Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-04-03
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

lected that, some months since, A. Hogeboom,
Esq, well-known ultra abolition writer, chsl-
ienged George Fitzhugh, Esq, of Virginia, the
distinguished author of late works on the social
economy Of the two sections Of the Union, to
discuss with him the slavery question. The
gun Of the latter was fired first, and found It's
way into the Li5erator That Of the former
was quite recently fred through the same jour
| nal. He published in the last number OK the
Liberator a letter to Mr.. Fitzhugh, which that
gentleman answers through the Star of this
day We take from the Labsrator the letter
| from Mr. Hogeboom, and append to it the reply
Mr. Fitzhugh requests US to publish, which will
be found interesting, pertinent, and able, as
everything is that emsustes from his (Mr Fitx
! hughs accomplished pen g-.-~rrr--
SLAVERY VS.. FREEDOM
GEORGE FIIzHrGH, EsQ-Dear Sir: As the
readers Of the Liberator wish to know what has
become of our controversy, and as wish tn male
10 you publicly proposition for test of the yr.
tues Of your form of society in regard 70 bringno
an gfeat questions to the test of reason and inves.
ngatlon, address you few lines through pa
per which finds its way to your study
had hoped that my friend would assume a
snare OF the trouble Of the publication of our cor
Iespondence, and give the work a circulation at
the South as well as at the North: but this Won
! thought proper to decline
After much delay, arrangements have been
| made for the publication Of our letters. The
pamphlet, one thousand copies, viii be got out in
| about three weeks. Ii Will contain about forty
pages, and will be brought out in excellent
oyre e AS you diTecsed yon. manuscript was sent
| Now, Mr. Fit1hugh, what propose is simply
this, that You take a share Of the pamphlets for
circulation In you, section shalt put the work
or eight cents in packages of not less than fty 10
be sent by express: But will not charge you
even these rates You may have few hundred
copies at the bare cost Of publication or course,
do not wish You to take the pamphlets, il the
proscriptive spirit Of your form Of society would
preclude their circulation. What does my friend
rather than light. If SO, is such form of socie-
| ty, TO be recommendedo Is it. Mr.. Fitzhugh?
A note in The Liberator will be expected In re-
ply 10 'his' Very truly, yours,
Sheds Corner, Madison Co., NY, Feb ~, 1857
| WASHINGTON, April =, 1857.
! A. HoGEBooN, Eso-Dear Sir 1 exceeding
| ly regret that my absence from home has pre-
vented my earlier attention to yours of February
22d in the Boston Liberator The comments of
! the Llberator on my work - Cannibals All ~ I'm
| the same number in which your letter appeared
were of such character precludes the proprie-
| " OF making that paper the medium Of a reply
/ 10 You, As you suggest. j have many personal
! friends among the leading Aboltionists together
with whom aspire soon tn enrol Yourself and
| have been extremely mortified Is a n,aa at the
violence Of Mr. Garrison's assaults; as an author
it Pleases me, because it shows that my shaft has
| told. Mr.. Garrison and /, you know, entirely
concur as to the utter failure Of free society In.
deed, you know, he goes much further than ! :;
for he thinks IL has failed utterly even at the
North, and should be substituted by Heaven
knows what for whilst he distinctly disapproves
| all hxman gorsrnment, understand. he denies
the existence Of God; for, as he most logically
concludes from his premises 90 that slavery being
| an enormous crime and evil, and always univer-
| sally prevalent in some form, no God would have
| permitted such state Of things.n / repeat /
general idea that free society has failed and only
| differ as TO the remedy. WHY should he abuse
me who propose slavery as the remedy any more
than Mr.. Greedy who proposes Fourerite Phalan-
steries; or Mr.. Grodefl, who would get up mil.
| leniun or Mr.. Andrews, who thinks Free Love
will do the business; or Brigham Young, who
or Philips and Parker, who would discredit the
Bible as the scape-g goat for human ills; or Gerrt
! Smith, who would make - land common to all as
| air and water; ~ or Seward, whose higher law
| would make each mans conscience the arbiter Of
| right and wrong or ParsOn Miller who, less san
guine than the rest, exclaims roila la pieie fnie
alIons soKpeT." " the play is over, the world Is
ended put on Your wings and let's 90 to heaven ~
| All Of the leading Abolitionists agree with me
that free society is utter failure, and all pro-
| pose different remedies. Why single me out for
| persecution because my remedy differs from
| ther.r
I'll tell you why, Mr.. Hogeboom. l admit
and asset that but for socialists and abolition
| lists free society, as an exceptional organization
| is admirable. | contend that in new countries
ere lands are too closely monopolised, general
| Liberty begets healthy enterprise and competition
| ma ntain that SO long as the west offers vent
for the nonproperty holders Of the north your in
! situations are excellent. In forty eight hours
almost any man among you may become a pro-
pretor, and ii is better to be proprietor than
| slave. New England, and eastern New York
| and pennsylvania are like the Hans Towns of
| the middle ages; you flourish not only because
| you are fee, but chiefly because you trade with
| manufacture for, and supply all productions
requiring skill, to slave society. Free society is
an admirable exceptional form Of society, bu,
| slave society only is normal
do not agree with Greedy, and Garrison
and Smith, and Goodrll, and Seward that society
has failed at the north. No, propose to punish
| them for their more than reasonable ayitations,
TO bring about social, moral, religious and gov.
ernmental change
''Hine ilia taeryms' >" Mr.. Garrison abuses
| me because think thousand times better Of the
| northern society than he does I am conserya-
tive north and south. / would preserve all our
institutions. He would upset them all. Iwould
punish all agitation directed against those insti
| tutions, because believe in the sovereignty OF
| society he in the sovereignty of the individual
| This brings me TO an answer 10 your letter IL
your reply TO my letters is calm and philosophic,
| will with pleasure disseminate the pamphlet,
| but cannot undertake to scatter fire brands nm
der the delusve mantle Of freedom of discussion
for don't believe in the right of free discussion
at all times, in all places, and under all circum-
| stances. From my correspondence with Won /
feel quite sure that there will be- nothing objec-
| uonaDle In your replies TO nv letters but | I'M
hesitatingly refuse to give currency to the PAM
| phlet until know what it contains-no matter
what were the subject Of controversy, provided it
were moral social economical, political, ethical,
| or relig ious, j would not undertake to descent.
nate 1t until knew its character for, in Virginia
l should subject myself to criminal prosecution
and punishment, il il violated in any of the de-
cencies and prophecies of life. ! hope Northern
| papers will publish this reply, so that you NAV
| lose no advantage by the churlsh conduct Of Mr.
Garrison-or that he may get into better temper,
make the amende honorable, and publish il him.
| self
With respect and regard, your obedient servant,
| GRo. FITzAUGH
The CAMEL EXPERIMENT The camels in
Texas have been heard from up to the 18th
March They are doing well, and those first
brought over are in use for the transportation
of supplies between San Antonio and Camp
Verde. Three Titles ones were born in March
and are thriving, and five or six more births