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

"ehesE hat ehsrges q bad faith and foul plsy
eIeireGuenily brought BY pzU-slsvery men szlins,
Enane1paiionlsts. Il : sad that Dlesse wa,
gwen y ne gentlemen, WHO issued an sd.ress
70 ne people Of KENNEDY II favor Of Convsn
Ion iof snencIngthe Constitution, hat the sBl-
Jet q EnsueiPstion should not - agirstssI-
uHia Consequence Of this pledge, a great nlsny
Pesons voted n favor Of calling C1nreutSyu
roo Otherwise would have voted against it--sad
oeEeiOss that the Ensncipatioais,s, n endeasor.
iHs % hing he subject before the Cauventsn.
are acting bsse and treschesuus part
Ans q senoos change. No nan takes
PisesIss n beng publicly accused Of disbcnes-
rs however ltlie he may care sor the abuse q
Opponents Who substitute abuse fog srzunsnt
La u examine the ehssge and see what fo,salia-
non there e f0riL
~ s1PPosng thai Plecgs veIs gwen by
ne sentle.nsa who iSszel az address 10 he eiii.
1so. q Aeniacky N the esTiy pzTt II the year
is41' thAi ne subject u Emancipation should
n0t BE bfo1sht bef0ne the ConveIrsson-upor
snon 4 hat Pisdge bindIHg' For whom ueFs
t1s,e seaisnsn suth0Tised to speski wlEu
&C Leg reprsseatf TIE citizens Of Keutnekys
We have yer 70 learn that they represented, or
f1s'ssseo &C repIeseut, any persons but th,In-
sesea Those ssntienen, some Of them m,srn-
80 q Ne Legislature, some Of then not, all Of
lHsn' ss far a. ne know, respectable gentle
ne1B some Of them gentlemen Of infsence,
ssN u 70 address their fsliox-eifizens upon q
siest and InPou ait subject. Ths vas al nEht
sAo P1ocsI, and tAeir address was v,elI-Erit.en
eoe1nent But N whose name did they speaKi
= uAeu own Of eoUns, and ozIy in her own.
iney spske for themselves alone. II they
l1o1sni II vel 70 pledge themselves TOT 10 intro
oaee ne s05jsct Of Emancipation into the Con-
's1i'oa' LEI them abide by fheir pledge. As
s0norsole men, they vii ABIDE By il, and 90
honorable men We presume that they xiH not a /
tempt 70 bind men BY II, who zeither rave the
P'eogs nor authorised il to Be gwen.
IND We do not know that these gentlemen
ihienoed to pledge even themselves against IL
-l'ooe'ng the subject Of 'EmAncipstica into the
o0n'eotioa- They addressed tue people Of this
commonwealth N behalf Of Convention. In |
-Aa' aoafe'. ueey tsEe occasion to suggest some
~ the amendments which they would desise 10 |
have made in The Constitution. TIE take oc-
ession also to state that theY are opposed to in
terfering with the present relation between mae
ten and slsves- In ether Eords. it is an expires
sion Of their opinion in favor Of slavery. III
these gentlemen choose to regard this EXPRESSION
Of opinion a. pledge, well and good Let them
ABIDE BY l. But II, IN consequence OF thorough
Investigation, these very men, the signers Of the
address, should be convinced that the welfare Of
keatucky demands, not an interference with the
present relation. between masters and slaves,
out provision for altering those relations in
the future, and they should vote in favor Of such
prDvision We imagine that il would he no easy
matter TO convict them Of violation Of pledge.
A change Of opinion. and q correspondent
change Of action, By no means, necessarily i'm
ply dishonesty or treschery, bot may imply just
The opposite. For instance. Those gentlemen,
Who signed the address, By strong impicsiion if
not BY positive declaration, declare themselves
10 be opposed TO an elective judiciary. Suppose
hat their opinion upon this point should be
changed, a. the opinion Of many man has
been changei, and that they should feel them
selves compelled BY earnest conviction 70 advo- |
cate the system Of electing judges, a. well as
ofner oehcez, by the PeOple-sTe they therefore |
% Be denounced ss fsithless and dishonest |
We imagine not, at least, not by honest men. |
Mon. 70 whoa panty is dearer thsn principle, |
and CONSISTENCY Of more importance thar Truth
may set up q howl, butsuch hyens-howis, though |
By nc means 70 agreeable as the music of the
spheres. are not apt to alarm men Of integrity
o. tsrn them from the path of right.
srd- II the opinions expressed in the asdre.
b which We have alluded, are to be eons,dered
- binding upon tho people Of Kentucky; if the
people OF ksntucky, in revising and amending
tnsu Constitution, are to,mske such changes
only - veze indicst~d 10 he address;-wbs,
nshf hss any Citizen 70 propose that the pnnci-
pAss Of an elective judicssry-of homestead ex.
snpeon. 6o.,->hsah Be introdaced into the
80 Con<ntutio1f Not word Is said sbOu,
IN IN the address. And yet many Of the men
- sss most vieasnt in denuncistion Of the
e.epaksanisss for thsir alleged violation a |,
- sszt<afIPg lisapQ2six f9ihp.aI.