The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-28

Ialking Of .he necessity of taking steps to
throw off what they call the burden Of slavery.
In Missouri, the discussion has been commenced
aud it is believed that the friends Of emancipa- |
lion are sufficiently numerous there TO move ei
GENTLY against the system In old Kentucky
too, our own Commonw ealih, honored abroad
and beloved at home, there seems to be no reas-
on to doub, that large proportion OF the people
have resolved on the gradual extirpation OF what
the eloquent Tom Marshall years ago denounced
as "withering cancer" and "mountain
curse
Now, in view of such alarming facts, vii! the
pro-slavery men longer persist in maintaininga
stubborn and sullen silence in relation to The
system which they believe to be surrounded
with manifold blessings to all concerned in its
existence. IL they have good and sufficient
reasons why the sentence of the civilized world
against slavery shall not be pronounced, LET
them speak out ere II is too late Southern
men in view of the storm that is marshalling Its
forces in opposition TO African slavery, have
often uttered the cry "the South is in danger"
Now, IL is very true that whether the South Is
in danger or not, the institution of slavery is in
danger, and so imminent is the peril, that unless
the arguments that are used so effectively against
IL. are met, are refuted, it will net be many
wears before the conviction viii become almost
universal that slavery is great evil and must
be done away with. Let us have all the sane
lions of revelation, all the arguments OF reason
and all the suggestions of common sense in ia
vor of the Institution, advanced and repeated ten
thousand times before deplorable fanaticism
completes its triumph, and every mind is lost in
the labyrinth Of error.
| The day is gone by when frown, threat
or curse was sufficient TO paralyse the human
tongue. Men are becoming very much addicted
to thinking as they please, and to speaking out
plainly what they think, and it will no longer
do to discuss the propriety of discussion
When a house is on fire il is quite absurd &c
stand with hands thrust in ones breaches peck
cts and inveigh against the destructiveness o.
flames. Water must be resorted TO or perad-
venture the whole city may be desolated by the
spreading of the confagration. Men are dis
cussing the question Of slavery and opposition
TO such discussion will not avail now. They
claim the right to talk freely Of whatever deep
ly affects their families and their State and are
eIerting il Just as if all men were agreed as Il
the duty and the propriety of discussion. Il
the defence and justification Of slavery are SC
easy, as is asserted, letit be defended and justi
| fed IL it cannot be defended and justified
as majority Of the wisest and best mel
maintain, it behoves us to make preparation,
for its extinction. To hug a system and mere
ly TO declare it to be blessing without underta
king to make its advantages apparent when il il
tottering to its fall, is a spectacle by no means
admirable or gracious. To stay the ravage'
Of pestilence something besides prohibition
quarantine laws, and sanitary cordons ar,
necessary. The doctors must overhaul thei
saddle-bags and produce all their nostrums, thei
catholicons, their specifics, and their vegetab
pills, and administer them freely to suffering hu
mainly. The spirit Of emancipation is rava
i ging our Commonwealth-it has infected vas
majority Of our citizens. and for our pro-slaver,
doctors TO talk Of quarantine regulations is &
waste breath and to provoke laughter from al
who have a perception Of the ludicrous.-
Slavery must soon be abandoned OF sustaine
by facts and sound arguments. The desperat
logic of denunciation is not suited 10 the pres
ent exigencies of the case. The greatly relic
on cries of "Insd dog and "abolition," once s
effective, have lost their ancient magic and Cal
not now like halcyOns calm the troubled water.
Discussion is the order of the times, and slave
holders must meet it fairly or bow with becOm
ing grace before its power.