The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-07-28
Now hear the other side.

=, -. I0i tne idstins oenent oil both. They q
no' aohiu Thai Al is among human possibilities ID
the nesIoes 10 get the supremacy here. and looL
Jug upon Inauguration wit the negfoee as i,npo,
s,oleI they believe The determination or remove
Oh the negroes inevitable.
ihey say that slavery is 8 social, moral, and pc
ltieei evii-thst slave labor is unproductiye-tha
nov Is the lime, when we are at peace as a nation
snu Dressed with teeming plenty, TO SIT about Nd
uiO'his lhls incubus upon the body polite. Tn
plan proposed is substantially, that the slaves \
Jeins say nVe years hence, shall serve for life
mat those born thereafter shall serve the female
10 II, and The males 10 Is years of age-the cbil
SIen 10 90 out with the mother, nor should inns
"auu shu VIE te separated, but the first fro
should De hired until the other becomes free.
AFTER they S'tan the respective ages, thew arr
Liberia - N'' '-e"i T"
Our opponents say that this will be iep-;yin,
them OF their pEoperly-ihat they hold their sIsrr,
oy The same right they hold other properly. an,
are as much entitled TO the future Increase OF bei
slaves, as 10 the inture produce Of their farms :.
That England, monarchy, acted in better 1a;il
WIN her subjects, than we propose TO orr EeIlou
eiitsns, when she set 400 OUO slaves free in no,
West India isles. She paid f2O,0O,0OD 10 The
The answer is The Bible informs ns sb,, ma,
was gwen " dominion over the fish of The sea. and
over ne lows OF the aiI, aud over the cattle sno
ever al the earth, and over every Creeping tbinS
That eieePeth upon the earth" thus we saw man
has natural right 10 his lands and his stock. snc
ie mas Out 10 conform 10 conventional require.
inenls 10 ENJOY them in peace. Not so with sla.
very IL is the creature of brute force il has ibs
susIaaly oil law, and may be rghliully termed !
| legal monster when we huy negro. we know
liai We hold him under authority that is liable 10
oe IeF"ked, but that same authority would not be
lusiihed IN interfering in the same way with any nj
our natural rights. Does any one doubt HE TisbI
oil lhe approaching convention 10 say that slavery
snail iol longer exist an kentucky? Surely but few
/ Bnt ne! would have no such right 10 deprive ma
al ouf land and our cattle such an aci would
Sisaoi'e society. Let US look AT England's acts.
she liberated nsianteT, many OF her slaves othera
she apprenticed Tor short time. Ii was little
else, however, than immediate emancipation. for
which she paid less lhaa $50 a head: now AZ.
LOi TIE services oil The negro according 10 our plan
al more value than this amount of moneyl
! bui again, II the owner does not wish 10 come
under the operation OF the law, he has five wears
n w1ich 10 sell his negroes, ard IL ne does moi
Ike rither oil The foregoing terms, he has five
years 10 remove ~ilh his negroes TO a State Uhere
slavery is tolerate. The reply TO this, is that we
I iOnce the slave owner TO leay. his native conn.
Try. Oar answer is, that he is not forced bnt acts
H'ilh view 10 his interest but that his STAYING
herr with his negroes will force our childran IN
leave their homes 10 make room for The paeroes
| IL Ne all turn our attention TO the education of
our cAiidfen, ana prepare Them 10 take The plsce
oil the masters and slaves who leave US The com.
iry vail be greatly The gamer, in more ways than
one. 'HN''
There is another point of view in which the slave.
hocer may receive instruction in considering this
question. We see the facility with which prSperv
chai 5es hands. When we reflect that slavery ne.
cess srily makes our children more indolsnt ana
eXlfaVagant, II not more dssipated, is IL ventu.
rag Too much 10 predict that If things remain as
they now are, the children Of our
hels ioors VIII IN thirty years own majority of the
neg ses. Here is food for Thought We lpov, n
- Zen Il 10th. f...
ineir places. II they come from other STATES zach
one, % all probaeiluy, will bnng with him five
lnrs as much as The slave whose place he comes
70 u has taken away, so that in that case the
Staie would be more Than ive-fold gamer, for in
addition 10 the wealth, she will have received
white citizen and lost only a slave negro. But
mach greater gain than that is proposed and hoped
Tor tits TO qualify our children for the cultivation
OF our nch lands, now worked almost entirely by
sldV7 8, and keep them among US with the assn.
