The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-03-17

For the Examiner.
Emanespasses.
Born and reared in Kentucky, expect TO find
grave there. Believing that my children, and
their descendants, viii find home in the same
State, / feel an interest in all that viii promote
the prosperity of our beloved Commonwealth.
own slaves, and am now using slave labor
yet have for many years looked forward to the
time when our State should be relieved from the
evil of slavep-for evil believe it to be. With
many others, / believed that the time to apply
remedy had not yet arrived, but in looking
around upon the movements Of the various par
ties in Kentucky, am satisfied that the time
for action has nou come, and that the Intends Of
Emancipation should agitate the question. The
pro-slavery men are exhibiting settled and fixed
determination To place Kentucky among the
slave States forever, or, at least, so long as the
institution of slavery shall exist in our country
TO stand still at this juncture, is 10 sacrifice oul
principles, and to abandon the great object We
have in view.
"Let the subject alone"-"await the opera
ton Of natural and moral causes'-"no excite
ment''-''no agitation'-is the cry Of pro-slave
ny men. Do they practice the doctrine which
they preachs Do they calmly admit the operation
of these moral causes7 Do they respect ths
feelings and views of those who differ from then
in opinion? are they conservativein their views
We answer in the negative 10 all these inquiries
On the contrary, they are using every means Il
forestaD public opinion, through the Legislature
and otherwise, declaring in substance that Ken
lucky shall remain slave State forever. Refe
to the proceedings in our Legislature-read thu
various resolutions offered, including the cele
bIated "Dohoney resolution" which was adopt
ed From the various speeches which were de
livered before the passage Of the Bill to modif,
the law of 1893, will select a single passage
from the speech of SENATOR
"He wished the Bill to pass for the purpose o
increasing the property of the State, and to pu
the seal Of condemnation upon the disorganisinl
party of EmancipationiSts. He was confden
no other act could so effectually annIhIlsts
them
Look at the editorisls of the various paper
opposed to the agitation Of this question. TIT
YsOman of Feb. ~, ls4s, has an editorial or
the subject, from which take the following
s'If Kentucky intends TO be classed among
the permanent slave States Of the Union, thu
passage Of the modification law, in our opinion
is perfectly correct"
And the editor contends that the modification
of the law Of 1893 was brought about by tn,
Er,aa nj Il hall ~ a. ar
sages from speeches and editorials now befor,
me. The proof is sufficient that there Is a set
tied determination with a large portion Of Tho
proslayery men, to make Kentucky permanent
slayeholding State. A large portion of the poll
ticians Of the State have pledged themselves Il
this Shall we close our eyes to these fsctsi-
shall We suffer ourselves TO be driven from oui
positioni-or shall we, like men feeling the i'm
porance of the subject, arse TO the work befor'
usl We will have wam and exciting contest
but what great measure was ever carried, VIVA
great good effected, without agitation and excite
ment?
A new element must enter into this contest
Throughout our State, in almost every county
there are men TO be found who have not (to any
great extenD mingled in the movements, whicl
from time TO tune, have been made by the politi
cal parties Of the State-they are averse to the
din and stnfe of party confiets-yet, from posi-
ton, character and intelligence, they can bnnl
to bear a moral influence which mere politician.
can never cOunteract. Let these men take po
sition-let their voices be heard, and we vii
have politicians with us. am satisfied that VI
will find host ofthese men that is of the quiet
thoughtful, and intelligent) in our ranks. Thu.
question will bring them out, and their influence
will be felt.
We must enter the arena boldly-we mus
have organisation. Facts, arguments, and sta
tistics, must be thrown out among the people
We must have suitable men to advocate, anC
place our measures fairly before them
most heartily approve the project for a con
vention Of the friends Of Emancipation, to b.
held in Frankfort, on the 18th Of April next. In
the meantime. We should not be idle, we should
converse with our neighbors on this subject
Let the pro-slavery men understand that we arr
in earnest-that We will not quietly permit then
to class US with the northern Abolitionists, and
that we are ready and willing to meet them in
fair discussion, IN public or in private,-on the
stump, or through the press.
Let the question be fairly discussed, and be-
heve that majority of the people of Kentucky
will be found in favor Of Gradual Emancipation,
operating upon those yet TO be bonn, connecting
herewith plan for the removal Of those who
shall be thus emancipated. E.
GreeHviie, Ky, March 8, 1919.