Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-08-19
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
=, ,,, : :, : rsp.y MORNING, AUGUST t7.lssa
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VIII 80. 80. ...1,n ~, DE PHI. ANTHROPY1

a beautifully written and most senuneE e"s"e et'oi'
,bch hns been sent by lady OF SCUM Oa'osna 70 Tue
Duchess of Sutherland who has been iuInsea win the
name and address OF the wner IN iu - &c ua'eu July
3uvh 1883 and opens thus:
! $40 Her Grace The Duchess Of Suherilna
MADAM AND DEAR SISTER: The klno interest," some 'ne
since manifested by your Grace in common WIN le count
s m Snarsbuy and other noble ladies' IN The cause OF US
| o,,.r ri Anarica whom YOU then condescendlngly in
ycd 10 your confluence in terms Of christian a'uhood
induces 10 take the ioet'y u uPoh
subject near 10 every WOh'ah shea''' 0'A 49, r1'5
near every mothers.
The writer then referring TO the pople'y " d" appear
10 woman in all cases OF charity aud Christian o'e and TO
the fact such appeal can never DC maui " ' con-
linucs:
nYour Grace aud honorable ladies' acting WIN yon
have tbru shown in undertaking great WORK nhy proper
iIu rnur avn scx in the appeal which you have
addressed Ia the and molheis ~ f'n, - ou
rightly believe that we cannot cool'y sI ", " hv hs
and accOmpccs Of those atrocities WHICH tnu ~ eafu
| ,Irnir,rd | madam n woman, and molher, moved 10y
your pmlanihopc appeal not hastily on WIN a.ue ue'
bcraon and after long Icsc, ,nnLo,,I nv Won 10 Ar"
SLOW as the agent and representative oi me WOMEN move
which IL is your object 10 cXcc, 'hat yo a. iI si
rous o ,nrwardng by words ony pp' W ",re yoof
u - ,n.Inow venture address myself to you,
ouc who has both the means ana .e ,.i,h ' ''e
hecuran TASK which yont Grace III ' f;, h ~ Hu'
most praiscwurlhy anu h"nh H'''e'' 10 " '
led d desire 10 unatftahc.
The writer nexls nys That shc viii not s'op 10 ASA why
America particularly has attracted inc sy"ra''tS " "'t
Grscc-and why the Chinese Empire ~l'h us ''pN'o
souIs and Systematically drugeed nhoer hus' 'e'''aoh
should escape The sympahies OF her "Face-o"' sue "sa
MA, lawn To the grratnr affection which Is cnef'hhea by
b oert country for tle.chi aud then proceeds as !o
nws:
Al, s;,;no il one of some difficulty, and yonr Grace Sl
~, me in the spirit of Siscrly affection, TO lay open 10
@ -, circumstances that You may the better counsel and
iJ NV decisions have not hastily spoken, ph', on Tie
contrary have delibcrath long, because luoseu at INV
dispassunulry upon this subJect am, maaai oy oll"
parentage, education, marriage ana residence ,, S
n;n south Carolina you perhaps aware Is 'he teaii
and centre OF The slayehudns States oil inns Union anu ut
Gn,s with ueculiar warmth her tights anu privileges upon
IN. slave estion My ancestors became poSsesseH WINE
pI;sh rule of certain lands and slaves which tHc Then
institutions Of the country, eniOcfd by BRUSH law cnder
d hr unly form in which could be ihpssled hc l'e pro
rc.ds of their labor. The same land owned oP nosc unGc
M, vin thay dared TO raise The Of resistance aGa,s
rI,c might and power OF your noble Lion oi Ehsau'
same slaves (or rather the descendants OF ,'c s M
,,n ,r,oined faithful them through the prolonged
,nd Lnodr struggle of a civil war, now, Hilhani, nave
descended To me by gift and inheritancc forming To-
,,h,r t, sol. means OF support Tor myself ana ch'uen
So far have lived with my sable snoecs me nnry pu
ronirs,rd petty sovereign over petty Geaim believing INA
vas E linz my duty by staying at home ana aesoting
h4r cnnul ana mainrnancea large portion oil my ihe Us
ue ma my moderate income. had believed thal Una Al
uohy had seen fit in his Hodon 10 sun MS creatures
The positions which they are E'eFd@d 10 occupy mav'
hInvrd dear madam lie has formed yGp and me t
h. daughters wives and mothers, subject 10 woman duties
and unfit aud unable do those OF men, nat ne mas equa.
