The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-04-08
The Hear ns.

The Hear Is,
We desire to impress this truth upon the
friends Of emancipation in Kentucky-that IL
they will only work in earnest, they can carry
the day
Letters from the interior are full Of encour
sgement letters. not to US alone, but to various
citizens. From one and from all, with one or
two exceptions, we hear the same account-that
all the signs are ProPitiOus, that shareholders
are beginning TO realize that slavery will not
pay, and that all classes getting ready for
emancipation. Let US peep into few of these
letters:
There are many signs Of progress Of the
emancipation feeling among our people Let
me give you some items which will 60 TO show
the fact.
AT our Court, few days since, the Sheriff
offered for sale a mother and children, the wo-
man was first put upon the block; the bystand-
ers urged him. THE Sheriff. TO sell them all to-
gether. was not present, but was told that
the company ma nifested quite desire that the
mother and her children should 90 together"
Now many people afar off, may ask, what
does this amount to- A good deal, friend
more, much more than meets the eye. When
sales Of this character are made without exci-
ting right feeling-the very kind Of feeling de-
scribed BY our eOrresPOndent-there is no hope
for emancipation. When they touch the right
chord, there is not only hope, but certainty OF
freedom being guaranteed to AT. But rhO ex-
hibited the feeling Politicians, shareholders
freemen. We know what COMPANY" an auc-
ton gathers-invarisbly the exhibitions Of such
company is a true representation of the feel
ings and purposes Of the whole community
Our correspondent continues:
"Col. s....s, Ia prominent politician and
decided prO-slayeTy man in feeling and prac-
tice,) remarked 10 the company, "that such sep
arations ought 20 be prohibited by law, and that
when we have a new Constitution il should be
done" Now two years ago this gentleman
would have thought IL a good act for slavery
men TO have lynched certain anti-slavery men
bsreabouts Yet he told me in the winter, that
he would sign a petition TO the Legislature &c
prohibit the separation Of slave families
Letus pause here. The Col would sign pc
tition.for this great object. So would thousand,
Of shareholders. Now what is to prevent the
friends Of humanity. in every county Of the
State, getting up petitions Of this character, anc
sending them to the Legislature next winter
Hear our correspondent:
ssIf this spirit increases here till FALL il has
done for sometime past, could procure,
think, 500 voters to sign petition for the pur-
pose aforesaid; and IL does seem TO me that il
there could be concert Of action, among the
friends ali over the State, and a flood OF such
petitions sent 10 next General Assembly,
that il would tell well for the cause of human-
~ and liberty. Where is the kentuckian who
knows a parents love, or the tender feelings of
father for his offspring, that could object 10
such a law Especially, would those who have
lost lovely babes, know how to feel for others
woes; and were | slave, 1 would esteem Il a
mercy that nv little daughter should be torn
away from me by death, rather than sold TO a
merciless slave driver, 10 be carried into dis
tant land, there 20 minister TO the lust Of some
brutal master; while her immortal part should
be left uncsred for"
Who can eainsay this heart eloquence7 Who
deny ItscOnclus'Ons1 Appeal thus to the strong
est pro-slavery man, and he will not, he cannot
refuse TO sign your petition. Go forth among
our citizens, aud speak to them in this vein,
and few will have the heart 20 refuse. Ave, let
the anti-slsvery men appeal TO all in this way,
and for this end, and next winter we shall
..Aood the General Assembly with our petit
tons"
Bot listen again:
.You have q subscriber in -..s.s., a man Of
wealth and nfiuence, who am told, is Of opin-
ion that il the slspery question Is properly pre-
seated 10 the people Of Kentucky, that there
viii be ~ great a majority for emancipation, as
there was last August for a Convention; he
comes TO this conclusion from the fact, he says,
that almost all the slave holders Of his county,
believe we would be in a better condition with
out slaves; that idea is, may say, almost uni
vsrssl with our slave owners, or at least becom-
ing very general here
II the anti slavery cause be properly present
ed! IL there danger here7 Not a bit of il. We
hear good deal said Of caution, prudence, tact.
The observance Of one rule will gain these with
out study, or thought, or worse yet, caIculs-
ton, and, at the same time, ward off all dan.
ger-viz: avoid that timidity which would con-
ceal or blink the truth, and yet speak II kindly,
in affection and earnestness. Where is the
man that can &c, angry when approached in this
temper1 Where the people, at all alive 70
the evils Of slavery, who would tolerate yio-
lence when this course is pursued
Weknow that shareholders eyerywhere-uo,
only in ssssss', but in nearly all our counties
are rapidly coming TO the conclusion, that slave
ny does not pay, that they would be in better
condition without it. We know, too, al
though they will not acknowledge il, that nobler
and truer views, views Of right, duty; views
which relate to religion, and humanity, are op-
Grating. strongly and GENERALLY upon them. L.
il strange, then, that the strong minded, and