Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1857-02-20
NJ | 5 c T. LII A n Y.
THE SPOT OF BLOOD.


Others 70 supply the southern slave market.
In the last orthcsc carriages at woman
8, nearly white, that, but for her position.
it would have been difficult t, discover the
traces Of intermXturc with the African race.
Her slit black hair hung uucircd ror. shad.
ing hcy large lus'rous black eyes her fca.
turcs were as finely ani rs delicately cutas
a statue by the bands Of au accomplished
artist. She moved not. spoke not looked
not either 10 the right or lrli, and seemed to
be wholly unconscious Of ohicct,arouul her
on her face 'at not SORROW nor trace, Of mcn.
tai suffering, nor grief nor anguish, nor
mivry-bu; despair.
Tie agent went quickly 90 the rear, and
there, seated urrish, in the buggy, hy the
side u ribh,, ut Patsy, a.. woman already
described. \ single drop aI blood rested
j1', below onq'ol tdc corner. other mouth /,
her face was .ai, even ia death, r,r she was
dead, hsr hear, had broken.
Poor Patsy ln h,rl.,,t.uuas h1usemail
in d family IN Washington cI'y. she haiol.
suoI ,aa i.p1y,ueui OF cultivated persons,
and hrr own manner, w,rc a, quiet and ~.
GucI O.. ,hc best culture could make them.
Tho amo dream. or la,r aud harriuc..
passed through her girli.h Imagination, aud
warmed hrr heart, that chrrrAul soften the
hearts Of an hsr ssk. AuIthu 10 married
married the lover Of her youth, auI af her
choicc-anl loved him more intensely than
she loved her own llIr. n. was isyc man.
a mechanic, iuIustr,1u. and sober, and they
both hoped that. by h. industry, she would
soon become free. Children clustered around
their humble hearth, and the lolt.tsp, OF
their lii'I, f'e, as they followed her, made
music TO her heart. They throw their arms
around her neck, aul sho bali forge, iu their
carc.e, that .ac wa,a slave. Her liul,
boy, vi,h h.'-igh c'u.,sr. ur hair shadin:
ui, hr1nfri forehead. was igr.r % hrr, d..
au-c hs bore ,he manly image OF hi, father
Her l,,l, rrattliu. girl. wirrl with hur .1it
hiul, thc tslr frlm lyr face. anil s1o,hrI
r.rvitl Kind aud rlufr,Ir- words while
.Nr v.l' lr.m iho far of ..plui.n. The
.mil.. of h,r infant vrr, d..-.a a, such
smile. a,v,v, are. :, the mother. heart
Aud then came gloomy hr,b,lin.s or her
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mission tb,ta .I,,,.r,p .T,r tr,milip. a.
bc I,r.s,. toA cold and hearth, mi.tr.s,.
,,,rI r,,,,,, rr,,n ,l,, v,r,b,tmi.,r...
a., ir,vp that Gathered there when Patsy
arrr,,cbcI AMI ,b.r her husband m,,sl,
N r,l =, rurrra., her. hut the who'll, ,rnr.
,l,.-m,p,y v,, d,m.rI..l inanc r,ynrn,.
and in r,.h and hc had n, r,err q, MAX 4,
=, u.,r.r.I.,l,h,r Mr yr,r, ., y-,rs.
tI,r,v,yII r.r,m. an ola man. lu, t5a,
.gr wa. r,t,t.l IN, followed nervous
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nal ,'I,r.mrl.l,,th..,gpI .fr,sry ,rnr,,,b.
i.. r..rrr Anal then rsm, m. hour 81,
". J.,,,.I 81, .r.,,,y lr,,I.l. WHOM ,b,
fr,I.runi h,, ..n. ,rr.u. urln hsr ia her
l.g. L.m,. and t.r, l.r from ,n, arm. of
b.r children. ,I, h.,,,,k-r,c las, cm.
hr,,, %, her little Harry. and her girl. and
b.rl,r, Can y,p wonder that sh, died
tr,l,n.t..,r,.l f,ra,,y from an N, loved
with n, kind hand T., s,,,ha the anguish
n.r5,ipr hour. and ,la, q I.lp Of blood
r..,,l ur,n her face,
The traveller wen, on %, journey, but that
Jr,p Of blood on that pal, face nj that poor
slave. n, sac at cold in death male l,ep
imprs..iyn uron him. Psrhap, the optic
nrr,, wa. diseased. In after years, be ,lw
i, in plac.. where 10, presence va, least
l,,sI Tor. IIe uW iton balls Of cotton,
and ho-,hc,I, of SUGAR; ON nsw.rlprr.-
r,.n r.liri.u, rlrsr, We're sp,t,ed with ~.
o, b.,k.s sr .cirnc,and,fc ethics. ON record,
# c,ur,. n, .,w il .prgal. until they were.
B., ,I,,.. ,,,rr.i with crimson. n, saw il
ON IN, ballot. aud ip a., right hand of thc
voter, till the palm Of that rish, hand was
rel with blood.
lie saw it beneath the blaze Of gl'-lishts,
where long rows of silver and cutsll.s or.
uamen,el the table, and beautiful women
and brave and learned men sat jOyousiy ~
the feast, aud there, in a moment Of rcycric
that drop Of blood oozrl out upon each
plate, and spotted each glass, until his soul
sickcncd at the sight.
4 beautiful young bride, dcckcd in white
robes. with orange llowcrs upon her head,
aud surrounded by groups Of laughing girls,
wa. arranging her hair before .he went