The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-01-27
The Nleesinx next Thnrssiay Might.

our Ecdu1s VIII nOtCc Call iOI u PuuiiS
meeting Of the citizens of Louisville, to take
place on Thursday evening next. at the Court
House, which we publish In another column.
We trust tina a large number of the friends Of
constitutions reform and prospective emanci-
patton will b, present. The time has arrived
for action, AMI that action should be temperate
and reasonable, but firm and decided
1t is our sincere desire that in the inciPient or
ganisation, which necessarily precedes an ell
cient and enefgenlic course of action, the friends
Of emancipation will SO act as to command the
respect Of their opponents. While we should
scrupulously avoid spirit Of harshness or I'M
kindness, We should be equally guarded against
even the appearance Of timidity or indecision.
The language 81 the EmancipatiOnists of
Kentucky toward, their fellew-citizens, ever
has bsen, and we trust ever will be conceived in
the spirit of that beautiful and striking senti-
ment Of holy writ, "COYs and let us reason TO-
gether." We expect the question of emanciPa-
ton to carry m Kentucky, for the simple reason
that the peope are willing and anxious to ex-
anime and discuss it. Every succeeding day
convinces US hat the discussion of this question
Is becoming more general. The advocates Of
perpetual slavery, who hoped TO smother free
dom of thought and liberty Of speech, by the
impotent tyranny Of a legislative caucus, have
discovered their mistake, and now admit that
the question Of emancipation must and will be
the great and absorbing question in the selec-
ton Of candidates TO amend the constitution
and this is right-for it ia conclusive evidence
that the people have greater interest at stake
in the right deci,ion of the question, than they
have in the decision of some others which will
necessarily be acted on in the coming conven-
ION.
u Emancipationbts are by no means opposed
to other reforms, but they wish every proposed
reform to stand on its own merits, and ALL to
pass the searching ordeal Of free discussion and
public investigation.
The voice Of the people of this Common
wealth, from oae end Of the State TO the other,
Is clear, full and eommanding-"LKT THERE BIZ
LIGHT" Light on reformed judiciary sys-
tem"-iight on the subject Of "public debts
light ON "public education"-light on the in
alienable honest question-and light on the
policy Of slsUery psrPefuaiiOR; in word, they
need and: intend to hare light on any and all
subjects which affect the interests Of themselves
and Of their children.
And what citizen of the State, either native
or adopted. should object 10 this1 II policy
is right and true, it shuns not the freest discus
sion and the fullest investigation; but IL it be
wrong and false, il is very apt to hide from the
light, ''lest its deeds should be reprOved."
The people residing in the interior portion Of
the State, are expecting Louisville 10 take the
initiative on this subject. They, in common
with ourselves, are fully sensible of the blghting
effects Of slavery on the commercial, manufac.
turing and mech ancal interests. and are expect
Ing us to eyince the sincerity of our faith BY
CORRESPONDING bOIdness and prOmptness of ac-
ton. We therefore hope to see all the real
friends Of emancipation present at the proposed
meeting. Let there be free interchange Of
thought and opinion. Let each strengthen the
other, and let all be determined TO yield their
favorite theories when such yielding does not
involve a sacrifice of principlel for the sake
Of uniting upon the most practicable plan for
accomplishing cur object. If it be true that
perpetual vigilance is the price of liberty" it
Ia no less true that free discussion, continuous
agitation, and decided action, is the necessary
price of prospective emancipation. We canno,
and ought not to expect to purchase so desra.
BILE blessing at less cost.
Come then, friends of emancipation, one and
all. Come from your counting rooms and stores
come from your factories and workshops
come from your firesides and homes-and come
with that singeness of aim and earnestness Of
purpose which is the sure prelude of ultimate
success