is there not as much mental activity an,
Are not the minds of the citizens OF the slav,
States as good those Of the citizens of the fire.,
Statesl Who so foolish as for a moment Il
doubt the equaity2 What then can be IN,
cause?
There is but one cause, slavery and slavery
alone. Slavery treats common schools and Other
institutions for the universal diffusion Of knowl.
edge, as Mr.. Johnson, in his address, treats the
foreign population which is seeking home in
our country. He speaks very highly Of this pop
ulation, calls il intelligent and energetic, and
then invites ito do what To come? Oh no.
but TO keep away, and to seek residence in
Ohio, Indiana and other free States. (Not a
very good Illustration, ty the way, of Kentucky
tional institutions; praises them, but bios them
keep at distance, in the free States.
No system Of universal education can lire in a
Stare State. Slavery would have education.
as everything else, monopolised by the rich and
favored classes. Slavery knows no sympathy
with the mass Of men, and the cordial interest.
which Ct late it has manifested in the welfare of
mechanics and working-men, will be appfecia
ted by them at It's full worth. They will feel as
grateful for it, we presume, as the intelligent and
enterpnsing foreign population will feel to Mr.
Johnson for ms CORDIAL invitation to them, not to