The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-14

- mother, and shall cleave INTO his vii
IL and they shall be one flesh" Gen. H. 9
u Mark x: Z. Among slaves there is nc
d and cannot be, any legal marriage-legal
t they are incapable of contracting or -beir
e contracted with, and though some forms a
G IN most cases observed, when by the conser
{ oil the masters respectively man and won1a
enter into this solemn relation. Il is
matter OF no importance whether Turk, Ii
: idel or Christian solemDise the Ii&--th
law takes no notice Of it---and the will q
the master, as it permitted, so il may at an
E moment dissolve the relation. That it /
respected by humane masters, | cheerfuIli
: acknowledge; but the system is too stronI
Tor them; so that often the good they would
Ihe> DO not. That on the other hand, mol
titndes utterly disregard, aud wantonly dis
solve il, is fact TOO well established % re-
quire proof. How alien has the Slave. father
returning from the laboTssof HE day found
his wife in the hands Of the slaye.trader, and
his children mothelless. And his only re.
source OF relief was TO wall in anguish, OF
whisper amid the dews Of night prayer to
Him who hath said. vengeance is mine,
will repay saith the Lord" | shall never
iorget-no! You will charge me with an
effort TO rouse your passions will pursue
the thought no further. Shall We have this
system heritage to posterity? Shall this
rending Of hearts continual Is this bold
Outrage upon the hottest affections Of the
human soul still to enjoy the protection Of
law! The determination is with you.
From the facts and Arguments sdduced
above, ask is not the proposition sustain
cd, that God never legislaled for slavery
except to abolish iIl Other facts will read
ily occur TO such as are familiar with the
Bible, and TO such as are disposed to cayil
and resist the conclusion by such passages
rs Servants, be obedient to your masters,
&c.-it is sufficient TO reply. that the re
lation OF master and servant is one thing,
that OF master and slave another.
The Bible condemns slavery; and hence
II follows that slavery is injurious to ell our
interests. We are so constituted that any
violation Of the laws governing Us must be
followed by punishment equivalent to our
guilt and this is as true OF communities as
individuals, with this difference, nations
have no existence in future state, what
ever evil results TO their conduct must there.
fore come upon them heIe-bm more OF
this at another time--my immediate object
is to show that:
Slavery is injurious to all who are par.
ties TO IL, whether they be masters or slaves.
A. late writer says, III is injurious TO all: l.
10 the soul; by eherishing evil passions on
the one hand, and by preventing proper In
ullectual development and spiritual culture |
on the other, in the case OF the master; and |
By almost entirely sinking and annihilating
the man in the case Of the slave-so that
h. seems nearly q walkiag esricature of hn.
manity. 2. To the body; by chershing
Incidence. dependence, luxury and effem.
macy in the master, and laziness, careless
ness, apathy. hlthiness, and want OF respon-
sibility in the case Of the slave--so that in
his low estate he exhibits but sorry and
painful picture OF the creature looking up
wards or Of the human face divine 3. !
TO the usefulness and happiness of both.
This results from the relation itself and |
from all its attributes. 4. To the outward |
estate Of both. This also grows out Of the !
relation and its circumstances. Unlawful |
possessions are not riches The slayehold- |
ei is the worse for his slaves. A sound po-
li1ical economy discards the unblest rela-
ton and commerce as a means OF wealth,
and brands il as cause Of poverty. As
for the slave, work as he NAV, and live as
long as he may he never has anything. He
does not own himself. nor his wife nor his
children.
1t is injurious to society 1t is unnatur
al and the injuries it inilicts on the social
state are intellectually great Ii puts every-
thing, more or less, into false position. 1t
is the great disturbing influence in our gov
eminent, and at this moment threatens the
dissolution OF the Union. Men are crying
Make room for our slaves, and because
others, animated by the love of liberty,
abiding nevertheless by the compromises Of
the constitution, refuse TO let the 'cleaving
c,lrss' spread itself along the shores Of the
Pacific, Mr.. Calhoun and bis compeers
threaten Us with disonion If ever the flag
OF this Union is rent, and its glorious stripes
and stars made to trail the dust slavery will
huve done IL. Will you warm the viper
thnt sndangers your safety? 30 ..o -.i O..
. Slavery retards the progress Of society.
II is huge unwieldy burden holding eve
rything in check. Cast yoar eyes upon
the map OF these United States, note the
position and statistics Of the free and slave
States. Look at Ohio-our young superb
'oi in natural resources. She has more
than double the amount Of population
with canals and railroads, affording facil-
ties to commerce unknown to us-and eve
~ child has the means Of acquiring a good
education. Why this difference! There
is but one answer, Kentucky is slave
State. In the beginning she linked herself
with the unbiest and pernicious system, and
has ever since chung 70 it with pertinacity
worthy better cause. II has wasted her
inhabitants, crippled her enterprise, burden
eel her commerce, and left her children
without the means OF acquiring an educa-
ton! Ohio rejected slavery, and with the
energy of free compensated labor, has filed
her forests, built towns and cities. cut can
ais constructed railroads, and dotted her
whole surface with school houses! The
contrast is sufficiently humiliating and Of.
fensve to our State pride. But there she
stands, and we must see her. You are ask
ed to let slavery alone that we may move
III ..,,a slou, snail.like aneedi Will