Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-07-02

beicse thut clipper ship was bull fty the hahas
oil Northern. noisy, abolition church membefsl
["Yes. know some in New York and Dos
ton." said one of the crowd Again. sir, when
We walk along your Broad,eays. and see. as
we do, the soft hands al your church members
sending off TO the South. not only clothing 10
the slave. hut manacles and whips. manuiac.
, tured expressly for hm-whst must we think
of your consistency of character True.true
And what must we think of your self tghie
business, when we know your church members
order the sale Of slaves-yes. slaves such as
St Glars, and under circumstances involving
all the separations and all The ioathsome things
you so mournfully deplore. Your Mrs Stowe
says so. and il is without her testimony. |
have read that splendid bad book--splendid in
IT'S genius, over which | have wept. and laughed,
andgot mad There some one said, fall at the same
time yes, all at the same time. Bad In
its theology, bad in its morality bad in IFS tenn
porary evil influence here in The North, Eng
land. and on The continent of Europe bad,
because her isolated cruelries will be taken
| (whcthei so meant by her or not) as The gen
eral condition ofSouthern life; while her Shell
bys, and ST. Glars, and Evas will be looked
upon as angel visitors. lingering for moment
in that earthly hell The impression made BY
tie hook IS a .falsehood.
Sir, why do your Northern church members
aud philanthropists buy Southern products at
ALI You know you are purchasing cotton.
rice, sugar, sprinklc1 with blood, literally. you
say from the lash OF the driver Why do
You buyl What's the difference between my
6lching this blood stained cotton from the out
ragged negro. and you standing by taking 1t
from me What's the difference You you'll
"a
ference and yet you daily stain your hands
in this horrid traffic. You hate the traitor.
but you love The treason Your ladies loo .
how they shun the slave owner at q distance,
ia an the abstract But, alas, when they see
him in the concrete when they see the slave
owner himself standing before them-not the
brutal driver, but the splendid gentleman, with
his unmistakable grace of carriage and
ease ofmanners why lo,behold the lady says,
80 fe on your slavery what wretch you
are But, indeed, Dir, love your sugar; and
truly, truly, SIT. ac1etch as you are. love yon
TOO" Your gentlemen talk just the same
way when they behold our malchless women
And well Tor Us all it is that your good taste
and hearts can thus appreciate our genius,
and accomplishments, aud destinations, and
loveliness and sugar aud rice. Why, sir, |
heard this morning, from one pastor only. OF
TWO or three of his members thus intermarried
in the south. May | thus give the mildest re-
bute to your Inconsistency Of conduct Much
good naturcd excitement
Sir, may we know who are the descendants
of the New England kidnappers What is
their wealth Why, here you are I'll around
ne. You, gentlemen, made the best q that
bargain. Aud you have kept every dollar of
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the slave You have left us unaidc1. TO give
millions. Will you now come to 9ur help ?
VIII you give dollar for dollar 10 eqaalize our
loss Here many voices cried out, es, yes
we will p Yes. yes Then pour out your
millions GooG! may thank you personal
ly. My own emancipated slaves would to day
be worth greatly more than twenty thousand
dollars. VIII you give me back ten thousand
dollars Good | need 1t now.
| recommend to you sirs, to find out your
advocates of mwder-your owners ofstock in
railroads--your Sabbath break
crs for money. particularly urge you to
find Lrgree,who whipped Uncle Tom to death.
He is a Northern gentleman, although having
n somewhat Southern name. Now, sir, you
know the Assembly was embarrassed all yes
terday by the inquiry how the Northern church
es may Hnu lheir absent members, ana what
to do with them. Here, then, sir, is a chance
for you. Send committee up Red river
You may find Legree to be Garrison Phillips,
Smith or runaway husband from some Abby
Kelly. Here Rev. Mr. Smith protested a.
gainst Legree being proved to be a Smith,
Great laughter. | move that you bring him
back to lecture on the cateneSs there's in leaving
Northern church, going South, changing his
name. buying slaves, and calculating without
guessing what the profit is Of killing negro
with inhuman labor above the gain of treating
him with kindness
have little to say of Spirit RapFers, Wo
mems rights Convcntonsis, Bloomers, cruel
husbands, or hen pecked But, five may be.
ieve yopr own serious as well as caricature
writers, you have things up here OF which we
down South know very liule indeed. Strive
have no young Boomers, with hat to one side,
cigar in mouth, and cane tapping the boot
striding up to mincing young gentlemen, with
long curls, attenuated waist, and soft velvet
face, the boy-lady to say. May l see You