48/91 Calling upon a married lady, a near relative of one who has been Vice-President of the United States, she found her with a little sick black babe at her breast. I am not informed whether she was what is called among us a "friend of the slave;" the eminent lady friend whom she visited certainly was such, in the best sense. The Northern lady's feelings of repugnance would not be found to be peculiar to her among our Northern people. The little babe died on the lap of the Southern lady. When you stigmatize the Southerners as oppressors, my only consolation for you is that you know not what you do. |