The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-12-01

nit atrocities on their former owners, surely
he remembrance of the injuries they had sus-
aimed would have nerved their arms and fired
heir hearts to that end But the great and in
valuable blessing of freedom which they had
received filled them with gratefulness and de- {
light; and in their present happiness they for
got their old sufsrings. They turned their at
lention to the great business Of self-imProve-
Inent, and In the fourteen years which have
passed away since freedom was proclaimed. they |
have steadily advanced until - fnt |,
communities in which ~ G.
ilization are in STATE o. bIs6 sotivIt
only has fieedos, lessened the number and mili-
gated the quality of vices. but ves1 pat Inn
provement has been made In morals and cduce-
ton. The schools are full Of scholars who gen.
orally learn well. while the churches are at
tended by large and orderly congregations
whose morals will compare favorably with |
those Of other congregations elsewhere.
Have we not reason to suppose that, II eman- |
cipati6n were 10 take place in Kentucky with |
out being associated with coerced expatriation,
the intellectual and moral well-being Of the ne
groes would also be promoted II you act just
ly toward q man do you thereby make him
your bitter foei If you restore to a people the
liberty to which they are entitled and OF which
they have long been deprived, do You thereby
arm them with revenge and prepare their hearts
for retaliation7 Certainly not.
II emancipation take place on the soil OF
Kentucky and the blacks should not be forced
awsy. would they not be employed and work
for wages7 Would they prowl about waschful
Of opportunities for the commission Of theft
Let the history of emancipation in the free
States Of this confederacy and the experience
Of the West India Islands answer. The pro-
slavery men contend that one Of the greatest
4 evils Of emancipation would be the depriving
the State of Its laborers. Keep the emancipa-
ted people here and that solid and formidable
objection to emancipation will be obviated. HUI
man nature IL the same under black skin that
Il is under one Of the Caucasian hue, and II
a white man will labor better for wages than
under coercion, so also will the negro. II the
negroes were ifs,ed and employed In the State, a
much greater amount Of labor would be per-
formed than at present, aid the general pros
perity Of our commonwealth would be promo.
} ted.
Il may well be doubted whether emancipa-
ton connected with expatriauo on is practicable
!, There would be so many evils and so much In
convenience and so much gross inhumanity as
sociated with expatriation that thousands o.
good men would regard mild system Of slave
~ as preferable to it. We know that many
J emanciPa,ionists who gave.their assent to thu
Z schemes which were bruited last summer, die
so, not because they approved Of the details o
D those schemes, but because they felt confiden
that the details were imprscticable and coulC
4 never be carried out
: Such was the feeling of many in regard I,
: Mr. Clsy's plan. They read with deep interes
the letter in which that plan was presented an,
4 felt that on account Of its strong condemnation
4 of slavery it waa an invaluable contribution q
!, the cause Of freedom, but the plan itself the,
. regarded as utterly fmpracticable. They wer
: anxious for declaration on the part Of tn,
n State against slavery. feeling sure that wheE
ever slavery terminated, coercive repatriation
4 would not De resorted TO.
t But emancipation on the soil Is e,nins ntl,
o practicable. II has often been tried and ha
II always succeeded. Why then, with the elea
II .'~-1 "-y 'ish'sE human experience i,viore US
q should we Hesitate for a moment 10 pronounc,
Ivor of that kind Of emancipation which d
e safe and has always been followed with innu
:, msrabls blessing, both TO the emancipation an,
the emancipatedl
III We do not array ourselves against African
: colonization. An a means Of civiIiuing ans
outstanding Africa We regard that scheme with
deep interest and In the event Of emancipation
in Kentucky we should take ground In favor o
assisting all who might wish to 90 TO the lans
:. Of their ancestors. The only kind OF foreigr
a colonization that We are opposed to is that Ii
. which force is resorted 70.
o When the day Of universal emancipation IL
Kentucky shall bless our State with It's benigr
, influences, there will probably be inducement
, offered to the emancipated negroes to seel
homes for themselves nearer the tropics in thi
western hemisphere. The blacks who ther
, may wish to emigrate from the State will hav,
choose homes. Quite as many will he wilIin,
to seek fortunes In tropical countries az will
. comport with the best interest of the common
wealth.
We are opposed to all coercion either in ad
vance Of or subsequent to emancipation. w,
would not employ force TO wrest the slave from
his master, neither would we coerce the freet
man to exile himself from bis native land. Tn,
weapons we would use are furnished from IN,
armory Of reason, religion, and common sense
Voluntary emancipation with choice of bom,
to the emancipated, is what we would have
We are not able to say that we desire any oihel
kind of emancipation than that which womb
be voluntary on the part Of the masters, or ever
that, If any scheme for forcibly breaking I'D fam
lilies and trampling the hottest feelings of IN,
human heart in the dust were associated with il
II after emancipation it shall appear that tn,
interests Of both races require that they shall b,
separated, would not both races be glad to ac
as their interests would then direct? Under
such circumstances, separation would undoubt
eddy 90 on as rapidly as would consist with thei
mutual welfare.
In an article written hastily as this ha,
been We can scarcely hope that we have salts
factory answered all the objections usual,
urged, or which may suggest ihemselve s sgains
emancipation on the soil. We are painfully
confident that we havc not done justice TO
subject of the highest interest to the commupi.
; ty. Hereafter, we hope TO make more com.