New-York daily tribune., 1859-12-24
VIRGINIA AND MASSACHUSETTS,.
INTERESTING CORRESPONDENTS.

| Letter from Mrs.. Mason Of Va. to l.. Maria CAild
ALTO, King Georges Co., Va, Nov. IL lssa
Do you read your Bible Mrs. Chidi IL you do.
read there Woe unto you, hypocrites,' and take 70
| youneh with two-fold dsmnation that terrible sen
tenee for rest assured in the day Of Judgment il sba
be toerabe for thoee thus scathed by the awful
dennnciation Of the Son of God, than for you. Yoa
would sootbe with sftery and motherly care the
hoary headed murderer of Harpers Ferry A mar
whose Aim and intention to ncite the horrors of
ser,ie war-to condemn women of your own race ere
sah closed their eyes their suerngs from violence
and outrage, TO their husbands and fathers mur-
dered their children butchered the ground strewed
with the brains Of their babes. The anteseden,s Of
Browns band prove them to have been the of.
scourngs of the earth; and what would have been
fate had they found many sympathisers in yir-
eina as they seem to have in Massachusettsi
Now, compare yourself with those your "sympa-
Thy" would devote to such ruthless run and say, on
that word Of honor, which never has been broken"
would you stand by the bedside of an old negro DIV.
ing of hopeless disease, TO alleviate his suferings as
far as human aid eould' Have you ever watched the
last lingering illness of a consumptive, to soothe, as
far in you lay the inevitable fate Do you soften
the Yangs of maternity in those around YOU by all
the care and comfort you give Do you grieye
with those you, even though their sorrows re-
suited from their own misconductl Did you ever sit
up until the "wee hours TO complete dress for a
motheress child, that she might appear on Christmas
day in a new one, along with her fortunate COM
psI lone We do these and more for servants and
why : Because endeavor TO do our duty in that
state of life IL has pleased God TO place u.s. la His re-
veaed word We read duties 10 them-theirs 70 US
there also" Not only to the good and gentle but
to the foward "-Peter, ii: 49, Go thou and do ike
wife, and keep away from Charlestown. If the sto-
read in the public prnts be true, of tho snrines
Of the poor of the North you need 90 far for OBJ
jects of charity. Thou hypocrite take first the
beam out Of thine eye then shalt thou see clearly
to pull the mote out of thy neighbor's" But it, in
deed you do lack objects Of sympathy near YOU 20 10
Jefferson County, TO the family of George Turner a
Col Washington causing him TO risk his life, was
ihot down like dog Or 70 that of old Beckham,
whose grief at the murder of his negro subordinate
made HIM nee tlcssy expose himself 10 the aim of the
ASSASSIN Brown. And when you can equal in deeds
OF love and charity TO those around you what is shown
by nine-tentLs OF the Virginia plantations, then by
your sympathy whet the knives for throats and
kndle the torch that fires homes You reverence
Brown for his clemency 10 bis prisoners Prisoners
and how taken unsuspecting workmen, going 70
their daily duties; unarmed gentlemen taken from
their beds at the dead hour of the night by six men
Couby and trebly armed Suppose he had hurt hair
OF their heads do you think of the band of despe
radoes would have left the engne-house alive And
did not he know that bis treatment Of them was his
only hope of life then, Of cemency afterward OF
Coufe be did The United States troops could not have
prevented him from being torn limb from limb.
will add, in conclusion, no Southerner ought, after
your letter TO Gov Wise and TO Brown, 10 read
which bears your name in its list of contributors and
this hope for the sympathy least of those at
the North who deserve the name of woman.
M c. MASON