New-York daily tribune., 1849-05-16
Letter from EIIwood Fisher.
TO ,a< Edaor Of ne yeas York Tribune
The following paragraph Is in The If'b4N
fhe 25th inst

TO ,A> Edaor Of ne ys1- York Trbsse
The following paragraph Is IN The If'o4Ne OF
fhs 25th inst;
EELwooO FisHJK uSNAsKED.-The Coyo ~ -. -.
savs iha, Filwood Fishef-Nho l. hgnnns fl.."s 49,
svely 10 the southern Loco focp pfes' a. tue e-.i I
lecture 10 favor Of slavery ~ hlmane snl at.n' ~
tuuon--was a Quaker bu, has been urnea o. - '
Wig but has tuned Democfaif was a t-in 49,.
ists but has now into fhe opposite extreme cN'
hm great reasoler. but thnk. he cannot iesscH 80 IN,
D~1 into tie belief that be - the most cols..s' T6e
The world The Dcita Is an independent Pap e H.
MobG< 11refs>y publishes this snori spiii4s p.s Vylg
Fishers course and IN common with ne Syls iec.rs
pres generally refrain. from copying ne soS .f
of y sher HIS whole lecture wa. Dst "a he ,~ogr-s.
the Institutions and customs Of ne Norm ~ - be So
~ LIberal Reform everywhere No member =, ~ s
ETY. Of Friends good standing ~. 60 slavery r
80 80 1Sn - 70 % YIxs e~niury in the Model Republic Of
,yo,Id he discult To condense in the same space
f.ater number Of fsl,ehoods snd mistakes IL Is an
-, h., .p, 81. the author OF lecture in favor Of
el.v.rv a. a humane and Divine institution lis
sl.e that am q Qu.ksr and have been turned out
or that ever was whig' or that ever was
:. Aholi.onist" rank or sweet u il mistake thst
On. lecture is "a trsde against the nsututons and
customs of the North and the progress Of liberal reform
everywhere .y-s-, -,
,srily withdrew when the society divided some years
,zo-snd on thst account alone. The portion Oi ne
Society called Orthodox, after appointing rCmHitpee
which insisted on my union with them "nlch 90
,lned and which delayed al proceedings against me
for about years finally disoaeaed me for not anna
a1 their 1dinRs and far nat beng ~ saHy pHA nm ana
foT nothing else. Not single act Of immortality wss
ALLEGED or suggested against me IN any Of our confer
snces nor in the final notification tht' wa' ds
owned" The only complaint was, that would not
recognize their portion Of the Society A. re rOcety
exclusively nor attend their meeting. ! declined
recognizing either portion the ground that each hsd
undertaken 10 act separately in the name Of the Sc
ETY. and gard Of the others, 20 the standing
usage Of the rends which required the acquesenoc
expressed or implied Of al present IN all their pro
coedngs.
.ince became eligible voter, open advocate Of
Free Trade and an opponent Of All connection between
Pank and state Instead Of evef having been an Abo
hti0nisi have uniformly taken the side oi the SCUM
IN the controversy with the North. and mat on IN"
ground that the evils belonging 10 Southern INSTITUTIONS
were Iess than those Of Northern But instead 81 pena
an advocate Of Slavery went 50 far IN ne sirriHess
Of my Quaker education ~ 10 refrain iro" ysiis ~
articles Of dress the products oi the c"tioh l'n W
the South and the cottOnoons Of the North but TINS
wHs before became Of sgc. a..
here In a city whore. u in Northern cities generally
much ignorance and prejudice prevails concerning zoe
south am a native of the oldest and greatest state
Of the South and citizen OF this State-soon 70 be- the
most popuous of the North There was some propHey
therefore that should attempt 20 make known th'
truth in q controversy between the two sections pafu
rulsrly as thosr who defended the South daily
dared TO the argument, and dehed delivered ihai
Lecture which abounds in facts that no rational mind can
deny 10 be pcftincntfacts established by the highest
wisdom 10 be had IN such Now If the allegations
and arguments contained IN that Lecture were partial
and sophistca % for the champions oi the NoTh
% make IL appear the appreciation and circulation
which the Lecture received in the south had gwen
an authority and consequence far beyond nyihing
that belongs 20 the humble name OF the author
But instead Of rcfuting II. how does The IrtbnH,
beleve-1He Trib8qe which aspircs 10 hc a sort of
organ Of the philanthropy of the Model Republic
.'ip the XIXth Centuryf' why this great enthusiast
Tor free discussion bcakcs itself 10 the propagation of
sisnders on the character of an opponcnt-slenders
from n remote aud obscure paper, located in'tncvcy
IN the lowest place IN the Wcst--a paper whose moral
ny II 40 missmaiic tho atmosphere of s circulation
Surely such thing cannot be- adapted 10 the taste OF
the capital city of the Empire state OF the North