New-York daily tribune., 1849-05-16
Rcmafks On Mc Ab0rc.

CinciGn.t. oh No :, Ist4 tsLNopp fishth
Rcma,ks on Mc AbOrc.
Mr. Fisher W in need no assurance that the para.
graph he quotes as not seen by the Editor OF
The Tribune before us publication. We say moth
ing of its truth or fslsity, leaving the reader to
Judge how far It's statements are oycrthrown by
the reio nder We know nothing, and desire t.
hear nothing, adverse to the correctness OF Mr..
Fishers private character, while We regard him
AZ the most unsound ressoner and holding the most
extravagantly absurd opinions Of any sane man OF
our acquaintance. OF course, when we battle
him, we prefer to attack bis theories where we
know we have him at disadvantage, rather than
his morals, which we believe aud trust are all
right
MIR Fisher complains that his pamphlet has not
been snswere We think 1t has been, most ei
fectually, in the National Era aud elsewhere
We have ourscli written as much In reply to 1t
as we should feel Obliged TO do had his leading
proposition been an argument for the revival OF
the venerable institution of sacrificing our child
rem TO Mooch as In the good old times. We did
not think more necessary, yet. 20 obge him, we
will refer again t. his lecture.
His leading idea is the superiority Of the social
institutions and condition OF the South compared
with those OF the North-and how doyou think hs
maintains It : Does he attempt 10 show that Pop
ula Edsestion 10 as general and thorough at the
South as at the North that the South produces
a more bountiiul surplus Of Teschors, male and TO-
male that School Books and Educational ad-
vancement originate In and proceed from the
South i-tha, Temperance aud other Reforms have
A -. 50, ~
South while Dueling, Street fighting and whole
sale Gambling are among the peculiar inshlu
tions OF the North l-or that Industry is most gen
eral and most effective, Production most ample
Dwellings, FruitTrees, Gardens, Sc. sc most in
vitng. and general improvement most rapid aud
pslpsble at the South NO, we cannot remem-
her that even Elwood Fisher asserts any such
thing He certainly cannot contend that Popua
ton increases most rapidly in the Slave States for
there the Census would confutc him. But he does
contend and cites statistics to prove that there is
more wealth in the Slsve States 70 each free per
son than there is i. the Free States, and this is
one Of the main positions Of his lecture.
Now let us look into this Concede that the
larger AZ gregate Of wealth per head is an evi-
dence OF superior comfort and prospenty-iorgot
that the Free States are constantly receiving large
accessions of people from the Old World who gem
orally bring very little property with ihem~ior-
set who produces the Southern property and how
little chance they have to ENJOY any portion Of
it-snd just try Mr.. Fisher test IN the crucible
OF Illustration. There are Three Hundred Thou
'sand Free Persons (suoh is his Mgumentl IN
South Carolina, and they own more property
than like number of Free Persons IN Miohi-
gan therefore, Slavery Is good thlng, or
at least not bad one Bat stop; let US
see about this sappose there wese another
state in which one man GAINED al ne rcst Of ne
Pcepss, and OF course sl the Property-oi course
the aggregate OF Property mot counting the slaves
as Property in that State to each free person
would be immensely greater than in Michigan or
South Carolias either. But would that State ith
one freeman and Half Million Slaves be neces
sarily richer, wiser more yirtuous or happy than
the others That question, and hail dozen such
answer Mr.. Fishers pamphlet. His facts, where
they are not false facts fail utterly to prove whs
he assumes as their parPort-
Jasi hear Mr. Fisher himself on the previous
question. lie asserts that in Cincinnati as Il
mos, North,rn Cities much ignorance aud Prela
dice prevails with regard 10 the South. Indeed
Where is Cincinnati Where is the South Il
il much more than biscuit-toss across the Ohi'
foom Cincinnati ipto that very South There he'
Kentaeky, looking Cincinnati rishs IN the eye
and i, is hardly hall day ride into Virgins, an
other Save State, which had the honor OF eivin:
h,,,h 10 Mr.. Fisher. Why not invite the Cncia
n.t;.n. TO step across into one or both OF ihes'
States aud see the eenehcenee OF slavery ~"i
their own eyes Why not ssA the" TO H'asA DO"
Virginia had ou;stripped Pennsylvania and Ne"
,aeky Obsoi Can any one tell
Mr.. Fisher, it seems, is imPelled BY eon''''i0'
tia. ",hs evils belonging 10 Southern institution
are less than those Of Northera.' oi course w
cannc, Asree with hins, bas We do iFesY o0''sa'
ina, bad is the bsss'-oy rsshsf, .he Os1ss' pa