The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-07-07

oy seuons that this State PRIDE can very spee'
ny be overcome BY the PsllTy Considerable
OF lev dollars and cents. TIE Chinese, b,
lieve, contend that they are ih@ ehidren of IN
sun, but a few British men Of war knocked lheI
ilto fits" We may set up and say that our me
are sons OF the sun, and our women daughters {
the moon. We may out brag the gfeat PaImeiI
State, but as long as we furnish such comments
lies on the institutions and prosperity OF our Stat
as you do by the markets you select, where yo
drye on and sell your fat cattle and hogs all hi
| talk about glorious old Kentucky will pass of a
IDLE words, bragadoeIa and stuff.
.but YOU have been lately enlightened on thi
subject BY that great political luminagy, Mr.. FL
WOOD FISHER, and men are beginning 10 diseoye
that all this talk about The prosperity Of the NoFtI
and depreciation ofthe South is SUD; and il bai
oeen reserved for this gentleman 10 contradict al
the opinions Of ell the statesmen ofthe country
and not only 10 contradict Il bat demcnsuaIs !
too. Well, 4 we are in such a hspp7 condition i
not strange We have been "EaEh Q long tim,
hnding II ouLl''
But let us look at Mr. Fisher: In the inst plae.
he Is Quaker. Let US lhentry Quakers BY Qaa
kers, and mad out how consistent he is. 4 hoit
In my hand "a Narrative OF some Of the proceed
ings OF North Carolina yearly meetings on the sub
lecto OF slavery within its limits" showing the ef
forts made by that highly honorable and lust bod
OF men the Quakers, TO free themselves Of mi.
curse. fmy time would permit should like 10
read great deal from this work, for there is q
great deal Of good reading" in H. Il shows, how
ever that from the year Of their origin i647 up 10
he present time, they have waged increasing war.
fare against this institution. In 1911 Geo.se Fo1
bore his testimony against 1t, and down 10 the
present time II any body Of relgonisis have borne
Uniform, strong and coRslslt nj testimony against
The institution, IL is thar noble body. But Il
~ reserved for Dir. Fisher not only 10 Prove that
all our statesmen have beer mistaken, but that the
Uuakers, ms own people, arc q ! wrong on thi,
subject. Oh but he must be "a burning aud shi.
ming light" preacher ia Ohio wishing TO move
to Kentucky some time since, wrote a book TO
prove that slavery was justice by 70 Bible Some
were unkind enough 10 say lhst expecting 10 fat,
al nome he wished 10 make unto himself ''iTieuds
OF the mammon OF unTighteousness." 81 il was
he could not stay ia OHIO aud came to one OF the
richest slave counties In Kentucky; but even al.
ter this sdiro be had sent On ahead, this ayaunt
courier, The people soon concluded he was ''out
Heroding HeFod," lost Ill confidence in him, and
started him back. Ar. Fisher may think 10 recon-.
mend himself 10 the South by this course, nut sen
able Shareholders ere not 70 be gullsc either ny
such nen &c this preaehei, Mr. Fisher, or Dr.
Priest.
d.. Priest wrote book tc prove that because
The name OF Ham meant in Hebrew black, and The
curse wasdenouneed gsinsI his descsndanisI here.
lore We have rghl 10 eRssge al black men. la The
hrst place, II il 10 ITue that we have right 10 en-
slave all people NAMED Bsck then know Z large
and respectable family Of white people named
Black, thus John Black, and divers Other Blacks.
why not ensave ihemf In the next place, the
curse was denounced not against Ham hut against
Canlan his son, aud where III the evidence thai h.
vas black mani But ! am OBTAINING you on sma u
points One OF The most talented OF ell the oppO-
nents OF this movement. the editor of he Louis
vile Journal, has long ago informed these gentle
men that he had no use for them in KenIutky-
proved too much, they out HsTodsd HeIUd, out Cal
honned Calhoun, ard could wish 40 greater ill 10
n hfaff n.rss
sort OF missionaries smongstus.
Another singular fact about Mr.. Fishers docu
meni Is, that he denies that Il il pfo-savery dUcu.
nent himseif--and says that IL is an anu Bank
Fee Trade document, any one can SEE that ~
reading The INST lew psgrs. In a lGues 10 N.
