The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-12
For ne Examiner.

Te she NeB-sinvehelaers fn hensueky.
! One Of your class. identified with you In fse'-
ng. In interests, and in symPaihies, would adj
iresp you most seriously and earnestly. ON sub
eets Of most vital Importance to your welfare
and happiness.
2 Slavery unfortunately exisssin henfneky--
The labor Of essry slave In IL superseded. and
is pubstituts for the labor Of q free white man.
fthere wers no slaves in The State, the field
Of labor would be entirely open and exclusively
occupied BY free whits men,
Shah the number Of slaves already here be
indefinitely augmented by impertations Of slaves
from other States7 Shall the institution Of
slavery it'elf be- PerPeiustedf fhessare grave
and solemn quesiions. now agisating the COM
n'oswsal,h, and deeply, far more deeply, infect
ing your happiness and prosperity than that Of
any other part OF the community. /
There are two objects which the violent and
ultra friends Of slavery are seeking by their
measures to accomplish One is to exclude us,
to nHnish ana exile u.s. from the state; and the
other isto keep us and our posterity Out Of the
State forever, by the multiplication Of slaves
and the PerPetuaiion OF slavery. fs.l
lh 1888 the Legislature pissed a law to pre-
venf the further Importation into kenincky, Of
slaves from other States Every year thereaf-
ter ths Law was violently assaulted by the ultra
friends OF slavery, but every year their assaults
upon IL were successfully resisted, until the last
session Of the Legislature. The law was work
ing admirably for all but the ayarieious slave.
hoiper' and siaveirader. IL checked the increase
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thousano s'ases' now An me Stale, ought tp have,
sa'fshed them.' In the nafne OF humanity Is
thar NOT enough In me name OF God Is AZ not
sufficient Not so. thought the eupidity and
avsrice Of the ultra slaveholder and the de,es-
table trafiickers in slaves. They cried out for
| more slaves, mere slaves; fewer free white la
bcrers; and in an evil hour the Legislature
yielded to their claims and their dictation. IL
mol iisd the law Of Is33-it again threw wide
open The door for the admission of slaves from
the whole extent OF the slave States, from Della
ware TO Texas! II created frightful cIeyasse,
christening this State with an inundation Of
slaves far more direful and desolating In its con-
sequences than the most. terrible ereyasse Of
| the Mississippi river! And for. whose benefit.
and for what PURPOSE
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forces, by the prospect Of starvation, some free
map 10 sai, the Commonwealth Nothing can
ha more certain. nnihins more inssi,.l.i--- nv
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te0'er an osi 'eaa"'a' hs''r' ana 70 MI al 'n'
ne'pP ias'of''s WIN 'ne ''a' i'e' oi Ai''ca'-
he~oaia make "hi'e 'a'''fs.''as rare as a
wh'e crow iranefs an i'Ve STOCK 70 'he Soaa'
'twiH enng N eaehahge countess husaber Of
saves sA.ieauy We hsst u agenciesaisPaiched
l'o 'he o'u'h :" P"rc"ase ns're saves Tor bag
gAng iac'of'es' now an operation. or 10 establish
shes in s'A'e"PlA"on. Inc s'a'esfaaei
Ew'l nave ms asP'ss 'hr"ughoa1 me s'ale' ms
asrN any g'oo"y P''sShs' 'eS''"o''ng the horri-
I"ePl'sonsn'pT In "n'sn h.uses Of Ariea are
tOfn from tneir county, aud alter supplyln g the
mafAe' 81 Aen'aeky WI" slaves inc residue
VIII o' sTn' on 70 oene' "aihe's ~ me SCUM
nen'seAy ~'Hocs.Py '''e pes'aa'ng anu 'nels-
noss fosinoh " peshE 'ns s"a'enuePoso 'he
West 'fade mat ever sa'ieai me commerce OF
thewona hasthe PROUD anu aFafieieas save
holder, co-operating with The rspseious slave
trader, viii NH all the departments Of human
industry in the State. and expsl from its bosom
nearly the whole Of our class vssvs fs ,,as
gBhpt ,bls will have aecomplIshea onlv on.. half
Of the .irocious policy ON which am suim,s.
yertiag. .Hay,nr banished ma from, tbe s,.,a
the merit effect Of this policy is 70 Keen u,cla..
perpesually out of It. Tins they aim 10 do nv
psrtinaciously resisting every schems Of grad,
ual emancipation, however remote, and howey-
or lightly 1t touches them. II has been proposed
gradually to emancipate slsves horn after dis
tant day, To eoloniss them, and thus, ultimately
separating the two races, to leave Kentucky in
the exclusive possession OF the white. No one
has proposed 70 touch any slave in being, or
any that may be born before the commencement
Of d, e system. All vestedand subsisting rights