The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-07-14
A Sarcasm Answered

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"A snrcasm Answered
n, 49,. From the Shelby (Ky.O News
N.Y. Middleton: The advocates of Dernst,.
slavery in Kentucky have freouepty sid ,.mn
ungiy, 10 the friends Of EmancpaiIon: Cen
lemen, II you don't like slavery you can 90 !,
me Tree States Now, il is a very easy ms,
Ter Tor US to neuIralise the force of this
oy retoriing: III you regard the system of sla
very az being fraught with blessings to the ne0r,
race, and to yourself and posterity, Won har
better remove TO the sunny south, where yoU
~iii md more congenial climate for the blaek
man; where his labor will be more profitable
where ne Is Kept In more complete subordina.
uon' where masters are less harassed by agita.
tors and where the system has a greater pros.
pect OF PeTmaReney"
But suppose the Emaneipators of Kentuckv
should accept OF this unwise, and unbrotherly
invitation OF rampant pro-slavery mep7 and
tabandoD, in a body, their beloved native Stats.
what would be the RESULT 1t is manifest. bv a
| glance al the catalogue Of this party, that The
state would lose at once a respectable portion
OF ITS most wealthy and able sons HENRy
| CLAY-the great statesman of the age. of Uhor
we have been Justly proud-would have 10 srsL
home in his old age; followed by Underwood.
many prominent judges, lawyers, doctors, far.
mers and mechanics In this great exodu.
kentucky would also lose the principal part of
| her religious population. According TO thi.
rule almost the entire body of Methodists would
| he compelled 10 remove; also nearly every
Presbyterian minister with a decided majority
Of the peoples also respectable portion Of the
Reformers, imbibing the spirit of the ELOQUENT
aud able Alexander Campbell, whose letter on
the subject OF Emancipation, hope eyery Chris
tan in the State will read and ponder. Wb.t
The Baptists would do, in such an emergency. I
cannot say. Report has it that majority of
The ministers of that sect are uncompromlsiog
advocates fPerpstual slavery. Ifso, of course
the great body Of this sect would remain.
say then, If the wish Of these violent pro-
slavery men were grstihed, our State would
lose a large portion Of her choicest inhabitants
Now, gentlemen, do you consider the system of
slavery SO essential to the prosperity Of the
state, and TO advance your own and your chll-
cren's welfare that you are prepared to expa-
triste your friends and fellow-citizens TO retain
il! Are your willing to see the wholesome re-
ligious influence, which now ieavens Rsutucky
society, almost entirely extracted, and trans
ierred TO other States, that you may retain for
you children the hazardous privilege Of enslag-
ing future generations Of the black race, All
the inhdels Of the State may, perhaps, prompt
~, say yes. But those who believe that Chris
tians are the "sslt Of the EARTH" the eight of
the world" and who remember the fate Of So
uOuIg Nuch hcF Lot ud0 Ocpdftcut % OF rance
when Christianity was abolished, will, perhaps,
upon due reflection, regard il as the true inter.
est Of Kentucky to liberats and send home her
strangers, and retain within her bosom her own
valuable sons, to assist her in running her Ca
reer of glory.
But, gentlemen, be not too sanguine in your
expectations. Kentucky is the birth place OF
the great majority Of our party; and we are
proud OF her, and love hsrabove all other States.
And in her We wish to live, and in her bosom
We wish TO be buried with our fathers, when we
die. We do not wish TO abandon her ourselves;
nor do we wish our opponents to DO il. We
wish to abolish negro slavery by a system Of
Gradual Emancipation, that we may induce
our white population to remain in Kentucky;
and even invite her dispersed children home
again, that we may all combine TO make her
great. We believe, that our beloved State 10
constituted by Providence, by her soil, her cll-
mate, and her population TO shine a star Of
the first magnitude in the galaxy Of the AmeIi-
can States. II she is now tagging behind her
younger and less favored neghbors, it is be-
cause her energies are Frustrated by carrying
the dead weight Of slavery.
II is our purpose TO break off her letters, and
let her run an unrestricted race. Instead Of de-
serting her in this hour, which we believe
10 be crisis in her destiny, we are resolved, by
the help Of God, TO stand by her interests, and
devote our energies TO make her a more agreea-
bic home for ourselves and our children, and a
more ilustrious member Of the great Confeder-
acy. She is the good ship which our fathers
launched, and in which we have delighted to
sail; and 50 far from deserving her in the hour
Of her extremity, we are resolved TO stand by
her; to close every crevice; TO keep her from the
breakers; and II possible, 10 conduct her proud
ly into a safe harbor. To release our State from
the incubus Of slavery, we are willing TO con-
secrate our time, our money; and surrender, ac-
cording TO our platform, our property in slaves,
lin which many Of US are largely interested,)
and to bear all the opprobious epithets which
violent men may apply TO Us. So far from
abandoning our beloved State at the invitation Of
noisy pro-slavery fanatics, we have grded on
our armor 10 have bold, honorable, and per-
hsps, prOtTactsd fight on this subject
What Emancipators will do when all their eff
forts have failed, and perhaps resulted In more
permanently, and securely saddIing slavery
upon the Commonwealth, / cannot predict
The probability lie that many Of them will eman-
cipate their negroes, sell their lands, and reuc-
family abandon the State TO her fatal destiny,
lamenting over the short-sighted, not to say sell
fish policy, Of her sons. VIsDEx.