New folh Tribune he say:
''Il would BE- ifnculI 10 ccndense in the same
space greater number OF 'als hoods and msls keN
IL is sn error that am "ihe suihof Of l. clure 10
favor OF slavery, as 8 humsne and Divine instilu-
turned nnt-" nr tha. eSS "~ss wig" or thrr
ever was an Abolitionst' "Tsnk'' or sweet. Il
10 mistake that The lecture IL "a iIrsde Rgains
the instiIUlions and customs of the Nouh aud The
progress OF liberal reform every where
wee q me mber OF The Society OF Friends, and
voluntarily withdrew when the Society divided
some yean sgo-snd on that account alone"
"lnstesd OF ever having been WhE, | have
been, ever since lbeesme eligible q. a voter, al
open sdvoeste Of Free Trade, and On oppo-ent OF
all connection between Bank and state. InsI,ac
Of ever having been an hbolitiouist have uni.
formly taken The side Of the South in the contro.
versy with the North, and that on the ground that
the evils belonging 10 the Southern institutions
we're less Iran those of Northern. But instead OF
being an advocate OF Slavery, went 80 Tar in The
sirictness OF my Quaker education, as 10 refrain
nom using as articles of dress the products Of Iht
cotton Ids of the South snd the cotton looms o.
the Nouh, butths was before became OF age."
Now Is IL not a little singular that the very men
who have made this Court House ring with sp-
peals in favor ola National Bank and high prorec-
i've TaTih are the very men who are distributing
this document Well, If is good 10 prove thai
slavery is blessing u s good 10 prove thata Ma
iional Bank and high protective Tariff are wrongs.
But M. Fisher 10 not only bad politician buI q
bad calculator. Some able wrItet In the Louis
vile Courier has been kind enough TO "'ahoW him
up" In fgures, and will read enough from m to
show you some of the ebsuTdities and errufs OF Nf
Fishers. The reviewer SAYS: AFTER a general
survey of the North and South the lecturer (Mr
Fisher begins:
"when The constitution of the United States
was adopted, the population Of the two sections
was nearly equal, each being, (containingll mol
quite two millions OF inhabnsnts."
"Thls Is truth, but il is somewhat remarkable,
IS II 10 the only one contained in FIVE consecU tive
statements. irecite them in their order"
"The territory then occupied by the to was
perhaps also nearly equal In extent and fertility "
elf BY the two 10 meant the Northern aud South.
ern States, then most children, who hsye advanced
ss Tar as geography, know that the North had 0
territory of about l2l,00 equare miles aF6nsl
about 100 OQO in the South; snd that one hifd part
OF the former was conyolution OF bleak, rocky
ana sterile hills, while nearly the whole OF tine
latter was In all respects well adapted TO sgTicui
lure.
the North exporting about So $50 $40, in 1870, sne
the South 90 90 6O0p
"That 10 10 say, commerce has nothingto do with
imports or shipsl That is 10 say, il a planIel
should produce $1,000 worth Of cotton, which
some Northern man should export TO marketable
planter would be the mere hani and the Northern
man or shipper II supp0stl the 1griculiuIist!
fthis Is not what Mr. FISHER fneans 10 assert
Then his statement has nothing of uuth in il Fol
IN w The tonnage OF the North 234 O42 sno
OF the South fl2, 2i2-and in 1871 The imports o
The former were s34 O0O GOO. and of the laitei
lS,OOO,UOO. So that the commerce OF The Two
ssctisns (even excluding the Ionnsgfl was only a.
SCI 0O,0O" -le - -
Even The property held by the two sections
was almost exactly the same IN amount, btini
about SlOO, LOO 600 in value in each according tC
an assessment Tor direct taxes 10 1880"
ITO this. one, who has examined the sulject
save: The entire value in The tree States wai
S422 235 ESQ., in the slave States excluding slaves
SlS1 742 357. Adding the slaves the valuation
Would be Increased 10 near $ilU OOO ,OOO-twrn
ty-tSo millions less Than that Of The Tree States
30 that the two sections were far from being al
most exactly equal in wealth."
"For the hrst quarter ora century Of the presen
government-upIo 1916, the South took the leaC
OF the North in commerce"
During the ten years from 1901 10 1910 incu
siye, the South imported s2j3, GU. 600, the Nofll
TA,UO 0O0. more than three ana half 10 one
During the ssme period the aggregate exports o.
both were &747U 700 OC0 giving six.elevenths o
these TO the south lmoIe Than her shartl and again
leaving ont the tonnage her commerce amounted
TO SOLO 600 0UO, whilst that OF the North amount
ed Ia Oil 0ei UOO 900, more than that OF The SouIt