The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-07
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" io' 'his movement for emaneIpatlO.s,.r"
taeky- la support Of this pOsi,io, A'A, =
mat 'hs state = sminsnsly PrO.p.roa. vs..
argument implies that Their. are rr,.,,s,. is"
IN our system Of slavery-ai lsa.,. th.,1S
at war with the public good. Yov 80.
put me to the proof Of the evil, AZ .l-Ss
a reason for this movement in f,vo, A. -
ing H. have freely admitted the r.a.on.ss
ness Of your demand, and latter mv..,s
some progress has been made in ms.,,,.
You will do me the justice to ackpow,.ds
! have INDUCED in no idle defamation ''
contrary, that have presented ,.,.0.. ne
opinion, which are worthy Of your ,.,a...s.
consideration.
i have pointed yeu to the opinion, ,f
Of our wisest and Purest stale.u.n--ma
were born and brought up in tn. mid., Of -.
ry-and who were under no infla.n...-r'
could blind their eyes to its adv.n,.y.. -
any way bias their minds to ID, pr.judic.. r.
Judgment against IL, you must admit. 3. 60
ny against it, / have shown tina, il. ,.pd..--
is to imPoverish country, by wasting n, -
out Of which Is to be dug, by the Crss,o,,, -
mutabls decree, the principal wealth o. a.
habiiants. have shown that IL, fn,,h..
deney isto lowsrthe standard Of Industry -
the people, and to put disersdit in ,hs,,
upon that honest labor, which IN in i,..lf -
truly honorable. and which is one Of d.,
pal elements Of prosperity. Ihsvs ,hox, a..
Whatever any may choose to say about o.
ism in other States, the sIsveholdsr. AZ =
lucky pay annually an immense tar in tn
port Of their POOr-who bear very mp.h a.
same relation 10 the public, that the uauos,..--
speak Of do elsewhere-inasmueh a. m. a.
J being destitute Of property, and unabl. a, -
! willing to work enough to support them,,,,..
they are supported BY Others-and their ..,.o.'
that is thsireonsuming and not rs-prOdueiD.-
is Just 90 much withdrawn from the geu.r,l =,
stance. Az between them and their u.,,.--
they may have clear right to be thus ,uOo0-,..
( and their masters may be under higb mo..,
/ obligation to support them. but thi. do. -.
: make them any the less burden upop N.
!. gregsts wealth and industry Of the STATE.
v Let rs turn to another aspect Of hi, .uh,...
: to-wit, the bearing Of slavery upon IN, No..
e ton Of country. lido not mean the char.
e and condition, but the numbers, Of the o.o.,.
Without the slightest hesitation, / taL. N.
ground that the tendency Of negro .l.y.-v /.
2 against the increase Of the WHIT pOvulstio,
I Circumstances may modify this influence,
a this Is the tendency. Let me point you ,y,l,
TO Eastern Virginia. Its not in derisiOu a. \,
. misfortunssL II Is with prOfOani regre, far \,
/, waning influence and power. But no man =,
r deny that her strength Is wasting, and the yl0,,
N departing from her. Between the yssr. "A
: and 1910, she had declined in population SOM
v thing more than IS 900; and there IS abuDd,,
!, reason for expecting. that the next census nj
A exhibit still greater loss. That Is to say. III
numbers Of hsrPeoPls are grOwingIsss and Isu
The land Is dePOPulating by a SLOW. BAT ss
y tain and steady process.
But is not her country rich in its natural .c
7. vsntsges-a delightful climate genial soil
+ natural manures to enrich Il when worn,
n hsustless stores Of mineral wealth; and +,
10 needfal facilities for commerce. Beside I.
sr this, inhabited BY people, Of whom the YER
10 least that could be said with truth in their pra
n would make them fair specimen Of the hama
he race people, have no doubt, far SUP.
4 riOr TO the mass Of mankind in some Of the yer
le best elements Of character And vet Ia suea
l. country, the people are steadily becoming isE.
st and fewer. GentIsmsn, Is there any reason
be given for it, except that which you 6nd
slavery Do you say that the people ha1
grown restless and are moving of to on.
- Statesi But sohy do theyi Is there snywhu
;" a better country than theirs, ss Il was whs
God gave It to their fsthersi De you say u,
= the land has grown too poor &c support
~ manyi But what, Fpray you, has made
POorl Il is the slaye-nOthing but the slss
There is anOther light in which We may IOo
:, at this sabjeet-equally instructive and hard
less melancholy Here is an example, Ia o
Virginia. of an absslnts decline Of POPulaliOa-
+, the whole population Of large section Of coal
:. try-and that q lovely and most dssrabls sOsI
try until nearly ruined by is slaves Nov,
you win take the trouble to examine. you Vi
:, find, that nearly sverywhere-with 9 cor
stancy that 10 startling-with exceptions is
and easily explained-ths slaves have ben r.
atiosly gaining on their masters. And whs
., slavery has worn itself out, a. in Delaware, Il
al country Is ovsrrun with the free negrO-H POi
al .ible worse element Of population than h
1t slave In that little Stats, where the slaves n
10 reduced TO few thousands. the free blacks a
N many tines their number-for example in lS4i
less than 1900 slaves, and about n 900 free m
gross-who for many years preceding had bee
increasing nearly five times faster than n
p whites. So in ACCOMPLISHMENTS many veal
I. the number Of slaves has been diminishing, fOI
" a varety OF causes; among them, expOnano
n Tor sale-the number Of free negroes hiss BEE
u rapidly increasing until, in 1sl0, when TIE "a
, census was taken, there were SIXTY odd thOasan
: against less than ninety thousand slaves II
e next census viii probably show them more n
merous than the slaves, 50 enormous had bee
I. their previous increase upon them fOT some year
Re and all the while advancing with PFOdgo'
l. gain upon the whites. II cones ont, that
some OF the slave States the blacks exceed u
!. phites to degree that is already feanuli an
n are still advancing rapidly. In Others, ihOos
fewer than the whites, they are pressing On vi
: enormous strides; and increasing in gTeAi'
:. ratio than they. In other wOrds-as IN son
places, We see the whole population, white an
black, diminishing-the slave eating up The ma
Iter-snd masters and slaves kept in bread