The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-12-08

dilspidatsd out house, negro mechanic eng'g-
ed in the business of shoemaking, carPenteriHg |
or perhaps blacksmithiDg, in fact the latter
business has passed almost exclusively into tie
hands Of slaves.
And notwithstanding our country is teeming |
with evidences Of this nature, going TO prove |
beyond the possibility Of a doubt, that our
State Is rapidly losing strength in every point Of
view, the pro-slavery party come forward and
argue for the purpose Of enlisting the non-slavs-
holder in their ingoriOus cause, that it is to BIS
interest thst slavery should be Psrpetuated-
that If the slave population was removed,
heterogeneous mass Of foreigners would be
ushered in upon us, and they, working cheaper
than the native Kentuckian, would inevitably
destroy his prospects Of obtaining a mainten-
ance for himself and family.
Let every nOn-slavehOlder consider that We
have at this very moment in our midst, that
" Mich is far worse than tiny foreign population
could bs. The enemy Of the labOring man
is nOr upon the soil of Kentucky, and Is Crap
ping with him every hour. IL slavery was rs-
moved, the laborsr would stand some chance Of
lettering his condition; as 1t is, the condtio rs
are fixed and certain-the foundation, upon
which he stands, is being continually weaken
ed, and anless it is aba ndo ned he will inevitably
perish.
There are no evidences, however, which tend
to prove that, if the institution Of slavery was
removed, our State would become hoodsd
with foreigners--in fact, it is much more rsa-
sonable to suppose that our land would be hiied
up by the sons and daughters of our own
couutrymsn. This was the grand theme upon
which our pro-slsyery friends harped during
the recent canvass in Kentucky. Foreigners,
psspers, Dlatehnsn, DC, were upon the tongues
Of hundreds who could not without the aid Of a
dictionary, give the true definition Of the word
pauper.
Among the thousands who arrive IN this
country from Europe, We are Of course liable
to receive some who may prove unworthy citi-
gems, but there are hundreds of others who
make valuable citizens and ornaments to socie-
ty; that We would receive such population as
our prO-slavery friends would make US believe,
is nothing more nor less than reckless asser-
ton.
England, aware Of the obstacles that the in
stitution Of slavery opposed to her advance
ment in wealth, refinement, civilization and
stability marched boldly up and terminated its
existence,
Her greatest statesmen, though possessed Of
as much sagacity and perspicuity as many Of
more modern times, were totally and utterly
unable to discover the beauties of system OF
slavery. 1t has been left to more modern times
to be eulogiIed, exalted and adOred.
Slavery has, according to modern logic, the
power and the tendency to ennObls the moral
qualities, to eKalt the mind and to engender pa
triotism.
We presume the defenders Of slavery do not
intend to convey the idea that slavery enlarges
the moral qualities or exalts the mind Of the be-
ings enslaved. Then Of course it must be the
slave ow ner-or the white race.
The emancipation party deny each Of these
propositions, and in their stead We assert, that
slavery teIds to degrade the moral qualities, to
eontrsct the mnd,-that it interpOses barriers TO
education, and is calculated to diffuse through
out the country spscies.Of tyranny, oppression
and cruelty, instead of liberty and patriotism.
The pro-slsvery party then turn to our battle |
fields aud say-look at the field of Buena Vista:
was not the South there sustained with honor, |
and impershable glory reflected upon her armsi |
We say that glory was reiected-but we also |
say that it was not upon the arms OF the slave |
holders.
Let us examine this matter. In the company |
from GarrArd county, composed of seventy
eight men, there were two slave-ho,ders. Ia
King this rs an estimate or average-and il Is |
certainly a fair one--we have in each regiment,
composed Of ten companies, twenty slave hold |
ers-msking in all from the noble State Of Ken |
lucky forty shareholders.
We say this band of forty sustained them
selves well-but, Shareholder and advocate Of |
Pro-sIaveryism, you base your patriotism on |
slim grounds! In the hour Of danger. the up
right honest, laboring man is the one that is re-
lied upon, and the one that fights the battles Of !
his country, while his pseudo patriotic slave |
holding neighbor generally ensconces himself in |
the heart Of his own dear home, and there, in |
his own Imagination, fights the battles Of his
country.
These are facts which may be denied, but
cannot be successfully oontroverted.
But, say our pro-slavery friends, a majority Of
the people have decided this controversy, and
determined that the slave Institution shall be
retained. You should therefore silence your
press and submit.
When Brutus Of old was about engaging in a
battle which was to decide the fate of the en-
oire OF the world, conscious Of his own rsesi-
.ude, be remarked to one Of his friends, off III
am victorious, 1 shall restore liberty TO my coun-
ny: il not. by dying, shall myself be delivered
rom slavery, My condition is fixed; run no
iaxards" H-I Il,
And thus say we. II We are victorious, we
hail restore liberty to our fellow-man: II not,
BY expressing our views and sentiments boldly
md fsariessly, We shall ourselves be delivered
rom species OF slavery. Our condition b
ixsd; we run no hazards. q
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