The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-08-04
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Inc staple commodity, in which this gentleman
aesis ~ ms public speeches, we have been told
nluient, personal abuse Of all who are oppose
nun IN sentiment, sscribing TO them on an oc
cssions, The most selfish and dishoporsble mo.
ives; Judge Nicholas, for instance, Is an Eman
S'Pationisi, amply because he wishes 10 ureyan,
ne formation OF new constitution, and 10 retair
an salary as Judge little longer Thai mer
can DC tnnnenced by pure and disinterested mo
ses,-by love of county, aud by a desire n mr.
mote the happiness OF the human race. seems M.
/ tefiy above his comprehension. He iudres Other,
oy himself; and as these motives have nothing r.
70 with TIE regulation OF his own conduct, he be-
f1enee. '- '''e' in'
The representation which he gives of the state
Oh lungs among us, must certainly be yery estieT
ing TO the pride Of every Kentuckisn. AccoTSine
| W nun all OF our Governors have been men who
p,o.n'sec one Thing before the people, and did an.
olher wnen they got into Office. Our treasurers
aase All been rogues; the clerks Of our courts
aa'e All been dishonest men, who charged twice
as much as the Law allowed Them, and who Ike ol
ensi fee-oills following man forever; our sher.
nhs have been fellows who went about continn.
ally shaving and fleeing the people without mer.
ey; our Judges have all been upstart Ia wyers who
As soon As they received their apo ntment strul
lec about the court house, flled with vanity ano
sell coneeit, like an old goose, leading her brood
~ Sune eosIings to water IN The morning (shades
OF Demosthenes and Cicero what elcquence H.
ans hnally TO complete the picture, hentucky's
great statesman, Henry Clay, the pride and boast
oil Tue land, has turned traitor, and about 10 run
fonr-mile race on the free soil tickstil
About certain Secretary OF State, who figured
90 remarkably al Frankfort, in the days of Gov
owsley, We understand that he wi,ely says nolk.
ing.
But i Is TO Mr.. HsrdIn's logic with reference 10
emancipation, that we desire 10 direct public al
tenilon. His arguments on that subject are Ger.
laInly very conclusive. He says tkat slavery is
had tang, and il il had never been introduced in.
10 Kentucky, be should be as much opposed 10
Is coming here, a. am man in the Common wealth.
but IN as much as il is bad thing, and is already
here, be is IN favor OF its continuing here forever
S0ch reasoning rs very conclusive certainly; hnt
Ills premises would lead most men 10 a conclusion
directly the reverse OF that which lir. Hardin has
come. IL slavery is bad thing, and such is the
proposition, with which he sets out, why evident.
II ought TO be removed. Such n The coneltl.
SION 10 which every rational mind must come,
sooner or later. But such Is bis erpartness as
ogieian that Mr.. Hardin sets out with the propc-
stion OF the Emancipaiionisis viz that slavery is
bad thing, and arrives a. the confusion OF the
Pro-slavey men, that il is 3 good thiag-a mOsa
sanitary institution, and that IL ouElt 10 be mo,
carefully watched over and preserved ia existence
forever! Mr.. Hardin ought 10 write work on Lc-
sic, thai useful an sft, ne that oil drawing any
conclusions you please, from PreuSsss that even
seem 70 De hoslile TO your views, may never be
lost IL would be an invaluable work 10 young
ING upon the theaire OF public life.
slr. hardln's grand Argument in opposition %
Emancipation IN Kentucky, Is that Ii would des-
troy The balance of power between the North
and the South, and bring about dissolution OF the
Union. II seems never TO have occurred 10 him,
that the rspid growth Of the free-Slates in wealth
aad population, has already destroyed the balance
Of power between the Northern and Southern pcr-
ions OF The Republic, without lis bringing sbouI
The result, which he seems TO think would be the
tha 49,.
most scrupulously maintained. Oar dependence
for the preservation Of our liberties is, on the
safe guards of the constitution, and not on the
comparative numerical strength Of the North and
the South.
Mr. Hardin would rather have Kentucky filled
up with negroes. than inhabited by Yankees and
emigranis from Europe, whom he beautifully de-
dominates ses-otters-men, with long bodies and
shou legs. His opposition TO foreigners Is very
great, Notwithstanding that he himself is not a
nstive-born kentuckian. He seems, in all his
speeches, we are told, 70 overlook the fact, that
The Introduction into this State OF negroes in such
muititudes from Virginia and the Carolinas, is
rapidly driving the hardy and adventurous children
Of Kentucky farther bach into the wilderness so
that we have reason to fear thsl Kentucky viii
sflerwhile become one great negro plantation,
with only few white oVerseers stationed here
and there 70 keep order among them The CUES
lion which this generation of kentuskians has 10
decide, we really believe TO be this " Shall we
and our children retain our residence in glorious
old Kentucky, or shall We surrender it, 10 become
the abode of thousands on thousands Of ignorant
and degraded slaves, brought here TO cultivate the
Tich and fertile fields, once owned by freemen o.
II is q question which every KentuckiSn, who
loves bis country, will weigh well and ponder
deeply.
There is day Of retribation coming, when the
great mas Of cur non-slauaholAiaE population
will awake 10 their true interests-when they will
suitably reward The rich men, who have betrayed
them, and by whose Arguments they have been
deceived and msled. Such is our conscientious
belief.-L0u. Our.