The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-07-28
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| - S-S" Po"eA ~ tnWbt the views dno wishes OF
two-thirds of their felow-cilizens of Louisville,
after having in vain attempted 10 suppress the
esase OF emancipation, by arrogant dictaton, are
now resorting TO vituPeTaton and denunciatiop
ssainsttwo-thirds Of their fellow citizens because
they would not submit 10 that dcCation.
We showed that they Cthe einsncipationsts, cen.
e ass.on' tney would necessarily produce an
sAoe amount OF mischief BY giving the radioaIs
enure control OF the coHN enton % y doing b,s ihsy
nave also done an amount Of misc lel greater Than ty
devote their whole lives 10 wei doing and their yes
nsie prolonged beyond the days OF si61seleh There
are not probably hunr ed ar tly men In Iopisvis
ard We think the number does moi .xces one hnnd,sS
ho nave eeeh Tor emancipation an the pIIncipcs lsil
so~a oy the organs Tie great Of the voters Ia
tuesuoh nave favored emsnciraoa for oasI reassn
aH ne 1sifs, almost aaioersa that slavery has greatly
the growth Of theis city, ana that the ons away
growth and prosperity"
II the thirty-hye hundred 10 four thousand yo.
lers, who constitute The smancipators of Louis
vile, be the nauow-ninded, selfish politicians
here depicted, If they, in he pursuit of a remote
oeneht TO the city, are so reckless of the manifold
misehieis they are inhicIipg the balance of the
state, then indeed hey thelr principles and their
actions, deserve 10 be as "iasgfea6iy odi01,s" 10
The balance of the State, as their editors describe
them TO be; an6 they (the editors Of the JournaD
will have the proud ceasolation OF knowing. that.
oy The Teyelstion of such secret iniamy against
ther iellow-citizens, they have mainly contributed
% the infiction upon them Of this nsufferable odi
am. TOT, as Washington, Jefferson, Patrick Hen
y, madison, Monroe, ano various other distin.
gulshed men OF Virginia, with Henry Csy and va.
ftous distinguished men Of our own State, lived
through long lives, after the repeated avowal oil
emancipation principles, without any one of them
having thereby brought such insufferable odiurl
upon himself, We may well infer there is moth ns
nsufierably odious in the prime oes themselves 10
my class OF men, and that if we, the people of
louisville, are 10 reap sneh a harvest OF Odimm
rom the rest OF the State, We shall have 10 thank
he editors OF the Journal and their co-aOorefs IN
-radueing the motives OF their felow-eitizens.
Whilst these editions are so reeklessly deaua-
ciaioU ofothers, they ought TO remember that the
staiuitous ascuPtion Of merely selfish motives 10
other men invites, nay, challenges an Investigation
d The private motives Of the accaser. eau they
stand that invesligatIonl DO they wish 10 invite
an inquiry into the fact whether The larger part OF
he patronage Of their paper does not come from
outside OF Louisville, and very largely from the
,laVeholding States, and outside even of Ken.
lucky? Do they wish TO invite inquiry whether
hey have not pecuniary interest separate and
distinct from that OF Louisville, which might inf L.
9nce the action OF men who are SO ready in ascr.
7ins such motives 10 Others? When the campaign
lPened, they affected TO assume 4 position OF
quasi neutrality on The subject OF emancipation.
They said their mission was a Wing mission,
Which had nothing 10 do with emancipation and
hey invited all thorough Wings, who, like them.
selves, viewed WhiggeTy as transeendantly more
important than all other questions, 10 assume 8
similar position. But when hiI. Guthrie, for the
purpose Of benehting the Democratic party and
thereby promoting his own personal Interests as
It's leader, set TO work TO thWSrt the known views
and wishes OF large majority of his feilowcitzens
Of Louisville, called party meeting in the city,
at which pro-slaveTy wss recommended and attemp-
ted 10 be adopted into the Democratic party creed
hen the Journal threw OFF IFS neutrality, sounded
the trumpet OF alarm 10 the whole Wing party, and
proceeded 10 denounee emancipation step by step,
hrst as 10 IFS pTactlcabilily, then as 10 its eIpe-
diency, then TO the Justice OF it's principles and
finally, 10 personal denunciation of its adyocatss
Whether Mr.. Guthrie was silly enough 10 believe
that the Nhis party, in Kentucky, would follow
hr. Clay on the subject OF emancipation because
he was their leader, and that the Democratic
party. for the same reason, would follow him
certain il is, he dupec the Journal, and their
mutual delusion on this subject has caused enan- |
ciPatiOn 10 suffer more from Mr.. Guthrie and the
Journal than the combined action Of all the other
Pro-sayery men in the State could otherwise pos
sbiy have produced.
