The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-06-02
REVIEW


REVIEW
,.,g,, On fks North and hs SoHih, DE-
q 81 !, Cincinnati, January 10, le49'
rlaagD FisHLR.
n, Fisher is said to be a Quaker, AM
' I..',rs vas delivered before the fount
~, Library Association, in Cincinnati
S A'l. '--gms,ances are remarkable. Th'
80 I-'', ar Ouakers have, as body, Ions
-. - sgaius. Slavery, as violation o
81 nh. and Of the Christian law o
L LEU Cincinnati is free city, the
''s..gI product Of fee labor. Yet u
....i5 Of tins city, and within the limit;
-. Ohio. which, fifty years ago, was q
rl.,,s., and Is now one OF the greatest
pa r,,r nourishing Commonwealth "a
~ a Quaker rises up and argues that
-, blessing 10 msnkind,-the pro-
- - .,-r-, of wealth, comfort and civlliza-
.-- al therefore to be cherished and MAN.
80 6rsysr. BY those who have the good
- -, m Dossess its enviable advantages.
"a, r..Hsr argues to this effect throughout
= s.,urs. he attempts to demonstrate that
y, ,.,oIe of the Southern States are, by
-, Of negro slavery. more wealthy,
-. -onf5usble, more civilized and more
.-,.r,-. tbsn those Of the North, and that
,-s--s. Of emancipation, present or pros
-..,.,s are. If noI impIacucable, al least
lr lneIpedieug aud dangerous TO the
g-g.c welfare.
\, Ifrgia.an or Kenluckian advocate Of
-.,-rsI slavery no South CaIOlinian Nul-
"a I'd ever, 50 lar as We know, exhibit
~,. 20, IN defence Of the peculiar in
..-.ga." than Mr. Fisher, The Quaker OF
Cincinnati, ia Ohio.
Ne Esys no right nor disposition to cen
s45.n for entertaining and expressing his
-..-.,a. We only regret that he did not
si-Bt mole candor and fairness in arguing
sy.rs cause ahich he esPoused.
Hsgroissses 10 argue from statistical facts.
Ri. be only catches al few here and there,
:, be finds them capsule OF being turned TO
p, purpose Of showing a superiority OF
wealth and comfort in the Slaye-holding
Ssss. n the application Of his facts, or
sssaisd iacys, he aiopls principles the
n5g unreasonable, and reasOnings the most
slsdo1s and absurd. TO give an air Of
feasibility 10 them, he often resorts TO
lxsnsss Of expression, where exactness
Egl.5 DO, have served his turn; perverts
scs. which, If fairly stated, would have
nsis sgains, his arguments; shifts his
gy15 backwards and forwards, assuming
he most opposite positions at different times,
U.t he immediate occasion, without re-
grl to consistency; and ulters a great deal
c' s5surdty and nonsense with most philo-
syl.,si gravity, TO give an air Of weight
ed prClJuujness 10 bis argument.
We are sorry 10 be obliged TO censure
Is method Of arguing with so much sever
-y. tE regard 10 the general welfare Of
he South requires q Just exposure Of his
r9luci0ns and We shall make good our
ensures by examples fairly quoted in his
sEl words, and demonstrated to be Of the
e8saer that We have assigned them.
lie begins with undertaking to show that
curing the first quarter Of century under
on present form Of government that is,
ron 1870 to 1915, the South had surpass
a1s Ngrtn in commerce, in manufacture;
Ei Il he accumulation Of wealth, in pro
PU-.n to he number Of citizens in the re
l5clye sections"
lie says Truly, that in 1890, the two sec
tons were about equal in population snC
Esa.a. Bot even here, where he had leas
LED, be shows a disposition to conceal un
aFJrsbs facts under a loose form Of e1
FsSon when he could as easily have
Sa.sd The simple truth without disguise
Ne avs page I } that the territory there
.tc-Psd W the two (the North and the
soa1J vas perhaps also nearly equal il
sI.sl and fertility" Why this caution:
.lslsness Of language to convey a false
APisssIol' Why did be not say, in plain
Ala What, We presume, he knew well
salsl, nsmely-lhst the Southern States
zen possessed, as the same old States now
asa, territory larger. by some 10000
11s niles, than the territory Of the same
S11eia S.aleS-the Indian land beinl
''aaS.ed irom both But this fact did no
~ Nj. Fisher il would have shown thai
-'A lie beginning the Southern States hst
ssA natural advantage for increase o
r2-.aaon and wealth.
Or Tie first quarter Of a century
snh, P 2, Cup to 1916, the South took
= s'a Of The North in commerce, as a
= '-a Oh that period the exports Of the
-.--'Sih States amounted to about thirty
--'- =, which was five millions more thai
as Northern"
SlPpos.ng his statement 10 be correct
. 'S-a have saia that the South then e1
~ more to ioreign countries than tn,
".l' Commerce includes imports a,
- - . exports, domestic as we'll as foreign
= Ils carrying trade az well as the di
- The North was then. as now. NOR,
'-Asl'al' though the Soulb, then, a
areHsa E lsrger portion Of her pro
T,,I 'N % loTelgn countries. lie shouI,
FTr nave nv noticed that part Of the export
~ ~ Ss Southern ports of Baltimore an,
oGIlesns, were, and are the product
d5 HOeieIn States. But this is his wa
t.''ag with statistics. When he find
d. .i winch IN the grOs, can be turned 4
a .o'anIsge Of bis argument. but which
s analysed would make the contra
to' ~ ne Jumps il, and draws his conclr
h., Onee without hint Of the deduc
uds, = - saGl'l0ns that should be made, i
% " anys at correct result. In thl.
nl,;T. u o'her instances, he takes fac
ION |" part Of the subject, and draw
rS;.., conclusion that covers the whoI
,4~~1 az ne here ipfar. IL =.