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1 Nat'l Freedman 1 (1865)

handle is hein.slavery/ntlfredm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: TILE ,iial re A MONTHLY JOURNAL Vhe a.ent . N RdmRFEs elief 19s1ciato. Vol. I. NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 1, 1865. No. 1. THE NATIONAL FREEDMAN is published monthly, at No. 1 Mercer Street, New York, as the organ of the NATIONAL FREEDMEN'S RELIEF ASsocIATIoN. All communications for the National Freedman should be addressed to the Editor, Rev. W. G. Hawkins, No. 1 Mercer Street, New York, and must be accompanied by the full address of the writer. Terms, per annum............ .....$1 00 Single copies... ................... 0 10 An Appeal. From afar there comes a voice of pleading, Which seems heart-full of pain and choked with tears; It struggles up through sounds accursed of battle, And thrills the soul with human hopes and fears. An earnest, sad, far-off, soul-thrilling call, A tearful Macedonian cry of Paul I Pause thou, in thronged street or warehouse, Look up from careful count of loss and gain, And heed, above the hum and beat of traffic, This voice, like many waters, full of pain, From struggling souls in chains who would be free, It calls o'er hill, and wood, and flood, to thee. God will curse the ear that gives no heeding I God will curse the hands that idly fold I The heart that's closed against a sufferer's pleading, That's locked with sellish, greedy, thirst for gold ! Ah, I-leaven hath linked oppressor with oppressed, And sin and misery march to Fate abreast ! Think of our shattered, smitten land that's bleeding! Of march-wora, sickening sons, and blazing towns I Of starving prisoners in a Southron's slave-pen I Of ghock and roar of battle 1-tracking hounds I Of foul, dank swamp land where our children die I Of shrouds of moss where the uncoffined lie I 1 Nor court the smiting rod of the Avenger- Say, brother, cans't thou measure arms with God? If thou relent, do works meet for repentance, Raise up the crushed one from the broken sod. Strike off from soul and limb the servile chain, And clothe and feed these suffering sons of pain I And then, on fields of duty widely opening, The faltering steps of millions thou may'st guide May'st bless by word and deed, most gently leading Thy crippled brother up a path untried. Then groans shall die out from the burdened air, And songs of Peace shall drown the noise of war I The above appeal comes from one of our former teachers, who has seen much suffering among the freedmen of South Carolina. These lines were written upon receiving the appeal for Gen. Sherman's Freedmen. Vicksbtirg, Miss. HEADQ'RS 47THI REG. U. S. COL INF. VICKSBURG, Jan. 11, 1865. F. G. SHAW, Pres. N. F. R. A., New York. My dear Sir:-At the request of Mr. Wilkes, I cheerfully send you this communication in reference to the work among the freedmen in this portion of the valley. From it I hope you may gather some suggestions which will be of service to you in your future plans. THE FREEDMEN-READINESS TO HELP THEMSELVES. If I have learned any thing from my year's labor among the colored race in this department, Digitized from the Rare Book Division. Princeton Univ. Library

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