The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-12

stbve sssscs.-Je s&ah Rrirsss nnd Hiweod
gisher. nE
Our pros slavery friend, l,r's kIr many years
,ssii IN The habit offsprobi,ips 80 ih.erfsrsncs
20 The part Of persons residing in the free
States. with the domestic Institutions Of the
slave States, as impertinest, ,resumptnous and
They talked very much as II the
influence Of the North on srbiecis Of peculiar
interest to the. Souih, were extremely delsteri-
Gus. Indeed, they became d inspecting that
hey seemed to. think ih,t nothing good
could proceed from a Notwithstanding people.
They proceeded to ridiculous lengths in oppo-
siiio to the infiuepce Of rhe free States, and
went so fsi; as 10 require. before their reused
souls could be paci6sd, that 1t should DO a penal
offer Ice to send by mail an article, or pamphlst.
or newspaper, ler- book. into a, slave State in
which the least hostility TO negro slavery should
be manifested. All such publications. were
tsrm Jed ince ndisry. and, or a certain occasion,
the panctiiioas postmaster at ChBriss,on ssezsd
ON pile Of ,ap,i-slavery .elscnmenis. designed
by their phlanthrspic aulhors TO enlighten ihs,
dark minds Of Carolina, and served them as
John Rogers was served III Smithfeld. TO the
greaa delight Of snndry lookers-on, who were
war hed, ehsered, and vtsifei by the cracking
flames that eircied above, the burning heap Of
abolition logic, pathos, ana eloquence.
4 Bpt circumstances alter gases, and well n 10
for On, pro.alavers men they do. Suppose the
rule Of exclusion against i.restisss on the sub
ject OF slavery emanatng from the free States
were now rigidly enfor,sa, how would those
Apostles among The Gsp,ilss, logical Fisher and
Theological Priest be able tn c0nsummais the
BUSINESS IN which they hare embarked with so
much philan,hropic ardori And what, too.
would pro-slayery man il, Kentucky do with
out such benefcent cosd juionsb Mr.. Prissi has
done up the divinity Of slavery In style mos,
rare and luscious, while Mr.. Fisher has given
10 Us romance few touches Of beauty and
grace, which were considered quite beyond the
reach Of art nntil the siraiEhi-coatsd professor
of lhiesand slavery stepped forward and showed
himself to be ampst dazzling advocate Of ali
that 10 associated with the institution. IL Il
notls Lille surprising thai these two lusirsus
chaiaPions Of slavery, should consent longer tc
saniain In exile in those cold and cherries
clirpss. from, which people have most insanely
excluded the system which blesses with pros.
perity, virtue, beauty, and grace. every eommu.
nifty In which IL is permitted to fiourish1 Mr.
Priest, away eff in New York, and Mr.. Fisher
In the wreiched State Of Ohio, prefer TO view
The patriarchal Institution, for which fheil
hearts are brimfal Of love, admiration and rev.
srenee. from respectful distance, just as II IN.
institutlon like Campbells mountain Of "azur.
hue required distance TO render 1t enchanting
They both have a profound yeneratlon for al
institution In which there Is SO much Of sym
meiry and beauty that the in,erposiiion Of Ia,
Divinity was necessary for its establishment
aud yet they both, with perversity quite IN
Aecbuntable, live aliens from its blessings, ans
suffer itsgreat advantages 10 be monopolised b,
others: These gentlemen ought to extend thsi
philanthropy to their neighbors, instead Of con
timing II wholly TO US, who are so lucky rs Il
live In land which sunshine and slavefy unit,
to tender more blissful than any other land OF
the face Of this delicious planet They oagh
BY All means to endeavor 10 Introduce the pa
trisrehal system into the very miserable State
of New Work and Ohio--s,tsies Of prodipio,,,
magnitude, that are growing larger and poors
every day simply because Inc people see ct Il
deny themsslsesialI partielp alton IN the a.ivan
tagfs Of slavery. II the theologicaI Prizes
eouid persuade the people Of New York 70 opel
| their doors Ia the admiltance Of all the rare di
riniiy and christianity hal belong 10 negro ala
very and II The iaSg,rss rssher could in Iik'
mapner prsmlil ON ,hs Ragai,a Of Ohio. 10 sdmI
slavery and become prosperous and happy. the,
would certainly reap an Immortality ssf fam,
IN earth. and accomplish as immense amour
Esf good, that's to SAY II thar doctrines In rela
I too 10 slavery are true.
Aswe remtrkedssa time sge.D our pro.sls
very neighbours seem 90 hare changed fhei
opihisss in r,lsiioa to the ibfasncs Of North.
arm me-, ON Southern institutions They hay,
taksu Prizes, and -Fishsrio- their bosoms, ana
laeknoxledge themselves deeply indebted to III,
adysntsIrous apiiIta Of lhese benevolent North,
larners for their rich DISCOVERIES within the prov
incss Of slavery. For more than a century
alter generation Of Shareholders IN
Virginia felt conscience strieken on the subject
Of slavery, jeYipg that 4 was an institution de
vissd by the Prince of Darkness for the en-
statement Of their souls, and unable 10 discover
a hue Of heaven or truce az divinity among
my Of its deformities,, Unluckily, no glowing
Priest had then risen who, for their spiritual
comfort, could tell them that they were but pro-
,noting the viii Of Heaven Ia subjecting men
guilty of the Incapable sin of dark complex.
ion to a system Of unnlenting bondage
These same virginia shareholders, too, were as
muehlin the dark In relation 10 the social moral
and economical influences Of slavery. They
sat year after year. groaning under d most
weighty delusion, supposing that negro slavery
corrupted society and Slapped the foundation Of
the prosperity Of those communities IN which II
was permitted to exist Henceforth, thanks to
the subtle son Of Ohio, Mr.. Eiwooi Fisher.
The Virginia planter will survey his negro quar-.
tsrs with more eomplacency. his curses of the
Institution, like those Of Baaam, have melted
into blessings on his lips, and he Is now able to
see, BY the solar effsigence which Fisher has
shed OH the subject. that slavery has made
Virginia the most prosperous and virtuous of
all the Comnonwealths Of sncIent and modern
times, and that people In the Old IlomInion
have more money In their breeches pockets,
more vivid ideas in their craniums, more virtue
In their hearts, more intelligence In their social
intercourse, more ease and elegance In their
manners, 10 say nothing Of raors and better
dodg gers, hogs and kominy In their stomachs than