Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-06-25

And what must think Of your sefrigheousness when
know your church members order the sale OF slaves
yes slaves such as st. Clas and under circumstances
involving all the separations and all the loathsome things
you mournfully deplore. Your Mrs Stowe says so,
and it is without her testimony. have read that
splendid bad book-spendid in its genius, over which
have wept, and laughed and got mad there some one
said, " all at the time "yes, all at the same time
Bad in its theology bad in its morality bad in its tempo
rary evil influence here in the North England, and on
the continent of Europe bad because her isolated cr
ties will be taken whether meant by her or mott as the
general condition of Southern e while her Shebys and
St. Cairs and Evas will be looked upon angel vsiters,
lingering for moment in that earthly hell The impress
| sion made Jy the book is tasehood
Sir, why do your Northern church members and phi
lanthropiss buy Southern products at aly You know
you are purchasing cotton rice sugar sPrnkied wltn
Why do you buy? What's the difference between my
fching this blood stained cotton from the
and your standing by taking it from me? What's the
diference You yourselves say in your distractions,
there is difference and yet you daily stain your hands
in this horrid traffic You hate the traitor but you love
the Your ladies too how they shun the slave
Distance in the abstract But alas, when they
him in the concrete when they slave owner him
self standing before themnot the brutal driver but the
splendid gentleman with his unmstakabe grace of
rage and of mannerswhy To- behold the lady says
:" fe your slavery; what wyetcb you are But in
deed sir love your sugar and truly truly, sir wretch
you are love you too Your gentlemen talk just the
same way when they behold matchless women. And
well for all it is that your good taste and hearts
thus appreciate our genius and Accomplishments and fas
cnations and leyeliness, and sugar. and cotton Why,
sir heard this morning from pastor only of two or
three of his members thus intermarried in the South
May thus give the midest rebuke to your nconsisen-
cy of conduct? Much good -natured excitement
Sir may we know who the descendants of the New
England kidnappers What is their wealth Why, here
you are, all around me- You gentlemen made the best
of that bargain And you have kept every dollar OF your
money from the charity of emancpating the slave You
have left us, unaded, to give millions. Will you now
to help? Will you give dollar for dollar to
equalze our loss Here many voices cried out es,
yes, we will'l Yes, yes? Then pour out your millions.
Good may thank you personally. My own emanci-
pated slaves would to-day be worth greatly more than
twenty thousand dollars. viii you give me back ten
thousand dollars? Good! need it now.
recommend te you, srs to find out your advocates Of
murder-your Of stock in underground railroads
your Sabbath breakers for money particularly urge
you to find Legree, who whipped Uncle Tom to death
He is Northern gentleman, although having somewhat
Southern name. Now, sir, you know the Assembly was
embarrassed all yesterday by the inquiry how the North
churches may find their absent members and what
to do with them Here then, sir, is 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
against Legree being proved to be Smith Great laugh
ter move that you bring him back TO lecture on the
there is in leaving Northern church, going
South changing his name buying slaves and calculating
without guessing what the profit is Of killing negro
with nhuman labor above the gain Of treating him with
kindness.
have little to say of Spirit Rappers Women srights
Conventonsts Boomers cruel husbands, or henpecked
But if may believe your own serious as well as carl
cature writer's you have things here of which we down
South know very little indeed Sir, we have no young
Boomers with hat to sde cigar in mouth and cane
tapping the boot strdng to mincing young gentlemen
with long curs, atenuated waist and soft velvet ace,
the lady say, May you home, sir and the
to reply, 81 thank ye, pa will send the car
rage" Sir Of the South don't understand your wo-
mems rights conventions. Women have their wrongs
g The song Of the shirt'-Charotte Elizabeth-many,
many laws tell her wrongs But your convention ladies'
despise the Bible Yes sir and We Of the South are
afraid Of them, and for you when women despise I'M she
Bible what ne1ti Par-thea The City Of The Great Sal
Lakehen Sodom before and after The Dead Sea- Oh SIR II
slavery tends in any way, to give the honor g ray %
Southern young gentlemen towards ladies' and the exqu
site decacy and heavenly integrity and love to Southern
maid and matron it has then glorious blessing with its
curse. =.
sir your nqusitori committee, and the North so ar
as represented by them small fraction know,J nave
take it. caught Tartar this time Boys say with us
and every where reckon " You worry my dog and III
worry your cat" Sir, it is just simply fired fact III
south wH not submit 10 these questions No. not for an in
slant We will not permit you to approach us ut all II
we are morbidly sensitive, you have made us So Bu
you directly and grossly violating the Constitution
the Presbyterian Church. The book forbds you to pu
such questions The book forbids you begin discipline
The book forbds your sending this committee to heT
common fame bear testimony against The book guard
the honor Of humbest member minister church. pres
byery against all this mperncnty inquisitorial action
Have you prosecutor with his definite charges and wit
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charges and Witnesses? Have you q request from th
South that you send acommttee to inquire into ISLANDERS
No. Then hands off. As gentlemen, you may ask u
these questions win you. But ecclesiastica
you cannot speak in this matter You have no power
move you propose.
beg leave to say, just here that Tennessee will b
more calm under this than any other slave
gon Tennessee has been high above the storm
north and south-especiay Of the mountains. Ten
nessee there she is-look at her-bindng this Unio
together, like great long, broad, deep stone-mor
splendid than oil in the temple Of Baabec Solomon
Tennessee, there she is in her calm yaor will no
lower her by calling her unconquerabe for she has
been assailed-but l call her ever-vctorious. Kings
mountan-her pioneer battles, Talledega, Emucfau
Horseshoe New Orleans San Jacnto Monterey, the val
ley Of Mexico Jackson represented her well, in hi
chyary from South Carolina his fiery courage from Vir
ginia and Kentucky all tempered by ScotchIrsh Pres
byteran prudence from Tennessee. We, in his spirit
have looked this storm for years untroubed Yes
Jacksons old bones ratified in their grave when that in
famous disunion convention met in Nashville, and il
members turned pale and fed aghast Yes, TENNESSEE
in her mighty Million feels secure, and in her perfec
preparation to discuss this question: politically, ecole
siastcay, morally metaph ysically physically, wit
the extreme North South she is willing and able Z
persuade Others 10 be calm In this connexion, wish
say the South 20 the North and TO the world tha
we have no fears from slave population. Their
might be momentary insurrection and bloodshed bu
destruction to the black would be inevitable Th
Greeks and Romans controlled immense Of whit
slaves many Of them intelligent as their lords School
masters abulists and poets slaves Athens with he
thirty thousand freemen governed half million Of BON
men Single Roman patrcians owned thirty thousand II
then the phaanx and the legion mastered such slaves 70
ages, when battle physical force Of man to man
how certain il is that infantry cavalry and artiler,
could hold in bondage millions Of Africans for thousand
years.