npi0
rr movers of mind and body And ever Iuas sea! was Sc
mon the brow of any with the stamp oil lneF!oy DC
lcyc me madam rather believe The nycstieGono " SCI
nco and The experience Of il s upon that oil the nc
oro Mark me- your Grace say mol curse 1ou Creates
moi with curse. InieoriIy il by no means necessarily
curse"
The South Carolina lady (whose excellent letter we re-
gre, we cannot give fu discusses al considerable length
and with admirable force and purity, as well says the Re-
npbc the real condition OF ;c negro slaves in the United
States IS compared with the fancy sketch given by Mrs
Stowe; and in the and behalf Of the american wo
men who live in and daily witness and take part In a !e
rea ons existing between n1scr and slave She properly
elaine TO have better knowledge ~ the happiness or mi
sery Of The slave the hshbon danes WHO have judged
Of from unjust representations She then states her pro
position in tho following clear terms:
ancestors hard working coloniste were forced as
hive already said by the laws Of England imposed by III,
mobiles of your land our ancestors gentle LADY, INTO ht
owning of this property Shall their descendants (nysel
mud chdren 20 begging their bread IN penance tor the SIN
inns forced anon lner while the descendants ni the very
MOBILES thus forcing il vel rerc IN Injuries! u us sy.e
he system Of SIM you with me are nt east 'l"aY su'y
and ynu with me should bear Tie cxp!aon w' NJ; say
bu, mat did feel SIM might and ought To cast il oil
without weighing the consequences But even were so
disposed the urgEgs tn it unaccompancd WIN some SUD
tantia sacrifice on yoGr part would badly from you
Who vim than equal responsibility through your an
in III, nrun of the sim shnyd bear your full portion
of weight in The removal Of ii. Your Grace IL willing la
help with words aud cheer on But words do nile here
We want acts Will your grace from your l'h@hse income
improvement Of these my black subjects my rNp'fmcn'
IN which they shall themselves OBJECT but hc'rVc that
your plan ia wrong one LceSG ma. us en-" WIN, W
roin min 10 nv negroes and myself Would il not there
fare br unius, both 10 and myself that We should I'M.
secured ri results be called upon To bear all me risEs :"
suci venture upon the simple speculation VI 'H"; "no
like vor Grace are little vcrscd in the character ami habits
Of this peopIr7 Believing DC do That nave pursued Inc
best possible for their interests ana having 20 me ef
tent Of my power and according To the dictates u my CON
scenrr fulfilled my dntirs towards thcni am not Wiling
to run risk unless on The condition lat your Grace
shall bind Yourself Of The income oil your Immense pro-
mty 10 preserve from the abjcc want when ~ III my
opniu likely on your experiment. these helpless
creatures whnm am Surprising always lhnl hcy arc con
srnIinn chansc ready Ia transfer 10 you Anu ur,
.r IN condition uso thai certain sum shall TIC furnished
To secure my famy such mathematics ~ shaI pre-
v,ut ,lir becoming from those habits "i society 10
which my education and ancestry they are entitled.
Your Grace has am informed, IN conjunction wan your
noble husband, income OF some 3oo w" POUNDS
slcn. per One fifteenth part OF tins, your annual
income would suffice for the liberation 81 some ho n'errs
who as have said, 0rn with the land which they culil
var (ln which without them occomcs yalnress my who
| un,trIy As Your Grace, and the noble ladies' who act
with YOU acknowledge your suc 10 The common SIN which
we inherit in he establishment ni slave
~ we must of course understand that you are willing 10
furnish ynr mite assist 10 throwing of the curse which,
according your belief sits like an incubus nron The
civilized world Sowing vengeance upon The iartesi de-
srrudanI Of those in way (wheher by ac' conpIcy.
or tacit .opposion concerned in nlquiIous sys
tenn Anxious contribute our share TO The happiness ai
mankind the nl America quot Mrs Stowe and her
rommers The Abby kelIeys, ncrttin Motifs, &c, but thu
true aud Of western wotl) WILL believe,
he ready In give aid in settling al rrs by any cxlnr
mrnl or series Of experiments which you may desire, the
great question Of negro capablily which seems now 10 be-
The all IIuan in your nobly charitable plans for the
worlds Improvements, and what can individually do, am
nnw madam and dear sister mnst willing and anxious 10
accomplish Here then, stand waiting your decision one
hundred and sixty souls whom. as the first fruits OF Your c
forts easily free from all those evils real supp0
scd with which yon understand them be overwhelmed
One lrrunh part Of years income will enable your
Grace this am, as you may perceive ready 10 make
n very much larger sacrifice in proportion 10 my MEANS by
| The loss which may sucr Iom The throwing out, as
much dead capital waste lands which for Of negro
labor must become yaneless me- and also BY
the resulting from entire and undesirable
change Of life and habits. This sacrifice am, however
ready make in consideration of the tender
the ,lDrd House sisrr"od and give you oppou.
nifty first of personally experimenting upon the feasibility Of
yonr plans and next I'll proving 10 the world The sincerity
of your ti ri the cause which you undertake.
| IL have, woman and mother, been startled BY
the curses both loud and deep lately sh0wercd upon
slave system that am anxious or and my cldren's
sake that every opportunity should be given 10 the phan
hropiss Of The day The truth fasy OF their po-
son by any limited process o experiment which
is thcl without hazardng The ruin OF nations or the ver-
Tying Of unlIied theory Try now, madam, what be
with these hundred and sixty candidates for en-
iuh wi bp ihr q