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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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THE TOUGHSTONE.
BY WILLIAM ALLENGHAME.
A man there came, whence none could tell,
Bearing a touchstone in his hand,
And tested all things in the land
By its unerring spell.
A thousand transformations rose,
From fair to foul, from foul to fair;
The golden crown he did not share,
Nor scorn the beggar's clothes.
Of heirloom jewels, prized so much,
Were many changed to chips and clods,
And even statues of the gods
Crumbled beneath its touch.
Then angrily the people cried,
"The loss outweighs the profit far,
Our goods suffice us as they are,
We will not have them tried."
But since they could not so avail
To check his unrelenting quest,
They seized him, saying, "Let him test
How real is our jail."
But though they slew him with their swords,
And in the fire the touchstone burned,
Its doings could not be o'erturned,
Its undoings restored.
And when, to stop all future harm,
They strewed his ashes to the breeze,
They little guessed each grain of these
Conveyed the perfect charm.
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