Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-28

she sought the authority whish would en-
able her to take part in the aUsul drams
which was being enacted in the republic;
and, that once being obtained, she at once
entered upon her work. After this she was
engaged in first one field of labor and then
another Here she was teaching: there she
was preaching and nursing, and in still an
other place she was watching and praying
ever anxious, and ready at all times to
counsel, comfort, and assist.
ENOUGH BLooMER COSTUME.
One of the meetings which she attended was
woman's rights meeting. They asked hel
10 speak, SO she rose up and said: 'iSissers, ]
amt clear what you'd be after. Eff women
want any rights more'n dey's got, why don't
dey just take 'em, an not be talkin' about it %
" hen asked why she did not wear Bloomer
costume, she replied: 81 had Boomers enough
when was in bondage. You see, they used
TO wear what dey called niger cloth, and
each one of US got sach strip an had to wear
1t widthwise. Them that was short got along
pretty well, but as for me-tell you'll had
enough of Boomers"
MARTYR FOR HER RACE.
At one time she was walking with Mrs.
Laura Haviland, wellknown philanthro-
pist Mrs b. proposed to take a street car,
and when Sojourner stepped on, too, the
conductor pushed her to one side SO forcibly
as to dislocate her shoulder. She took the
number of the car and made complaint at
the Office of the company. The president
advised her to have the conductor arrested
for assault and battery, and she did. This
caused a great sensation, as it was the first
appeal to the courts to protect the colored
people in their rights. The conductor lost
his situation, and before the trial was con-
cluded the colored people were allowed to
ride as freely as the whites, and the conduct
ors spoke to them as courteously as to Others
One day Sojourner heard a conductor say to
two colored women: '.Walk in, ladies' and
she said that was well worth broken arm.
SILENT AND SUBTLE POWER.
Sojourner was Of tall, spare form, and
possessed of ga silent and subtle power, u
given only to her race. She had no educa-
ton, no culture TO guide her. She knew by
experience what were the sufferings Of her
people, and she thought she had seen God.
Uniting in her mission the liberation Of the
former with the service Of the latter, she
went out among the people, speaking at
meetings and anniversaries of various kinds
Her power was wonderful, as was her faith.
Frederick Douglass was once speaking in Fan
euil hall, Boston, CT the wrongs of the negro
race. He was ready to despair, and said he
had no hope in the whites: the hope of the
slaves now was in their own right arm, and
blood must be their redeemer. As he sat
down Sojourner asked, in her deep, peculiar
voice, Frederick, is God dead.' The effect
was electrical, changing the feelings of the
audience from despair to hope and enthu-
siasm.
HER UNBoUNDED FAITH.
Many other incidents might be related of
Sojourner Truth, but these will suffice to
show her character and give one an idea of
one OF the most remarkable women Of the
century. She worked in her humble wav.
but her purpose was always right and her
words were often wiser than those who had
had much better advantages. Her unbounded
faith in God carried her through many crises
and her simple believing inspired others
with like sentiment, which helped them
through their trials. All will remember her
journey to the blacks in Kansas four years
ago, at the time of the southern exodus and
her words of wisdom that helped to settle
that question. She retained her wonderful
powers to the last, and as she spoke words of
wisdom in her old age one hearing her MIGHT