The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-08-04


any mind not darkly preoceupied by the mos,
unreasonable prejadices or surrendered by id
proprietor to the most implscable stupidity
| But We did not intend writing an article on
this subject. although 1t Is most prolific Of sug-
ges,ions to all minds that have been touched by
the spirit Of genuine philanthrophy and take q
Just view Of the Illimitable evils of slavery.
We merely wished to call the attention of our
readers to the subjionsd extract from, an inter
ssting letter In which the dire influences Of sla-
very - they have been witnessed in Fairfax
County, Virginia are alluded TO, as also are the
restorative effects offree labor on country tina,
has boon withered beneathed the pestile ntial
wing of slavery. Here Is the extract:
As railways are in their infancy in the Old
State I was obliged TO take the old fashioned
stage nj S A. M, Ia delicious summer hour,
| to trot along over the turnpike through Fair
fax county, so named after Lord Fairfax, who
held extensive possessions in tins region. This
county was once settled by old srislocratic fam
! lilies, who counted their acres-nst BIZ hun
drsds hut. by thousands; and many OF them
their negroes, not by tens, but l,y hundreds
They have nearly all disappeared. Death and
emigration have caused a complete eyscusi ton
Of the territory. The sOil Is still hers---less
chang elible than man. But Il had been "ased
up" That beautiful, edacious plant, tobacco.
had sucked out Its life-blood, and left il a
withered mass. But 10! under the magic hand
Of incusiry, The wilderness Is blooming again.
Agriculture is spreading tts triumph. on e-.-,c.
hand. Shoals OF "Northerns" have been AT
trscted by the nildness Of the climate, long
summers. and short winters, the cheapness OF
the Land, and the proximity Of three populous
eities, 10 settle on the subdivisions of these old
estates, and introduce system more congenial
with the hsbiu Of the mass OF the psople-tbe
spirit Of freedom. and the genius Of our instI-
tutions. So many points in this State are dot.
ted with puny, miserable looking collections Of
houses, called villages, or sometimes Court
Housss, from the fact that the Court House n
the principal building Of the place, that il Is re-
freshiDg to see the 'transmogrif cation" which
ssFairfar Court House" is undergoing by the in
fuence which flows from the clrcumference to
the centre. Those neat, whits rectangular
houses, with well painted venetians, which so
enliven the aspect Of New England, are BEGIN
ming to show themselves, while the fields lock
a. II they were cultivated by free and muscular
hands. Broad enclosures OF cats, spacious
catches Of potatoes, ample fields Of wheat,
abundant crops Of gras, all the visible condi-
tons Of thriving husbandry, attest the fac,
there. This would realise Jeffsrson's ideas OF
what the soil Of his noble State should be. IL i
would delight the old philosopher, and states
man, 10 rise from the tomb, and behold even
the davn Of new era. In his disnterred let |
ter to Geo. Coles, recently published, he reiter-
ates his sentiments on slavery. "The love of |
justice and the love Of country plead equally
the csuse Of these people, and il 10 mortal re-
preach TO that they should have pleaded Il 90 |
long In vain, and should have produced not |
single effort-nay, / fear, not much serious
wiIingness-to relieve them and ourselves from
our present condition Of moral and political
Reproduction" The "love Of JUSTICE" which, IN
fact. is identical with the spirit Of philanthro-
ply, is not strong enough TO accomplish any
serious results. But the love of self may do II.
Interest is pushing emancipation upon the
holders ~ slaves with considerable pressure.
But after all, it 10 uncertain whether the evil
will not be left, aa in Delaware, to decline. and
gasp itself out without any effort to extinguIsb
Il. Legislators dread 10 touch IL. When Col
Bland, "one of the oldest, ablest and most re.
spectsd members, undertook to move for Ger.
tsin moderate extensions Of the protection of
the lava to these people" says Jefferson, who
seconded his motion, she was denounced az an
enemy 10 his country, and was treated with the
greatest indecorum." During the lapse of sev.
enty years, there has been no doubt mach Inn.
provsmsnt, but who has courage now TO intro.
duce the subject7 Yet this 10 the best time
when u conld be taken up calmly; not as In
I $50, when deeds Of violence, creating public
alarm, forced the subject upon the uup repaired
minds Of Legislators, who, plunging Into hot de-
bate, could come to no satisfactory conclusion.
When the Abolition fanatics shall entirely
cease their croakings and anthemas, some move
mept may be made, but not step con compul.
sion." Men--especially Southern men will
sacrifice interest to pride in many case, espec-
ALLY In such one as this. II would be great
and potent example for Virginia to set TO the
younger slave States Of the Union, and would
sxert an important influence on the affairs of
he country. Time will disclose all. Let as be
patient, not preciptate, and the propitious hour
will come. There ars yet to be great deyelop-
nents, 10 this broad land Of ours, Of which.
,erhapn even the most sanguine, have not
ormsd IN adequate conception. II
NrwsrAPrR CAsE.--In the Supreme Court Of
Rhode Isiand, in the case Of Jasper Harding us
Henry D'Wolff, for nine years. subscription 10
he Pennsylvania Inquirer, from 1885 to 1874,
t was ruled that the mailing of Newspaper
or length of time was at least prinsa facie
vidence Of Its reception, and that receiving a |
'aper for certain time and not ordering the
ane discontinued, was sufficient to hold the | (
srson liable for the subscription price, notwith- I
landing he may never have ordered the paper
emit. Avsrdict was accordingly given for the 1
uDsvid Brooks, Esq., has been nominated 90 /
IN ncirnaIon can3idafa far r. ro~.>~st~- - !