Iance thel shal enjoy The blessing. In that Wsy
our own child.en will I'll up the vacancies and moi
leave US dependant on emigration, bat indie pendent
oft.
II is said BY some, that those who have no
slaves should not vote so as 10 effect slave pr,o-
cry Suppose our eouauY shOuld call for men 10
defend heT nights and honor, would our slave hol.
ders say 10 such, YOU have but little Interest in
me uOFernment-you own no negroes--sfay al
home, We will breast the sto-m and fight for our
country. HISS this ever been the case with su On
palHoisl Suppose seTyile instruction should
Jake place, would the slave owners cav 70 those
who DO not own slaves YOU have no Interest In ~,
mailer and should not interferel With the same
prOpuety that mightbe said, as 10 saw they have
no night 10 vote. No, they would appeal first 10
Their patriotism, aud If that failed they would turn
yeu 20 me Jaw and show that they were bound TO
assist IN quelling the instruction and restoring OF.
DEF LOOK at the slave stampede In Fayette last
year; some ~ or more negroes ran awsv nd nass
ed through portions Of three or tour large slave
holding counties, and could not be arrested until
they got among the observation-disclosures Of Hracken
county; these good people did not hesitate in the
performance OF Their duly-the negroes were "a
ken and returned 10 their masters-this wss inter
ierlng with slave property-dd the slave owners
condemn this act, and declare il interference3
II We have no regard TO our own interest, we
should look 10 the future condition Of our child.
rem We have now near two hundred thousand
slaves; they are nineteen times as numerous now
as lucy were nifty years since. Suppose they are
doubled m every coming twenty-five years In
one hundred years there will be over three mil.
lions. What then is 10 become of our childrep
Look al stubborn truths. In 1910 Indiana had
oui delegate in Congress, and kentucky had
nine representatives.. They were eauAl in repre-.
seniatves, having ten each ia 1S40 and i'm 1850
II The ratio is liked al one hundred thousand Ken.
lucky will have z, Indiana 10, and Ohio n renre.
sentatiVes. Should not such truths induce ever
man 10 do has eutyl Ii rs evident slavery il hin.
GRANGE 10 The intelligence and Improvement of The
masses Look at our country: truth contains the
admission-the free white lsborers, those who
get their "living by the sweat of their faces"
the bone and snew Of the land, constituting four.
hiths OF the white population, are driven back 10
me nils, hollows, and poor lands, leaving the
fich lands TO be cultivated by slaves Thus cir
eumstaneed, the poor, from the sparseness of
iheir settlements, cannot sustain schools, eonse-
quently, Their children grow up in ignorance. The
estimate is that twenty thousand voters in our
State, at the last Presidential election, could ne.
theT read or write. When we reflect thai our GOV.
eminent relies for its support upon the intellge
OF the people, is not this tendency of slavery ap
palingf
we desire the new constitution may be amend.
sole as the present one, ano that II shall provide
furhef,-that clause may be changed or amend
ed, or that clause may be stricken out, or a new
one added by The votes of the Legislature and of
the people, as Is now required to call a conyen.
ton except that nothing Is gained to require The
Legislature 10 actin any given number OF days.
frenGs, the emanoipatonlsls have no feeling
IN common with the abolitionists; they detest
them and their principles, and look uoon them
next 10 the mea who would fasten negro slavery
upon us foreYeT,-as enemies 10 the prosperity OF
the State. 50 long as the negroes are here u is
best for all that they should be slaves. Masters
should, therefore, be prevented from freeing their
slaves, without provision being made for their re-
moval from among u.s. 7
Being too old, and having too much al stake 10
iatter, the foregoing is submitted 10 your serious
consideration, by your friend,
W. r.. THoMAssoN.