The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-06-23

lies with food, is nothing. The sugar ere
is less; the planters profits are less. Tn
is the cry. But is il not remarkable tn
such multitudes OF poor unhltored freedme
should, after their emancipation, prove I
be quiet, orderly, inoifensive peopleg-
There is something in that, If we are NJ
mistaken.
3. The Spanish American States:
We have learned no fact which indicate
single evil consequence Of emancips
ton in these States. The anarchy an
civil wars among them have no relation L
the subject. They have not. in single in
stance, arisen from a contest between III
whites and the blacks. They are the of
spring Of other causes. Factious and anlbi
tious leaders contend for the mastery, anon,
a people generally ignorant and immoral
4. Emancipation in the Northern States
Sixty years ago, Connecleut, New York
New Jersey and Pennsylvania were slave
holding States. They passed acts emanci
pating the children Of slaves at a certain
age, Thus was slavery extinguished in
those States--with what effect, let the his
tory of their Subsequent prosperity tell; lei
their agriculture, thar manufactures and
their commerce tell. We do not mean that
their prosperity is due wholly to the aboli.
lion of their small amolnt of slavery. Ger.
tainly not but as certainly, they are more
prosperous in consequence of that act Of
Justice and good policy He
But Mt. Fisher denies that either whites
or blacks in the North, are benefited by
the abolition Of slavery there. His srgu.
menl is, that the free negroes there, as we'll
as in the South, furnisha great deal more
than their average share Of psuperism and
crime. This allegation against free ne
groes has been so often repeated in the
South, that il seems to be universally con.
sIdered among US as one established fact.
Whether it be a fact or not, the reason.
ing by which it is always attempted to be
established, is erroneous; and we will EN-.
brace the occasion to show where the errer
lies, and how the question ought to be con-
s.dered.
When a slave 10 set ice, he takes his
station among the poorest and most degTa-
ded freemen Of the land and as a negro
among white men, he has TO encounter ten.
fold difficulty in rising above that con.
diIion. Consequently tn, free negroes, as
body, belong only to thar Glass Of gener.
al society, who, are most liable to psuper.
ism. and who commit mist OF the crimes
for which men are sent to he penitentisry.
Ii is among that class Of poor. illiterate,
unrehned laboring people, that the LARGE.
MES, robberies. arsons, siabsings, homicides
and other offences, that fill our peniten-
tiaries, generally occur. Gentlemen Of
the higher classes are seldom sent to a peni-
Tertiary, even when they deserve il.
Now, most evidently, Il we would Judge
fairly between free negroes and white men,
we must compare the former with their
equals in condition among the latter, and
not with the superior classes. Compare
poor with poOI, ignorant with ignorant, la.
boIers with laborers. Do 70, and the free
negroes will not be found much worse, il
any worse, than their eqnas in condition
among the whites.
II it be argued that the fee negroes add
TO the evils Of society, by increasing this
cless. among whom most o the pauperism
and crime are found. we answer that this
is not certain, by any mems. Negroes in
this country must be- either slaves or free.
men, ard the slaves are pften a burden, and
often guilty OF crimes. and il you remove
the free colored men from the country, their
places will be filled with poor white PEG.
pie, either native or foreign. You cannot
essentially mitigate the evil, until educa-
ton and religion shall effectually reform
the mass OF poor laboving people; and
that iciil nerer come 10 pass ia a slare-
holding State.
5. Colonization Of the Emancipated.
This Mr.. Fisher al,o objects 10, ITO
proclaim liberty 10 the captives-lo undo
the heavy burdens, and let the oppressed
go free in any manner"--is very little to
Mr.. Fishers taste. He charges the coloni-
sation scheme with being TOO expensive,
and very dangerous to tie lives OF tho emf
grants. f-t
As to the expense Of colonising gradually
those who may be gradually emancipated in
the prime Of MANHOOD, we affirm that it is no
obstacle is not even difficulty. BY
two or three years abor the emigrants can
buy their own outfit and pay their own pes.
sage. This is loo obviously true to require
n word Of argument.
The danger to enigrants, on landing in
Liberia, from the atclimating fever, has de-
cresed from time Il time. and we may ex.
peet it to decrease until in a few years, it
shall be less than the danger to slaves who
are carried from tn, Northern slave States
yearly to the far SOUTH. We hear no sym.
pathy expressed 70, the loss Of life result.
ing from this Southern traffic, whatever
may be felt for another sort Of loss but
when an emigrantto Liberia dies, both Ill
ira abolitionists in the North, and advo.
Gates Of slavery in the South, with their
advocate, Mr.. Fisher, exclaiIn against this
cruel sacrifice Of life. laf
We prefer the colonsation scheme,
especially when connected with gradual
emancipation because itrenoves all the
evils, resulting to both parties from the
mixture Of races, and premises incalcnble
blessings to poor benishted Africa, which
has been kept in barbaIisn by the aboml-
nabie slave trade.
We will conclude by calling the read
er's attention 10 a Method of Private
Emancipation tIied lately with the hap.
piest success by MIR. McDonough near
New Orleans. ~ ~. 4. =
Having large number OF slaves--lo0 at