Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-08-05
An ELOQUENT REBUkE.

In The Boston Courier we Ind The following
,nstly severe excoraton Of the mlscalled pm
Ian,hropisls of The Northern States. In their ny
pocri,ical professions OF kind sympathy iof NE
uannressed slave ihev inrn a""i oar ." ii.a
mslRHcHey efy Of misery and vice at their very
door. To crafty their thirst Tor excitement. these
fanatics spend their time and money in crculat-
ing ISLANDERS against their Southern tcilow-citzens.
They get up professions and ietes in honoroi BrI-
fish West India Emancipation on The Isl August
Hired orators and Editors fill The land with curses
upon The South, for the fabulous Sufieilnss of
Southern slaves, who are in reality, the happlest
people on earth, as they are amply provided Tor,
both in health and sickness, and without the dread
of starvation, which is so often sharp thorn IN
The sides of the laboring While men. But with
all their sympathy for distant objects oil charity,
they are cruelty regardless Of The piercing notes
OF distress around them Read The following,
and mark with what elegance and cutting power,
an independent patriot, who iaors them well, re-
bikes their hypocrisy, and lays bare their utter
wan, of energy, when there are real callyfor their
charity Let them frs, asset their house in or
der" and relieve the suffering al home, before
they go forth in a fanalica crusade against The
peace and rights Of the South. 10 their own Dor
ders there is much more vice and wretchedness,
than can be found in the South. Is il not, there
fore highly criminal iol these "philanhropisis"
10 peelcc, their own suffering flock, and under
the miserable plea Of HI dness TO the negro, wan
ionly attack the rights and safety OF The soulh2
"To he Editor of he Courier:
"There appeared in your paper, few days
since, some lines upon the attempted escape Of
some slaves in the South, and day or two after,
a long article highly commendatory OF the lines
and The feeling exhibited by them. do MOI in
rend 10 make particular application 10 these Two
publications though they have prompted me 10
Offer you some reflections, which long since oc
Cured TO me- and which almost daily are made
10 recur. am as much impressed with The mag
ni,ude Of inc evil OF slavery as any person, and
am as heartily DESTROYS Of lis removal. | would
NOT. therefore, do anything that might seem
10 encourage lis continuance as a national
pecularity; but 10 The Jealous around us, who
are bending their efforts 10 this one point, |
would respectfully suggest, that evils just as
great exist among us, 10 The amelioration OF
which their energies nigh, much more nseiully
and rroperly I've directed. For nearly three years
past. my walks have led me, almost daily, through
The narrow lanes and by-places of the western
par, OF he CITY, Inhabited chiefly by persons OF
color | have seen sights and sutierings which
could scarcely he believed BY those who had not &C
;na.ly witnessed ,hem-sish,s which cannot be
coupled with our wealthy, generous, Christian
CITY or Boston, when viewed in the a6stfaet-a
sor o view much in favor with reformers and
phi'anhropsls-inde,d d, the only view that many
Of Them take OF the SUI jec, OF their operations
In oil my rQitS corcyins crcrg hour Of he tirsniy
fonr, hare ncre7 yet met rh,tlnthr0pia or poet.
I have seen vice reveins unresirained in all
forms; filth and debauchery without measure;
poverty and want in the extreme. | have read
Ire "hrilling" and ahearte,rrng" illusions
ofthese persons, and have been sometimes al
most upon the point of being touched" by
them myself, but am TOO much a matter
of.fact person; and the simple recollection
that The words read were merely words
-oz 81 yrclerra Mill, lileraNy-was perfec, an
,ido,e to any further effect from them. Now,
with all due respect, | would say, give me one
grain of manly, wholesome beneroleaee, which
evinces itself in action, rather than tons OF
pulling sentiment, which 7c'i'cs and there steps.
Let me see a man soop 10 enter The lowly
door OF The poor and needy-et me see him, an
person, retaining the inebriaie from where he lies
groyelng upon his own hearth s,one-let me see
him, with his own hand feeding the orphan, Civ
ing cup Of drink 10 the thirsty, or taking food
20 the hungry, or with his own mouth announcing
good ,idings from Gods word 10 the ignorant and
errins-let me see man thus employed, and
will hail him more The benefactor Of my race
than ne who grnds ou yards Of thrilling" yer
ses about it-who speculates, moralizes, and
writes eloquent volumes upon our duty TO our
fellow creatures; and the sight OF such man
would stir me more than The fullest chord that
Homer ever struck. AGOn
Were it necessary, 10 justify the South, we
might refer 10 The crueles exhibited ,owa rds suf
fering millions by that creates, OF protesting
"philanlhropis,s, the mistress Of The Seas" TO
the wre,ched and degraded subjects in her mines
and work shops and crowded ciiics-io her fierce
wars upon The defenceless inhabitants Of the East
Indies-and TO her real support of slavery, by
transporting for her own purposes, TO The Yves,
Indies as apprentices" the slaves that may be
rescued from the slavers. instead Of restoring
them % their native Africa.