The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-02-10
sIr. Dsi.eney's Besoiuston-The Pre-sIave-
~ Fsse fn the Iegislafure-1he Duty Of
Characterization.


Saturday last wasa remarks able day at Frank.
Enthusiastically il ought 10 be marked with .
''blue bean The perpetuslists of Kentucky
who have no Saintin the calendar to whom the,
can look for favor, ought, by all means hereaf.
ter, to hold the third day of February in the mos
kindly remembrance. They ought to have ,
day. The English have Saint Georges day
which they hold, or rather did hold in reverence
in honor Of the dragon slayer of Csppsdocia-
the Irish have Saint Pstrick's day, in honor Of
that Saint who bsnishee Psgsnism and frogs
from the 'semerald isls''--the Scotch, at home,
have day, and in this country they make it a
matter Of conscience to meet together on the
twenty-ffth Of January, not in honor of a
Saint, il is tue, but of much better man than
some saints that we have heard of-and even,
according 10 venerable adsge, "every dog has
his day" Well, then, since all sorts of men
and dogs have their day, why should not the
Kentucky perpetusiists have their day, and
why should not the third Of February be that
dsyf
Saturday last was very remarkable day at
Frankfort. II was dark and cloudy here, but we
suppose IL was clear and besmy at the seat Of
government. The slaveholders' convention met
ths4 on that day, and we presume they resolved
that emancipation is precisely what they do not
wish to effect. Well, as nobody expected them
to resolve otherwise, we fear that their labor of
love was lost. But what were the doings Of the
slsytholders' Convention when compared with
tae rsmsrksbleextra performed by the "assem-
bled wisdom Of the Statei'' Did not Mr..
Dohoney, with heart brimfal of ebuIIieni
patriotism and philanthropy. rise in his place
in the House Of Representatives, and offer the
sabjoined most deIectsbls resolution
Resolved, That we, the Representatives. Of the
pespis Of kssifncky, are opposed 20 the abolition
or emancipation Of slavery In any form or shape
whatever
Well, we cannot too highly admire the CON-
pfehensiEensss Of Mr.. Dohoney's resolution
II opposes both the abolition and the emancipa-
ton Of slavery in any form or shape. We love
10 dwell On the <egance Of Mr.. Dohonsy's coli
location Of words. Heis opposed to the "eman-
eiPatiOn of slavery in any form or shape what
ever" emancipation Of slavery. We have
hssTda good deal said Of late Of the emancipa-
tion Of slaves, bat our friends have not got TO
shat pitch Of classic perfection which enables
them to taIk "ihPpingiy on the tongue Of the
emancipation Of SLAVERY. Moreover, Mr.. Doho-
ney's resolution wages war Of determination
against the ''abOlition or emancipation Of slave
~ in any fern or shape Whatever" There are
many kinds Of slavery 10 kentucky-there is
African slavery, which we hope to live to see
extinct within the fair borders of our dear cid
Commonwealth, Then, there is the slavery Of
vice and ain. the slavery Of bad habits, the slave
ny Of thepoor and the dependent white men and
women, and a variety Of other "shspes and
forms Of slavery, against each and all Of which
we nesn 10 wsr aslOng as the breath Of life ami
mates Oar bodice. Bat Mr.. Dobeney's resolu- |
ton, II we are 70 cOnstrue il literally, is in favor