The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-05-20
APr.ssieaI ssew.

The Rev Mr.. KING Cell heir 10 EDurtssn slaves
Ia Louisiana, and. after some yssrs debate with
himsail eonciuesd that he had no right 10
hold them us soch- $500 as1 =
fiis NEXT step vas 10 free them. For this p6r-
pose he visited the free States, and Csnadk; lhs
lstisT, be selected Ter their home oz-his way
Ihither he iarried IL Cincinnati, and whas there
a nesting was called ct the Rev. DR.. Rhx's
church 70 hesr has ''exPerienes'' We quote a
psnOf il.
aekBowiedes TIE sooial and moral evils Of
slaFsTy. ID was easy 70 prove that Bat IL was
not 20 easy inyA spsFsuai seHss 20 szy Ehai
could BE- done The eespel mast Be lefl free.
4 acka0sFledge tlIat slavery hss msFe nttsn-
cant evils thaR any know uncOnnscied with
~shs system-no language cOald depict them.-
Bat what eOald the Church dot She had TO
''Preach The gospel" This duty she was now
actively engaged IN dischsrging, and although
-she Eas net going On a. fast we might wish,
oar cuty Vas simply 10 snconrage her n far a.
In taxing his freed men and women 10 Cana
d. he meant NO disParagement 10 the colonial
ton scheme- Hs took them there, because he
had been there and seen for himself that many
liberated. end among them some self-IibsTafed,
slaves we're doing well there and because there
Only he had opportunities Of providing for, and
educating them. When instructed 20 choose
for themselves, they could, If they preferred,
60 back 20 their Orn country. The free colony
Of Liberia was doing more for the abolition Of
The slave trade than all the fests Of England,
France and America; and the day when Ethi-
opia should stretch forth her hands TO God
would, he humbly believed, be brought about
through the fundamentally Of the descendants
Of Africa.
DIR. RIcE, well known in Kentucky, and al
eminent divine Of the Presbyterian Church, fol-
lowed Dir. KING. He felt no sensitiyeness as to
the discussion Of slavery. Let IL be free. As
free in fhs South - In Cincinnati. He would
do - much almost a. any man for the removal
Of slavery. he would not denOunce or excom-
IBunicate slaFehOldsrs. The evil Was almost ss
great 20 them - to the slave The gospel had
freed the slave in The East; the rsms result
would follow in the South. Having enlarged
o. this point, he said aaa
Il was net Cor the Presbyterian church 10
sboiish slavery. That Wss for the people 70 %,
I'D fhef cUaf.i 49, dsfsesf. ~ IS1e
,.ssls.s :, Vua prscissiy like that Of eollee-ho0s
l,c-naiur IN shis CRY. We would not 70 and
tsar dsssn thsss ssoni nations, while our own
REPRESENTATIVE had tilsDewer 20 shut them up
end did aot use It. We atuid coufinae 70 thpas.
light upon the subjrci by Freely dIssns.nng a
al MschAnged sheir minds oFe fe1nfsd them =
Il va hard he confessed, fof pen 70 zee ilgA
fkroaek = dslIar, and stiil harlef,to sef second
ing 10 thai light. We wanted ntore light npoi
li.s subject Of slavery even hsrs IA ohlo, NhsE'
people still feared having too many OF uie COT
or.d race come among them
He had never entertained any 4 these com
mon psejudices on the subject, svef while Living
in aslsreh0lding State He DID not ant.ciPst'
the danfsrs OF admit the difheui tes eommonll
bslieysd 70 BE- Involved in smanfiPaiton- Ih'
ding would mol be dihcnll I'VE understood N
speaker TO ssserti II oHly public SPinlon were .
fsvnr Of Il, instead Of being Opposed
Ia the Presbyter1aR Churrk pc scarcely knew
Il any, certainly be did not know fkrss pro
siaoerg men But ali that thf church could do
e. such, was-"to preach ne gospel" Ths
wouid bring about emHac'pstion, and noihial
el<e ever would
We suppose We mus; make due allowances fol
thsss reports Of spese 80 They are ofien hur
red; sometimes lnaesArss SIN. we eoaeiud,
me main ides snsiFizlns1 BY both lhs Rev
Speakers q fairly <.isd La Ne dwell Ger .
moment upon it.
aWhsf can M Pressgierlzn church do,'
ssys DR.. Ries. <hs r.anoi abolish slavery
True. a. Tsesrs ths iu-rs l,gai act Bat sh,
can help than nay. ss,,Fsn snissd. II h.
members as <,l.1@a-. ~ BE hziiot box, an
shriztisns IN ihe Cbsrok. <hssls say. eles -
ensscips,s kis<sa ie1r<f ber5sn on,ssly,.
OF cypress 9ks fi>el. Ie{ {. BE- re. p Il
would carr ...f >s.-'.so <as~p>-n1y. =.