The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-07-14

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We The anecdote told Of Mr. Haggin. the ere,
IT lawyer but eccentric man s'rAo ,o,s no, 10
al fastened Mr.. Hsggin went TO st. Louis o
D. professional business, and expecting TO be abseI
Tor considerable length Of time, he entere
" INTO contract with the hotel keeper, In sinh
u stance that he was to pay them four dollars ne
n week for board, and il not being fair to charg
MN with board during his absence, the goo
u natnred landlord stipulated TO make reasona
: oie allowance to him for each meal and eacl
:. lodging he was absent When the time com
d for Mr.. Haggin TO leave for home after board
o ing at the hotel parts Of several weeks. the nm
suasPecting landlord approached him with hi
o,n' long line Of figures and calculations
yes, said the lawyer, al was lust lhinkin,
, OF seitiing," drawing his account against Ia,
hoiei keeper, crediting himself IS cents fol
eaeh meal he was absent, 81 have both account,
: aho 'aAing yours from mine, you owe me ius
: sxaetiy one dollar and ahalf."-''Good heaye ms
sir, exclaimed the landlord, 1but Won ar,
wrong '-"No sir" calmly replied the lawyer
drawing out the contract between them. "6ere
is me principle on which the calculation is
made; there are the figures N3ssmistuke
figures don't lie" sa-F
fellow-citlzens, we are told at This late day,
mat kentucky has no power 10 emanclpate the
slaves and send them off, without first render
ing compensation TO the owners, rhat eman-
| NOu'u 10 III FlOidtlOQ OF ln9 clause OF
ART D, Constitution of the United States, W hich
declares, "nor shall private property be taken
Tor public use without just compensation. In
the case OF Barrow vs.. the Mayor Of Baltimore
IN refers 243, the Supreme Court of the Uni
TED states decided "the provision in the above
amendment declaring that private property shall
not be taken for public use without lust com
Pensation, is intended solely as limitation on
the exercise of power by the government of the
United states, and is not applicable TO the egis-
| lation Of the States. Limitations of mower, n
expressed IN general terms, unnecessarily appli-
cable to the government created by the instru.
ment, and not TO distinct governments framed
0y Inherent persons and for different purposes"
See note 10 Con. u. 5. Stat. Law 50, Here
the highest Judicial tribunal i'm the nation has
settled This question, and We might let il rest
But we have precedent in the history of our
States, slnce the adoption Of the Feceral Con.
stituton. In 1893, New York adopted a sys-
lem OF Emancipation to take effect gradually
and ProsPectively after the 4th July, 1893
Chancellor Kent gives history of this pro-
cseding, and comments on constitutional cues
lions in his notes, kent's Com. 2 vol. $50, and
yet this eminent Jurist did not discover that
such proceeding interfered with vested rights
and was unconstitutional Amidst al the legis
laiion relative 10 slave property in New York
subsequent TO '99, this constitutional question,
so far as | can learn, was never mOoted Gen
" ashington, IN his letters, has expressed an ar
dent wish TO see Virginia emsncipated from
slavery; he had great fears il would not be done
in his day, he believed 1t would be done sooner
or later, but he never declared that it was un-
constitutional, though he was a member and the
PRESIDENT OF the Convention that framed the
Constitution. Mr.. Jefferson desired to see
Emancipation in Virginia, but expressed no
constitutional scruples. 1t is plain, however,
in another view that the slave owner is COM
pensated. BE gets common schools for his chill
dren, and the price Of his land is greatly en-
HANGED. The average price OF land in Ken
lucky is now $3.50 per acre, and the ayeIage
price of land in Ohio Is over S1l 90, although |
her soil is better, and her climate worse, than
ours, with as much billy and swampy territory |
as We have OF hills and mountains. This addi- |
uonal increase in the value Of our land will |
more than compensate for the withdrawal from
taxation of the SGT, 000,0 900 in the removal of
the negroes. Besides this amount of property |
is not TO be Withdrawn at nee. Ii wilt he done
gradually and almost u npercepubiy, without ef- I
fecting sensibly the sources of the revenue |
So gradually is it proposed to remove the slaves
that little room will be left for the influx of that
foreign population so odious and hateful TO the |
gentleman. Our own children instead of be- |
ing driven off will fill up and occupy the
State.
4 Mr.. Clay proposes to leave in slavery all slaves
now on the soil and TO be born before 1855 or |
1860, 10 be kept here, sold or removed at the |
pleasure Of the owner, and all born after the |
period fixed upon to be free at twenty i've wears
Of age, and then TO be hired out until they pro.
duce a sum sufficient TO remove them to Africa
Ii will cost from $50 to $50 TO transport and |
subsist them at the colony--this is what Mr.
Clay says il will cost, and Judge Underwood
in a speech in the Senate Of the United States
declared the same, upon the reliable informa-
ton OF the Rev. Mr.. McClain, Secretary Of the
Colonization Society. heard Of some silly
person saying it would cost $50, but Il is not
now a subject Of speculation for the Colonisa-
ton Society have demonstrated it by experience
II we can emaDcipate them, the removal OF
them will be practicable.
But, my christian eOuntrymen, there's anOth-
er view Of this great subject that rises hgh above
all figures and Gale ulations. The degraded and
oppressed negro fOr whom we are soon 10 egis-
late, for veal or woe, like ourselves has inn
mortal destiny. He comes from the plastic
hand of the Creator, endowed with the same ell
evating religious sensibities, and enduring ma
ture. Godlike in image aud spirit, his sop will
live forever. He lives under the same divine
government and is accountable TO the same
great Judge. For him, as for US, God revealed
himself to man: For him, as for us, Christ
died. Shall he not, then, have this revelation
Shall he not know Of this redemptionl Is it not
due TO him, TO ourselves, to God, that he have
that which God gave himl which Christ pur-
chased for him7 Who shall take 1t away2 Am
1 told that these he already has, that his humane
master sees to it that he has this knowledge,
this religious Instruction. How few of the thou
sands of negroes in Kentucky have these adj
vantages7 How many thousands in our State
who do not know that God has revealed him
self that Christ died for THANH Iook over the
country, look at the past, and tell me, are we
not as certain to fail TO give religious instruc-
ton, as If it were absolutely impossible to do it7
And if we give il, how will they receive il from
US, in the relati on we sustain to them? God
made His revelation in the form we have it, He
has preserved Il by His Providence in that form,
and He intended that all should have II in that
form. Every human being dwelling upon the
earth of God is entitled to the Bible. And II is
the duty Of every man to see that every other
man, as God has given him ability, has il, and
can read 1t, and understand il, and know the
will of God. Who will gainsay It? But here
in this christian land of Bibles, the negro man
has never received II, he has never been taught
to read II. He has not the right, by our laws,
TO worship God according to the dictates Of his
own conscience. His master may allow it-he
seldom forbids it-but he hss.the right TO con-
vert him into Devil Worshiper, to make him
bow down and worship the evil spirit, and mar
the sacred relation he sustains to his Creator
Ii is our duty to teach him to read the Bible.
But II is not safe to teach him here in midst;
II Is not practicable This does not alter our
duty. Let us exert the mighty energies Of free
men and of christians, remove him from amongst
us, and put the Bible in his hands. Let us Sc
cure to ourselves and our country all the bless
ings Of the unity of our race and free govern
ment. Let us give to the negro freedom and