The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-09-29


'ur revolu,ic nary period fought for The gem
leman was let off with gentle admonition, !
ind promising not 10 be guilty Of any similar
crime hereafter, the meeting adjourned.
The case Of Barrett who is now lying in Jail
In Spartanturg Is fresh In the minds Of our
readers. That unfortunate young man has
caused a prodi5lous fsrment In South Carolina.
He has violated no law, and Yet lie is incarcerG-
ted among felons. From the manner in which
ihe papers Of that State have noticed the affair
and from the red hot indignation many Of them |
ha'e "''efed, there lie no doubt that 'here arc
hundreds Of men in South Carolina VINO
would rejoice if he were to fall u victim 10 o'e
ruthless Lynch code We cannot conceive oil
more utterly ptiabe condition OF tie puoiic
mind than that in which the public mind in
South Caro- ina at present is found. Young
man is suspected of being engaged in dis'rlou-
Jung pamphlet showing the anti-repuoican
nature OF tae present constitution of the STATE
and for such a crime all the teeth in the State
are CRASHED ut him! We do not SEQ how a
deeper stigma could fall on a people than TO DC
insanely Initiated by such Circumstance cir
cumstance which could not possibly excite
anybody's attention in any other community IN
the Union.
The present condition Of South Carolina Is
the legitimate result of devotion TO the slavery
system carried out to its ultimate result. Such
a devotion if persisted in will craze any man
or any set of men.
We would direct the attention Of all other
slave States to the condition Of South Caro-
lima, as presenting a spectacle which they may
present hereafter unless they are extremely
careful. Mr.. Calhoun Is one of the most gifted
men of the day. His mind il mastery, and
yet he has swindled himself out Of his power
to influence the nation by surrendering himself
as an abject slave to the advocacy Of slavery.
So too of his State. She has lost her influence
in the councils of the nation because she views
every thing through the distorting medium Of
slavery. The peculiar Institution Is all thai
the people Of that State exhibit any regard for
No one Of the sciences, none Of the arts, moth.
ing in philosophy or in manufactures, no grea
r discovery important invention is suffered FOL
a moment to distract their attention from slav.
cry. II is the only thing they live fort is thu
Q only thing they would die for--it is the only
thing which would render Paradise itself at
: tractive 10 them. Such mononania is fearful
= II is one of the most wretchedy humiliatin,
$ spectacles recorded in history No enemy o
South Carolina could wish her a more bite
f punishment than that which the system Of slav
. cry has inflicted on her. II men will cling TO
4 stapendOus system of outrage and of wroa,
: they cannot expect TO escape the retributiol
o which everlasting justice exacls.
e Let Kentucky ami the other slave States
j warned by the condition of South Carolina t
escape the miserable lot she is now consigne
Is to. A more appalling condition cannot b
hi, imagined than that Of a State which thinks G
,s and cares for nothing but slavery. A ma
,s dares to pray for universal liberty" and he
= ordered 10 leave the State within two days a
a the peril OF his life Can public sentiment in
IS republic possibly SINK lower in degeneracy tina
b is indicated by such conduct
i Ii is a crime thought 10 be worthy of deaf
n if a man in South Carolina denouuce th
- wretched system Of negro slavery! Where ca
i a more odious tyranny be found than exist
e there There never wes a poor and wretche
s. undering Of the Persian government VIII
b manifested a more degrading tyranny than tn
= leading men of South Carolina uphold. T
It say that freedom of thought and liberty Of con
e science can exist in such a State is exceeding
t.he " Al q h.. a al G.
D., victims of despo,sm on whom to lavish GU
y sympathy. We need not travel beyond SOut
q Carolina il We wish to feel odium for tyrsnn
- The most perfect and utter. There is no tyrann
exercised in Siberia which is so grinding, s
= ruthless, SO shameless, and SO utterly unjust a
. that which degrades the most devoted of tn
slavehoIdng States Of this confederacy.