The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-12-02

Gus and immediate measures Tor the deslruc-
lion Of this whole system, and for the
removal Of all its unhappy effects. Both
these objects should be contemplated in his
efforts.
No plan Of emancipation can be pro-
posed to which we may not find objections.
Difficulties environ us. Our p 'sition is
and we can neither reta'n : nor
recede from it, without suffering an, y
flicting evils; and the man who will NJ
until he can see plan which
will secure the happiness Of himself and
his slaves, without effort and without incon-
venence, will have to wait until the trumpet
of the archangel shall summon the slave
and his master before the dread tribunal OF
their common Lord. He who will not move
in this work, because he can see no plan
unattended with some evils and some sac
rifce, is like one who, having wandered in
10 the dePlhof a swamp, determines to re-
main there, because be can see no way Of
escape, in wi/une. will not encounter
tborns and qrsS uokstruct and annoy
him.
What, theL plan we can
adopt for eff( 19x Of duty? The
svoss ,jp,pls., k6oliton. or imme.
date and lancipation. Many
consideraI ~ induce in us the
belief, that tlis - the best plan which
might be pres~n,o TO you for general adop-
ton. 1t is, doubtless. preferable to perpet.
uating the homage OF your slaves. So,
TOO, in the political world. a revolution,
with all its consequences, is preierable to
perpetuation oftyranny; yet certainly safe
and rapid political reformation is. in all
practicable cases, the dictate of both hu-
manity and policy. There are. we doubt
not, many cases in which the condition and
character of particular slaves render their
immediate emancipation the masters duty.
But those who conceive that immediate
emancipation il, in all cases, duty, dc
not reflect upon the circumstances IN which
We are placed. They argue as il we had
system Of laws devised in reference to
the peculiar character and condition o
emancipaied blacks, and adapted both Il
exercise over them salutary and necessary
restraint, and also to secure their intellec
tual and moral improvement. III the pc
litical community in which we live would
enact such laws, then the case which thel
imagine might be realised, and our duty
might be different from what il now is
At present, an emancipaied black anon,
Us is placed in peculiarly unpropitlous Gil
cumstsnces. His situation is surrounds
by difficulties and temptations, and no pro
vision is made to secure him against them
or to promote either his own intellectua
and moral culture, or that Of his offspring
We cannot, then, place our slave under th
restraint and protection of peculiar laws
which would, as far ss practicable. guar
antv his safety and advancement. w
have no legal system which might be a kin
of Mosaic dispensation to our slaves. pre-
pairing them for the clearer light and highs
privileges of a more glorious economy
where they would be admitted to that iu
liberty wherewith God, in his providence
has made us free. We, as individuals. al
shut up TO the alternative OF giving OF
slaves unrestrained selfcontrol, or retaining
for time, our Legal authority over them.-
The fact that our power is greater tina
should have ever been intrusted TO master
! is no sufficient reason for conscientiOl
} mans immediate REIMBURSEMENT OF his on
; title to exercise that portion OF anthori
, which, he is fully persuaded, is rlecessal
I. to be continued, for time, for the good
ri those over whom it extends.
|, The plan, then. which we propose, is
n the master to retain, during a limited Perio
!. and with regard to the real welfare OF Il
IS slave. that authority which we before he
9 in perpetuity, and solely for his own int
n est. Let the full liberty Of the slave be
!. cured against all contingencies. by a recol
1t ed deed of emancipation, to take effect al
a, specified time In the meanwhile, let
u servant be treated with kindness-let
s, those things which degrade hlm-'be REM
i ed-let him enjoy means Of instruction
~ let his moral and religious improvement
Of sought-let his prospects be presented
IT, fore him, to stimulate him to acquire tn
" habits Of foresight, economy, industry,
IS tivity, skill and integrity, which will
n him for using we'll the liberty he is soor
of enjoy. That master is, in our opinion,
fiji ing most for the destruction Of this syst
We who thus sets in operation machin
H. which, in a given and limited period,
to no, only unbind the body Of the slave,
ri -
.InMFpIATE ABOLITION: lie. A law passed
and f,reyer freeing all the slaves from the ehattel
81; ditiou: destroying the the masters
puftina the emancpsted underline guardianship OF W
OF some laws suited TO their condstion not oniy
msnd Of iusfe but whenever tried, u he's been lou