Brookville American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1858-1861, 1858-10-01
For the DrookvIlis American.
Edinburgh Correspondence.


EDINBURGH, Sep. II, SO; p
. Several weeks have passed since
last dropped you line, and | feel to.
night like writing You short letter.
Have you seen the comet. or comets ?
A very nice looking ono with n "sprcad
eagle" tail, ia now visible in the North
west, early in tho evening, about the
time the stars arc lighted. The samc
one, or q larger one, is to be secn about
half.past four in the morning, In the
north cast To the lovor of the span
glod sky these visitors are interesting,
as they are not often SO plainly to bs
seen. hope mono Of your readers will
be alarmed at tho presence, Of these
anight walkers" as they are Of the
harmless kind, and thus far their tails
arc not eathwsrd, and we may hope to
escape all harm, There may, however,
DO some meaning in their visit Mt this
timo, but cannot toll what it is, unless
it.bo that money is scarce, and that Re-
publicanism is bound TO carry Indiana,
oyerwhslmingly'at the coming election.
Speaking of politics, ] am reminded Of
that touching,' beautiful song, "Nellio
Gray" | heard II -.scg tonight, and
my Thoughts were in the land of bond.
dagc, where the wall of the oppressed
is continually going up to enter the
ears Of the Judge Of all. ] thought of
a crippled negro as she felt the singing
lash Of christian God save the mark
Master, who dared to abuse as white q
soul ashe hinselfpossessed. ] thought
OF tho ragged, untaught, unfed, down
'trodden slave MS he tolls for his master
and gets nqhght but abuse, the lash and
death for his labor: thought of the
mother as she wiped the scalding tear
from her eye, whom she thought Of the
child of her love rs il was torn from
her and sold in the shamblcs, / thought
of tho husband and wife as they wept
in their parting agony, and wonder
cd where was the God that rained firc on
Sodom, that he did not dcvour our land
with cursc--a land stained with blood
as good rs ours; land wet with tears
as warm as ours; a land filed with
hearts crushed beneath weight of wo
--"sum Of oil villanics,' is slavery !?
Yea tho step-child of He'll, the impcr-
sonatiou Of the meanest,. blacklist
crimes of sin.cursed world. Yet we
have men in Indiana who will vote for
slave holders, and for men who would
throw open our broad prairies to the
South, that the black, whitening curse
Of human bondage might rest as dead
ly niasma. upon them. Is there, can
there be freeman who. will vote for
man who will favor the giving of an.
other foot of territory to slavery If
so, hope ho may have to spend his
own life in slavery, and see his own
children sold into servitude,
'1ell me HATE that curse
HATE is feeble word
LoArHE, abhor My very soul
With strong disgust is stirred
Whenever see or hear, or tell
OF thee, thou blacklist child of He'll !"
''Up in Heaven there they say,
That they never take you from me any more "
We'll, that is consoling, that tho
day of freedom comes when the storm
of lifo blows over, and when God shall
reward his servants. had rather be a
southern slave tonight, with a Uhite
heart, than to be a Northern man voting
10 enslave men to'whom God hath Civ
en- an indcieasiblc title 70 freedom. But
the day of final rctribution hasteneth
and as sure as God rul.th so sure will
the negro be exalted, and the cowardly
stakeholder, and northern man with
southrcn principles be abascd and pun.
shed. So mote it be 7? r.