The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-07

u inc era OF inoependencei Az tins rate
ho'r think you. will We come out at the end Q
; Sky yeaH monet
: viii not affirm that this calculation is abso
inieiy correct-but do not doubt hat IL IL YER
! pesriy 50. Now. ifyou can account for the re
suit IN any other way; than by referring it 3
slavery | shall be exceedingly obliged to 20,
'or ihe explanation. Il seems TO me to prov
beyond all reasonable denial that negro SLAYER,
against the growth Of the white population.
There Is very curious method laL.ly foun.
OUT misunderstanding the argument agains
slavery and in favor Of emancipation, which
These and similar considerations so for.ibly pre-
sent Necessity, II ia said. is the mother of in.
sention. IL is true, doubtless, of meeting an
argument as Of meeting any other difficulty
The facetious answer denies the vaIue Of uopu.
la'ion. When il is proved against slavery, tina,
u wastes the Inhabitants Of an old country. and
oos'rnets and retards the filling up OF a new
one the otJecior insists that large population
Is not 10 be desired-sO many people are an in
'oierssle nuisance-"oh for a lodge in some
vast wilderness"
asa jest, this is all very well-and may win
Tor Its author place among humorous and
funny wits Nor can il be denied that there ara
very serious evils belonging TO an extremely
dense and crowded population, swslIsd beyond
The means Of comfortable subsistence. But l
think an intelligent and candid gentleman musi
exercise himself in hardening his countenance.
before he car apply this view to the question Of
slavery and emancipation in Kentucky. The
more especially, as the suggestion Of II scknowl-
eoges the sufiiciency Of the proof, and the force
OF the argument derived from it-and implies
that the negroes ought to lie retained and allow |
ed TO swell to the utmost expansion, thai they |
may crowd off and keep out the white people
"Consummate Statesmen" Il was the wisest |
Of men who said: "Wo TO thee, oh land, when |
thy King is a child.''
This isan extremely different view of nation
Al greatness and the highest prosperity of a
people, from that which the Divine Being pro-
posed to Abraham in the blessings which He
promised to his descendants. 81 will multipIy
hee Neutrality-suspicious. shalt be father Of many
naIiOns-in blessing ! will bless thee, and in
multiplying will multiply thy seed as ,he stars
II the heaven, and as the sand which is upon
he sea shore" Your own fondness for ono
ing scripture gentlemen, will justify me in
his alluslon.
should be very glad TO know whether per-
ons who take this view Of the subject, really
esire to see no more white people in kentucky.
is to be presumed that they consider the ne
roes too few among Us, especially those OF them
rho approve tho late modification of the law Of
g. III citizens Of Louisville, whether msr.
hant'' mechanics, iabOrers, property holders, 5
g Of any other condition or pursuit, do they Q
egard this good city of ours as quite large
nOugh already. Would they really be sorry to Z
now that il will continue, year by year, 10 ad- n
snee with ssteady and healthful growth until |,
shall multiply itself ever so many times, its :
'ealih and power keeping up with its popula-
onf Though they knew that with this growth
here would come the evils that are commonly 10
'und in great cities, would they find in this
circumstances any reason to deprseste the growth
self G
And persons holding these views, who dwell I
a our smaller cities and lural villages. or who,
onsidering that "God made the country and
san the town." have chosen 70 dwell in the |,
primer place, do they object to the increase of
OPulstiOn around theml Suppose they saw
prospect Of rapid advancement in wealth and I
nmbers opening before the towns they live in,
romising in due time to raise them to the con-
ition Of large and prosperous cities. would
hey throw obstacles In the way, or desire the !,
rOgress TO be stAidi Said gentleman Of my
cquaintance to another lately on this subject,
If it were possible TO take up Lowell Just a. il
5, and set IL down somewhere in Kentucky, is
here county in the State whose people would .
bject to receive 1T" There was no answer. :
think If they saw it coming, there is not
IsghbOrhood in the State. where they would
lot, jOyfully and in hurry, clear away a place
OF it to sit down. The jewellers in the coun-
~, too, are not ignorant Of the comfort and
advantages Of a numerous population around
hem, If it consists Of virtuous. Intelligent. and
Industrious fresmen. The pIeasurabs and use
nj intercourse Of society, the support Of schools
he advantages Of divine worship, the value Of
be land itself, and Of is productions are all
realty affected by the plenty or the scaresness
Il people. The owners Of large farms in some
Il the richest counties Of Kentucky-as Jeffsr-
on, Bourbon, and Fsyette-Iand which has
'een emPtied Of its inhabitants in the persons
" small proprieiors and their famiIiss-oftsn our
most industrious and useful people-to make
foom for mules and bullocks, and negroes enough
10 feed them-weslthy men OF this class, Of
whom do not speak with sisrespect, for there
IS no class more worthy Of estesm-may deem It
their interest to keep off other people from their
lands-but however useful such citizens are,
morally or pecunisrily, 1t may well be doubted
whether their concentrated possessions are
public good; and these gentlemen themselves
would not object TO the towns near which they |
live growing upon their farms until every field
should be cut mp with streets and loaded down |
with the dwellings Of crowded popuIaiion.-l
The truth Is, 1t cannot be proyed-for II Is not
true--that within the capabilities of city or
country to maintain them comfortably, there
can be too many virtuous people. Its idle,
therefore, to talk about tho excess Of popula-
ton a. applied to Kentucky; the evils Of dense
and crowded population. &c., and thus to meet
the argument against slavery, drawn from its
influence against the increase Of white people.
Thereis another powerful consideration on this
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