The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-12-23
CONCLUDED
ruovAs r. MARSHALL.

wa tend mercantile operations anc
NH.a The object of commerce Il
'nsIP,.I, those articles from abroad, loI
% 'lPP ,,@'mo,ion Of the people, which are
hr 'Ol. ,sacsd at home. It's very dehnl.
a' Us that its extent must depend
S'A number Of consumers. and mel,
upon ue ''rals,e. Do the four hundred
abby - lime thousand slaves in Virginia,
ina ~ nee hundred and fifteen thousand IN
d ls carolina, afford the same etiectual
S'... ,l 6rtbe impOnations OF merchandise
jr.ilai'l ~ ~ sso,e number Of free and indie
1h.5I -. mems would doi The answer is
'' 1. ,L4i, consumption of whatever is
oo,'or nn,rbssed by the master is limited to
y ! absolutely necessary, and their
m.,os of purchase for themselves are MOTH
-. Mi having the whole returns oil our
S;.h.c trade. made in the most degraded,
- nos, vicious Of Southern slaves, the
=, 80, ror,t Of Virginia and South Carolina
' '' ;n.,ssd of money or Bills upon the
T., better enable us to meet our foreign
-.-.n,es at the points from whence we I'M.
-, Every merchant, every banker, will
e,rsr no. But do Mr.. Wickliffe Jus
a.. -" rDon his branch Of the subject. he has
,.rht far wears that our commerce with the
-, ana North is ruinous; that il has drain
A.. constantly Of all our specie, and is
,,,ol,ny rs into absolute poverty. The
Mississippi Tsde has been equally uniortu,
maze and, according TO him, Georgia and
me- Csolinas are the only source OF wealth
30 them we sell, from them We ought
:, brc. Commerce has mistaken It's own
interests snd the merchants DO not know
,I-;, TINE market. Be il observed, however,
,r,r As those States have nothing which, in
,bs ,reSent condition Of our industry and oil
tbsir. We could possibly import but negroes,
rbs whole and entire commerce OF Mem
,resy would be reduced to the slave trade.
Wlit advance agriculture more than i
v.Il manufactures or commerce! Ask the
unrd helds-lhe waste and depopulated
districts Of lower Virginia. Will 1t i'm
move the condition, the morals, or the char
sc.s, of our present race Of slaves They
are a. present sort of inferior rural pOPu-
.slon-a degraded caste, TO he sure, but ia
islllgeni and yinuous when compared with
The brutal and savage masses in the Allan
nc States. From the Smallness Of their
number they are rendered more valuable as
servants, but perfectly Insignificant es enc
mies. Neither the government nor their
masters feel any terror from them. Their
very weakness improves their condition, and
s the source, to them, Of kindness and in
diligence. In many instances, they are
.On Of household dependents and humble
iuends, and are often found in the same
field lsbOnng in company with their mas
ter. With Us, resistance or instruction is
impossible. The husband can leave his
vile, the mother her child, without appre-
hrnsiOn from tbs source. Phantoms Of
cOnAagrsiiOn and massacre haunt not our
slumbers-lhe terrOrs of St. Domingo, or
d Northampton, veG not our waking
thoughts. Will il strengthen us politically?
Look al the state Of the representation in
congress between the free and slave States,
and the question is answered. Shall the
government Of kentucky LET 20 the check.
Eeln which they now hold in this law, upon
the growth Of the most threatening evil in
the constitution Of American Society?
| have said that considered negro slave
vas political misfortune, The phrase
was OOmild. 1t is a cancer-a slow con.
'anng canceT-a whitening pestilence-
sn unmlugated curse. speak not in the
'PinI oil pulling and false philanthropy.
was born in slave State was nursed
Ys slaye-my life has been saved by a
save. 10 NE, custom has made the rela.
uon familiar, and see nothing horrible in
H. | am Nirginian by descent-every
cross IN my blood, 50 far as can trace il,
n The Paternal or maternal line, is Virgin
an. II is the only State IN the Union in
winch | ever resided, save Kentucky.
vas never North Of the Chesapeake Bay.
Ny inend', my family, my sympathies, my
IaOi's' my education, are Nirginian. Yet
l consider negro slavery as a political can
'eI and a curse. And she taught me so 10
consider 1t. Hear her own early declara.
aon'-Ponder on her history-Iook at her
present condition.
The delegates and representatives OF the
sood people Of Virginia, in convention as
'snoled, on the 9th June, 1916, in the
preamble to their first constitution. contain
ing The memorable declaration against the
government Of George III, Of England
'Gd setting forth their grievances, among
S1eI'' present the following as cause of re
Oeliioh and dlsmemberment from the Brit
ISL empire, that the aforesaid George hac
el'aeaVoEed to pervert his kingly office "intc
aae'e''a0Ie and ins,pportable tyranny,
ny prompting our negroes to rise in arm
against us-Ihose very negroes whom, b,
aIi 'H.uman use of his negative, he ha'
reused Us permission to exclude by law
zee preamble to amended Constitution G
,HglnIa. One of the causes, then. of III
american revolution, at least in Virgins
was Tie "inhumdn" refusal Of the BIRTHS
elOwn' to ratlfy law prohibiting the in
POf1alon oil slaves. have shown in m
AfS number, that almost the first use mad
" 'aat venerable and renowned Common
wealth OF her newly acquired liberty, W;
Va enOn to arrest, by legislation, the il
e'ease oil that tremendous evil Of which 81
complains comp 50 bitterly against the King.
!. .'so' Just after the adoption Of the Fede
constitution, that point of time whic
;o',ils 'he true starting post Of these State
u 'ne race of nations, what was the stu
uOn Oh Virginia. Occupying the mo
t S position upon the American Sc
DOaIo-nsvlng the greatest extent of coz
:" me Unlon-stretching from the Cbes