The effect was TO array the leading papers and
most Of the leading men OF both political parties
against emancipation, and the struggle betUeea |
them has been, which could most decry and do il |
the most injury. This was done too, By Mr.. Guth-
ne and the Journal, when, according 10 the &C. |
mission OF the latter, it is The almost universal
belief Of the people Of Louisville, "that slavery
has greatly retarded the growlh OF their city, and
that doing away with slavery would give q strong
impulse 10 that city's prosperity and when both
he and the Journal well knew his il was the SET |
lied purpose Of the friends Of emancipation 10 |
Louisville, 10 make a serious effort in IIs behalf
ard after having invited the remainder OF the State
10 cooperate with them, they were bound 10 60 on
and with no proprieiy could they TetracL After /
his successful effort on the part Of Mr.. Guthrie
and The lournal n thp ~ ]
a large majority of their fellow citizens, for Tes-
sons which, II not altogether selfish IN both, are /
certainly wholly Interior and foreign 10 any local /
interest OF Louisville, how does the one venture /
10 offer himself as a candidate, when he knows he |
must in some way win both en&neipators and
wings TO his support, or he cannot be elected But
above all-how does the Journal sustain Mr. Gath.
ne in this attempt, when II Is notorious that he
quit the emanciPsting party in Kentucky, OF which
he for years allowed himself 10 be considered |
prominent member, for The undisguised object Of
making capital for The democratic party, out Of |
anticipated schism among the wings on the slavery |
question: This too, when, Tor the sake OF the |
whig party, he drove the Journal from its position
of neutrality, and well-known predictions in fa
vor Of emancipation Does the Journal suppose /
IL will benefit the whig party by sending Mr. |
Guthrie TO the CONVEX ton, there 20 control and d.
rect the action or its democratic MEMBERS with an
exclusive eye 10 promoting the supremacy OF the /
democratic party in the State?. Does il suppose
that the means Of doing injury TO the whig party
closes with the election of deleEatesl Both Mr..
Guthrie and the Journal having been disappointed
10 their eXpectations-that emancipation can be
made parry question-dOes the Journal suppose
that Mr.. Guthrie will not avail himself of the op-
portunity afforded by various Other issues, 10 al
tempt the aid and promotion of his paTty's SUI
premscyl
His action thus far on the subject Of the con-
Venton would lead 70 the belief that he has used,
and means 10 use the whole subject with no other
view than that Of his personal or party agrancIse-
ment He voted for the law OF lS33-the year pre-
vious introduced still stronger law, ard for some
twelve years, that be served the Legislature, uni
formly sustained that law. He talked in public
and IN private, and voted for fifteen years as TO
lead every one TO suppose be was an emaneips-
ZIONIST But no sooner does he see, as he suppo-
ses, the chance of benefting his personal and par
~ ends by so doing, than he drops his emsnciPa-
1On predictions, becomes an alLfy pro-slavery
msn-winks at the virtual repeal Of the law Of
l833-publcly ayows that he will oppose the en-
grating of the principles OF that law in the const
tuition, and openly declares het he will resist every
measure which does not look 10 The Perpetuation
Of slavery in this Commonwealth.
The Journal denounces the ema1cipators OF Lou
isville for having done an lncalculable amount OF
unutterable mischief by giving, as il suPPoses, TO
the 'radioais entire control 81 the convention. Is
not Mr. Guthrie rsdcsIi Is he not aLtra pro-ssve-
~? Does he not even oppose the Journals prop |
ostion of pacihcaton, the prohibiting By the con
stitution Of the further importation OF slaves! Is
he not ultra radical to all other reforms2 Does
he not aVow himself in favor OF electlng all
Officers from the 10 west TO the hignestl His for
mer habits of talking and thinking, and especially
bis public action in reference 10 the structure Of
our city charter might have led us 10 suppose that
al least as 10 these matters, be was conservative.
But il 10 secure his election, or preserve the |
leadership OF his party, he is compelled 70 lend
himself 10 the most ultra radicslsm, it matters |
moi what may be his mi yate opinions, these pledges