 Together with both James Gallaher and David Nelson, Ross edited a monthly publication entitled "The Calvinistic Magazine," that was first founded in 1826 and continued in operation through 1832.In the late 1840s, Ross began quarreling with Methodist minister and "Whig" newspaper publisher William Gannaway Brownlow.Ross had earlier "declared war" on Methodism as a co-editor in his Calvinist Magazine, published from 1827 to 1832.