Washington telegraph., 1853-07-20
A PUNGENT SPEECH.

4 eu Dy the hcV. Mt. hOSs, OF tennessee in
retort or reply to certaiur resolutions insti.
tuting an investigation into the relations of
! Southern church members towards slavery.
On that occasion Mr. Ross delivered speech
which VIC ind reported in the New York
Journal of Commerce II carried the war
back literally into Africa. and dissec.ed the
/ hypocrisy Of abolitionism in such cutting
! terms. that we must amuse and interest our
readers by a few extracts. After presenting
his counter resolutions, he proceeded
I Mr. Moderator, move this amendment
| in the best spirit | desire to initiate the
committee in their refinement and Gelicacy
of distinction | disavow all intention to
be impcrtinently inquistorial. intend to
be inquistorial, a. the committee say they
are--but not impertinently 50. No. sir
not at all not at all. Laughter Well,
! sir, we of the South, who desire the remov-
al Of the evil of slavery, and believe
ii will pass away in. the developments of
| Providence, are gricvcd when We read your
graphic, shudderng pictures Of the middle
passage"-the slave ship piing up her can
vas, as the shot pours after her from English
! or American guns-see her again and again
hurling hogshead after hogshcad, filled with
living slaves into the deep, and thus light
ened escape Sir, what horror to believe
that the clipper ship was built BY the hands
of Northen, noisy, Abolition church mem
bers Yes, | know some in New York
and Boston," SAID one in the crowd l.
Again sir, when we walk along your Broad
ways and see, as we do. the soft hands Of
your church members sending off to the
South, not only clothing for the slave, but
manacles and whips, manufactured express
ly for hm-what must we think of your
consistency of character? True, true =
Aud what must we think Of your self-right-
eousness when We know your church mem
bers order the sale Of slavcs-yes-slaves
such as St Clair s-and under circumstances
involving all the separations and all the
loathsome things you 90 mournfully deplore.
Your Mrs Stowe says 50, and it is 80, with
out her testimony. | have read that splen-
did bad book. Splendid in genius over
Which | have wcpt, and laughed, and got
mad there some one said, tall at the same
time e. yes-all at the same time. Bad in
its theology, bad in its morality, bad in its
temporary evil influence here in the North,
England, and on the continent Of Europe
bad, because her isolated cruelties will be
taken (whethcr 50 meant by her or not y as
the general condition Of Southern life
while her Shelbys, and st. Clars, ana Eyas,
will be locked upon rs angel visitors, ling
eriag for moment in that earthly hell
The impression made b. the book is false
hood
Sir, why do your Northern church MEM
bers and philanthropists buy Southern pro
duets at all Nou know that you arc pur-
chasing cotton, rice sugar sprinkled with
blood, literally, you say, from the lash Of
the driver. Why DO you buy What's
the difference between my fiiching this
blood-staincd cotton from the outraged ne
gro aud you standing by. taking it from me.
What's the difference ! You yourselves
say, in your distractions, there is no differ
ence And yet you daily stain your hands
in this horrid traffic. You hate the trait
or, but YOU love the treason Your ladies,
too, o, how they shun the slave owner, at
distance in the abstract. But, alas when
they see him in the coneret when they see
the slave owner himself standing before them;
not the brutal driver, but the splendid gem
tleman, with his unmistakablc grace Of car
the lady says: 30, fe on your slavery
what wretch you are But, indeed, sir, |
love your sugar; am, truly, truly, sir, wretch
as you are, love you too Your gentle
men talk Just the same way when they be-
hold our matchess women. And well for
US all it IL that your good taste aud hearts
can thus appreciate our genius. and accom-
plishments and loveliness, and sugar, and
cotton. Why sir, hear this morning from
one pastor only, Of two or three Of his mem
bers thus intermarried in the South. May
thus give the mildest rebuke to your in
consistency of conduct Much good-na-
tured excitement
Sir, may we know who are the descend
ants Of the New England kidnappers-
What is their wealth Why here you are,
all around me. You, gentlemen. made the
best Of the bargain And you have kept
every dollar of your money from the chari
ty Of emancipating the slave. You have
left Us unaided, to give millions. VIII
you give dollar for dollar to equalize our
loss /! Here many voices cried out YES,
yes we Will
Yes, yes. Then pour out your millions.
poou, may tlinh you Pe'Soha -
own emancipated slaves would to-day be
worth greatly more than $4,000, Will
you give me back $4,000 Good. !
need it now
recommend to you, sirs, to find out your
advocates of murder-your owners Of stock
in under ground railroads-your Sabbath
breakers for money. l particularly urge
you to find Legrec. who whipped Uncle
Tom to DEATH He is a Northern gentle