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

waited to the conception of things spiritual, divin
, and eternal. This calls for much teaching, eihe
5 on the part of the masters or scne one else. An
the law wherever il exists, that inhibits the slav
} from going b a common school, only oblises hi
, Christian master TO open for him private schoo
, in bis own house, OF on his own premises. II
must then become school master himself, or lind
substitute On the peril OF denounced allegiance
Jesus Christ II was such reasonH as this, ant
not the absolute scripture unlewfulness OF slavery
thar constrained me 10 emancipate ADD set tfel
from slavery, not my slaves only, but myself
hesitate not 10 add hat emancipation was muel
more enjoyed by me than by them; and hence, from
hist day till now the emancipation OF maslets i
full SIS much an object near 10 my heart as ih'
emancipation ofslaves. But, alssl master some
lines, as well as slaves, hug the chains that en-
slave them"
Bat there Ia another argument, derived from &
hith source, as 10 morals The Rev. Vim. Breekln
rege, who, like Me-. Campbell processes 10 be one
Of hose who are authorized $40 declare the whole
viii OF God io man" said, in a recent speech In
our franktor, Convention, in substance: (tor do
DOT pretend 10 quote literslly) "Men may talk
about Jusiifying slavery from the Bible or an any
| other way, but al last there is something away
'aown in our hearts which tellsus il IL wrong -
| Now, look al The number Of men who, when they
| are on their death bsd--when they expect shortly
70 meet their Maker face TO face, set their slaves
Tree. ! have known divers large shareholders,
men who hac been vehement ia their denuncia-
lions of sbolionsts, enancipstionists and all 9TH
ers who wished 20 free our country of this curse.
| and they wouie emanclpste theit slaves and leave
laem here amongst US, where they can have but
lev rIghls-wsere they are a curse TO US, a curse
themselves.
"a. Negro slavery, as 1t exists in Kentucky, Is a
ggeat social evil.
il tends TO degrade labor AMI create a sort of
aisiocracy. Listen to Gov. McDulhe in mes.
sage 10 the Leg saluIe of South Carolina. he went
so far as to say "the institution of domestic slave.
~ supereedes The necessity of an order of nobility
and the other sFpendsges o. an hereditary system
ol government hear gentleman say every day
that there must be chew ers OF wood and drawers
0t water, bal would respectfully ask II il fol-
lows az matter OF course that the hswers of wood
and drawers OF water are 10 be disgracsdI | have
heard good deal said about menisl services
hase heard IL said, ''if We don't have black ne
gro<s We will have white ones" ThstaIl amounts
10 this: thPt those Uho urge these sort of arm.
m.nts consider labor as dishonoEsble Il Is said 10
Us that great curse WAS fastened on our race
Ihht the whole human family should make their
living BY The aseal of the brow" think so far
rom being curse II IL one Of the greatest bles-
sings. What 60 much ennobles man as honest
ineustryf What 80 much tends 10 keep him oui
Of vicious habits and wayaS But then say. gentle
men, tbs mental services will have 10 he perform.
ed by white people. ] would ask what made any
service in this county mental, except the fact
lhatt hns been oeTiormee BY menlsls. suppose il
~.
would his distinStion exst between the different
kinds OF laboIf All labor, es lcontend is hoaora.
bic when performed by free man Tor a fair com.
Pensalion. In me sense Of the word we are ali
white nesro'si we all have either made our
living BY the sweat OF our brow or we have 10
make II IA that way, OF We have usteiI There
Is but two ways 20 make living in this country-
oae 10 By labor. the other is BY stealing either ei
teeLlT or indirectly. The preacher 10 q white ne
gro once weeki he breaches, gels paid for it, and
h. 81 -. -.
