The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-09-15
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TRANSCRIPTION ST. or KENTUCKYi

FTisHi. Of HzsaaH Liberty ana Pa lie Property.
The election fof nembera 81 the Convention l.
over, ard We have generally failed in our ejrtsto
De represented in ihst body. Our fret essay a.
he polls has resulted less iavorably than we hat
1OPrG. We did not make sufficient aowanceto
un,asorahle circumstances. We did not aniici
pate that the pro-slayeIy leaders would resort L
such unjuslihable measures, as some of then
employed, 10 deter emanci paonsts from voting
according TO their sentiments. We came into the
contest as a new party in the Commonwealth
Inexperienced, norsaniIed-rncertain how far
Inc less determined and lees jealous friends OF
emancipation would, on the fret trial, bre al
through every obstacle and support our cause al
The polls. The fact, that so many thousands d:J
support il, in spite Of old habits, old pr.judices
old party associations, and ali the deuunciations,
threats and violence employed sgainst them-de.
nonstrates that We are now an established party
that we cannot be driven from our ground-tha
very obstacle 20 success Gait be overcome ard
riH be overcome. In such an enierpr re as curs
the first step is always the most difficult. We
have gained that step resolutely, uiumphanty.---
We have broken and crushed forever the icy cover
ing of mute submission, which the domineeIing
spirit Of proslaveIyism had 80 long imposed upon
hearts that felt, and tongues that fan would SPEAK
for the poor slave and the suffering county,
Henceforth we are and will be free 10 speak the
whole truth concerning slavery. Thattruth, thou
as yet but newly aimed and partially dissent
mated in our State, has already delivered thousand
Of honest minds from error on this subject, and
awakened thousands 10 activity in a cause OF
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mighty and shall prevail. Every year will multi.
ply is advocates and add thousandsto its converts
Every year will give strength, cOmpactness and
energy of movement TO the phalanx of IFS sup
porieis. Already, by one short effort, We have
carried the outUoTks Of the citadel Of bondage,
and made a Judgement from which no earthly
power can draw ne back. The pro-slsvery chsm.
pions no longer affect TO despise ms. Though for
Iifed by all Of old errors, prejudices snt part,
infaenoes, their violent and convnsive struggle
20 maintain their ascendency in counties wkef.
the Vestlon had been discussed, prove how thor
oughiy they were alarmed. They had reason 10 b.
{ " their cSuse. They have more now than
they had before the election. Now lhey know
that if all the friends Of emancipation had voted
our ticket, we should have gained The day in mos
counties of the State, where the question had
been alitaied even Tor a year CT two past. The,
know TOO that although the forming OF consti
tutioa is committed TO Them, yet the work OF the
hands is 10 pass through The ordeal OF another
contest Than We have been heretofore. W.
would advise them, therefore, to their victory
with GO discreet q moderation as 10 render The
contest unnecessary
O,e of the most gratifying and significant facts
developed in the late election is, that are
stronger among the slavehoIders of the State than
among the non-slaveholders. That class of our
citizens who are most nearly interested in the re
suit, and who are generally the wealthest aud
most intelligent, have taken the lead in this noble
effort 10 tree the slave from his bondsse and the
state from it's curse We hail This fact as an in
iallibie omen Of success. IL puts TO shame the
-enselpss outcrv that we are fanatical abolition.
isis lsboring 10 subveri the rights OF SHAREHOLDERS
far the right of property II slaves Is corcern.
ID, we have pToportionsliy as much at stske as
cur opponents, If not mote. No, fellow-emanci-
pationlsts, neither selfshness bor Injustice csn be
imputed to US, when both the loss and the gain OF
cur success W be shared alike between ourselves
and our opponents. The viewB that guide ouI
course transcend By far the contracted bounds OF
eu,porary and mistaken selfinteTest. We re-
we're The unaienabe rights of man. We revere
the christian law OF oenevoeuce and RECIPROCITY
between man and man. According TO that Jaw,
we believe that neither the white man nor the
black man was created for inteIminabie slavery.
We believe that the natur.l welfare OF bolt
whites and blacks ia Kentucky, demanda that
preparation he made for their mutual deliver.
ance rom the evils of thu IT present relation. We
listen 10 the voice of Gods Providence, loudly
,dn,onishing US on this subject. We see in thu
Iispensations OF Heaven, unmistakable signs OF
he eIpedency and obligation o. putting an end
10 IN Institution hat violates the most precoa- of
1uslan rights, and cnsis gloomy shade over The
.uture prospects OF our country. Y e see upon the
face OF our old slaveholdins States the spreading
ind deepening m.Iks OF a social cancer, that il
eatiue and eating into the sources OF prosperity
md OF Iife-causinf s,sfnaton and decay and
i-spondency and iorebodings OF evil at hand,
which M Ike fathers snd mothers think fearfuIly OF
their children's destiny We see in the stunied
growth md slow improvement Of our young Ken
tucky the manifest Symphonic OF the same disease
of tho social body. We see in the aspect OF the
present times, the cad preenostics of period at
hand, when this moral disease will besn TO de.
veiop itself with rapidly and fatality that we
tramb'e TO think upon. Az this view OF The sub
ect has not been presented heretofore ss prom
r.ntly ~, we thinh Il ought TO DO, we shall en-
.esvsr a3w to set II before you, c<nesely indeed,
r,t 80 plainly that all may perceive its truth end
is Importance.
Tue argument 10 founded on the experienced
fact and the natural law OF slave ipcIsase, The