The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-06-20
letter from enc Distingu1shcd soctois
ogist. GEORGE Fttshugh.
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Throughout almost The whole OF chris
tendon society Is radically diseased and
social upheayat and chaos are near as hama.
The French revolution OF iS4S was social
rot mere political luton, and extended
with electric speed throughout much OF
western Europe. Kings and princes quit
their thrones In hot haste. and without a
carpet-bag or change Of linen crossed the
channel to England, that hitherto refugiuns
oss,sasssm peccdtora,n s'egsse. But England
ss now ripe herself for social revolution, and
only awaits the demise Of her honored and
beloved Queen 10 begin the work. The
Prince Regent will never be King de fdcf0,
whatever he may be &c jare. $50
And why all this civil commotion--thls
social upheaYals Read sCanniba!s An z
and &C Sociology for the South" and You
will see and understand why. Hundreds OF
times in those works and various pericdi-
Gals we soretold the now-existing state of
things and warned the North that 1t would
be soon followed By a general war against
all kinds OF property. but especially against
property in land. We told them that they
themselves, in asserting that "hired labor
was cheaper and more profitable than slave
labor in fact asserted that slavery to capi-
tai, such as exists everywhere at the North
and eSacting, so unchristian. so uncharita-
BILE, so selfish, and so relentless in its ex-
ploitations, that no people could or would
long endure it.
History, ancient and modern, Shove that
domestic slavery Is q humane, protective IN
stitution, to which men submit without
murmur or complaint. Domestic slaves
have been the least turbulent. most orderly,
and happy portion OF society in all ages and
countries. II we except the instruction
OF gladiators under Spartacus-who were
not slaves in the ordinary sense OF the
term-and the insurrection in st. Domingo,
which was q mere oflShoot and outsroWtn
OF the French revolution, brought about at
first by white men and free mulattoes and
mixed breeds, we shall find little OF slave
Instructions from the days OF Homer,
Moses, and Herodotus, to the present time.
On the other hand, from the legendary
DAYS OF Robin Hood free laborers have, very
many of them, been murderers, robbers,
nomalic thieves and beggars, house burn
ers, and other ways pests to society through
out Europe. The Gypsies, who under va
rious names appeared in christendom about
the time Of the Crusaders, were nothing
but runaway serfs. Now all or chrlsten-
dom is but heaying social volcano, ready
to burst forth and scatter widespread ruin
throughout the civilized world. Since do
mestic slavery is proved beyond dispute to
be humane and protective institution,
and, besides, an admirable and necessary po-
litical institution, and slavery to capital,
that at once ensues when domestic slavery
is abolished, is found to be cruel, lnhuman,
and intolerable, why not return to domestic
slavery, the only cure for present social evils!
This return might be made very easy. 1t
has been begun, we believe, at the North,
where in some Of the States failure to QOm-
DIy with q contract to labor is treated as a
nisdemeanor and punished as a crime.
This is the initiation OF domestic seryitude.
For the defence OF the country and for the
benefit Of commerce men are allowed TO sell
themselves into the harshest and most cruel
kinds Of servitude in the army, navy, and
merchant service, for terms OF from one to
five years. Why not permit men, for the
benefit Of agriculture, to hire themselves
from one to five years to farmers, and make
such contracts binding on the person, as in
the navy, army, and merchant service ?
The next step might be to follow the ex-
ample of the Jews and to sell themselves
and families for terms OF six years, and at
the end Of the six years, IL they chose, to
make the contract perpetual, and they and
their families hereditary slaves. The ca
price Of fashion alone forbids it, for no one
condemns the harsher kinds Of personal
servitude in the army, navy, and merchant
service. Now think "of all society
failure" We are socialist, but differ with
other socialists as to the remedy.
We alone have not only excused and Jus
titled personal slavery, but maintained that
it was natural and necessary institution.
Passing events prove that we were right.
Yours, GEORGE FI1zHUGH.
Mr.. F. is well-known author, and we
allow him to speak for himself. But we
don't think there are hundred men in Vir-
xinia who desire to see slavery reestablished.