The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-03-31
rre-slav.r ana u.manssy.

Pre-slavery ana Humanity. ,s
We have been somewhat surprised with one v
Digestion very frequently and urgently presented
Of late against emancipation, viz, its inhuman-
ity Some Of the advocates Of slavery have 9
bectme quite pathetic In deplohng and bewsil- ,
ing the craslties which, under any scheme OF I
emancipation, the poor blacks will be compelled
to endure. Husbands will be- torn from wives,
parents from children, brothers from sisters,
and train Of woes. unimaginsd and unima-
ginable, will follow, at the very thought Of
which the heart feezss with horror.
la reading these gloomy aud fearful predic-
tons, We have sometimes almost envied the
prophets from when they proceed; for, in the
exercise Of their emarkable power Of pene-
traiing futurity and discerning, as with eagles
eye, Its many and dark evils, they seem to be |
raised Ear above thsprssent, or at least above all
Its clouds and gloon. To their view Is never
presented gang ofmen and women, in chains
and wrstchednsss, vending their way South
ward. To their eas never come the cries Of
anguish from slav, mothers whose daughters
have been rudely lorn away. They never see
the aged slave faher, as he stands upon the
levee and gazss With fearful, despairng eye
upon the Steamboat which is carrying Ear from
: him the son, whom the God of love has bound
to him by affections tender yet adamantins ties.
I From all such sights and sounds they have the
privilege Of being exempt This privilege we
unfortunate beinis. who cannot rise far
above the present y to discern only the future,
d are denied. For N the present has clouds as
well as sunshine-crIes Of agony as we'll rs
d bursts Of joy. We are. unhappily, so short
J. sighted as 10 be unable to In the majestic
= presence Of slavery those beautiful and winning
features, and that expression Of deathless love,
80 which make its patriaichial countenance so
!, venerable ant attractive to all humane oppo-
/. nsnts Of emancipation. We feel ourselves OBJ
liged to believe that. even under the dominion
Ia Of this sovereign, who relgns more as parent
"a than q monarch, whose sceptre is the emblem
m Of love more than Of power. Sometimes IL per-
a. mitted that severance Of the sacred ties of
X ture and affection, which is to be fssrfully
characteristic Of all emancipation schemes. and
20 which renders all those schemes SO unutterably
vs. repulsive to the hnevolent hearts Of slavsry's
:, lovers and advocats. In truth, We have been
"A so extremely unsuccessful In our researche.
y. that We never yet have found in the statute
N. books Of a single slav, State n recognition o
N. slave marriage as sacred relation, an insepa
We rabls union. Wshaveheretofore supposed tina
bs slaves. in all the relations Of life. whether a
Az husbands or wives, parents or children, wer,
entirely at the mercy If their owners, and tina
that mercy sometimes is found. like the tende
mercies of the wicked extremely cruel.
ny "StOp," says the opponent of emancipation
;" al know very well that the power possessed b,
sw masters is sometimes abused, terribly abused
10 but such instances IRE exceptional, and by N
by means universal Or Characteristic Of the slav
nd system" You admit that abuses sometime
of occur, in Consequence of the irresponsible pow
as er possessed blythe master; you admit this
lot sometimes parents and children are torn asun
En- der and the sacrdness of home violated. ID
you not then also admit that these abuses shout
lily be guarded again,t and preventedi "Certainl,
aSc ~oh ePoh you ol your uumaf
to ity and kindly compassion, by your reverenc
pm Tor the slave institution, which you regard as
i've essence lovely aid only by accident repulsiv,
- and which you ae bound to render as attract,
ith as possible; wecall upon you, by your solic
Use tude for the sl,ve whom you would snatc
from the talons 81 the cruel emancipatio n list
In to show the sincerity Of your philanthropy b
wn instant and earnest efforts To guard the sla,
OIL hereafter from the possibility of the abus,
nor which You dsplors. Consistency, as well
in humanity, rsqsires you to labor to put limi
lso to that power which you admit is liable to abus
de- Consistency. aswell as humanity. requires thu
you labor to have the marriage relation anon
md slaves protected by law and sanctioned by =,
ed! iigion. Consistency, as well humanity, r,
quires that yen labor TO prevent by law Il
'ur breaking up Of families, the violation Of Il
Al. sacredness of home. Consistency, as well
"a humanity, requires that you should labor
The enforce upon masters the duty Of educatin
Q morally and Intellectually every slave chill
~, IL you believe that the painful associations
ted slavery are merely accidental. then it is yo,
gill duty to tear of from your beloved Institute
all such associations, and LET it exhibit its ow
character, in all IN Intrinsic loveliness. 1.-Two
will only enter upon this work. and with d
earnestness which in importance demands, v
Ia. assure you that no obstacles will be thrown B
cruel emaneipationists in your way. Few
nd them have yet become so hardened as to desil
J, to remove any of their fellow beings from tt
- protecting care Of an institution, which, nc
sh content with gus'dng its subjects from a
wrong, earnestly lsbors to secure to them III
an enjoyment Of overnight
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