, 1880-12-05

/ takes hold Of dis Constitution. It looks
mighty big; and ! feels for my rights; out tdar
is ac cossitation H %a s An i1{s IL s e % :
dere is Il little ucnsct III ~ The effect of this
comparison OIL the multitude was Irresistible.
Sojourner is always
FOND OF SINGING
about her work; and the writer of this arti-
daughters husband {WiIliam Boyd, when
! they first CAME to Battle Creek being employed
To ITO Tile wurk about the house: was Of ten
der years then, and delighted TO have old
'Aunty Sojourner," as we always called her,
sing to us BY the freight OH cold winters
| evening. LII memory's picture | can recall
| tile EaInt, bony figure of this strange won-
an, is she sang with alf her soul and might,
III a peculiar, cracked voice, aud queer En-
| gllSll, lyric commencing:
| ''I'm ON my way to Canada,
| The dire effects 1f Slnvery
Gun no touger stnnd.
q, righteous Futher,
Do louk down or me,
| And help INC on to Canada.
Where colored folks are frec.''
| The song ran on to state that, when the
fugitive had crossed the Canada line,
| The Queen comes down unto tho shore,
| With nrtns extended wide,
| To welcome the poor fugitive
Safc OH to Freedoms side.
| In the statement thus set forth she seemed
| to have the most perfect, simple faith; and
she would sit By the fire. rocking her body
backward ani forward, nodding her head
with great delight, rs she iiunlnled this, and
many other tunes, over and over again.
It is the theory Of some writers that to the
African is reserved. in the later and PALMER
days Of the earth. the full and harmonious
ttsvelopment ot the religious element Ill man:
Tile African seems to seize on the tropical
feryor :nd ltxuriance Of Scripture imagery
as himself rs of the same blood with those
old burning, simple souls,
THE iAlh1ahchs' PROPHETS, AND sEEEs,
whose impassioned words seem only grated
as foreign plants OIL the cooler stock Of the
Occidental mind. I cannot but think that
S0jOurner, with the same culture, might
have spoken words as eloquent and undying
as those Of the African saint Augustine Or
| Tertuliian. How grand and tlueenIy q
woman she might have been, with her won
derfu! physical yigor, her grent, heaying sea
Of cl,4u1lor, her power Of spiritual corcep-
5loh, ler QUICK penetration, and her bound
'eS II e.1s ncfai,sr IF 1ss. soo,rncr conceived the
lAc:l Inat ssle must visit IreslaGnt LINCOLN.
4 laay accompanied lier to the White llouse,
n1lu lnsl0aNceo . lief 20 1nc ifeslMent us So
H,urhes S1;a1,; aiutn. VINO nag cone all lhe way
from ,Mlciiisan u see NM. Lllicoin arose,
gave ler MS hand, anu made: a bow, rs he
sllu, . am Pleased to see you" The rest OF
lne STORY Is Dest Toll! IN oo1ourner's own
"Dtas, a5 near as poSslnle:
satu 10 tlln, Mr: iresldent, when you
Irst TOOK your S2at feared YOU WOullt he
torn tn peces,-tor l likened yo!t to Daniel
w wnn WIS ~ liiToWn lnto tao Iohs. ten alld IL
+ wnuI1 t,n t:n, ,h.t ;vn,,''l liz e5"a ~, N KY
s"id to ,nvsrif r. rn e,'are.i ,.3,' ,a,, ,1
com. end en- WI, ,,selr hafora ;!1''r suu muu
ounce WIS ont' anu tie mas done SO, and
HERE AM TO SEE YOU
ar. Lincoln congratulated me on my having
been spared l told him that L Thought he
WIS me best Ilesidcnt that had ever lived. us
ae clEllctp:Icu Tie slaves. lie Saltt that Scy
erai other Pfcsldents, whom lie na.ned over.
would h*ye ttone as much it the time had
come wien they, were T1uulrcd to. llc
showed mt several nice presents Of his: and,
oi hIfs,' IN Il big, bold hard, and with tho
sttne myers that sHned the death-warrant
10 Slavery:
-. For Annty soiourner Truth.