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ANTI-SLAVERY TRACTS. No. 1. New Series . CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN LYDIA MARIA CHILD, AND GOV. WISE AND MRS. MASON, OF VIRGINIA. NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY. 1860. Correspondence: 1. L. Maria Child, Letter to Gov. Wise, Wayland, Mass., October 26th, 1859. 2. Reply of Gov. Wise (Richmond, Virginia), October 29th, 1859. 3. Mrs. Child to Gov. Wise 4. L. Maria Child EXPLANATORY LETTER. To The Editor Of The New York Tribune, Boston, Nov. 10, 1859. 5. MRS. CHILD TO JOHN BROWN. Wayland, Mass., Oct. 26, 1859. 6. REPLY OF JOHN BROWN. 7. LETTER OF MRS. MASON. Alto, King George's Co., Va., Nov. 11th, 1859. 8. REPLY OF MRS. CHILD. Wayland, Mass., Dec. 17th, 1859. 9. THE TOUGHSTONE. BY WILLIAM ALLENGHAME. (a closing poem) |
Correspondence
with Gov. Wise, John Brown, and Mrs. Mason
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EXPLANATORY LETTER.
To The Editor Of The New York Tribune:
Sir: I was much surprised to see my correspondence with Governor Wise published in your columns. As I have never given any person a copy, I presume you must have obtained it from Virginia. My proposal to go and nurse that brave and generous old man, who so willingly gives his life a sacrifice for God's oppressed poor, originated in a very simple and unmeritorious impulse of kindness. I heard his friends inquiring, "Has he no wife, or sister, that can go to nurse him? We are trying to ascertain, for he needs some one." My niece said she would go at once, if her health were strong enough to be trusted. I replied that my age and state of health rendered me a more suitable person to go, and that I would go most gladly. I accordingly wrote to Captain Brown, and enclosed the letter to Governor Wise. My intention was to slip away quietly, without having the affair made public. I packed my trunk and collected a quantity of old linen for lint, and awaited tidings from Virginia. When Governor Wise answered, he suggested the "imprudence of trying any experiment upon the peace of a society already greatly excited," &c. My husband and I took counsel together, and we both concluded that, as the noble old veteran was said to be fast recovering from his wounds, and as my presence might create a popular excitement unfavorable to such chance as the prisoner had for a fair trial, I had better wait until I received a reply from Captain Brown himself. Fearing to do him more harm than good by following my impulse, I waited for his own sanction. Meanwhile, his wife, said to be a brave-hearted Roman matron, worthy of such a mate, has gone to him, and I have received the following reply.
Respectfully yours,
.......... L. MARIA CHILD.
Boston, Nov. 10, 1859.
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