Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-10-14
| From The Ntlo York EOangeIist.l
An Heroic Mother.

Allow me to present 10 your readers the fol-
loving interesting use, which came under my
own personal observation.
About three months ago, very intelligent and
fine looking Woman-a mother--came to me IN
the greatest distress to seek my aid and counsel
she h I'd two daughters living a slave State, the
one twelve and the other fifteen years of age, and
she has received Il letter, few days before, from
the num- if man he can be called, VINO claimed
dominion over them, that unless she would raise
four hURLred dollars in two months, he would sell
them to be taken to Louisiana Sac herself was
free and was living in very respectable family in
this city; but her daughters were born when she
was a slave and therefore claimed as slaves by
the law of the State The gentleman with whom
the mother was living, knowing my interest in
the cause and truly sympathzlng with her in her
distress, sent her to me, to draw up subscrp-
ton paper for her, that she might raise the mon
ey But here could give her no encourage
ment. | told her that the friends of the slave III
this city, who are but a small number, were wea-
ny Of the constant applications of this kind made
to them; and that many would not give from
principle, as they felt il to be acknowed 5Ing the
rght of the stakeholder to hold man as property,
and giving him that to which he has no right
told her, too, that though had frequently given
myself IN such cases, did not like to do 1t, as
far as the STAKEHOLDER was concerned; for that
with the same money he might buy other child
rem and thus that her Affections would merely
be transferred to another mother.
As | talked thus with her, her countenance
FELL the tears ran down her cheeks, and she
looked the picture Of despair What true moth
or would not feel the bltterest anguish at the
thought Of having her only two children torn
from her forever, and meet a doom infinitely
worse than death! She was about to leave me,
when | SAID,
Stop moment Though think it imprac-
ticable to raise this money in the way you de-
signed will give you ten dollars with great
pleasure and as much more as as necessary if you
can get your children without giving the "man-
Istealer" AndrapodiSteS.- Tim. 10, cent.
II know something Of the place where they are +;
and know true man who lives about thirty
miles from them to whom will give you let
ter, and who will aid you with advice, and whom
will request to give you, for me, all the money
YOU may need. The man who holds your child
rem has no right to them, except so far as wick
ed and God defying law gives it to him. They
were stolen from YOU their mother, at their birth,
and are still kept as stolen You have right
to them against the world, for children are com
handed to obey their parents in the Lord, and
not the STAKEHOLDER in the" At these words
her countenance frightened, and she said she
would think of it, and let me know, in few
days, her determination. Three days after, she
called on me as she had promised. She said her
friends had dissuaded her from going, as it would
be attended with so much danger but says she,
" | am resolved to go; for | will either rescue
my children from slavery, or perish with them in
it."
then sat down and wrote the letter prom
ised her to my friend, arranged other matters
gave her the letter, and she left me with a Joy.
GUS, yet trembling heart, promising to write me
how she succeeded. A week elapsed and
heard not from her. l became little anxious
and you may well suppose that she was the sub.
| ect of my prayers. Another week passed. and
still no news from her. In the meantime, one Of
her friends here came to my house every day to
learn some tidings from her, but could give
( none. ] wrote to the gentleman to whom had
II given her letter, and from whom might gel
an answer in three or four days. These days
came and passed. and no intelligence from either
: My anxiety was great, as you may well suppose
Two days more elapsed it was Saturday, anC
still no news; when at ten o'clock that night
just as had taken my candle to go up to bed
! heard carriage stop at my door, and immedi