The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-02-19
COMMUNICATION.
,,,..yp.,- on EaanciPation.--Ne' H.

~. are in slave States many persons
,r,nld rejoice 10 see the day Of universal
N.ci,,tion They regard slavery as great
i'',ity. iniuriously affecting not only the M
eN@l - the colored, but also of the free pop
lsl, 80. They are doing what they can TO show
u',oI,cy. as well as the injustice of holding
tne '. bsings in bondage. They are attempting
L.s,sn the arrival Of that period when slave
sb,u be numbered among "the thlngs that
-" Such persons cannet reasonably ex-
-, circumference of all the citizens oil slave
- some will calumniate and denounce.-
They uill cast out the names OF EmanciPailon-
iss as evil, aad ,aosii in their power 70 sustain
- ..,,sepIisr institulion" Of the South. This
nnoi strange. Real or imaginary self-interest
n.Sof,sp elected the cry, "Grsat is Diana Of the
Ephesians
,-t,,i,r in the good cause Of Emancipation
-, the sympathy and cooperation OF all
- Who tread free soHl May they not cal
-. thst every breeze from the North will
bssr ti6ings of encouragement May they not
- Tor demonstrations Of interest in an enter
re which cOntemplates the practical adoption
= ,hs great principles Of liberty in all the States
.stbi. MON These expectations would indeed
h. reasonable; bat il INDUCED, there would bs
,,,lv q martial fulhlment of them. IL is a most
,,or,ifring circumstance that there are North
=, mn who furnish no evidence that they are
,,,ossi 10 slavery. We would, if we could,
lane thst the number is but few. But how does
ID happen thst Southern men can carry their
contemporaries through Congress gith SO much
f,elity The annexation of Texas was GER
t,ipIy q Southern measure-but when it was
lope. 81 Of the 215 composing the Senate and
HOUSE Of Representatives, were from free
State. The North, therefore, had q MAORI
~ Of 81. ana vet permitted Texas TO come
.sto the Union. Why was this Ii does not
perhaps become the writer TO answer this ques-
,ieu: but he will say that such opposition TO
slavery as every Northern man ought 10 feel,
woula forever have prevented the annexation Of
Texas And even now it seems that such men
Is senators Cass and Dickinson would have no
objection TO IN annexation Of Mexican Tern
tory TO the United States, nor would il be a mat
Ter Of concern with them if such Territory
should be cursed with slavery. Indeed, Judging
from the respective resolutions Of the two gen.
tl.mea. Mr. Dickinson of Ner York is evident
~ more in favor of anneKing Mexican Terrific
a. to this Union than Mr. Calhoun of South
Carolina. Certainly no one can read their
speeches as reported in the Congressional Globe,
without coming TO this conclusion.
ID Is to be feared that a majority of the MEM
nrr. OF Aouk ft>s are oltcu " tonclucEd-
tous unworthy of men who occupy their eleva-
ts5 stations. The interests Of Whiggery andiDe-
mocracy absorb their thoughts. They wish TO
be- on the popular side. They talk about their
respective principles and measures, as if the sal
yalion Of the country depended on their adoP-
ton; but 10 subserve party purposes they would
do almost anything. They would be for, or
against the WARRIOR, or against the Wiimot
ProTiso, &c, &c, If they just knew what effect
II would have on the next Presidential election.
But there are men at Washington of sterling
Worth-men who have the moral courage TO act
q. their conscientious convictions dictate-men
Sho dare TO DO right. Such men are not guilty
Of the outrageous inconsistency Of saying that
the Mexican war j. wrong war of aggression
on our paH-lnd yet voting supplies TO carry il
On senators Hale, COrwin, &c, and Mr. Tuck
and others Of the House of Representatives may
plead, not guilty" Such men do not recog-
ME the sovereignty Of the people, and then de-
ny their right to petition Congress Has our
own Underwood ever denied that right Never,
never. A SOUTHERN KENrUCkIAN
In Ihis estimate Delaware 10 included among the free