The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-06-16

| Inc following article from an earnest pIeac Oh
er Of the Baptist denomination affords stnar
proof oil the truth Of our assertion in last week
Examiner, that the Baptist preachers of Ken
lucky are by no means universally opposed Z.
Emancipation.
In SLAVERY BE A SIa.--If slavery be a sin
SAID respectable citizen OF Ohio county III,
other day, II Is sin al the master; the matte
resls between him and his God alone. This
suppose Is popular sentiment, but it is certain
~ Without any foundation. What is slavery.
ont the creation OF local law Those who legs.
lise The relationship between master and slave
certainly are accountable for their actions. and
II lhey give one man tie power to Cypress his
fellow and that man uses the power gwen, then
they are guilty who gave the power If man
Is disposed 10 shed innocent blood but has ro
weapon to elect has purpose, if / give hum the
weapon am not guilty. So the world over il
has been seen IN every country that depraye,l
man IS ready TO oppress his fellow, to take from
MN his nights, and who ever doubted the guilt of
He legislator which gave him the power 10 do sol
acknowledge that the present generation ri
9pen are not Responsible for The doinss of ibose
who framed The Constitution Of This State sd
yeaH ago. Blu: whyl The reason is plain. Thai
constitution ~ the work of other men, but a
convention IS 10 meet IN October next, 10 amend
the CONSTITUTION under which we were horn
and raised, snG Al there is a single feature in
that Constitution that gives TO no man the now.
er to Cypress his felow-then Just as soon as
lne convention sanctions that feature and the
people adopt II by Their votes, 1t will be the sin
oil The people and their representatives Lei
every hentuckian look this truth full in the face
oeiefe ne gives his vote at the polls. Let MIN
ask what would have been The condition of
Kentucky now, If the trainers of the present
Constitution bal said every child born in Keu.
lucky after the year LS00 shall be free on Ger.
tam conditions, and then let him ask himself
what Will Kentucky be fifty years hence. Ill
slavery be psrpetuated, or what--if she decide
IN favor OF gradual Emancipation. Reader
remember that your vote may make il the one
OF the other. EdlloIs, statesmen, and ministers
OF the gospel, remember that upon the part YOU
take IN the present contest may depend the fate
oil your own State, and the fortune of your nos |
terty for generations to come.
IL Thomas Jefferson trembled for his 1ountrv
IIn view of s,avery,) when lie remembered thai
God IS just, ought not every man to tremhIe
when he remembers that he has todecide whether
The relationship shall be perpetuaied between
master ano slave IN old Kentucky? Ii we de.
clue IN favor OF perpetuating slavery i'm this
State, then, instead OF coming forth from tb;s
convention with our hands washed in lnno
,ency, we shall come forth saying, let the blood
81 slavery be on Us and our children forever.
But again, II Is not only true that we all
bare in the sin, if il be sin, ia peroetuating
he relationship existing bslween master and
lave but slavery has demorslising Influence
~ those who DO not own slaves Can my child
Walk on the ground mostsned by the tears and
weat OF the siase--can he breathe in the at
nosPhere polluted by the breath of slayery-cap
10 hear The groans of oppression-and vet be
npoilutedf Can our children be raised without
aving their morals affected, in a State where
lready 100000 Of the human family, made in
ne image Of God, are deprived of the rights of
ian, priced by dollars, and sold with the horse
nat plows the ground7 Impossible. ,
But, in conclusion, charity inspires the hone
nat God has winked at the days of Ignorance
n this subject, but now while the world IL noI. j
tied on tho subject Of both political and reii-
Ious emancipation, he most assuredly com.
lands Kentucky to repent But, gentle reader,
conclusion, do not misunderstood me. lam Z
sbolilionist. ! am decidedly in favor of
radual emancipation connected with coloniss-
On, and reasons which deem Unnecessary for =
e TO name here, have led me 10 offer nv views u
the above, and subscribe my name.
- ALFiut3 TAYLOR.