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Show Letters from Northern Women. have taken your l·llre , nne1 thos. e of 'J' Our fcllow-st1fferer~, there " ·ill ris~ < J 1 1,1•0 ,,.n where thrrc " ·as one beforr, and the ghost U}) twenty o 111 > 1 f ? of John llrown wr. 11 1u nm t them till they let the opprrssec go rec HeJ.o H. '<: then, m). b1. 0 tl 1e 1. ' thnt ·r on nrc nccountccl worthy to suf ffer. " T· he s'e rvant 1·: 1 no t n b o ve his I ' ord ·' ". nncl when I heard one. o .o u. r Drooklyn pn tors 1e n(1 up 'a Conc,.r., re<bY (Itl()n Of th•r ee thOUSfind liOUb Jn l . ~crvent sul)J>licntion to Him "·hose car IS ever open to the rry tenc Cl, !I • • . 'tl . I r ,lt of II1. s e 11 1' ld ren, u. 1 yotll' behalf' and those m pnson ·wl t ) on., !{ that you wou l<l 1u.c :-.u."~ t""r '11ccl to the last. And I thank God thts. day, as thOUiilllH1 S Wl·1 1 1 lrO T t11c a' s' urn' ncc we hnvc thnt you arc not wxth· out Ilis comfortinrr presence and blessing in your bond::~, and I brhevc you arc w1'1 1m' g to u. r10 1'f thereby the c. hains . of th. e opprei'se•d may be loosed that t h ev mny go free ·' and tln's nffmr 'nll surely hasten . that da . 'nc of o~d cheer; '·let not your heart be troubled;" "nctt~cr feayr what mngn can d o u nto you · " The loved ones Y~ ou l.e ave. bchmd wt· ll b c a b un d nn tl y C"n red for·• so do not distress your ·elf tlus w1sc ; an. d my prayer 1· s, nn d sl1••1 ll be• that your faith au. cl. courage may. sus.t mn you t o tllc last, 'a nd nn abundant ,e ntrance mm1stercd unto )IOIU cm to your Heavenly Fnthcl·'s House. l' arcwcll. . . FROl\I A WOl\IAN OF TIIFJ RACE HE DIFJD FOR. }(};NDALYlU,E, I~niANA, Nov. 26. Dear Friend: Although the hands of Slavery throw a bnn:ier between you aucl me, nnd it may not be my priYilcgc to sc~ you m. your prison-house, Virginia has no bolts or bars through ~vhiCh I dread to send You my sympathy. In the name of tlte young _gtrl ~old from the war~ clasp of a mother's arm · to tltc clutche::; of a lxbcrtme or apr~~liO'ate _in the name of the sl:n•c mother, }lCr he;1rt rocked to nnd fto b b th~ agony of her mournful separations,- I thank you, that you h:ve been brnve enough to rcnch out your hands to the cnl'hcd and bli(l'htcd of my race. You have rocked the bloody na tile; and I ho;e that from your ad fate gr~nt good may ari:e to the c~~tse of freedom. Already from your pn on ha come a :h~ut .of_ htum?h all'nin. t the giant sin of our country. TllC hem1oc:k u1 cltsttllcd wtth victory when it is pre. sed to the lips of • 'ocrates. The Cross becom:S a glorious en. ign when Calvary's pale-bro:,·cd sufferer Jiclds li~J hls life upon it. And, if Universal Frceclom 1s ever to be the. dommnnt power of the land, your bodies may be 011ly her .first steppmg Stf'ncs to dominion. I would prefer to sec Slavery go down peaceo~ly hy men breaking off their sins by righteousness and tllC'ir iniquit1cs by sho·wing justice and mercy to the poor ; but we ccmnot tell wha~ the future may bring forth . God writes national judgments upon nat10nal Letters fron1 Northern Women. eins ; and what may be slum bering in the storehouse of divine ju. tice we do not know. 'Vc mny earnestly hope that your fate will not be a vain lcs, on, that it will inten:ify our hatred of Sluv<•ry nnd love of freedom, and thnt your martyr grave will be n Sa('rcd altar upon which lllen will record th<'ir vows of undying hatred to that R)'!:>lcm which tramples on man and bids defiance to God. I have w1·ittrn to your dear wif(', nnd sent her a few dollarR, nnd I pledge myself to you that I will continue to assist her. May the ever-blessed God shield you and your fcllow-prisoncn; in the darkc!'t hours. liend n1y ~-oym pnthy to your fellow-prisoners; tell them to b~.: of good courngp ; to seck a refuge in the Eternal God, and lean upon Ilis cYcrlu-,ting nrms for a sure ~upport. If nny of them, like you, have a wife or children that I can help, let them ~-;en d me word. . . . Yours in the en usc of freedom, F. E. ' V. FROl\f THE COLORED WOMEN OF BROOKLYN. J3nocno ;YN, N ov. 26. In bcltaif of tile co!ored 1comen of Boston. Dear Sir : "re, n portion of the American people, 'vould fain offer you our siucere nncl J1cnrtfelt sympathies in the cause you have HO n obly rspoused, and that you so firmly adhere to. " ·e truly npprecinte your mo~t no!Jle nnd humane effort, nucl r ecognize in you a Saviour commis~ionrd to r('deem us, the Amer ican people, from the great Nntionnl Sin of Slavery; and though you have appnrently failed in the object of your desire~, yet the influence that we believe it will eventually exert, will nccom ph!-~h nll your intentions. 're eonsi(lcr you n model of t rue patriotism, nnu one whom our common country will J<'t r egard as the greatest it hus produced, been usc you have ~merificecl all for its sake. 'V c r C'joice in the con!'ciousness of your perfect rc~-oignation. 'V c shall ever hold you dear in our remembrance, and shall infuse the some feelings in our posterity. 'Vc have always entertained n loYc for the country which gave us birth, despite the wrongs inflicted upon us, and have nlwayq been hopeful that the future would augur better things. " 'c feel now that your glodous net for the cause of humanity has afforded us an unexpected realization of some of our S<'emingly vain hopes. And now, in view of the coming crisis which is to terminate nil Jour labors of love for this life, our mortal natures fail to sustain us under the trying nffiiction; but when we view it from our religious standpoint, we feel tllnt earth is not worthy of you, and that your spirit yearneth for n higher and holier exi:tencc. Therefore we willingly give you up, and submit to Ilis will "who doeth ull things well." Yours with warm regard, M. S. J. 1'. |