The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-08-11

dicial and subordinate executive of5,c,rs N .h.
The danger which threatens of running ,n,,
extremes. "s 'h'
III me new constitution shall contain III,
open clause, or right to amend by submittln,
specihe amendments TO the people, 20 that W.
can speedily rid ourselves Of an elective iudicia
nv or anything else We may dislike, after II bs,
oeeh tested by experience, my objections 10 thes,
INJURIOUS innovations will not weigh so heavily
nave full faith In the maxim OF that homes
patriot enc noble old soldier. Gen. Charlie,
they will get right"
But suppose the new consI tuition contains No
open clause suppose il perpetuates the in.
stiuuon Of slavery and provides for the election
OF ai' judicial and executive officers-wiIl II be
raithed by the people1 Will the hundred thou
sSha voters who own no slaves aud the thou.
sands who believe that, TO fill the country with
swarms OF ofice-seekers, electioneeri6p for
laageShiPs' Gle rkships, attorney ships, sheriff.
Nh'ps' &C., would corrupt the administration o!
Justice and give The powerful ana influential
undue advantage over the weak and obscure
vote Tor such constitution No such consti.
luton can, ia my opinion, obtain the approvnl
"i the people, and the convention which makes
| such Constitution must nut II in operation
"'uhont slbmittingit TO the people, IL they wish
20 STE II breathe the breath Of life. Unless the
people shall impart vitality TO it, by their act.
It's iiekety existence will soon terminate bv
another convention or by revolution.
lew words 10 those with whom generally
co'heide upon the subject Of slavery. Some OF
YOU think my plan of operations entirely too
slow, 1t not altogether Intellectual You wish
10 hX a day after which all children born of slave
parents shall he free on arriving at a certain
age' subject nevertheless 10 be colonised out OF
the proceeds Of their labor. This scheme pre-
SCENTS ditheuliits. The idea that the master has
'he same right OF property in the increase that
ne mas In The mother, is strongly impressed up
on the public Judgment; and whenever YOU call
Tor The surrender Of the increase you are charg-
cd with Invading vested legal rights. You can
! only rePel the charge by going iuto long ar
gnment and making distinctions between the
increase Of bTutes snd tho increase OF huma n
beings, owned 0nd held az property Conced-
ing you could demonstrate that il was perfectly
ust 10 restore the natural rights Of tie lucreas e
alter their labor had compe n5ated the master for
MS care ana expenses Of RAISING still II seems to
ne 10 be a question OF such q complicated char
aeier that IL ought not 10 be raised. Suppose q
female slave should have ien children and nine
OF them should die on reaching seven years Of
&c, aud only one should live TO be grown
Would IL be just 10 take this one from the mas
Ter as sOoa as compensation for raising, SC had
otae- nine, uuIil they s-verally reached seve
years, upgn.Elss master without any compensa-
ton at sis7<SSiis question and many like Il,
growing outoi the suggestion that alter a GER
tain age this decrease shall be surrendered, are
well calculated TO involve endless discussions
suppose The increase should be idiotic or de-
formed, il the master 10 keep them until they
reach the prescribed age and then give them up7
IL would be greatly TO his Interest 10 give them
up as soon as they weTe born. And what would
a cOlonisition society do with idiots and de-
formed negroes7 Certainly il would do no good
20 the COLONY in Africa 10 send them there
Let US, my friends, inculcats no such idea as
that Of forcing the STAKEHOLDER to surren der the
increase Of his slaves at auy given age. Let
him be the sole judge whether he is in consci-
ence bound TO do any thing 70 libeTate the Afri-
can race. IL God l. with o., YOU may depend
upon II, the STAKEHOLDER will feel the suggestions
of conscience. times without number, AS he wit
nesses the tolls Of the LegrO In his service
such iufiuencss have heretofore Supplied more
slaves, voluntarily otieIed by masters, than the
American cOlonisaIion society cOu ID raise means
dependant es they are upon charitable conIri-
buttons aionel TO transport and settle in Liberia.
My plan proposes that the negroes shall colo
Mise themselves by their own labor wish to
leave their mBslets unTestrsEed by constitution
or .aw, TO decide each for himself whether he |
will or will not surrender the whole or part OF
ms slaves, aud give them the priv ilegs Of colo
using themselves You need not my friends,
or Que moment doubt the rificaoy Of my plan. |
From the hour thst the further importation at
slaves is prohibited aud coionisation society es-
tablished TO s,nd Cf those now here as their |
masters shaltHilow il 10 b. done, the iustitu- |
ion fingers. 1t will decay from that hour aud |
lie. HeucefoTh, public sentiment, which in |
hta - On.
'Omuipotenl dollar" will coudamn the insiita-
ton: aud those who sustain IL, IS a blessing or
dalned Of God, will either emgrats with their |
slaves TO more congenial attitudes, or cheerfuiy |
prepare 20 harmoBiss with the feelings Of the |
society Ia which they live. The whole move |
ment will be 70 gradual that no one will be dis |
turbsd b. il.
The remarks have made before this Isrge |
aud respectable audience, are based upcn the |
principle, that all men of suuno mind and ma
lure years have the same and an equal natural |
right to use their faculties aowrSe r varient and
unequal they may b. according to their own |
volition ia The pursuit Of properly and hsppi. |
ness. l regard all human institutions as unjust |
and tyrannical which sbridge the natural right, |
and by force compel the adult Of sound mind TO |
submit to the commands, aud surrender the pro- |
hts Of his abOr TO the use Of another, except IL
be done as a punishment for crime, or 10 the |
necessary service OF the State Negro slavery |
violates this article Of my creed. believe thar
those societies are most prosperous where la
5orers ATE free and governed by their interests
aud their contracts in the performance Of ser
vice. Negro slavery Is inconsistent with this
article Of my faith.
have been requested TO avow my opinions.
had TO do It or seemingly hide them from the
public gaze. Enough was known to induce
threats that should be requested 10 retire from
Office lshoud degrade myself in my own es-
timstion were 10 retain Office BY concealing my
sentiments upon any subject. have the same
interest with every other citizen in the forma.
ton Of the new constitution. | have now pub |
lished before you, gentlemen, my opinions ano
the reasons for them, and leave consequence
TO my countrymen ami Providence.
RAvAGEs or THE CHoLLRI AT ST. LouIs.-Tbe ST. |
Louis Union says;
The newspaper estimates Of deaths by cholera, |
gives as the probable nlmber OF persons who per
lshed by the epidemic IA THIS city, from FIVE 20 siN
IhDusaud. hui fhis estimate cOupFtsPs only thai |