The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-01-01
VOLUME 1.
COMMUNICATIONS.
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lam still disposed to make extracts from
I,jos Underwood's Address on Colonial
He saws. Take the tables Of popu-
~, .son Of the different States, as exhibited al
~,- different federal enumerations, consider
'rs sxten, Of territory of the several States,
,bs;r ace and their progress in improve
n,snts Of every kind, and | think the UMPIRE
;,,J;ced mind will be compelled to admit that
h pon.slavehoIding States are entitled to
n,s eminence. 1t cannot, in the nature Of
ibings be otherwise; because labor is honor.
sble, and the mass Of the people work in
% AZ non. layeholding States; whereas, labor
!. NOT looked upon as honorable, and large
marion Of shareholders and their children,
iii not work in the slaveholdiEg States.
The free laborer, knowing that he will en-
;ov ,be products Of his labor, endeavors to
make it as productive as possible. He there
fore works in proper time; does MS work
well and does great deal Of it. Where
3, the slave. knowing that his earnings are
81 the disposal of a master, who will enjoy
me greater share, works out Of season, sights
rs work. and does as little as possible. If
he can escape the stripes ofthe overseer, II is
al he cares for. The consequence is, that
he master meets with endless vexations,
growing out Of the manner in which the
Slave performs the allotted task. The mas
Ter frets. and his i'll temper is too often
vented in cruelty upon the slave; who, in re-
.un. cherishes the deepest hatred, ready TO
bust forth in vengeance, whenever II can be
rstifed with impunity. Owing to the great
sr skill and diligence Of freemen, their la
Dor will yield, in day, month, or year,
more than the labor Of the same number Of
slaves, during the same space Of time. The
consequence is, thar the non-slsveholding
States underseu the slaveholding States; and
likewise furnish variety Of articles for sale,
which sre not manufactured in the slave
holding States. This operates upon the
slaveholdng States as an enormous tax, con-
tnuslly draining them Of then specie and
valuable products, TO pay for articles which
with US, out Of derision, have been called
.Eankee Notions" Immense SUMS have
been transferred to New England from this
State for Yankee Clocks" These things
are credtable to the industry and enterprise
Of free laborers. They prove, beyond all
doubt. that the non-slaveholding States, will
forever, in proportion to their population,
possess more wealth than slaveholding States.
Wealth commands the stores of comfort and
the fountains OF knowledge. The land Of
New York, containing 46, 900 squaIe-miles,
IS worth more than all the negroes and land
Of Virginia put together, although her ter
HtOry contains $4,000 square miles. PIP.
Y, Is.
II these views are in accordance with
facts there is an appalling disparity between
the free, and the slave States. And is there
man in Kentucky who can call in ques-
ion the statements Of Senator Underwood
Were they not true when first made in 1882,
and have not tie Developments of every
subsequent year confirmed their truth! Do
not the signs Of The times indicate that the
Tree States have the pre-eminence, and that
they will ever have II? Is not Kentucky
compelled TO admit, humiliating as the ad-
mission is, that she is tributary TO the free
States She depends, in a great degree, on
the fabrics Of the free States to clothe her
Population-euen her sldres. II is proba-
bic that four-ffths of the boots and shoes
worn in Kentucky are manufactured in free
States. What singular fact il is that en-
terPrising New Englanders make the shoes
that protect the feet Of Kentucky negroes
from the cold Of winter This circumstance,
iserious considerations were not connected
with It, might well excite the visibility of
the nation. Kentucky dependent on Mas
'achusettsl and 50 dependent that il is al
most optional with the citizens Of the latter
State to say whether those of the former shall
have clothes to wear OF shoes to put on
How ruinous is the system Of slavery, ex.
tracing, asst does, the elements Of indepen.
dence and selfsubsistence from the Com
monwealths in which it is allowed to exist
VIII not Kentucky see her true interestsl
ASoUrHERS KESrucKIAs.