Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-12-13
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Letter from Z. A. LukenS

New GARDEN, Nov. 26, 1851.
DEAR MARiUs: Some Of your readers, have
been kind enough TO express a wish for me "a
continue my correspondence with The BHgle
and although l cannot say this is the sole cause
of my temperance, am certainly willing to
cover it with their appreciation and it is very
pleasant to believe, that eyes which have looked
| kindly upon inc, still watch for my coming
Topics arc not quite so abundant, as during my
journey to New England, but have tho advun-
/ tagc Of mental leisure to dispose Of the -pw
| which offer themselves.
| l have had occasion aforctimc, 10 allude to
SoIourner Truth" whose visit Of q week
with us, has given my mind as much, if not as
varied occupation, as the moro exciting events
Of a journey could have done, in the same
length of time. / never wearcd of listning to
tho wild and almost sublime fancics, the bold
original and powerful thoughts of this singular
child of nature and inspiration. You seemed
TO be in dream, while listning to the recital of
wrongs and hardships, which you can hardly
believe are done under the sun, much less, un-
der the "pured and most enlightened govern
mcnt on the face of tho carth.' l imagined
wha; must be tho thoughts Of an inhabitant Of
Jupiter or some distant planet, who taking the
earth in his circuit, should happen TO stray in
while she told her strange story. Supposing
this to be his first visit TO tho United States, of
whose freedom, greatness, equality, and unex-
amplcd general intelligence and elevation, he
had heard from the spirit Of somo departed
hero or statesman, Of our country. lie would
doubtless ask, "NNhat docs she here, with her
uncouth dialect, her story Of being bought, sold,
irhigped, and parted from her offspring, like the
brutes from theirs With her ignorance Of
the being of God, and the existence OF his
,cord' which this high-minded and philan-
thropic people have sent hundreds of Missiora-
RIGS to show to the distant heathenH
What would he say do you suppose, if told
she was child of our own soil, with a nautur
al membership in our free and glorious Republic
That her ancestors on the mothers side, were
among the first owners of that soil-or at
least, the first horn 10 history; and that altho'
her pOtcrnal great grandfather came from Ain'
ca whose fiery sands long ago, rcpellcd the foot
steps of civilization, his descendants, though of
spotlcss integrity, and undisputed American
BIRTH have been ever since, namClcss lshmaels
! in our land. is it possible this woman with her
cleaning eye, her majesty, and her high soul,
who might have been princes in her own land
-(thc land Of her fathers mean) knows not
| her own ngc,nnd though perhaps past sixty, has
not long known, what the points OF the
suns rising and setting were called, whether
the earth were intcrminable, or merely contain
| cd the ground on which her almost llcrculiNn
| labors were performed, the places where her
children went when they were sold, where her
master sometimes visited, and where his visi-
tors came from.
Yet what she has experienced as slave, is
but child's story compared with the dark
wrongs and outragcs of many thousands oil
high aud beautiful soulcd women, in this coun-
try, where ",rOman is more deeply rersrenecd
and more tenderly cherished, than in any other.
In the matter of education however, she has
suffered but little comparatively for although
allowcd--condemned indeed, to grow up in moro
than heathonish ignorance; it would seem that
nature has excrtcd vast compensatng power,
in the spotlcss purity of her soul, uncring in
ton,ions, and mr. originality and strength ol
thought, which seem almost startling. II
would have crossed you with strange thrill 10
sec her throw out her strong arms, as II to re-
ceivc into her soul the life and breath of free
dom, as sho exclaimed, "Im fresh from tho
hand Of the great Maker Nobodys beer
modelling me after any of their patterns 1t is
perhaps after all, questionable, whether "thS
little medium of letters called an education
would have brought her much nearer the true
end of all oducation-a greater breadth OF WIS.,
ion, a truer knowledge Of the source OF happi'
ness, and greater control of them, in Short
more perfect fiilneS of being.
There are many better prepared than myseh
to attest to the good she has done in Ohio mol
only in procuring an Independence for herself
but in materially and sensibly aiding the Anti
Slavery cause. A friend remarked to me
"Sojoumer improves, both in her speaking an'
in her knowledge of the true means for the over
throw of Slavery" Her progress has been dc
layed, by the early November storms, but sh'
is eager to be abroad, while her strength hold
out, holding meetings, and "spreading tn
; glorious gospel" as she says.
Excuse me for saying so much in behalf
one who has labored SO faithfully, and who can