The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-26

AnoIher HsRper in the Field.
1t il with sincere Joy that We place before our /
readers the following passages. They are from
the pen Of a man OF powerful mind and vast
influence, one who is regarded by tens of thou
sands in Kentucky with affection and reverence
ID. Alexander Campbell. We have made large
quotations from the article which is found
in the May number Of the Millennial Harbin-
ger, and only regret that the space at our COM
m,nd will not permit us to publish the article
entire:
"What is the duty Of a Christian citizen OF
Kentucky, OF The present occasion, is the ques-
ton which every conscientious man will pro-
mound 30 himself Time has come hen no
izen of That State can say,-"l can neither
prevent nor rerpetuate the indefinite continu-
ance Of Slavery in Kentucky. | did not put II
upon the State can | take il OIL. y
By u single clause in new Constitution you
may put end 10 il beyond given day Tue
Ruler of nations, in his providence, is now con
ferriug this rower OH every voter In the stale,
| BY proposing convention for new modelling mo
| Constitution. BY his vote, every citizen may
| from and after a given day, be regarded as, I'D
yery deed, an institutor or annulier OF slavery
In Kentucky This is the only point which, in
the present paper, l intend TO commend to the
consideration of every voter to whom these pre-
SCENTS may come.
Ills, indeed, the boast Of the American peo-
nile that they can create or annul their own IN
stiiutions and that, therefore, they live under
laws Of their own creation and adoption. IL,
then, Slavery is 10 be the Inheritance OF their
heirs and successors, il must he, and il can be,
only by the slfirsges and fee voluntary choice
Of the present citizen voters of Kentucky.
That the present existing slave population of
Kentucky is perfectly dispOsabe on the part OF
Kentucky, is proved to a demonstration in Mr..
Cmy's letter. 1t requires no inspired prophet
TO predict, that in some twenty five years, on
the project submitted, Kentucky would be as
free from Slavery as Pennsylvania or Ohio
And that she would oe much enriched by the
loss Of every slave she possesses, is as demon
str,blc that straight line is the shortest pos
sihle distance between any two given points.
But, in a moral, or rather in an evangelical
point Of view, ais Il desirable that IL sAoaLd Be
refaoted?" To answer this question discreeIly
We must first look into the oraces of Jehovah
Paul once said TO Christian slave -" Ii thou
mayest be made free, use it rather" And ~ a
Christian master the same spirit Of wisdom
saith" IL thou, too, desirest to be made free,
- il rather" The law that binds the slave
binds the the law that binds the hus-
band binds the wife. The Lnrista.,. .'ssi-r ia.
duties TO perform TO his slave for which he Is
held bound 10 the State (; but higher duties than
these, for the performance Of which, he is held
more firmly bound 10 Kim who sits upon the
throne of eternal Judgment; before whom the
master and the slave stand upon perfect level
Now, the great question is, what are those
duties which Christianity enjoins Good anC
| comfortable food and raiment, and necessary
medicine This is cue TO your OK and your
. Ass,-and If you defraud them God will hear
( their cry and punish you. Bat is this all7 Does
the Jaw Of Christ demand no more from Chris
tian master, for his save, than food, raimen
and medicine, comfortable Lodgings, rea.onabl,
labor, - no more -! Yes. He is "to rem
der to him whatever is Just and CQaGi.'' He /,
TO teach, instruct and evangelist him by all the
7 means in his power. Tie is just TO do for him
as his slave what he would have his slave DO for
him, were he himself &c become the slave anC
his servant the master.
5 Such change would open his eyes more thar
P volume. lie would now no longer Sc,
! visions and dream Dreams" lie would sOm
mune with realities. lie would think ten time,
about the soul aud once about the body. lie
would now no longer lock upon the slave anI
b his mule az cOnsubstantial, co-equal and CO
eternal. lie would AJAX more than green corr
= and dry--in their season. He would ask more
, than a blanket and beIi, cabin and fire. liz
! would usk for more than calomel, a lancet AM
2 ii ski ful doctor, when sick. lie would ash fol-
the bread and water Of life, and for the physi-
clan 81 souls, and not To give him these hs
, would regard as an objectionable sin. But thi,
is not all His mind must be cultivated ant
elevated 10 the conception of things spiritual
divine and eternal. This calls for much teach
ing, either on the part Of the masters or some
one else. And the law, wherever il exists, that
inhibils the slave from going to II common
school, only obiiges his Christian master 10 Ops
for him private school in his own house, or OH
his own premises. lie must len become
school master himself, or fud a substitute on
the peril OF renowned al egisnce 10 Jesus Christ
II was such reasoning this, and not the abso-
lutte scriptural unlawfulness Of Slavery, thai
constrained me TO emancipaie and set free from
Slavery, not my slaves only, but myself
hesitate not to add that emancipation was MUCH
more enjoyed by me than by them; and hence
from that day till now the emancipation Of mas
tiers is fall as much an object near TO my heart
as the emancipation Of slaves. But, alas mas
tiers sometimes, rs well as slaves, hug the chains
that enslave them.
But half the story is vet TO be told and con
sequently, half the Arguments for emancipation
are yet TO be considered. Masters aud mis-
tresses generally, have children themselves, and
Christian masters and IN stresses have, not un
frequently, larger number Of these blessings
! troubles.
Man being wisely aud Lenevolently consii-
tuted an initiative creature, constrains Christian
parents Of much discernInent and sensibility 10
| place their own children la circumstances the
| most favorable for their intellectual and moral
| development. This susceptibility on the part
OF children 10 take upon them the habits Of those
| amongst whom they are reared, even 10 the very
tones and Infections Of the voice, the gait and
muscular movements of the body, aud set
phrases Of speech, CONSTANTS every conscien-
tiOus parent to be supre nelly sensitive on the
subject Of early, nay, Of infant associations ;
sensible, as lie ought 10 BE-, that no after train
ing or education can ever fully efiace or eradi-
cate these, especially in the more sensitive and
| moral department Of bis nature he will not
rashly and for very paltry consideration, en-
counter these risks and consequences. Who
subscribes not the common adage, -" As the
iwg is bent the trees inclined 2" And is this
not more true Of the inward and moral man
than Of the outward and phi ysical 2 = Ii is an
axiomeiic truth, known and acknowl lodged by
all.
Earth's noblemen, we'll knowing this great
fact, will not permit ihei, sous and daughters
TO take their first lessons Outside the paternal
roof They place them in no public school nor
suffer them TO form an acquaintance beyond the
circle Of their own appreciation, till their man
ners and habits are moulded after such types and
forms as they regard 10 be models of elegance
and good taste. Nor will they, even under their
own roof, admit private tutor whose manners
fill not up, in a good degree, that standard
which they themselves have set up.
Ii such be the philosophy and taste Of the
best educated classes of society, and such the
practice OF those who seek 10 obtain precedence