Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-07-11
New Bo0k Advocating Essaxse
Slavery.

New Book Advocating Eslazse
Slavery.
Our readers will remember the lectures
of Csc. FlTzHuGH in the northern States
during 1856, III defense Of Slavery, and
the severe landings his lectures received
from The northern press. Since his return
10 Port ROYAL, Caroline Co., Va, the place
of his residence, he has written and pub
iishel book-relatipg to his northern
visit, of 400 pages. The book Is highly
recommended by southern papers, particu-
larly in Virginia, as Of excellent style and
eminentIy conservative in political charac-
ter. Ills book commences by criticisms
upon public schools, churches and beneyo-
lent entcrprises-wherein the ignorant
poor are sought to be made wiser and
richer by misguided efforts. He pronoun-
ces public schools only powder magazines.
Very few attended his northern lectures,
they principally of the National Demo
cratic faith; the abolitionists, whom he
most desired to reach, treated him coldly,
/ and he complains that even the democrats
avoided any public endorsement Of his
lectures and opinions; privately. they APP
proved his ews-though he fears their
professions of approval were rather fattcr
les than convictions. lie however has the
] fullest confidence in the leading northern
democracy, as Douglas, Pugh, Forne.y, and
many others.
We make several extracts from Mr.
Fi!shugh's Book
"The duty of protecting the weak III
wolves the necessity Of enslayiug them !;
hence, in al countries, women and chill
dren, wards and apprentices, have been
essentially slaves, controlled, not by law,
but by the will Of a superior. This is a
fatal defect in the poor-house system
Many men become paupers from their own
improvidence or misconduct, and masters
alone can prevent such misconduct and I'M
providence"
hCapitai exercises a more perfect com
pulsion over free lsborers than human mas
iers over slaves; for free lahorers must at
all times work OF starve, and slaves are
supported whether they work or not
Free lahorers have less liberty than saves,
are worse paid and provided for, and have
no valuable rights. Slaves, with more Of
actual practical liberty, with ampler allow
] arce, and constant protection, are SECURE
in the enjoyment Of all the rights wlneh
provide for their physical comfort at all
,imes and under ali circumstances. The
free laborer must be employed or starye,
vet no one is obliged to employ him. The
Slave is taken care of whether employed or
not. Though each free laborer has no
particular master, his wants and other
mems caDital make him slave without a
master, or with too many masters, which
is as bad as none. It were often better
that he had an ascertained master, IN
stead of an irresponsible and unaseertain-
& ed ere"
"Imi!ation, grammar, and slavery sun
the masses. Liberty and tdtssez .fatrs, the
men of genius, and the men porn tie com
mand. Genius, in her most cratic flights,
represents higher grammar than Or.
4 Blair or Llndley Murray-the grammar Of
progressive nature. To secure true prog
ress, we must unfetter genius and chain
down mediocrity. Liberty for The few,
slavery in every form for the masses"
The remedy for the evils of poverty
recommended by Mr.. Fitzhugh are as fol-
lows:
Negro slaves are now worth seven hun
dred dollars ahead. As whites work hard
er they are worth about thoussnd.-
Make tie man who owns thousand dol
fars of capital the guardian (the term mas
ter is OBJECTIONABLE of one white pauper
OF average value; give the man who is
"a worth zen thousand dollars ten paupers,
and the millionaire a thousand. This
would be an act Of simple mercy aud ms.
.ice; Tor the capitalists now Ii entirely
y oy Inc proceeds Of poor meas labor, which
q eapltad enables them to command; and
'aey command and enjoy it in almost the
exact proportions which We have. designa