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

morality is a. mIasnatic as the atmospheric Of |
its circulation. Surely such thing cannot be |
adapted to the taste Of the capital city Of the
Empire State Of the North.
ELLwooD FIsHER.
Cincinnati, 5A No. 2, 1919.
Remarks on the Adore.
Mr.. Fisher will need no assurance that The
paragraph he quotes was not seenby the Editor
Of The Tribune before its publication. Wesay
nothing Of its truth or falsity, leaving the rea-
der TO Judge how far its statements are over
thrown by the rejoinder. We know nothing,
and desire TO hear nothing. adverse TO the cor
rectness Of Mr.. Fisher private character, while
we regard him as the most unsound reasoned,
and holding the most extravaganily absurd
opinions Of any sane man Of our acquaintance
OF course, when we battle him, we prefer 10 at
tack his theories, where We know We have him
at Disadvantage, rather than his morals, which
we believe and trust are all right
Mr.. Fisher complains that bis pamphlet has
not been answered. We think it has been, most
efleciually, in the National Era and elsewhere
/ We have ourself written az much IN reply
to it as We should feel obliged to do, had his
leading proposition been an argument for
the revival Of the venerable institution Of sac
rifieing our children to MOIoch, as in the gOOd
old times. We did not think mole necessary,
yet, to obige him, We will refer again TO his
lecture.
His leading idea is the superiority Of the So
cial institutions and condition Of the South
compared with those Of the NOrth-and how
do you think he maintains III Does he attempt
to show that Popular Education is general
and thorough at the South as at the NORTH
that the South produces a more bOunliful sur
plus Of Teachers, male and female that
School-Books and Educational advancement
originate in and proceed from the South THAI
Temperance and other Reforms have made most
progress and taken frmest root in the South,
while Dazzling, Street fighting and wholesals
Gambling among The peculiar institutions
Of the Northl- that Industry is most general
and most effective, Production most ample
Dwellings, FruIt-Trees, G artens, &c, &c, mos
inviting, and general improvement most rapid
aud palpable at the South No, we cannot re-
. member that even EiIwood Fisher asserts any
such thing. lie certainly cannot contend thai
: POUuiaIiOn increases most rapidly in the slave
States for there The Census would eonfuie him
But ne does contend, and cites statistics to prove
that there is more wealth in the slave States {.
each free person than there is in free States, anc
this is one Of the main positions Of his lecture
Now let look into this. 'Concede that ID,
larger aggregate Of wealth pei head Is an eyi
Gence OF superior cJmlOrt and prosperity
forget that the free States are constantly receiy
ing large aeeessious Of people from the OF.
World who generally bring very little property
with them-forget who produces the Southern
property, and how little chance they have {,
enjoy any portion Of t-and Just try Mr.. Fish
er's test in the erucibe Of illustration. Their,
are Three Hundred Thousand Free Persons
such is his argument) in South Carolina, an.
they own more property than like number /,
Free Persons in Michigan; therefore, Slavery il
good thing, or at least not a bad one. Blu
stop; let about this: Suppose there wcr,
another State in which one man orrnsd all iA
rest Of The people, and Of coarse all the proper
ty-Of course the aggregate Of property ,uo
counting the slaves as property in that State G,
each free person would be immensely greairl
than in Michigan or South Carolina either
But would that State with one freeman ans
half a million Slaves be necessarily richer
wiser, more virtuOus or happy than the others
That question, and half a dozen such, answer
{ Mr.. Fishers pamphlet His facts, where they
are not false facts, fail utterly to prove what be
assumes as their PurPort.
Just hear Mr. Fisher himself on the previOu.
: question lie asserts that in Cincinnati, as il
most Northern cities, much ignorance and pre-
, JUDGE prevails with regard TO the South. 10
deed! Where is Cincinnati Where is n,
SOUTH Is it much more than biscuit to-,
t across the Ohio from Cincinnati into that very
South There lies Kentucky, looking Cincin-
nati right in the eye; and il is hardly half q
days ride into Virginia, another slave State
which had the honor Of giving birth TO Mr.
; Fisher. Why not invite the Cincinnatians 10
step across into one or both Of these States and
see the benefeenee of Slavery with their own
eyesl Why not ask them to mark how V,r-
GINA had outstriPPed Pennsy lyania, and Ken
lucky Ohio7 Can any one teII1
Mr.. Fisher, it seems, is impelled by convie-
ton that "the evils belonging to Southern insii-
tntions are less than those of Northern" Ol
course, We cannot agree with him, but we DO
freely cOnceGe that bad is the besi'-or rather.
the better. But, what them Do We endeavor
to render either the one or the other concsited
and cOnttntedl BY no mean. While we bear
testimony against the wrongs of Southern SIa-
very, we are not the less earnest in our endeay-
ors TO mitigate the evils Of whatever approaches
it in the free States. We regard hired labor as
great and beneficent step forward from Slave
ry, but believe in, and work for a substitute for
the former, which shall be far better than
either. We use each Of the existing conditions
as arguments for better; Mr.. Fisher employ
that which he esteeIns the better, but which the
world PronOunces the worse, to excuse and vir-
tually uphold the otEer. Was this done Ike
philanthrOPist7-lEd Ed. Tribune.
| Emancipation Discu.-IOn.
The Ddnville Tribune thus notices the late sn,,n
! cipatiOn discussion in Thai Mace.