The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-01-22

of the world They are destitute Of the priyi-
leges Of the Gospel, and ever will be under the
present state Of things in The slGps States,
says the Synod, there are not ttcelre men sreiu-
siUely denoted 10 the religious instructions Of che
Negroes OF the regular ministers but very
small portion pay any attention to them we
know Of but FIVE churches in the slave-holding
States built exclusively for their use, and 'there
is not Sufficient room for them in the white
churches for their accommodation They tire
unable 10 read, as custom, or law, and generally
both, prohibit their instruction. They have
no Bible-no family affairs; aad when in Attic
ton, sickness, or death, they have no minister
10 address 10 them the consultations of the Cos
pei, nor to bury them with solemn and appro-
pirate services They may sometimes be pet
ted and caressed as children and toys, they TIRE
never treated as men,"
"'Heathsnism,' says another Southern su-
thorIy, lis as real in the slave States as in the
South Sea Islands Chastity Is no virtue
among them (the slavesl; Its violation neither
Injuries female character in their own estimation
nor that of their mistress Where there is no
marriage recognized by the State or Church as
legal and permanent between slaves; where the
female slave is wholly in her masters power
how can it be otherwisel Said Inc Roman pro-
verb, Nothing is unlawful for the master 10 ais
slave"
ain ls4O, in the fifteen slave States and terri
tories, there were at the various primary schools
20, 065 scholars; at the various primary schools
of the Free States, ,626, OPS The State Of Ohio
alone had 2ls,6O9 scholars at her primary
schools, IL ,524 more than all the fifteen slave
Stales. South Carolina had IL $50 such scholars
aud RhOde-Island II 1855. New York alone had
500, 367.
"In the higher schools there were In the
South 1896 scholars at the public charge as
they are called in the census; In the forth, 43a,
SSS similar scholars. Virginia, the largest Of
the slave States, had 9 ,79l such scholars; Rhede
Island, the smallest Of the free States 1919.
Massachusetts, alone had l5S, ISL, moro than
four times as many as all the slave States.
a. In the slave States, at academies and gram
mar-schools, there were s., 500 scholars; In the
free States, 81 IVA, But the difference in num-
bers here does net represent the difference Of
fact, for most of the academies and grammar
schools Of the South are inferior TO the schools
at public charge of the North; far inferior to
the better portion Of the Northern District
Schools
In l540 there were at the various Colleges in
the South, ,lOe pupils, and ia the Free States,
1921. Here, too, the figures fail TO indicate the
actual difference in the NUMBERS Of such as re-
ceive a superior education for the greater part
of the eighty seven UNIVERSITIES AMI Colleges
of the South are much inferior 10 the better
Academies and High Schools of the North.
ain the Libraries of all the Universities and
Colleges of the South there are 223,4l6 vol
umes in those of the North, 593,e91. The
libraries of the Theological schools OF the South
contain ., 500 volumes these of the North,
! l02,050.
"In the Slave States there are / ,36s, 325 free
white children between the ages Of FIVE and
twenty in the Free States, $3.50, CSC such
children. In the Slave States, at schools and
colleges, there are 30l ,l72 pupils in the Free
States, 2.2l2, 444 pupils, at schools and colleges
| Thus, in the Slave States, out of twenty-five
/ free children between five and twenty, there tire
not quite five at any school or college while
out Of twenty-five such children ia the Free
States, there are more than fifteen at school or
college.
I'm the Slave States, of the free white pOPu-
ation that is over twenty years of age, there is
almost one-tenth part that are unable TO read
and write; while in the Free States there is not
quite one in one hundred and kfty-six who is
deficient to that degree.
Ii Is but fair 10 infer that at least e-third
of the adults Of South Carolina, II not Of much
Of the South, are unable to read and understand
even a newspaper. Indeed, in one Of the Slave
States, this is not a matter Of mere inference,
for in 1887 Gov. Clarke of Kentucky, declared,
in his Message TO the Legislature, that one
third Of the adult population were unable to write
their names;' vet Kentucky has a school fund,
valued at 81 ,22l ,6l9, while South Carolina has
none
ain 1876 there were seventy. six patents grant
ed by the national Office for inventions made In
fourteen Slave States, with a population OF
1884 ,43l or one for each 96,505 persons; at the
same time there were 564 granted to the free
States with population of 9,T2o,922, or one
\ for each IL ,249 persons.
ain 1890 there were but 691 ,S97 Slaves in
the Union; in 1870, last 1855. At the pres
ent day their number probably is not far from
! 5000, 600 In 1890, Mr.. Gerry estimated their
value at SIC, 900, 900; in 1910 Mr.. Clay fixed it
at 81 200, 100000. They were owned by Popu-
lation Of perhaps about 100000 persons, and
represented by about 100 900 voters"
Ought this to be so1 II it be true--snd who
doubts 1T II it be true, that only three hundred
tkoussnd persons own slaves in the South, and
that this IL the cause-not merely Of the edr-
cational difference between the North and the
South-but Of the ignorance Of the poorer
classes among US, as men, having just regard
to our own, and the true interests Of our fellow
men, as patriots, looking to the present and last
ing welfare Of the public-what is the imme-
date and commanding duty Of the statel II
is to root out this source Of oppression. II TO
tear away the accursed shroud which wells more
than half the clear mind Of the State In hopeless
ignorance. Talk -tyranny--Point despo-
tism as a sign Of cruelty-there is no tyranny
so galling-there can be no despotism so goad-
ing and grinding, as that Of free State, which
has engraved on ite banner the insignia Of free
dom, and which yet brushes its poorer sons and
daughters in the thickest gloom of an unletter-
ed blindness.
What, then, shall Kentucky d07 Let her
lead giOriOusly in the right path! Let her say
''eyrry dollar due TO Education. and held In
trust for this sacred object, shall be truly and
sacredly applied. We see the difficulties before
us; We know the cause Of them; we will try
to reach them; but meantime we will do all we
can to put Bible and Constitution in the hands
of reading voters--to build school houses so that
our richest inheritance, our poor boys and girH,
may learn to read and write" This would be
language worthy Of her. This would be se-
ton suited to the highest character. And where
is any son Of hers who will OpPOse7 Where the
Kentuckian, who honors the name, who loves
freedom, who bows before the sacred truths Of
the gospel, who would be man himself, and
help make others men, who does not cordially,
heartily, exclaim-LEr KENTUCKY Br so DlsrrN.
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