The organizer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1849-03-31

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? means Of railroads. Canada can bC
! reAch' d from Cincinnati in little more
: than % hours.
!, In the event ola civil war hre king
) Out, OF. in the more direful event OF !
dissolulion of the Uaion. in cOns@.
/ quence Of fhe existence Of slavery,
; Kentucky would become the theatre
> and hear the brunt OF the war. She
, would doubtless defend herself with
! her known valor and CALAMITY; hui
, The superiority Of The numbers by
J which she w0gld be Oppcs.d would
. lay waste and drVasiafe her fair fields.
! Tier sister slave States w0u'd Nv 10
her surcOr; but even if they slIoul,l be
successful In the unequal conflict.
she never Could obtain Any indemnify
for the inevitable ravaPes OF the war.
Il may be- urged that we onght
not by The gradual abolition offs ave.
~, To sepa ate Oursehe s from the 9th.
er slave States, but conlinue to share
with them in all their futu,e fortunes.
The power OF each slave State, with
ia iis limits, over the iHsIi uturion o.
slAVe'y, is absolute, supreme and ex>
elusive exclusive Ofihat OF Congress
or that Of any other State The gov.
ernmPnt Of each slave State is bound.
by the highest aud most solemn obli.
gallons, to dispose OF the question OF
slavery, so as best 10 promote the
peace. happiness. and prosperity OF
the people of the State. X ntu, k,
being essentially "a farming State
slave labor is less profit bile. IC in
most OF the other slave S aies. they
find that lsbpr more profitable in al,
culture Of the staples of cotton aud
sugar, t"ry may pe,ceive reason ia
that feeling for continuing slavery.
which cannot be expected should con
troll the ia Ign, mt of Kentucky, as to
what may be fi,titg and prOprr Ior
her interests, Ii she should abolis
slavery, it would be, her duty, and ] |
trusl that she would be as ready, a.
she now il. to defend the Slave States
in the enjoyment OF all their lawful
and constitutional rights. Her pow>
er, political and ph, steal, would be
greatly incrcas, d; Tor one hundred
and ninety nine odd thousand slaves
and their dcs, endants would be grad. |
ually superseded by an equal number
Of white inhabitants, WHO would be
es Imattd per capita, aud not by the
federal rule of thrre-tiIihs prescribed
for the colOred race in the cOnstltu.
ton OfIhe United States.
lhave thus, without reserve. freel,
expressed my opinion aud pre.entrd
my views. The Interesting subject al
which have ire ,tcd would have al,
miIlrd OF much enlargement. but !
have desired To consult hrevitV. The
plan VIII CHI havrproposcd wilI hard
~ be- accused ut being too early in iiS
commencement or too lapid ~ s OBJ
Il will b. more likely 10 ,
meet with contra y reproachrs. IT,
a Op'ed. It il TO b. GIN thirty nine
yeas from the time OF It's allDpti0n,
as he one period - the other shall be
selrcied Tor ifs C mmrnc ment. How
long "A tine il u ~ take iO remove all
ihr col,Ied race fiOm the Staie. by :
Ihr annual transportation OF each
years natural increase. cannot he tx
acrly Hscpriaintd. Alter the system
has bren in operation some ye,F-
think il pr, battle, from The manifest
Ihat WOsld 6oS from il.
rom he Diminished value OF slave la
DIT, aud from The humanity and !,
leHevnleute 1T private l. dividuais |,
DrOn pting liberation OF their slaves :
snd their trat sporia'ion. general =
ir,p' ton would exist To accrlpT1te y
and complete the work OF coloniza~ '
ion.
That the sys EN- will be- attend, d !.
with some saerifi, e on tile part Of !,
'lalehnid' r. which are to he regret !
ed. need not be- denied. WHAT great
md beneficial enterprise was ever nc r
wiihOuf risk aud sac rificei !
But these sacrifices are d siani, cum \
ingrnf, and in Onsidei able. AsSu- =,
ming the year 1860 for the commence
nrnt OF The system. all slaves horn
,iior 20 that time would remain such i
Turing their lives. and the personal q
Oss Of The slsyrboldrr would be only {
he difference ~ value of female Z
lave, Whose offspring. if shr hsd any. =
,nra after the first day Of January. 8
sen, should he free al the age Of %, 4
" should be slavrs Cor lie. In the
mean time. if the right 10 r'move -or a
rlltbe slave ont IL thr State should \
" exercised. that tria ng loss would
lot be incurred. Theslavcholder.Af