who sis In his Office snd writes his declarations
bills, Pless or answers, he, suppose, Is a while
neg'o3hs makes his living BY the ''swest OF his
brow"
The Dnctor, he Is q "white negro" and has
some Of the rnoE ''menial Offices 10 perform;
bat be Is free MIN, VIC. king tor fair compensa
ton, and he makes his living "oy the sweai OF his
brow" Bot then, in vulgar psrlsnce, ''the poi
onght NOT 10 call the keIEie black" l. not The
carpenter or blacksmith iusi a. much entitled 10
ike gentleman Oh yea, say orr triendB. Well
ten, IL not the street cleaner, the boot black or
the hOster. entitled 70 The sane respect fine 10
hee white man and gels paid Tor bis serviceSf Or
no, gentlemen viii say those are mental Offices
Well, but Whit uiii5e those employmeats neniali
Because they tsS' Ia this State, been performed
by sfares Now. great many Of our large slave
holdefs ere haufg Their black slave carpenters
and black slave biacksmiihs. Remember. ever
negro mechanic DIVES oul white one, and when
and blecksmiths, will il lot be considered equally
a mental employment 10 be engaged Ia these as in
blsehIng boots or currying horsesf White me-
groesi This sppesl has been inside time and aFain
oy the Pr0-sl.very men Of Kentucky, and men have
neen asked II they were favor Of their sons and
daughters being made white negfoes. ] confess,
ths sort VI Talk han no tcrrors for me. have hui
two children--s non and daughter. | had rather
see my son an bonest mechanic, aye, an honest
street steamer OF loot black, than 10 see him
mol ~ te,f afr k-lF
er, ssnble r, land pirate, or rogue. My little
daughter bad ratherse making sn honest living
~ her industry, yes, even engaged in what are
called oy some the mensl occupations, than TO
see her she beesarly dependant of some wealthy
relation. This is q country Of changes: the man
who lie on the top CT the wheel Of fortune Today
may &c Of the bottom tomorrow. How important
thar his children should krow how TO labor, for
that Is The alteTnaiive-lsbor or steal, or beg one
or the other. Their object to slavery. because
its tendeacy lie TO degrade labor which in honor.
able, en3 which is a great blessing TO mankind;
ard il encourages vicnUs habits Of all kinds, be.
cause IL makes lator dishonorsole. But this is
DOT alli Il fosters sort of n1ongrel aristocracy-
The slave OF d wealthy man looks upon ga poor
waite man." or "poor white folks" "a something
luneasurabiy beneath him. 10 old Virginia the
lsndlords OF one of Hose OLD establishments was,
in his day and generation, feudal lord. The old
family coach was hauled out on great occasions,
attended by Tetinue srger and more imposps
than many English nobiensen could muster. -
Where ATE They'll You see occasionally in Ken
tueky remnant Of this class, ia the shape of q
broken down, puffy, fan.ta old VirgInian, but they
are passing away. Nesro-sayery has ruined the
counuyj and where formerly was The splendid
nansioDL. a Virginia gentleman, over the ground
where formerly rolled tis splendid equipsge, now
you see barren fields or Yankee wagons The wild
besst Of the forest may be found not far from
Washington City, where formerly was the abode
OF wealth., civil alton and refinement, and the
neh lands OF Virgins, which formerly supported 10
elegance and grandeur the "frst families" are
now, under the flenee Of slavery, waste felds,
overgrown with scrub, pine and oak, or II rescued
from This unnslura d,sge at all, Il is by the hands
o. these "oursed Yankees" who have moved
there snd are buying up those worn-o lands, and
ssnin causing, By TAO use OF free labor, 'ths dss.
Hrt 10 blossom like a rose."
shall now undertake TO show that slavery ia
great political evil. Aeursory glance at the North
ana ths sonth viii prove this TO any unbiased
mind Look OF the political power, wealth and
population OF the North compared with the South
Look al Ohio and kentuckyI In q race of ffiy
yasrs she has ouistfipped US doubly. On ques-
ton OF peace or war, affecting vitality the interests
OF all, abe Yields dotble the political power that
we car exert Without oue.half the natural sd-
ysntagts which we have, abe has a city doubling
nay, reoinEo our brsg city in population and wealth.
abe has her State svsrsed from north 10 south with
bande OF irun, and whrre formerly the wagon drag
ged lie weary course along fer days and weeks, the
steamtsr nov goes ~ shing over the ground, load.
ed with lie productions, In as many hours as Il used
| 10 occupy days. have been told by an sold war.
| rior, that the very ground which In 1918 he went
over IN ten days, with ten horses dragging q can
non, he went over moi long since 10 q few hours
When zee this, and when look at home, al the
noble slate OF nentueAy, and zee her soil, her c-
mate, her natural adytntagesi the Ohio river hind
ing her on one bIoadside, the Tennessee and Cum.
IN n IN Ter fi,p ftarre