Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-10-05
NBOl.lTiON HYPOCRISY.

| ''ii ilpN nll'Dt ltlSl.
IN" -"''"''" En""a. n Scotch paper. gives th'
i"U""'"S "''u' OF the shocking brutality p-rpctra
ted "n The csf"ics Of the Duchess Of Sutherland:
"ln 7hln!l lnlsc in Tube Skcrrav, in the pnr>l
! ot Tongue, lived Highlander and L;s wifi. uithir
less thHh qu'fi:r "l 1t mile 0f the h"us, in which
| they were born nnd brought up and which their in
Tiers Sill occupied rs tenants under the Duke O
Sutherland Mr.. Robert ilorsboron,.I, heinz furtpr-
Shorll" before the occurrence which our con..npora
! ry relates, WIN. NJ Nays wife WAS confined OF hel
fourth child nEd was still in bed, nnd nn To- be r..
moved from it.. Bat, wi tie !6n Of June, II neigh
Dor informed VI KY that party "f aw officer, wcr,
coming To turn himself and family ou. Thc husband
histcnc,! to the hOus" 10 inform his wife. and OF
course, console her. In an instant the mes.enyer.at
arms, with his party were AZ the door, their speaking
was heard hy the pour woman, and She began to
trrnbic cold pcrspiraton covered her body all over
| the officer came in, ahl cleared the house n
every article OF furniture; and, lastly, III,
wife nni her new y. bora babe must be turned
| out too. The midwife demonstrated, but il
vain. Tie law officers said they would be re-
| 4uIrcd 10 execute their commission. The pOo
woman was, in spite n! every rrmion-irancc, doomed
20 he removed These eXccutloncrs or justice had
| they shi their Instructions but, may il not he said
wanted the Tenderness which would suggest 10 then
he dclI":cy and danger "i interfering with w"mnt
in suc q state, They surrounded her i'll the corIlr
in which she lay, laid h"!l "t the sheet nr covering
which was under her, carried her our of the ht USE
ana !Hctt. ltr OH III" .IiutIl Il distance anH spec
back Ia The work ~ tcm,tIon; divoia ard cabcrt
were thrown il. al! dircctInls the hachct cut down
th' cuunC.!rcc, and N very snort time the roo! o
tic u d:slDp. IrEi AID did IL dcSrovcrs. They
had m"rc Work uf II Kindred nature +" perform that
day In an aS"ny "f ie1i;T- the hu-G"d ran
or distance OF five miles Ia procure ineGl
| cn all, willie lis wi:c, w:!i her new bora
tnIHi, lay litlc straw upon the GTnun:
aAd /, was nnt till night thGt, by the kind
""'s oI her poor neIgHbor4, she ana her cIildre
'"crr deposited IN mn empty barn.-Nc Cannot, cx-
c"t III some ol our EIg,h poor law crGcit,s, recall
such circumstance which has orc;tSIu:d IL, Icrpc:
mi iGnii!nn than the incidents uI this painful narra-
;,ve. nor one which dunan,s rricrr Investigation.
la tie former "" have, In4cr.'l, hh,l crTry III lis
w"I>' p">slhic i":.n as !ar ~ the ucts themselves
~" concerned Wu eau understand the worh!nusc
official, snatcI:ing perhaps from starvation 10y the
salary he receives, and eager 10 recommend hS"l!
10 his employers by an ec"IoIzim, use nt hs ldnc-
iInn', committing ac> of iunumanIty at which one
irI- hnrr.i"l. lu that such thiugs can take prc
nner the eyes OF the Duchess of Sutherland, ills us
with ~ much a>t"u,hu:u; IL pam IL Is not Iia.
~ months since ia" ladies rf England appealed Ia
iir sister. III America behalf "f the poor blacks
inugin.. them exert oir Inmirr" IL put M cni
10 the dcporablr amd shockin. system u! slavery;
and the Ilrst name which the signature to that mp
peal bore. the "t The Duchess nl Siihcr'
land. WA that woIian hook at home and think OF
poor WiilIum VI M'kaya vile, cnrr!"d III n siec; ont
OF her hut, and laid, trembling, on the ground, with
hcr n"w born infant la her arms
This is the -uul" Durl,css u! Sutherland. heart
c-aly cold /" the sui::iu:s oL tho white slaves on
her estates, who some time since. startled the scsi-
bitc' nf her sister, ~ the nobility anI tile ladies I"
Emgan by her mock tears over the evils inflicted
b. our Southern people, imaginary "unc!e
Toms three thousand miles distant Tho libc!lous
pictures of Mr.. Harriet B-ccer Stowea reused tho
sympathics "f the noble ialy and friends To suc an
extent, Tint tlr Stow. waa letc! IN ;hoir splendid
.a!ac,.s her hrhlv c"lu.cd work cXt"lc'l ~ true
picture nf the condition al master and slave il the
Un,ic! S,a.os. and most nInmmai"ry appeals made,
publicly anl privately. aiIr- American shareholders
The whole civilized world VA. invoke! 10 point the
tiuger o -corn at the American conirdcracy, wh!cH
would nl.ow the contamination OF slavery, and the
Noble Ladies', with the L'HHrDi'm Duchess at their
hna,i. nriou,ly thtr,-t themselves into our "wn do
mes;ic institutions, anl directly attempted 10 ns"Gu-
rate n movement in our mld-t, whose only irul'
,y.uil have been til: nall.ilGlinn of vast properly
aud the consignment of millions "l happy beings I"
starvation ana mt''c'.. r'''" "'N'a" ''''-''-----
aud practical application Of W"mans ki2hta' was
mel at the threshold by our indignant people. '"'
Of our own gifted ladies stepped forth IN defence "'
her nuligncd country, aud with the power "' e'''-
uurncc aud logic, and in the mrmc oI true bcnev"-
lrncc, ovrrhrew the timsy creations OF 'ho over-cA-
cited foreign ub"li;ionists in female curb The nnine
Of The Duchess of Sutherland has been lost III the iuli-
urc Of exploded aud QuiNoc schemes, until IT now
revived in the startling details o the gross outrage
upon humanity, Set forth above. The world VIII
look with umazrmcnt and horror upon nn unparalleled
barbnriiy practscl ON her own estate. and with ihe
full knowledge AMI consent "f the N"hl" Duchess
whose tender sylnpa,hrs are exclusively devoted 10
the Manufactured au,icrinys Of slaves i'll the Southern
States Thousands oi miles distant. Public Scntl-
ment viii lrnarl. that she clear her own skIrt' at
inhumanity To the suffering poor on her own prenll'
-,.- before she again venture upon crnsndc oi SYM
pn;hy for American slaves.