Cannibals all! or, Slaves without mastersFitzhugh, George
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Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters
Fitzhugh, George
Slave labor; Slavery -- Justification; Slavery -- United States; Working class
I must apologize as well for the incompleteness as for the
apparent dogmatism of any brief exposition of this subject. I
assert that it is not only possible and rationally probable, but
that it is rigidly consequential upon the right understanding of
the constitution of man, that all government, in the sense of
involuntary restraint upon the Individual, or substantially all,
must finally cease, and along with it the whole complicated
paraphernalia and trumpery of Kings, Emperors, Presidents,
Legislatures, and Judiciary. I assert that the indicia of this
result abound in existing society, and that it is the instinctive
or intelligent perception of that fact by those who have not
bargained for so much, which gives origin and vital energy to the
re-action in church and state and social life. I assert that the
distance is less to-day forward from the theory and practice of
Government as it is in these United States, to the total
abrogation of all Government above that of the Individual, than it
is backward to the theory and practice of Government as Government
now is in the despotic countries of the old world.
The reader will thus see that Abolition contemplates the total overthrow
of the Family and all other existing social, moral, religious and
governmental institutions. We quote Mr. Andrews because he is 'longo
intervallo,' the ablest Abolition Philosopher. Many volumes would be
needed to display and expose the opinions of all the votaries of the New
Philosophy. But every man who sets to work honestly to discover truth,
will find at every step, that we have neither distorted nor exaggerated.
The Family is threatened, and all men North or South who love and revere
it, should be up and a doing.
CHAPTER XXI.
NEGRO SLAVERY.
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