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

sehemel And after you shall have worn out
the patience Of the nor-slavshoider, and the
mechanic; and after he shall have gone TO some
other country, leaving only here snd mere
white man, and after their eonsciencss,u with the
Increasing tide Of light. shall have become M
supportably burdened with sense OF guiit, IN
long acts of injustice to the poor coiofed man.
they WILL as in the West Indies, get tired oil the
slow process Of dealing justice, and throw tns
whole scheme TO the winds And then' ais'
years OF precious time have passed away
money squandered, and labor expended win
every interest Of your State delayed, you VIII
then be worse off than now, so far as the pres
ence of the black population will be concerned
And suppose we could remove, arbitrarily,
every colored man in the State; how long would
Il take them to come back1 Will public SEN
timent then, with the progressing tide Of chris
tlsn and humane feeling, post aguard all around
the border Of our State, lest poor unoffend-
, ing negro shall chance come I'm and disturb the
; equanimity Of few sensitive minds. who can
not bear to look upon any thing black unless
il is held as SLAVE. And for what all this ado
/, Why, that christians may crafty prejudice
S against color, which their God long since
: stamped with the curse of leProsy.
There is, in our opinion, better way to gel
o at the desired result-a dense white population
E Let the committee, and all EmanciPationis's
+ show their faith by their works, as Bro. X. Z
L Grundy, of Maysville, did few days since
d call up their slaves, put some ready money ia''
d their pockets, and tell them TO GO FREr-HoH-
/ here Then let the committee say to others
"follow US as we have followed the voice Of on
e God''-"let the oppressed 90 free, and breal
e every yoke" Let them, with all other Eman
l. cIpatonists, untIringly pile up arguments an
a facts upon the public mind, until the deere
rs goes forth, (which would be soon under sue
- efForts) that Kentucky is free.
le Then our thouands of white citizens, VIII
annually emigrate to other States, would u
he up on their native soil, and 90 TO the work {
all Improvement Other white men-enterprisin
ce men, and capitalists from the East, would pou
n in upon our rich soil, dense forests, and vaiu
ms bic mines Thus the sohae populations souI
- more rapidly increase than the black. And u
fiji slaves freed, that increase from shameless poly
amy, of which the committee speaks, wou
he cease. And then If we, together with the co
We ored people, should think it best for them
be have a country to themselves, we could on
OF them, as has been proposed, homes in Ne
SIS Mexico. or some Of our wide-spreading territ
es' ries. Many, perhaps most, would 60; and [
ald upon principles Of justice and humanity.
no other than some such plan, can i, as an i
Of dividual, consent. ! regard that plan whi'
ish proposes Punishment, as condition Of freedoi
be- as still partaking Of the spirit Of slavery
on, crushing rights to crafty prejudice and su
s. posed interest.
OF Now, friends, as We are proposing in
US eyes Of God and the world. to do a noble a
'er' that of proclaiming freedom to the down-trC
'ng den slave, let us 20 the whole figure Of IT
seo magnsnimity-extend absolute justice TO eve
me one, and not stain the noble enterprise by
an naming acts Of injustice, to crafty an unh'
ven prejudice.
No plan Of emancipation Is yet adopted
ion the State, and il is, therefore, the privilege
So each citizen to present before the minds OF
and fellow citizens, that v hich he deems best. t
We should be done in a respectful manner and W
and feelings Of kindness, which | entertain to
en- members Of the committee.
hat JoHs G.. FEE
the CABIN CREEK P. o., KY, Sept. l5, ls49.