The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-07-21

tisn, and powerful State within the tropics;
necessity felt through every period Of tn
worlds history, and now about TO be realised
o The Western coast Of Africa, is, in every poin
4 OF view the most effective position for such
r State to occupy, the black race, of which Their
c cannot be much less than $4,000, 900 on earth
D Is pre- rminently the race needing such a de-
{ yeloPment, and prepared for il; and the Unite'
6 States are exactly in condition, TO found sucl
: Commonwealth with this race, under circum
stances the most glorious 10 ourselves, the mos
hopeful to the world, and the most beneficial {,
; the blacks. But il cannot be needful for me
who, during more than thirty years, have no
, ceased TO plead for this great cause, TO bestow
on IL here more than this general cOmmenda
tion.
/ Our divine religion has been invoked against
J Us. God, the creator of man, and hls infinils
benefactor, il is constantly alleged is the great
author Of the institution by which man has the
most effectuslly delaced Gods image in man.
Jesus OF Nazareth, the friend of sinners meant
we are told, by this great law Of love, that man
should enslave his fellow man; by his sublime
revelation Of the universal bond of human
brotherhood 10 teach us, that we might affiic,
and crush all around us, by his royal law, OF
doing 20 others as we wish them TO do 10 us, 10
give Us rule by which TO limit and restrict our
bowels Of compassion within rational bounds
These are great expOsitions: and the more 10 be
cordially received, they are uttered by those
having no sort Of interest or motive, in pervsrt.
ing the word Of God; and as they accord so
precisely With the whole sentiments Of Gods
people throughout all ages.
Look around you, my counirymen. On
which side OF these questions is the great body
Of the disciples Of Jesus Christ? On which
SIDE are to % found the most Of those who seem
10 you 10 understand, TO practice and TO love
Gods lswl Why do you hear in popular ad.
dresses, and read in resolutions of popular as
semblies, such denunciations of the Ministers
OF the Gospel, whose abuse is a staple thems 1.
large portion OF the pfO-saVery party2 Ask
your hearts is not all this natural-is il not all
Just what might have been expected? Ask
The hercest Of those WIN denounce us, whether
IN Their calm moments, they think christian
people and christian ministers, had better plead
lor or against The suffering and the oppressed
| FOR or against the liberties of mankind7
! What Is happening around us, has happened
everywhere. What men have bushed TO adyo.
cafe upon their own responsibility, they have
endeavored 10 justify in the name of the adora.
Die God, and theu traduced his servants for
bearing testimony against them. But has that
arrested the arm of the Lordl Follow his gIo-
rious word across the track Of ages, and make
with II the circuit Of the world. Where was
this Institution OF hereditary slavery ever abol-
inheu, d uNluc revelation had not GOMEZ
Where, on the other hand, has hereditary sla.
very held It's ground mistaken, in the midst of
the light Of this Heaven-descelded TRUTH
Surely Coda people know, II any body knows,
what is Gods mind. Surely Gods work, by
means Of his word, is a reliable exposition of
what he designed that word to accomplish.
Ii is idle in paper like this, to quote and
comment on scripture texts. At the very ut
most, no sane mortal will assert that God re-
qnires slavery 10 he eternally continued-that
lie does more than allow and regulate its prac-
tce, or that lie objects TO the freedom Of the
human race. The master may serve God-so
may the slave. Both, it may De, might serve
Hum better IL the relation did not exist And |
relation may exist called sLarsry, which NAV be
widely different from any that could exist, II !
GODS law were Obeyed concerning slavery
All this may be said Of mobiles, of kinrs and of |
despots, aEd their subjects respectively as truly
as Of masters and slaves. But are men, there. |
fore, 10 be blamed, when thew establish free |
States, and recover their lost liberties, and de-
throne tyrantsl And are interested and Selu-
ded men TO be needed, when they plead 90 elab- |
oraiely out OF the word of God for the divine |
rights of kings. and against the liberties Of
mankind! Life, liberty and the pursuit Of
happiness, are not only natural, but are ina
lienable rights OF man. As such they are con-
secrated by the earliest and prOudest records in |
our national annals, and illustrated and enfor-
ced by the noblest and most enduring monu-
ments in our history. They are sanctified In
he very heart Of our national religion which
teaches US nothing more plainly or with high
ct emphasis, than that we who owe TO the mere
mercy Of God our own IIves, liberties and hap
pinsss, are utterly inexcusable In treating with
much more in sacrificing 10 our
own selfish ends, the lives. the liberties or the
happiness Of others.
do not see shat IL is necessary for me 10 urge
additional topics believe have left nothing
obscure. | have endeavored TO state with dis
tinetness, The principles | advocate, the meas
ures those principles lead me TO propose, the in
huence oil those measures upon the State and
all the great parties Immediately concern
ed, and the chief Considerations which appear
TO me conclusive, OH all the points discussed. |
have tried 10 observe that candor and moders-
ton, which ell men should cultivate, and which
are peculiarly becoming in one In nay position,
Of my calling, and at my time of life.
II the good people Of the county Of Fayette,
in which | was born, and have passed the far
greater part Of my life, and that much in the
public eye, see fit to conide to my hands the
great trust for which my friends have proposed
me 10 them; presume that not one of them
doubts that will discharge with fidelity and all
the ability possess. all the duties of that trust
that will redeem every word that have ut
tered, neither more nor less, and that will do,
to the utmost extent of my power, what /
Judge most fer the happiness and prosperity Of
a Commonwealth which have so much reason
TO love, and with which all that have been dear
est TO me on earth, amongst the living and the
dead, are so intimately identified. II they re-
fuse TO confce this trust TO me, am we'll per-
suaded that the reason Of that refusal will be,
settled difference Of opinion from me, and a set
tied conviction, on their mart that err in the |
great principles ] advocate. Surely II will be
my duty to respect the settled opinion and con-
viction, IL il should be found different from nv
own IL has been my earnest endeavor all my
life, not to permit the ties Of friendship 10 be
broken by any differences Of opinion, or any of
the casualties Of life.
The Emancipation party in this State, what
ever may be the Issue Of the present elections,
will have great duties to perform. Their opin-
ions have a far greater power in the Common
wealth than these elections will reveal. Their
numbers in the Convention will, probably, be
greater than 10 generally supposed. Their in
fiuence in that body, upon general questions,
may be far greater than their relative numbers.
The influence Of the party in the State upon
the vote TO adopt or reject the new Constitution
may turn out to be- decisive. Or even allowing
all these events TO be against them, there will
still remain innumecable ways In which they
may promote the great cause they have at heart.
For myself, opposed by nature and from
principle, to all strife and needless commotion,
have been for twenty years, entirely with
drawn from all political agitatlons. But have
my life, and devoted II with cease
ess labor and almost ceaseless sacrifice, TO the
promotion Of truth, Of knowledge and Of free
dom. During the remnant of that life, what
ever it may be, | cannot cease to cherish the
deepest interest In what has 90 long occupied