of a Hindoo being
loth to cut a tree because being a believer in the
transmigration of souls, he thought the soul of his father had
passed into it ... Oh, friend, beneath the most delicate
preparations of the cane can you not see the stinging lash and
clotted whip? I have reason to be thankful that I am able to
give a little more for a Free Labor dress, if it is coarser. I
can thank God that upon its warp and woof I see no stain of
blood and tears; that to procure a little finer muslin for my
limbs no crushed and broken heart went out in sighs, and that
from the field where it was raised went up no wild and startling
cry unto the throne of God to witness there in language deep and
strong, that in demanding that cotton I was nerving oppression's
hand for deeds of guilt and crime. If the liberation of the
slave demanded it, I could consent to part with a portion of the
blood from my own veins if that would do him any good."

After having thus alluded to free labor, she gave a short journal of the
different places where she had recently lectured from the 5th of
September to the 20th of October, which we mention here simply to show
the perseverance which characterized her as an advocate of her enslaved
race, and at the same time show how doors everywhere opened to her:
Portland, Monmouth Centre, North Berwick, Limerick (two meetings),
Springvale, Portsmouth, Elliott, Waterborough (spoke four times), Lyman,
Saccarappo, Moderation, Steep Falls (twice), North Buxton, Goram,
Gardner, Litchfield, twice, Monmouth Ridge twice, Monmouth Centre three
times, Litchfield second time, West Waterville twice, Livermore Temple.
Her ability and labors were everywhere appreciated, and her meetings
largely attended. In a subsequent letter referring to the manner that
she was received, she wrote, "A short while ago when I was down this way
I took breakfast with the then Governor of Maine."

For a year and a half she continued in the Eastern States, speaking in
most or all of them with marked success; the papers meting out to her
full commendation for her efforts. The following extract clipped from
the Portland Daily Press, respecting a lecture that she was invited to
deliver after the war by the Mayor (Mr. Washburne) and others, is a fair
sample of notices from this source:

"She spoke for nearly an hour and a half, her subject being 'The
Mission of the War, and the Dem