The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-12-30
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al hcutueNl
,0v.piion. FOR the purpose OF revising
adjusting their constitution. With thu
I III hey now have and with the AID .
-, hest, most reliable teaeher-PracncaI
.,o.,isuce--they are about to apply the
In, test to the work of their Predeces
r. retaining Whist is good, rejecting Oh
hing what i. bad When those prede
...or, framed the present constitution, ne
- slavery was the most exciting topic
"a Celt BY all to be by far the most impor-
..,, .ubiect for consideration. Now again.
-, institution stands prominently forth, as
,fmo,t importance, most needing revision
.o3 The most difficult properly TO readlust.
l. ,b.ce needed any apology, for venturng
;, commune with our fellow citizens on
.s,b . subject, il might be found in the fact,
81, .,ysral gentlemen Of Louisville have
b..n writ,en to from various paris OF the
Ss,, urging that some initiatOry step should
b. taken here, towards properly presenting
n. subject of emancipation for the consid-
,rstop and decision OF the people OF Ken
nckv We deem it every way best, that
mr. consultations with the friends Of enlan-
su.uon, should be carried on publicly and
x,th the knowledge of the whole State. In
50 doing, it may not be Inappropriate to pre-
mise that We are, most OF us, native born
EsOuckians and shareholders; and all OF
IL. the one, or the other. This fact, in con-
nsrion with whatever may be afforded by
on. private characters, is the guarantee We
have le offer, that We do not mean reckless
lytO .id ia sgtsling the State with this excl
Tag topic, and that We fully sympathize
with the Just Odium felt against the ofilcious
and offensive intermedling Of northern fana-
uos. A sincere participation in this feeling,
cannot be doubted, when all know. that
under The maIgn Influence Of abOlitionists,
the cause of emancipation has materially re-
uogrsded in Kentucky within the last ten
or fifteen years, and that their acts, hsve
cast such disfayor around the whole subject,
IS almost to preclude an impartial, or even
patient hearing from the people Of Men,
lucky So viewing the condition of public
Sntment, il has been the most ultra pro-
slavery men Of our State, who have urged
forward the coming convention, selecting
tbs as propitiOus period for doing it with
imPunity to their favored policy, and in the
hope Of PerPetuating it among US by open
ing The door. and having it always kept open,
for the further Importation Of slaves. Ii is
hey who have prematurely forced the ques-
ton upon the advocates OF emancipation,
and tie latter have no alternative but TO
meet the issue as they may. The object Of
lbs address Is to bring about that concert OF
acton among the friends Of emancipa-
ton which is Indispensable to success, if
the Issue IS now to be tried, or to cause its
absolute waiver and pOstponement for the
present.
The iTameTs Of our constitution may have
acted night or nationally on the slave ques-
lion, according to their information and be-
Lei as to It's probable operation. They
thought, and according to their then expe-
Hence, they had reason TO suppose. that
keePng up negro slavery, was the most GER
Hn and expeditions mode Of bringing to
'hs State the population and labor necessary
70 suoduing its forests and giving value to its
'as body OF unimproved land. Most of us,
had We been acting upon their information,
would probably have decided as they did.
But with the information derived from the
PRACTICAL experience Of fifty years, all cam
ad men must admit that their decision was
sfOl'eoas, and that, if system of gradual
emancipation had been then adopted, the
population and wealth Of Kentucky would
Dc al least double, if not treble VIVA, they
10" are. The proof of this lies in com.
P''''0n oil the condition Of Virginia as
% population and wealth, with that of
Ne" York Or Pennsylvania, and in SINH
i'i comparison between Kentucky and Ohio.
Ia 1890, Virginia had population of
'aOooo' whilst Pennsylvania had only
1'O.oVo' and New York only $4,000.
"a 1910, Virginia had only l,24o, 900,
whist Pennsylvania had 100000. and
New York had 100000. A comparison
d 'her wealth, the yield Of their industrial
pursuits and the means Of accommodating fu-
'lle wealth, is equally to the disadvantage
-" 'Hg'nla. In 1900, kentucky had a
population of 100000. Ohio $4,000 and
'H1iana 1890. In 1910, Kentucky had
Ouly $4,000, whilst Ohio had $50 900,
a'a Indiana 6SO,OOO. At the late Presiden.
VA Election, Indiana cast some 40. OOO
' 'o'e' more than Kentucky. From 1880 to
~, fO' Indiana doubled her population, and
quo added Fifty per cent. to hers, whils
~. y. increase in kentucky was only abou
reen per cent. Bot what still more
Nilgiy illustrates the hating, if not de-
""OfaIing condition of Kentucky is ,ba
''e same period, the increase of IN,