Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-10-08
From the Albany Journal
Sisters--North and South
\ BEAUTiFTL LETTER.

Many yorr< ago II lady. daughter of {
Idistineuis! South CarOlinian. came tC
reside if 81 northern State Recently. BY
the usage= or war. letter bag on-its way
to Charleston. fell into the hands of the
Government. and among the letters was
one, of which the following Is copy
We asked and obtained leave to publish
It, Suppressing names. Is it not very
beautiful?
| -. August 10 1862.
BELOVED SIsTER.-I have been yearning
to take my pen all the morning, for my
heart has been with you ; but various hin.
drances occur 10 frIIstrate our intentions,
and it Is the part of wisdom to meet our
daily disappointments with equanimity,
always looking at the bright side and
counting our pleasures instead Of our trials
1t has taken me nearly lifetime to learn
this simple lesson and even now hardly
practise it.
Ol perusing your letter, which we were
so happv To receive safely, | was led to
the query. What has made us differ -
Born. educated. domesticated under the
same influences. listening to the same
opinions. indoctrinated into the same be-
liefs-we are as wide asunder as the poles
in our principles. in our faith, in our man.
Hesitation of adherence TO the truth. We
have studied the same Bible, we rever-
ence the same truths: yet | can remem-
Der no period of my life. as far as my
memory can recall the past, when | did
not abhor Slavery You, on the contrary,
always approved il, and believed that our
Heavenly Father has set his seal upon it.
From my earliest youth, perhaps intlu-
enced by the sentiments of our sainted
brother. / have loved New England: have
regarded it as the moral and intellectual
paradise of the United States have al !
ways longed. and still long. to breathe its
air. enjoy its social. literary and religious |
privileges. You ON the contrary, seem !
ls if Won could only. speak in terms of Su-
perlItive contempt of the Yankees. / I
have studied this difference between Us,
and although / cannot account for it, |
see that it should teach lis liberation to-
ward those who differ from Us and can
not be sufficiently thankful that our diff
erenee of opinion has produced between
Is no alienation. | have written thus be
,ause the full heart presses to the gates Of
mpart what it feels.
As to the present fearful struggle be
ween liberty and slavery, | am dumb
open not my mouth. | see in it only
he terrible retribution which father fore
old. when he said to me-"The sun of
layery will set in blood :" and he added.
/ hope it may not be in my day"
hat prayer was granted that prophecy
now in its fulflment. The language of
'hrist is this day being accomplished, ,
Whatsoever We would that men should
o unto YOU. do We even so to them. for (
.ith what measure We mete 1t shall be i
leasured TO YOU again. Oh. sister, how =
seems to me the Negro and the Indian 6
Iaim of God this promise. We have l
sundered the tenderest ties of
Parents and childTen-hus- q
lnds and wives-nave been torn asunder; {
nd now Jehovah is giving us the same / /
liter cup to drink on the battlefield, and @
the hospital of the sick, the wounded {
nd the diving How many widows and II
.phans are this day weeping tears ofblood t
II the slain of my people. feel in this aw-
Il crisis, as if my only prayer Is, THY I
Ill be done" As TO who shall wear the q
urels of the cOnqueror, | have no will 7
utter no petition. Ny faith is, that God
i'll try us in the funace until we are pre- e
ared to carry out his grand design for n
lmanitv, until we are worthy to exhibit "
the nations of the earth people low il
q righteousness. and administering TO 7
ls poor and the oppressed. justice and Il
Grey. Then will the sword be staid, and t,
Ie proud and naughty, humbled. and Il
od alone will be exalted. G.