The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-09-08


for slavery. The whole world will soon begin
TO laugh at them. They remind US of nest OF
hornets which are so busy in whettIng their
stings, that they can scarcely take the necessa-
ry measures for sustaining life. There they sit
on their nest, watching in all directions for
some insult, their very stings aching for want OF
something to do. II an unfortunate little breeze
comes straying among the leaves, or an unhappy
shadow passes over the nest, fury fills their
msgnsaimous little breasts. They dart out in
all dl rections, and woe to theunfortunate breeze
or the unhappy shadow!
II seems that somebody has written a tale
which has raised the quilts upon the fretful por-
cupine of the South. "Wss's me for some
body" The author of the tale, and every one
connected with the magazine In which il ap-
Peared, have been earnestly invited to come to
the South and be hanged. We have not learned
that any one has yet accepted the invitation
The publishers of the magazine have, no doubt,
the greatest disposition TO Oblige their friends,
but they are probably SO busy that they have no
time 10 be hanged. We may expect them to
come and be hanged at their earliest convent
ence.
But the fact has come to light that the writer
of the tale IL himself native and resident Of the
South. What Is TO be done with him TIL,
tale is not yet finished, and the only safety for
the author is in finishing the tale 10 suit his
Southern friends. We hope the tale will moi
lead the author TO the tail Of cart, and thstthe
thread of the story may not be twisted into g
rope for ais mock Perhaps he had better sus.
pend tho tale, that he may not be suspended
| himself
We lay before our readers The remarks OF the
New York Evening Post upon this subject.
We recently copied FROM a Virginia paper
certain humane threats against the editors and
publishers Of ;sartsin's Union Magazine, and all
| in any wise connected Herewith. One person
especially, the writer of tale published in the
magazine, in which a negro was allowed TO JUS
/ tify himself for escaping from the peculiar in
stitution, wss earnestly invited 10 make his an.
pearance south Of the Potomac, and was assn red
that if be did SO, he wonld be murdered by a
moi the instant he became known. A lady OF
this city, Of distinguished literary reputation
stated to be connected with the magazine, was
/ II tle same tltilt NdfHedg Tile pcnditN OIL
outrage, not 90 present herself in those ATTITUDES
| Il hes since been discovered that the author OF
this obnoxious tale is IL southern incendiary BY
the name Of W Hey, a native and citizen Of North
| Carolina, graduate of her State university, anO
practising lawyer in her courts
| The Souh CQT0liBiGH, a print as sharp as
| apy, even in the State where IL is published, oil
the scent OF all incendiary, has an article upon
the case OF Dir. Wiley, from which we learn
that he is 10 be- required tn give reasons and eX-
plantations for permitting "Wild Bill" who
personates the character of the fugitive slave 10
the story, TO talk la the heretcal manner which
has excited so much alarm and Indignation
But the South CaTOIlRian is exceedingly feari nj
that the unioitunsie tale writer will be unahl-
to satisfy 'his fellow-citizens, whom he has Sc
grievously outraged" The worst part OF Mr.
Wiley's offence lie, that in the dialogue, in which
| Wild Bill expresses his sentiments TO Walter,
another character in the story, on the subject OF
escaping from bondage, he does not make w al
ter's RECITATION at all satisfactory.
This is very unfortunate, and, we fear, be.
yond remedy: for everybody will admit, that il
Wild Bill is parsonage of any acuteness and
vigor Of intellect, he will so spply those facul-
ties ia the argument upon the proprieiy Of run.
ming away from slavery, as to render any at
tempt at reply quite futile. And that he has
employed a very forcible style Of re reasoning on
| the subject, In evident from the sensation his
conversation with Walter has occasoned. A
North Carolina editor, who seems TO be a neigh
Dor aud acquaintance of Mr.. Wiley, and who
Is altogether less sanguinary and obdurate than
his brother Of she South Carolinian, proposes to
postpone the hanging Of his friend, until he has
had the opportunity Of finishing his story; for
he suggests that, after all, the tale may have
very fitting catastrophe. "Wid Bill" may be
arxo xad h. hx,f - ~ 4
the fugitive colored logician may be caught and
strung up; and SO all end happily.
What 10 TO be done with Wiley, becomes a
very important question. His treatment will
form a precedent In the code Lynch, which
may exercise great influence in the future ad-
ministration OF II. His crime is certainly far
moro fragrant than that with which Barrett
stands charged for the document, signed Bru-
tus, which that unlucky person is said 10 have
put into the mails. makes no reference whatever
70 slavery, but Is simply calm address to the
white citizens Of South Carolina, showing them
that they live under an aristocratical dsspotism,
and are denied portion Of their political rights
That IL denounced as a celebrated incendiary
document" and a respectable citizen of free
State is threatened with death, for attempting to
circulate II through the government mails. or
course, II they could catch the author of that
address, he woald be accommodated with short
shrift and long rope. Mr.. Wiley, therefore,
stands in very dangerous situation, and II
would not surprise us to hear, by the next mail,
That the services Of the Hon. Mr.. Ke.ch, now in
the United States Senate, had been brought into
requisition, and that the indiscreet story-telIer
had been "hung up on tho first limb" and If
the bones Of Thomas Jefferson should be ex-
humed, and suspended beside the body, the
memory or that prince of incendiares would.
at length, have received the browning honor TO
which the fansticism of the hour In Carolina
and Virginia, no doubt, considers 1t fully en-
titled. f1. ila ..rr
II will strike many as a singular circum-
stance, that all three Of the persons who at this
time are exciting the fears and the violent pas
sions of the more bigoted pariizans of slavery in
the South, are themselves natives Of that erion.
The most Dreaded and detested Of them, the
author Of the political tract sigued Brutus, is a
clergymen. born In South Carolina, and, until
within q few years, resident preacher in that
State. Mr.. Barrett, as we are led to suppose from
a recent letter, Is native Of Virginia. and has
not been many years citizen Of free State;
and to the Good Old North State" the South
is indebted for the gift Of Wiley. This Is fac,
that may very well awaken inquiry in respect
10 the tendencies Of institution, the most for.
midabie enemies Of which are produced In the
midst OF Communities, where Il appears the
most securely guarded by law, and BY the vigil
lance Of those Interested In preserving II.
oNsw Orleans Daily Csescens.
Thm psper ne alwavs weIcorae IN Orr tail.