The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-26

ure- SuPPosiEg our readers yorll '''-
know the feelings Of Germans on a.. - :"
We nave translated some remarks from The n,
oteehisT' a German paper Of this city. DC
GERMAN MEETING At TIE co,-gr,,
We are Induced 20 notice tbi. 49,
some length, because a Liud Of ;,,-...s
9roach was there thrown upon the C..
pers Of this city, as il they wished O. =
their readers in uncertainty upon The mot.
poriant question Of the day.
The meeting was not very num-r,p.l--,
tented After waiting long time f., -.
move TO be made by ihpse who had c,Y.t.l
ueeiing' Mr-seh~ ara Was chosen Prrsi.i-nt Ana
Mr.. Sehafv Secretary. Mr. Temper, r,. -
called upon 10 address the assembly. wb.ra a.
did He began his speech with the de,r,..,.-.-
thai he considered the revision Of The 9
ton Of Kentucky by the peopie n 80.
as the mightiest question Of the day. AMI -,
the points involved, that Of slavery Ma. a.
most prominent lie thought the sI,v.rr -
lion had been started by the wings and ,e-..
holders. in order to smother this revision. ,r,t-
State and city otiiee-holdsrs were y,i,. NJ.
Emancipation, and riding the black regr..,o...
in order TO hold their places with rrrsi,,'....
rity. lie declared that he should BE- VERY
to see slavery abolished, bet he was moi in e.
Of the plan that had been proposed. for i,+.
first place. the abolition Of slavery in thi, way
would require much too long time. n-,,r,.,
hundred years might eIapse before is es,..r.
lion; in the second place, by this plan, C-rme,
labor would be reduced in value. Ls,fs,l..
and Jefferson county have eight ihoussBE and
some hundred slaves; by the new scheme Of
Emancipation The negroes, as they beeom. free
are TO Be hirej cut for three years 10 pav a.
cost Of their transportation; il may nov Be- as
sumed that each year there will be 800 n.gr,4.
hired out, which in three years wouls ma.
nine hundred Eegroes. Such a number Of L..-s
negroes would brisg down German labor. a. ID
is well known that the Americans employ ,l-i,
negroes in preference, because they ar more
skilled in blackiug boots, and kaow Ion 81.
wait on them better. They often buy for me.
gro dray and Ei.s, which they could rot 10
for German.
Thirdly, We nave 10 right o. take AVA liz.
property Of the shareholders without r-rg..-.
ting them. These are the principal rrrrr.s
the speaker tcok against the Germans filling
in with the plan Of Emancipation. We r-s...
very much that Tie speaker, in Tie fl.,.--
course Of his speech, dgvlt uPoa a pom, q
view totally irrational, aui 90 opposition 90 Che
sentiment Of the Germans, and shoggr. ,l.-. ID
the cold ealcuistor and Lumorist. taau Of fs,
kindly feeling philanihroPisi. God Be rra.--t.
the U-turaI'" s..s -ot 81 turned into si.a-. and
so ossi6ej, 50 possessed By NammoH, Jhs, .ury
can barter feeling and pity, ua'ur2. and l.,.as
rights, for gain-that they could give the lis,
blow to an enterprise Of humanity for the 81 10
, Of their own profit. Deep silence r-i-1-. ta--
p ing The delivery Of the speech, aul DO s1ur. Of
applause interrupted tie F-=a.as. Crs--, aat
e usually triumphant orator The publ. showed
strong disaPPrObatiOn by giving lou s.....- %
to the speaker Who followed on tie opposite
side. The speaker himself f,.t The vyskue.s of
the ground be stood upon; 50 strong t. s.t.. i.s
p sense Of right in !hs bTs-st Of a Gelmsa, ,.at
+ he cannot defend sOphi,try and wrong. with lie
5 manly boIdnsss Of convection. lie vho.s 1-.
! furnished with grounds and argument r-.-s
{ upon phrases, and leaps from one uri-1st'-s5.
5 sitiOn TO another The German cannot Io otl-
erwise-he must condemn slavery, ana ia ever
? earnest attempt 10 root out this curs- ol he
Z land. which has a prospect Of suc-a-s, be- mus,
take part.
The German cannot Join in the cont. --.a-
, Gus tone Of the American tow arcs the u-r-c-s.
: he looks upon them as fellow-cr-atur-.. ami z
it IS Irae as Mr.. T. said, that thew are b-ussrh
I the whites, and cannot read aud write. STD an
appropriated person would throw great Psr;
Of the blame upon the whites themselves It
Is crime against nature, on the pa-, q The
States, greater even than the federation Of sav--
; ry, that heavy punishments are AFFIXED to he
crime Of teaching negroes 10 reaj and write
; We are constantly told that slavery j. not 50
bad a lot, and that May Europeans wJu'- envy
It 10 the slaves, since they are fed, ana uurssj,
and live free from care. But ASK th- poorest
. German whether he would exchange lots "a
|. this condition, and he would ling the answer
in your face. There Is glorous coed col1-c-
ted with religious and political freedom. HutbI-h
above this stands Individual free ON. The bird
dies away from the golden cage. and prefers 10
seek a scanty fare amid snow and storm, rather
than pick up its sugar in a warm room.
A word now upon the principal ground
against the plan Of Emancipation. S1iy yraIs
and no more. might pass before he realisation
Of the scheme.
Now, sixty years are not tine eternity t0which
all those would PrOlOng slavery who would have
Il abolished only with full in5emni6catioa go
Sixty millions Of dollars will never BE- raised To-
kentucky for this object, so that il may as vel
be said that slavery shall continue forever. Ac-
cOrdiug to the plan Of Emancipation, hose
born after the year ls6O are 10 be free. and 50
this measure would begin its blessed work IN Ten
years; but were il even one hundred years,
there would still be a LIMIT. A preacher said
some three weeks aEo in a church of this place.
that it would be a consolation for the damasa,
if they could carry away one grain Of sand
from the largest mountain every million Of
years, and after the last grain had been canned
away, after myriads Of millions Of year,, ar'i'-
eranee should dawn.
Let us be more rlsrciful than the Cod Of iai'
priest, and grant the prayer % deliver. ace %
the innoeently cOnde after the sans %
one century have run out No christian. e
least can hear fha fb,,uohf that fbis n forfunafs