. Autographs for freedom. NoTE.~It has been some years since the above sketch wasdrawn; and though my impressions, especially of Mr. Douglass, hasundergone some slight change since,—seeing in him enlarged, strength-ened, and more matured thought, still I think, on the whole, the care-ful observer will attest substantially to its correctness. JT gives me great pleasure to express iny interest inyour objects, by the following sentiment: Sym-pathy for the slave,—^the clearest exhibition in moderntimes of the spirit which, in the parable of the Samari-tan, first illumined the vTong of oppression,
. Autographs for freedom. NoTE.~It has been some years since the above sketch wasdrawn; and though my impressions, especially of Mr. Douglass, hasundergone some slight change since,—seeing in him enlarged, strength-ened, and more matured thought, still I think, on the whole, the care-ful observer will attest substantially to its correctness. JT gives me great pleasure to express iny interest inyour objects, by the following sentiment: Sym-pathy for the slave,—^the clearest exhibition in moderntimes of the spirit which, in the parable of the Samari-tan, first illumined the vTong of oppression, and thedivineness of brotherly Coiisolatiou for l|e ^Iaije> Slave thougli thou art to -unfeeling power,Till wrong shall reacli lier final hour,Mourn not as one on whom the dayWill never shed a healing star of hope, that leads the , and night will soon be gone. Long has thy night of sorrow been,Without a star to cheer the ; there was One that watched and wept,When thou didst think all mercy slept;That eye, which beams with love divine,Where all celestial glories shine. Justice will soon the sceptre take;The scourge shall fall, the tyrant quake. Consolation for the Slave. Hark! tis tlie voice of One from heaven;The word, the high command is given,Break every yoke, loose every chain,To usher in the Saviours reign. I rjlIIE Key to Uncle Toms Cabin: a key to unlockany mind that is not rendered inaccessible by tlierust of conservatism or party-spirit, and to open thefountain of every generous affection, which is notclosed with impenetrable ice. With this key mayevery one become familiar, w
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