St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-13

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broke through the iron barriers which had
shut out all relief by sea, where those who
transmitted to me the life they had received
through race Of martyrs, and were ready
to lay down at the call Of duty. How un-
worthy am of so glorious heritage none
can know and feel as / do sflo "' -.1@.
When the members of this church emf
grated to this country and organized, their
attention was very soon called to American
slavery. They concluded that it was con'
trary to the spirit Of Christianity to buy
and sell the souls for whose redemption the
Lord of Glory assumed humanity and died
upon the cross; and in the year eighteen
hundred the synod passed resolution re-
fusing to admit as a member into the church
any person holding slaves. To this day
there are no shareholders in that church,
From infancy l was carefully educated in
the belief that it was one of the highest
christian duties to obey the divine COM
mand, Remember those who are in bonds
as bound with them"
In the years thirty-eight and nine, T
passed eighteen months in Louisville, Ken
lucky. There I found that the laws for
babe about one-fourth of all the people to
learn to read the name Of the God who
made them. A Presbyterian Sabbath
school was broken up, by the city authori-
ties, because slave children had been taught
to read the bible. There saw old women,
the mothers of large families, tottering to
the grave, without child or grandchild to
smooth their way, or minister to their de-
clining years. Ask the reason of their desc
late age, and the answer was "sold sold and
gone!" Ofall the children they had nursed>
the poor old mothers knew not the fate of
one. There saw younger mothers clasp
their infants to their bosom, in that frantic
agony which only a mother can know, and
plead as only mother can plead against
the cruelty which would drag her little one
from her arms, to sell her or it in the sham
bles like "the beast that perisheth. p
There became familiar with the history
of one young girl, white and beautiful as
any in St. Cloud, educated too, and accom-
plished by her monster father, who was sold
to brutal Irishman, locked in room, fed
on bread and water, horsewhipped and
finally imprisoned in common work
house, and scourged at the whipping post
by city officer, for the crime of preserving
her chastity. There knclt and asking
the God Of my fathers to hear, record and
give strength to perform my vow, pledged
ssmy life, my fortune and my sacred hon
orr to the cause of these my outraged
countrywomen. Through much weakness
and many difficulties / have endeayored to
perform my vow.:y.a &.sG ,nt - s.ze.l::>
When nv vital force appeared exhausted,
I came to Minnesota for health and
found much larger supply than I had
dared to hope Soon after I arrived the
Minnesota advertiser was discontinued
Mr. Brott, the proprietor, called upon me
to consult about reviying it, or starting a
substitute. I stated to him, as prclimina:
~, that I was an out and out Aboitionist,
and could not edit paper in which had
not full liberty to- express my sentiments
on any question. He replied that he was
a. Democrat, but that all Democrats recog.
nised a lady's right to talk any kind Of pol.
itics she had amind to; that the object o1
a press here, was to advertise the town and
surrounding country, to make the public
acquainted with it's advantages so as to In
duce immigration. This object my reason
and conscience fully approved. My heac
and heart were overdowiug with admiration
of this beautiful land, and nothing could s.
CRAFTY me as an opportunity of telling thu
world Of the Canaan had found. Thi.
satisfied him, and he proposed paying, m.
any salary I should name, to take charge
of paper here. To this I objected. II
had less interest in advertising the place
than several others. I did not like to 'hav'
one man pay me for doing the work Of an
other. -5s u 5 .Gsl .ie5 p .oa.&
L wrote or7spoke to most Of these gentle
men, most of whom promptly signifed thei
assent to the plan; and the. N;siter wa
started. Amongst others, I had written t
Gen: Lowry. From his reply ! inferred
that he fully approved of the plan, ant
would be-. willing to contribute very iber
ally; but he suggested the propriety Of m,
cutting out the third article of my prospec
tus, if Z could not make the paper "entirel!
Democratic, z and proposed calling to: com
! plete some arrangements. ! thought hin
j in jest. It did not occur to me as posi-
bic, that gentleman Of Mr Lowrys stan
tdsng, 50 wealthy a proprietor, could refds
to support the only press in his county, Q
] likely to be in it, simply for fear Of the pc
litcal influence of one little old woman.
publicly alluded to hisobjections and invited
those who differed with me to use the col
umns Of the Hisiter for the purpose Of refu
ting my heresies. =sfss9.' =ttf q s. ssszsss, {.
As it. was the only press here ant
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