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Show 120 R·.tl ph Wal,lo En1crfon. . ·1 1 e hc·1rtily liked, nn<l whom he lookccl ~,n in w 1th a boy " 10m 1 ' • c. . · . This boy wa..; a ~ l:l.\' c; he ~":tW l11m tll)Oil as Ius sttpcrwt. ' . . ·. -I ·el nn<l othcnns<' malt n.~at e<l ; he r-;aw be·:tl n w1th an uon :-; 10' . . . • . 1 1 tl · 1rr better to look forwnnl to m l1fe, thnt tlus boy Ht <. 110 111 o · , ' . · ~ lf' , . J>ellcu aucl made much of; lor he was wluh<t he hun ~ e w ,\ :; . ~ • . 1 • . 1 · the family where he then stayetl, from the much consruei eu 111 . 1 . t ~1 ·~boy of twelve y ·nrs ha<.l conduct 'd alone c1rcumstance t ),t "n~ f ttl hun<.lred miles. But the colored boy hnd a drove o ca e a . f ·.·, 1 ,111 .1 110 future. Tins worked snch indignation in 110 IICI\( , • u ~1 l . • , • 11 onth of r I i:.;tance to -~ av< ~ t·y as ong as hun thnt he swot e a , . . . . . . A 1 tl , hi . enter1H-i:" to go wto V11·gu11a and run h · ltv ctl. m lU :-3 • • • ff f . 1 ,, . d or· 'l thou "tn<.l slcwe, , wa · not a p1cce of ·p1te 0 1ve ntnul e ' ' 1 t Of two years or of twenty year~", l>ut the or revcnrr<>, a. P o . . 0 t• ontll m·1uc to heaven and earth forty-seven kecpmg 0 an cL ' • , ,_ f' . l.?or·'y-scven vcars at least, though I wchnc to y e ar.~ ue 01 e. .1: " • J • 1 · accoLtnt of the matte r, at Cbarle;;;towll, wluch accept 11:3 own < • r • 1 I .1 te n l'lt'le older when he f' nttl, •. Tills wa ' all mn <CS t tC ua ... " ' , settled millions of year::~ before the worltl was mn<lc. Jle grew up a rcli~iou and mnnly per:=;on in sev re p~Ycrty; a fair ~pecimen of the best stock of New England ; havtllg that force of thought and that sense of' right wlti C'h arc the, wa.rp l f Of rrr·en tne ·s Our an<. woo o " · · f.·.t rme r::; were Ort hoLlox. , Calvm-l . ts mio·hty in the Scripture ; had learned that life was a ~ ' o f I . I preparation, a " probation," to n e their wor_<l, or a . ug tcr world anu wa to be. pent in loving nn<l sernng mnnk111d. Th~1s wa formed a romantic character ab ·olutely without any vulgar trait; living lo ideal end ·, without any mixture of self-in<lulgence or compromise, such as lowe rs the ·value .of benevolent and thoughtful men we know; abstemious, rcfnsmg lu xuries, not sourly and reproachfully, but simply a unfit for hi , habit ; quiet and gentle a~ a child in the honsc: ~nd, as happen usually to men of romantic character, lus fo rtunes were romantic. '\Vall ·r St:ot t woul<l ha Ye <lelighte<.l to <.ll'aw his picture anu trace hi::i a<.lvcntut·ou~ career. A shephcr<l and herdsman, he learncu the manners of animal ·, anu knew the Ralph Waldo Emerfon. 121 scc r~t. signals by which animals communicate. H e mndc his hnnl bed on the mounta in!' with them; he learned to drive his fl od~ through tltiekct::; all but impa. ~able ; 1te had all the skill of a sheph ·nl by ehoice of l>rc<'<l, and l>y wi ~ e husbandry to obtain the l>est wool, an<l that for a course of y 'ar:. And th ~ anccdol<':-3 preserved show a f'ar-scc ing Hkill and condu ct whi<·h, in , pitc of adverse accid •nts, should secure, one year with another, an honest r eward, first to the farm er, an<.l n.f'terwanls to the cl 'aler. If lte k(•pt 1 herp, it wa ~ with a royal mind; and if' he tra<lecl in wool, lte was a merchant prince, not in the amount of wealth, Lut in the protection of the intere ts confidt'd to him. I am not a little Sttrpril"ed at the easy ('{T'ront ery with whirh politiC'al gentlemen, in and out of Congress, take· it upon th em to say thnt there arc not a th oul":tnd nwn in the North who sympatltize with .John l1rown. It would b, ftn· saf<'r and twnrer the truth to sny that all people, in proportion to their sensibility and . elf-respect,. ympathize with him. I~"'o r it is impo ·sible to sec courag<', and cli : int c re ~ tc<ln cs ... , and the love that cn: ls out fear, without ~y mpn.th y. All worn ·n a rc drawn to him hy their prr clominance of . entim ·nt. All gentlemen, of' cottr:-;c, are on his si<.le. I do not mean by '' g<'ntl men," proplc of' ~ce nt d hair and p ' rtumcu ktn<lk c rC'hi e f~, but men of gentle ulood and g 'nero: ity, "f'ulfilled with all nol>l<'n<':-;s," who, like the Cid, p-ive the outcn.. t lc~ ) H'l' a :-; l1a re of tlwir bed; like the <lying Si<.lney, pass the cup of' <'old wnt er to the woundc<.l oldicr who n 'eds it mor e. F or what is the oath of' gent lc uloo<l and Jmighthoo<.l? Wltat Ultt to protect the weak and lowly against th e strong oppr c :'~o r ? - Nothing is more absurd than to complain of thiH sympathy, or to complain of a party of men unite<l in opposition to Sla,·ery. A8 well compla in of grav ity, or the ebb of the title. Who makes the Abolitioni .. t ? The Slavr holder. The sentiment of mercy is the uaturul recoil which the laws of the uni- 11 |