Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-09-10
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
THURSDAY moRNING. SEPTEMBER ..

The Wing press are very sick of Rev. Mr. Foss They
love the sande bu, despise the sundccr. They stick 10
e but oathe the liar They pail down the slave senl-
ers flag from their masthead but love still the voice OF their
captain-hs "good mouth filling oaths"-
"-for it comes to pass oft, that terrible oath, with
swaegering sharply twanged off, gives manhood
appreciation than proof itself would have earned
him. among companions conscious Of little virtue or cou-
rage of their own.
Those strong words Of Mr.. Foss, covenant with hell
league with the DEVIL" and FORTH applied 10 constilu-
ton which they did have great consideration for, in-
sensby tighten the bands which unite the abolition Free
Missionary the coy Southern pattisan who love his
'soul-conming oa,hs" but aec, shrink from too close
contact with him Time when the literary missiles Of
Mr. Foss and his slave stealing companions ripped out
OF the mails and publicly burnt with every mark o. indgna
lion and contumey. Time was when tho publishers o
these missiles al the South, summarly ornamened
with full covering of Mr.. Grahums tar and of General
Scotts feathers. But all lha, Is changed Times ure
changed Southern men, protesting fidelity TO her instltu-
ions not only do shut the door the entrance OF these
missiles amongst but 60 after them gather them toge
err and themselves publish then with large ype in the con-
spcuous positions of their them cLiNcH
sas when supported BY the oas of confessed
and insocn fugitive negroes We say fugitive negroes
because in the absence of contrary proof it is obliged 10 be
inferred that Mr. Foss eight coswearers are OF his own
avocaon and and slaves stolen
Not many days since the Whig press Of this city, publish
variety of documents certifying Rev. MIR Fosss char
acer for pcy and all the Of the virtues These were pro-
nounced cnching proofs Of that worhys title to Souihern
respect Southern credby and the reverend missona-
ry stood before the Virginia people endosed-exutngy and
rmphantly endorsed christian and gentleman by the
unanimous voice of the metropolitan Wing press. What
say that press now7 What large types now blazon
orhof the missionary for sprnE away fugitive slaves OF
FIVE years standng-tneirs "for God and Humanlty;'-
him. whom runaway Bibb writes upon his list OF fiends
What say the press of the Independent Democrats
disclaimer represent Gen Pierce as an ao
otonistthe disclaimer of the sheet from which they
take Mr. Fosss fabrication of the Interpretation they placed
upon alleged speech2 That paper and the Era hold him
out as up extreme Southern in his views That paper
the on-whch the Southern Whs press
preends 10 regard reality head and bloody bones
reality-a r!se sham, trick, wo wlsp, and any
thing but an indication of The speakers real sentiments and
convictions.
We wish the Whig press Of Virginia Joy OF their aoo'
on allies and affidavit -furnshes We shall continue to
feictate them upon the company they keep We shall
make frequent enquiries about their iendsbe missionary
who steals their negroes, and supplies oaths IN return
and of the editor who invokes eternal punishment upon
their heads for their great sectional but protests against
the uses which they make of his abolition publications.