Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1860-02-10
Beauties OF oar Government.

W nave NlNlHNl lACSAl AAhNAih'AN'' " wv
greatness Of our country, and especially Of
its greatest institution and let It be re-
membered the affair we are about TO relate
occurred at Washington, a piece of territory
under the Jurisdiction of the udited Safes,
and in the government of which the free
States have an equal responsibility. We
are led to these remarks by an occurrence
which took place in plymouth church,
Brooklyn, last Sabbath. A little acdie
clla1el nine years Of age, was introduced TO
the Sunday school of the Church by Mr..
Til'on, It's story was his 1t is one of
six children whose mother was slave and
whose father is u physician--of course a
man of the highest standing in the City of
Washington. These children, with the eX-
cepiion Of this one, the youngest, were at
various times sold, and the mother was
sold " down South" This remaining chat
tel was put under the care of its grand
mother in Washington. The owners-a
firm of ve-traders-agreed to let the lit
tie white chattel remain in the hands Of the
old chattel, to pacify the latter for the break
ing up of all its family: (Hail Columbia y
During Christmas week the cd chattel
the young chaltel was to be sold to the
South bccausee an offer of $500 had been
made for it. The party desiring to buy
was a Christian who believed in the COM
mand +" Be fruitful and multiply" and
wished TO hold the chattel until it was old
enough to breed stock. The chattel so
soon as it heard this ran up stairs to the
garnet, locked the door on the inside and
barricaded it with several trunks. The
Christian slave traders went up stairs and
demanded admittance so did the old ch1t-
tel, but the young chattel refused TO lei
them in. SO the door was forced by the
Christian slave traders. Not to make the
STORY too long, suffice to say that a clergy.
man lately from Alexandria who knew the
young chatel and the old chattel as well
nterfcrlered to the extent of getting bond.
and permission to bring the. young chatel tc
the North, where the said chattel arrived
Saturday last and was taken othe Sunday
School yesterday rs we have stated. II
was presented to 400 children not better
looking or whittier than itself. The clergy.
man who befriended it related many Incl
dents of its life from bis own persona
knowledge. Mr.. Tilton addressed the chill
dren, and the result was subscription OF
their part of 5000. After the sermon by
Mr.. Beecher, he presented the case to the
company, and called the chattel to the plat
form. The sight of the chattel wa
enough. Much money was raised for thu
purchase of the chattel, but before ii coult
| be counted, a note was sent up TO Mr.
Beccher by lady saying that she woul,
he responsible if there was any defcienc,
in the sum. The people applauded as the.
i did at the Octoroon. This chatel is octo
room halved-only sixteenth blood. TIL
audience then gathered round the chatte
and made much Of it.
/ After such an exhibition as this who ca
doubt that we are favored of Heaven, an
that the Declaration of Independence an
the Constitution of the United States ST
cure to man, woman, and child liberty if
they can pay for it. How noble is chiva
ryl To beget white daughters and the
have them sold as breeders
;. Hail Colnmhia. once more