The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-21

we looh OCcastSn IN SOME Oh inc ediil mum
bers of the Examiner, to express our thankful
ness for the kindly manner in which the press,
in and out of the State, and especially the lead
ing city papers, had spoken of US and our jour
nal The recent manifestation of good will
towards us in the Journal, Courier, and Demo
crat, calls for renewed acknowledgements OH our
part, of the kindness done US. ....f
Since the establishment of our paper We have
endeayoTed so to conduct it, as TO give no rea-
sonable ground for offence to any. Strong IN our
convictions of the correctness of our own opin-
ions, we have been at all times willing to admit
the sincerity OF others. While we have advo-
Gated firmly, and with all the ability we possessed,
the cause of emancipation, involving as we be
ieve does, the best and highest interests OF the
State, we have concededto those who dlssented
from us equal integrity of purpose, and strength
Of conviction. We have none of that fanati-
cism which Carlyle calls ''the deirium OF viz.
tue" equally incapable of seeing OF believing
anything good beyond the limits of our own faith,
OF any possibility of weakness, or error in our
selves. We are aware, as we always have been,
of the delicate nature of the subject we discuss
ed, of the extreme difficulty Of oondemning as
wrong in itself, and injurious in all It's tenden-
cies, an Institution which habit, education and
long usage, had taught its defenders to consider
IN very different lght-the difficulty, in short, of
separating the principle from the practice. That
good feeling manifested towards us in the press,
and by many Of the strongest opponents of our
views, is no light evidence. We know that in
some quarters bitter denunciaiions, and OPP
pTobious epithets are heaped upon us-and
that bitterest Of all, in the estimation of those
who use ii, and most eflectual in prejudicing It's
in the public estimation of our own State, cab
ohtionists' has been unsparngly applied to u.s.
II, during eighteen months we have failed 70
make ourselves understood, It would be the me-
rest waste of labor TO attempt TO set ourselves
night now. We are however, assured that these
denunciations are confined to those who are
not our readers.
We are gratifei that the city press beaIs testi-
mony TO the fairness and impartiality with which
we have conducted our paper. We shall stnve
hereafter as heretofore, to aid in concentrating
the anti-saveTy sentiment Of the State on some
plan of emancipation, just, humane, AMI prae-
ticable to the master as well as the slave, ard
violating no legal constitutional guaranty. In
the determination 10 support such plan, We
but fulfil pledges repeatedly made, and carry out
the unanimous resolve Of each and every ind-
vidual connected with the Examiner, from Its
commencement 10 the present time.
We give several Of these notices from the city
papers below:
| The Louisville Examiner.
The Editors Of this valuable paper have Just
issued q new prospectus, which will be found in
our weekly paper We take great deal Of
| pleasure in commencing this paper 10 the favor
and regard of the friends Of emancipation in
\ Kentucky, and the opponents of that cause
would do themselves no harm by giving the pa
per a faithful reading. Milton, in his immortal
treatise on unlicensed printing," declared, that
| truth had nothing TO fear from a free and open
encounter with error Mr.. Jefferson BORROWED
his celebrated aphorism from these sentiments
uttered by Milton. Mr.. Jefferson's doctrine is:
"error may be permitted TO run free, while truth
is free to combat IT," II, then, the opponents
of emancipation have truth on their side, have
they anything TO fear from an encounter with
| the Examiner Are they afraid to grapple
| with that paper7
wewould not give cent for any cause tina,
fears full and thorough examination. II the
principles of slavery are as immutable its ai-
vocates claim they are; If they were born in
Heaven, and enjoy the sanction of the divine
| power of the Mosaic dispensation, and of the
| christian religion; il nature, religion, and ell
the motive powers Of truth throw their germs
of strength around the peculiar institution"
We should suppose that the friends of slavery
| would court investigation in every conceivable
way. If they are armed with the right of the
question, they should ask all men to look in up.
| on their Paradise.
"The Examiner is conducted with singular
ability. Ii breathes that spirit inculcated by Di
| vine authority, when it admonishes the Apostles
4 of mans redemption TO "be as wise as SER
penis and as harmless as doves" As an advo-
cate of matters that must tend TO the increasing
prosperity of Kentucky il is firm, vigiant and
prudent, and its literature for society and for
families is of the highest order. In these last
features we know Of no paper in the West that
| is it's equal.
The appeals of "The Examiner" to the peo-
pie of Kentucky, in favor Of emancipation, are
made in the most inofensive spirit; they are all
dressed to the reason, in the language of truth
and soberness. Its readers never find IL pander-
ing TO the passion for SANDER, abuse and caunl-
ny. The slave owners of Kentucky are known
| to the Editors, and they know them as
| class 20 be very different from the representa-
tons usually made by papers devoted 10 Adolf
| tionism.
The Examiner is published weekly at So GO
per annum, payable in advance. The editorial
| department is under the control Of +. Cosby,
| Esq, the Rev. Mr.. Haywood, and Prof. Butler,
and in their prospectus they say: "The subject
of the Convention is beginning to occupy the
minds of all kentuckians, and IL is of the first
importance that we be well informed on a sub
ject that so vitality concerns us. The conduct
ors Of the Examiner, therefore, call upon the
active friends Of Emancipation in Kentucky, to
aid them in their efforts to extend its cireula-
tion and trust that hearty response will prove
that the call is not made in vain. Lou. C0uT.
The louisville Examiner,
This paper, which has been published here for
nearly eighteen MONTHS has succeeded in estab-
fishing very high reputation for candor and
ability. Its aIiicles combine frmness with
mildness, and argument with persuasion, in en-
eminent degree. They do not give offence to
those who are unfriendly TO the object of the
pafer. The Examiner, as is well known, In the
organ of the eInancipationists in Kentucky
Aside from the particular object of the paper,
its literary merits are of very high order, and,
as family paper, il is taken by many who do
not coincide in all the opinions it advances on
the subject Of slavery. II is edited by Messrs.
Cosby, Haywood, and Butler, who are gentle
men Of the most decided ability, and some of
the abest inca in the State are contributors to
its columns. asrrJ
the character of the Examiner, we can recon-
n he Eel.