Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-04-16
From Whitaker's Magazine.1
NORTHERN ABoLITIoNIsM

tatious professions of philanthropy and universal
brotherhood.
In one of the largest and mos: costly churches
in our modern Athens-the good city OF boston
thereswas, a few years ago. stlldl' Sa''Gfy Org
nalv built for the accommodation OF the black and
colored nonuIation Either the gallery was so
constructed as to dsfgure the general beauty of
the architecture or. which is more probable, it was
d;saor.eable to the fashionable occupants of pews
below to see the negroes worshiping there, and 1t
was removed. Shortly after its removal the owner
of one of the best pews upon the broad aisle, hay
inc changed his religious opinions, and desiring to
worship elsewhere, applied tc the officers OF the
church to take back his pew at fair valuation /;
upon which valuation they offered him sum Tor 1t
far below what he conceived to be its real marEe-
table value Disguised with their parsimony, and
determined at the same time, in way equally
quiet and emphatic, to show his sense OF It, ne
applied to respectable negro in Cornhlll Square,
who had accumulated considerable properly oy
his industry, and asked him if he would like to
Yes massa, would like to make money in an
honest way
well Sam will put you in the way Of max
ing some, and honestly, too
He then narrated to him the circumstances just
now mentioned, and said
Now, Sam, l want you to purchase THIS pew
Do you understand me {?
sYes, massa, l think L do. How much 90 you
ask for the pew, sir?
sI will sell it to YOU, SAM for three hundred
dollars The officers of the church offered me five
hundred for it. 1t cost me thousand. VIII
three hundred answer your views! Can you raise
, the money?
yes massa, upon pinch l can. l have five
hundred dollars, ready money, here IN my draw
err, and don't think sir, can lay out three hun
dred of it more advantageously than in buying the
pew
Yes, massa, I will buy it.
Come, then to my house this afternoon, at five
o'clock, and bring the money with you, and Will
give you bill of sale, for it is necessary that you
should have legal evidence of the purchase in your
pocket Five O'Clock, remember, Sam
Yes, massa, will be there, without fail, at five
o'clock, precisely
And bring the money with you-dont forget
that
Il shall not forget that, sir
Good morning, Sam
"A very good day to you, massa.
The very next Sunday morning, having procured
a dashing coach from livery stable, with driver
and footman to match and being dressed in his
best Sunday suit and his wife and children beng
dressed in their best Sunday suits, with little
more fnery than usual, and all being well slowed
away in the carriage, Sam rides in the style Of a
Boston nabob to the - street church, and stops
in front of the flight of steps that lead up to the
entrance of that venerable edifce. Having assist
ed his family to alght, he, in the most recherche
STYLE takes the arm of his wife, and, Assisting her
up the steps, marches through the broad aisle UP
to his pew, followed by all his family. Having
waited upon them into it, he takes his seat at the
end of it with all the gravity of patriarch.
Sans property was directly in front OF pew
occupied by one of the most aristocFatic families in
Boston-a family who eschewed all vulgar associ-
alton, and despised black people especially. A
smile might be seen playing upon Sans counten-
ance at the sensation which his occupancy of the
pew evidently occasioned among his fashionable
and wealthy neighbors and the worshippers gen
orally. He just beginning to compose his
features to degree of gravity becoming the place
and the OCCASION when one of the officers of the
church. pereeiving what had happened approached
the pew, and the following brief dialogue, soto
voce, took place between the parties:
Vestryman. Sam!
Sam. 'Sirp
Vestryman. Sam, you must get up and go
out of this pew
Sam. Go out sir 2?
Vestryman. Yes, Immediately too
Sam. The pew is mine, SIR
Vestryman. Your pew What do you mean?'
Sam. { mean that the pew is mine, sir-1ny
property
Vestryman. This pew belongs to Mr.. -
meaning the former owner of the pew.
Sam. 1t DID belong to him, but have bought |
it of him. (Taking the bill of sale out of his
pocket.) Here's the bill of sale, SIR
Vestryman. Cooking very much astonished as
he examines the document with critical eye) Yes,
see that you have bought the pew, them
SAM Yes sir, an suppose man has right |
to Go what he chooses with his own property
Vestryman. Certainly, Sam, certainly Ibid i
not know that you had purchased the pew. If you
have bought it you have right to use it,
Early on Monday morning Sam heard knock
at his door, and, upon pronouncing the words,
walk in the vestryman entered.
Vestryman. How do you do, Sam 3
Sam. Very we'll, l thank you. How do you
do, sir
Vestryman. Much as usual, Sam. How is
your familyp q
Sam. All in good health, sir. 1 hope Mrs.
- and all your children well, SIR
Vestryman. Nothing to complain Of Sam
Mrs. - and the children are well as usual
Sam. Glad to hear it, SIR
Vestryman. How does the world serve you,
Sam 2
Sam Sirp
Vestryman. Il mean how are you prospecting
III your business hope you are getting along
pretty WELL
Sam. Yes, sir, thank you, doing about as well
as my neighbors, believe'
= Vestryman. Sam, have called on YOU this ,
morning upon little business-that pew of yours.
. Sam. What sir?'
Vestryman. Would you like to sell itY
Sam. Not so disposed, sir. want it for my /
own use. and nv family must oo IN cburcb /