The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-03
- Condition Or slavery ln Ken.
tRekye


~. Louisville Journal shows that the
nhue syntems Of Kentucky has been 20 |
MOI disturbed by the rebellion that i'm. |
ner3iate emancipation has become neces- |
~ % ave the State from being dep0pulA- |
~ Of it, able bodied laborers, and lefs, be- |
-. with tho aged and the women and |
eAildren to support. We extract from its |
what IL our case, and the pressure upon
~ In the central parts-the Blue Grass
roaion and the Green river. countryside
heeviest slaveholding portions Of the State,
heir condition il deplOrable. Our system
oflnhor 10 utterly demoralixed; no family
know when they rise in the morning
vhether they have servant to prepare
hreakthst for them or not. But this IL by
70 means the worst, for . family OF any
industry may Contrive to cook their own
Breakfast and dinner too, but many Of our
nrmerp are almost or quite deprived of
theor laborers. Some have lost one or two
hnnds. but some have lost fourth or 81
half ana some all of their servants. The
Important considerations here suggest
1he0selves, how are the farms Of such men
q . cultivated next season, and II not
cultivated where are our supplies OF food
"a came fromf These are practical Ques-
tons for Kentucky planters and farmers
q meet, and they have nothing TO do with
the soanlt Of the late election; they are cone
tingsnt solely npon ne rushing n nos . o. un q
the Wnr; 20 nut down the rebellion.
The Jeeseal states that Il + In receipt Of
numerO1o letters asking II something can.
not ~ 6ouo 10 shorter way than the pro-
cen Yeuuirod to amend the Constitution to
eet rid oktho emancipation prohibition, and
DECLARING that If thai i the only remedy,
To pa3i1 = must die before il can take 81.
Hhn $500 fNunvno-
dia1o G. onsated emancipation BY the
Iaeisad The Constitution 1orbtds the
LGlfo1c1Se 6 70 emancipate without compen-
Gnti0mf s66t With compensation. The Jour
'Nol00&t1nuoo the argument on the neCeo-
oitytof thu case:
The QUESTION now 10, not how shall We
aayoeI1very, but how shall We raise our
hfead. and bake it AFTER We have raised It.
where shall we get the labor3 We have
now neither slavery nor freedom; We have
none Of the benefits Of either ayDtem OF la
Dor, but are suffering the disadvantages Of
both, in the midst Of the decentralization
and anarchy that prevail around ~. Shall
- Let events take their course, and with.
ont effort drift with the stream and land
wherever our urguided bark may bring
upf II this the part of wirdosn, Of states
manship, or, better than either, Of common
eensef No ono can assert 1t. We say
again, let Us meet this question practically;
lay aside all prejudices and look to our
selfinterests. If We will not emancipate
with compensation, which, - We have said
before, is perfectly constitutional, then
there is nothing left, 30 Ear as We can zee at
present, to prevent our laborers slowly, yet
wholly. leaving the State, but . solemn
expression Of the legislature OF Kentucky
at its meeting this winter, that the rebel
lion has incidentally already 20 democrat
hat -
Il beyond hope, and that We must acqui-
esce In its termination. This would be put
the expression of matter Of fact; It makes
no difference whom we blame or whom we
do not blame, or whether We are pro-sla-
very or anti-slavery. This II concrete
practical question; ITO be or not be'-to
eat or not 70 eat-ssthat 10 the question:
will, or shall we interpose our active efforts
10 guide results3
The journal also makes the argument
that the vote in the Presidential election
shows that the people Of Kentucky are d.
vided IN the question Of slavery. That the
!, vote for Mr.. Lincoln turned on this ques-
ton, IL shown by the fact that In the East
ern and Western counties, where there are
few slaves, the vote against him was large.
We copy its statistical instances:
BY reference to the Ofiicial returns OF the
pFesidential election for our State, which
We publish this morning ~ far ~ received.
1t will be seen that the extreme eastern
and western counties have given large ma
jorities for Lincoln. In the counties OF Bal.
Fulton, Of "Jackson's Purchase" the vote
stands: Lincoln ,04l; Mcclellan ,0l7. In
the eastern sweep, from Lewis on the Ohio
river to Knox on the Tennesooe border,
these two counties, with Estill, Greenup,
Laurel, Lewis, Pulaski. Owsley, Whitley,
and Rockcastle. gave Lincoln 6,s47. Nc
Clsllan ,55l. ny the CENSUS. OF 1860 the
the TN eastern counties only 3,769. Nc
Cracker and Ballard. the two counties u
the mouth Of the Ohio river, owned a.
many slayes % the entire designated ten
counties In the eastern part Of the State
We will not stop to discuss the causes why
the extremities Of orr State are opposed "a
II central part. There are several differ
tain fact-the State 70 divided in opinion,
and tho division il becoming more appa.
rent Uvory time an election IL held.
Il 70 evident from the large Lincoln vote
that tho time has gone by when the discus
slon Of the interests Of Kentucky adverse
to slavery can b suppressed BY violence
q terror. This freedom q opinion having
% this question will rapidly increase; and
- the Journal clearly perceives. there II
. no end to this conflict except in the end o.
slavery. And the people Of Kentucky can
mot afford to protect the agitation and do
mestic hostility which difference OF opin
4 ion on this subject creates; nor can slavery
endure 1t.
The proposition to emancipate the slaves
"a order to save the iab0rers Of the State, il
= more practical view Of this question thar
has usually been taken by the political
supporters Of slavery. In the North they
e nave argued that to liberate the negroes
would give them A'general exodus to thu
lreesStates, which would be 0verrun with
worthless free negrose who would become
. burden to community.
] In the South they heEe agreed that t.
give the negroes freedom would make
4 them idle vagabonds and ruin the indus.
trial system Of the South. In view of the
!eolitiee Of the case, the Journal ct one
blow swept away all this fabric o.