Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-02-03
VERMONT TELEGRAPH.
BRANDON. WEDNESDAY,, FEB. 8 l84I
WILLIAM G. BROWN, Ep,ToR.
THE sLAvE.MoTHER

followed to the auction ground -
There stood Mother, with two lovely
children clinging around her, while she
wePt and sobbed as if her heart would
burst, exclaiming. cant left Ileavel nv
children---I wont left my children = but
on the hammer went, reckless alike
whether it united or sundered forever!"
/ Shall the lips of freemen pronounce
these words, and utter no shrek of hor-
ror and Indignation at this outrage upon
humanity and human rights2 Ienvy not
the heart that can think Of scenes like this
with calm serenity, or the lips that dare
no. speak. against system that laws its
ruthless hand on natures holiest ties, and
leaves them torn and bleeding all through
the desolate heart.
stood by an open grave, and saw a
lovely infant lowered into its narrow cell
and as the first clods fell with their hollow
echoIngs upon the cofin-lid, marked the
expression of anguish upon the counte-
nance OF the childless Mother, and saw
her turn away in agony. with her hands
pressed upon her aching heart, and pour.
ing her unavailing tears for the form she
should behold no more, and mingled nv
tears with the afflicted ones and felt it was
fearful thing to sever the boz Is of hu
man love: but did not have such
slckenlng feeling of sorrow and pi,y and
shame, as when Tread these artless lines.
and pictured to myself the scene; the
rude lncessant clamor of the auctioneer-
the cold, calculating gaze of the assembled
multitude--and the streaming tears and
eloquent tones of that poor woman, whose
offspring were as dear to her as the love-
Hest child upon these green hills is to its
own fond mother. The stroke of the
hammer was to decide their union or their
separation for life She had felt some.
thing of the iron of slavery. ana knew ils
bitterness, but if her loved ones could on
ly De by her side, where she might press
them to her yearning bison, it ma,tered
little whether her lot should be cast among
the rice-6elds of Georgia, or the cotton
plantations of Louisiana. But this is not
solitary instance OF the ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Of family ties. Read "Slarery as ii u.s."
and if you do not weep. hazard the as
sertion, yo9 haze no heart. Look at the
following extract from an address publish
ed by the Presbyterian Synod Of Ken
lucky in 1885.
Brothers and sisters, parents and chill
dren, husbands and wives, are torn dsnn-
der, and permitted 10 see each other no
more. These acts are DAILY occurring
in the midst Of US. The shrieks and the
agony, often witnessed on such occasions,
proclaim, with trumpet tongue, the I'M
guilty of our system. There is not a neigh
borhood where these heart-rendIng scenes
are not displayed. There as not a riLiag e
or road that does not behold the sad pro-
cesslon of manacled outcasls, whose mourn
ful countenances tell that they are exiled
by force from ALL THAT THEIR HEARTS
HOLD DEAR
= ye who know the depth of Moth
er's love; we ask your aid in the holy
enterprise of reuniting parted families
OF binding up the bleeding ties of fond af
lection; of forming happy circles around
the hearthstones of a thousand hamIets
that shall hereafter spring NJ all along
the banks of The Savannah and the Missis.
sippi, where the humble Cottage of the
colored man shall be as sacred and inyio.
liable, as he proudest mansion of their
!" lords Aid US with your voices and /
your pens. and let The calm yet earnest
tones Of your entreaty and -ebuke, be borne
upon wintry winds from all these wild
Green Mountains. !" DER the Potomac 10 t
ST. Mary's wave" till signing woman
shall catch the joyful sound. and press
her infant to her bosom, with an embrace
which death alone can unclasp.
NJ S S To- Ms.
What christian heart does not glow as ii