Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1860-02-02
From the New York Tribune.
Interesting Correspondence.


Child.
Afro, King Georges Co.. Va. Nov, IL.
le59.
Do you read your Bible Mrs. Child?
If YOU do, read there "Woc unto you,
hypocrites." and take to yourself with
two-fold damnation that terrible SEN
tencc: for, rest assured, in the day of
Judgment il shall be more tolerable
for those thus scathcd by the awful de-
nunciation Of the Son Of God. than
for YOU You would soothe with Sis
terly and mo,herly care the hoary.
headed murderer of Harper's Ferry
\ man whose aim and intention was
to incite the horrors of servile wal
to condemn women of your own race.
ere death closed their eyes on their
sufferings from violence and outrage.
to see their husbands and fathers mur-
dered, their children butchered. the
ground strewed with the brains Of
their babes. The antecedents Of
Downs band prove them to have been
the ofiscourings OF the earth; and what
would have been our Fate had they
found as many sympathisers in Vir-
ginia az they seem to have in Massa-
chusetts?
Now, compare yourself with those
your sympathy" would devote to
such ruthless ruin. and say. on that
"worl of honor which never has been
broken would you stand 10y the bed
side of an old negro. dying OF a hope
less disease, to alleviate his suflcrings
as far as human aid coulde Have
you ever watched the last. lingering
illness of consumptive. to sooihc. a.
far as in you lay. the inevitable fate?
Do you soften the pangs of maternity
in those around you by all the care
and comfort you can give? Do you
grievc with those near yon, even
though their sorrows resulted from
their own misconduct Did you ever
sit mp until the "wcc hours" TO COM
pletc dress for motherless child,
that she might appear on Christmas
day in new one, along with her
more fortunate companions? We do
these and moie for our seri ants, and
why? Because we endcavor TO do or
duty an that state yEteH hos pleased
God TO place as. In his revealed word
we read our duties To thcm-theirs TO
us are there also-"Not only TO the
good aud gentle. but to the froward." I"
-(Pc,er, ii: lS.) Go thou and do
likewise. and keep away from Charles
town. If the stories read in the pub
lie prints he true. Of the suffcrlngs Of
the poor Of the North. You need not
go far for objects Of charity. "Thou
hypocritc. take first the beam ont OF
thine own eve. then shalt thou see
clearly to pull the mote out of thy
neighhor's. But il. indeed you lack
objects of sympathy near yon. go to
Jefferson County. to the family OF
George Turner, noble. true-hcsrted
man. whose devotion to his friend
[Col. Washington causing him to
risk his life. was shot down like dog
Or to that Of old Bcckham. whose
grief at the murder of his negro sub
ordinate made him necdlessly expose
himself to the aim Of the assassin
Brown. And when yon can equal in
deeds Of love and charity of those
around You. what is shown 10y nine
tcnth> Of the Virginia plantations. then
by your sympathy whet the knives
for our throats and kindle the torch
that fires our homes. Iou reverence
Brown for his clemency to his prison
ersl Prisoners and how taken? Tn.
suspccting workmen. going to their
daily duties; unarmed gentlemen. ia.
ken from their beds at the dead hon
Of the night. BY six men doubly and
trcbly armed. Suppose he had hurt &
hair of their heads. do 'you think one
} Of the band of desperadoes would hav,
left the engine e-house alive? And did
not he know that his treatment O
them was his only hope of life then. OF
of clemency afterward? OF course h,
did. The United States troops coult
not have prevented him from being
torn limb from limb.
! will add, in conclusion, no South
crner onghf. after your letter to Gov
Wise. and to Brown. to read line o
your composition. or to touch a mag
azine which bears your name in il
list of contributors: and in this W,
hope Tor the sympathy at least of tn
e North who deserve the name O
woman.
NJ. J. G. MASON.
Mrs. Chiid.s Reply.
WAYLAxp. Mass. Dec. Il 1859.
Prolonged absence from home ha
l