Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1856-11-20
Kansas Letter frcm the widow Of Lord
Byron.

Adusd6-16Ct6I HEN tu9 WIuuW vi 10Iu
Byron.
ANpovEn. November 10. 1885,
To the Easor Of he Boston Telegraph:
Dear Sir: have Just rnceived firm fnnion a note
from Lady byron 1.-THE widow Of the poet) to Mrs. .
Stowe, Of which send you cory N
October II, 1855.
Dear Mrs. Stowe vii, voa kindlv undertake.
in transmitting nv subscription twards tie ve,;ef
If the snfferers w Kansas tn srcrte this p,n-ihat
providing arms! II ia however intended az an ~x-
preston Of sympathy with Those who hare resisted
onnros.inn NJ the hayari 1T ne and pronerty ami
cannot bnt hone that such sympathy Is felt warm
ly by many here by
Tho inclcsure was a draft fer 65 pounds sterling.
Having had the pleasure ut n personal acqnaint-
anre with fn'v Rvroh can testify that she IL of
the most intelligent and most truly excellent
have ever seen and her symnnthv, gond will and
PRAYERS r the canse are, to my FEELINGS. more graf
flying than any amount # money I will Of
her whit was sal q May in the Gospel !" She
hath done what she could, b"
Respectfully yours C. E Srows.
How touchingy beautiful this expression Of ccm-
mon 1--we and sympathy that c'mes to us Across the
writer Daughters Of Ltchfeld County! do not " ur
hearts throb in nnion with the heart Of this bic
lady' Will You not extend your hands helpers in
this great work for your unity, FIR humanity. and
for Gods There many energetic souls among
you, many hears that are filed with 1--we and tender
ness and lives corisecrated by earnest selfdenyng
action To such we speak, when we ash you nnw to
stand forth witnesses TO tlre truth TO human right
all that hallows earthly love- or renders life sacred
and valuable.
Look at Kansas, as she spreads out her hands to-
wards you in imploring hsplessness Listen d the
maddening outcry of infuristed they violate
the homes hat pouring forth their trembling oc-
curants trampng upon all that's pure and rev, rend
and holy in families, bunting down aged men and
defenceless women, till agonzed with pal and goad-
ed by suffering, nothing remains for them but inev.
table and terrible death.
Within the prison. and dungeon walls Of Kansas
ninety eight brave and heroic men to-day arc im-
INJURED. Men who were driven out If their homes,
tracking their way through fire and blood. victims Of
other crime bot loving Freedom AMI defending it
1t is terrible to think that God is just, and that
there " is o Judgment to come"
Numbers of gentle and true hearted women, who
mo ed Ivy the holy influences of love and daty
went forth from New England homes to share In the
struggles and suferings of those dear to them are
day after day collecting together in little bands
Or wandering forth homeless, foot sore and weary,
pausing faint at every step, to clasp their Re ones
mere closely to their BOSOM as they think Of that
Heaven which to them seems 80 UNNECESSARILY re-
mote.
Do you weep over the history Of such human sin
and anguish and have you nothing spare for these
sufferers but an inactive and unn,sanig synpashy' Do
you shrink from the faithful performance Of those
stern duties. and solemn responsibilities which grow
out Of your relation to the down trodJen and op-
pressed and yet rejoice that one comnron sanctify
ing spirit Of love pssvades alike your soul and those
Of the good. and the holy in every an6s
This is no idle questioning, but which involves
deep and penlous interests. Ponder it solOsnnly,
and to-morrow, from out Of the joy and gladness
that crowns your life, with the that beats
mournfully over II. win you not remember the so-
tary prisons, the bleeding hearts, and dsselated
homes Of Kansas