The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-11-11
IA Gradual EmaneiPa'se"


- and Gradual Em"ns'ra'''",
os''si-'' - Of the United staies' TOWARD
u % a.. Isie session, and while The lei
i-s ''''1 =. uuler discussion, Senator os'
l'''.- q. in the course OF a speech Oh hiaiAeO
s-A"' -. me following remarks ON The sup
al-''' ,,t,on as the most feasible Ieinenl
g" The proposition, coming nom a
s,taek.anoi large views ana iiiO0H s''s -e,''
N'' ..-,,by Of oon>ideralion' however men may
-. n the TENS OF the measure ~iioh nc
susge,ts ,Lo ;,s,;,,,;on Of
sIsysy. believe its existence IN
l's 40 be preludicial to the best IN,
N'"' ii ,he white population. and II had
'Slss's -' y - ,olon,se and remove every
~' rirbin the borders of my own State.
I-'s mo,r cheeriully do it. But am
-. - ,mnressed with the conviction, that
:" lL.,.te our slaves and retain them among
., srber with full or partial privileges as
-. riirzens, would be a calamity which
LII INDUCE every sane man, who could
s.,gne 10 fy from society SO constituted.
- r.,s,ps Tor ibis opinion have long
- nlbIi.hsd and printed. | am, there
-. nory willing 10 emanclpate upon the
~ ~ ol colonisasion. But, when the
a.oo, of the South propose colonisal'on,
t,a ale they me, by those OF the North!
~ r,ld hat IL IS cruel and lnhuman TO
.,,,,ia,e free negroes or slaves. and that
~ sr,ame /, impracticable. will en-
tn q, satisfy all reasonable, consldeTate
men ina, one-half the expenses oil the Mex
IAN war invested in SIX per cent. stock,
amid by a proper system OF African COL
oaisstion. IN less than fifty years, e1tlrPaIe
slavery ln the United States. | wall give
ne scheme d applicable TO my own State
and # lis praclicability be demonstrated
-ls ds7ous,la.on can easily be applied to
every o,ber State. lie, future day be liked,
Ter which every slave child born shall be
,bs propsuy of the State, for the purpose oil
,,IouS,,ion. Place the children, when
wsaue1. IN the hands of those who will
ns- ,hem-iemales I'll! they are eighteen
yr,,, OF age. and males ill they are twenty
i've. aud upon reaching these ages, send
them 10 Africa. There, in a few words, is
The whole s,atmc. Now As TO its practical
operation. BY sending of the females as
ttsy reached eighteen. the race would be-
come extinct, in less than fifty years, with
the exception Of a few old slaves past the
ynme Of lie. The departure at the ie-
males as they reached wOmanhOod would
~, an end 10 the birth OF slaves among Us.
The ex.rpaion Of slavery under such rule
is, therefore, lUst as certain as the laws oI
nature. But il would be slowly accom-
pldsd. So much the better on that ac
count. a. Africa Is not fitted Tor the receP
lion Of all at once, and by doing the thine
gradually, weShould accommodate OIrselve:
ID our la.e habits, TO the new state o
things slowly YET certainly taking place
Where is the money TO come from to de
fray the expense, and who is to furnish it!
The Col0nsation Society can charter ship
and transport adult colonists and take carr
Of Ihem III Aica, until they are acelimateC
and capable Of providing for themselves, 70
500 a head. In their own packets they Gao
do 1t for $50 a head. The information il
gwen to NE by Mr.. McIain, the Secretary
Of the Society. Now, believe that those
TO whom the children are bound, would il
consideration Of their services, readily stip
ulaie to furnish the required outfit. Poo
white children are bound out By our laws
and the master or mistress is required Il
teach them a trade, TO educate them, &c
Boys are bound until they arrive at twenty
one years Of age, and girls until they reacI
sixteen. They are TO be furnished with
three pounds ten shilllngs in money and
new SUIT oil clothes when their time OF SCI
wee expires. would lengthen the ap
premiership Of male colonists so as to rails
the funds necessary. Females being ar
PEentlced until eighteen, would serve tw
years longer than the period required fo
White Appended girls, and therefore thei
services would be much more valuable.
the apprentice lived and emisrated to Afr
ca. ! would make Just compensation to tn
owner; but If the slave died during the al
premiership, and before his labor had pal
Tor his raising, then nothing would be due
Under the foregoing plan how man
slaves would it be necessary to transpo
annually from Kentucky By the censu
Oh 1910 there were 30,SlS female slave
IN the State between the ages Of 10 and
years. Divide by II .and it gives 2,2O
IA her 18th year. Now, the slave chi
a'en al this time in kentucky, would &
NE next eighteen years supply annually,
growing up, 2,2Ol females for transport
aon' But, Just as soon as the system go
incorporation, there will be fewer childr,
ooTn' Alter the end Of thirty years fro
rs commencement, it may be safely affin
eu' here would not be a slave born in he
"cAy' alter twenty years there would
ou lew births among the mothers renal
ing IN the country. In the nineteenth
%enlleIh year Of the operation of the s.
'em there would be fewer females 10 tran
Por tlan IN the preceding years, and fro
na' time their numbers would rapidly
m'nlSh' until not one in her 18th year COZ
D5 found Tor transportation. Now mul
Ply -,-ol BY $50, the sum it costs the C.
On'sa''on Society in its own packet, a
We nave sllO,O50 only, as the sum nee
sl'y 10 be expended annually for the C
iS'n aud gradual extIrPation of slavery
Aentacky. But it may be said il would
Nuei m the extreme to send or fema
without sending males with them. Adj
= and double the expenditure, in order
sSIo oil an equal number Of males, and