The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-09-02

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IN one wold. tliai wonl you'd have blsted IKE
lightning We retained irnn giving expression
to our feelings, lest we should be doing Injustice
We modified our remarks, and gave she most
favorable explanation We could think Of And
now we are chaIged with using inyectlsel
If what we said was ''tissue Of inyectiye,"
what name should be givento Mr. Keen's reply!
He charges US with being A6olilioHisfs. Now,
we have no objection to the name Gbolitio''isi
"peT Sc" 10 use Mr.. Keen's mode Of expression;
aboliionism in itself implies merely the wish TO
abolish slavery. But the gentleman knows that
in this section Of country, an abolitionist Is sup
posed 10 be one who calls all shareholders mnT-
dereIs, horse thieves, and pickpockets; WHOM |
es to amalgamate the white aud the black races;
who is plotting TO entice the slaves to run away |
fIom their masters, and even murder them IN |
their beds. He knows all this, and yet wishes |
to FIX upon US this name, We have not the
slightest fea1 Of the name; we would as soon be
called sbolitonists as anything else, if people
would attach the proper idea to the tern- We
have no fear that those who have read the Examin-
er viii give US the name with the odlous meaning
attached to it. 1t has been Customary with
some pTo-slaveTy men to strive to fix Il upon all
who are opposed 10 slavery, IN order to prevent
them from being heard. We will not say that
such efforts are Contemplate" kinds OF
meanness are so great as to be absolutely sub
lime, and demand admiration.
The gentleman seems to have made the won
deriul discovery that We consider the present
system of slavery in our country sinful! He
seems to piqus himself upon the eagle-eyed
sagaeity which enabled him 10 find this out.
"oh, / have found you out :" said. the
fox to the hound that had been pursuing
him all day; 81 have found you out--yOu are
trying to catch me :" The gentleman's dis
covery reminds Us Of the discovery that Brother
Jonathan made during the battle. "Hang 'em,''
said he. looking at hole which bullet had
shootin' bulets"'
| Not only do lrs consider our system of slave
ry sinful, but il Is SO considered by ninety-nine
hundredths of the citizens Of even the extreme
South. Our system authorizes the separation
Of families, for one thing. A hnsband-n il is
not misnomer to call any slave husband
may be snatehed away forever from his wife;
the father may see his children torn away from
their mothers arms; we have seen little chill
dren running along the street, and screaming
for their mother, who was fastened to the slave
dealers chain. The right TO do all this is given
by our system. IL the system is right, those
who are employed in carrying it out are not to
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regarded, even in the extreme SOuthl He is de.
spised even by those who sell their slaves to
him. No respectable stakeholder would permit
the negrO-trader to sit at his table. The ban of
society is upon the trader, and even upon his
family. He may provide splendid houses, and
furniture and equiPage; but one visits him
And when he leaves the world, his family may
roll in luxury, but the curse rests upon them II
our system is right, this feeling Of society is
wrong. But this ban is the sentence Of con-
science against the system. The feeling may
not have formed itself into a proposition but the
voice ofcondemnation will be heard. Phe clam
ors Of self-interest cannot entirely drown the
cry Of conscience.
|, We were careful to state that we had nothing
to do with "slavery in the absuset,' or 'sslavs-
~ in ITSELF" or slavery per Sc We have no
wish to fight with shadows when we have ter
ribie substance before US. II all that are called
mere adjuncts Of the system were removed, We
don't know what we might think Of il. We
should probably have little 10 say against it,
Two gentlemen of Mr.. Keen's denomination,
, DR.. Wayland of Rhode Island, and DIR. Fuller
Of South Carolina, entered into a controversy
on the subject Of slavery. DR.. wayland oppo-
T sed slavery, and DIR. Fuller defended Il. When
DR.. +. had removed what he considered the evil
| adjuncts Of the system, it was found tina, the
two gentlemen were nearly Of the same opin-
ion. Both condemned the system as it is.
But condemnation of the system does not
imply a condemnation of all Shareholders To
those who have read our paper we need not say
so. To those who know US in private life we
need not say so. Many Shareholders are as con-
scientious as the most earnest Of the Opposers OF
slavery.
wond or two about ''the gorgeous blunders'
into which We have fallen. Wehave read Mr..
heen's remarks several times over, and we can
not see that We misrepresented HIM. live had
heard the speech, it seems to US that we should
Lave had about the same opinion Of it that we
got from the representations Of Others. He repre-
sents Christ and the Apostles as approving of the
system ofSlayery that existed among the Greeks
and Romans, and this is just what we stated.
He represents the Afncan slave trade as ordiua-
rily mere business transaction; Just as We sta
ted. lfany one else can get any other IDEAS
from has remarks, We confess he can accomplish
more than we can. According to Mr. Keen, the
kidnapping and shooting, and brutal outrage
committed by those who were originally engaged
IN the slave trade exist only in poetry We
suppose he has read the epic poems Of WILDER.
force, and ClaIkson, and Granville Sharpe, on
this subject. We presume he is familiar WITH
the HOmers and virgils among the captains Of
slave ships, who have given their evidence, and
with the Shakspeares and Millions of the House
of Commons.
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