Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 14, 1852
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 14, 1852
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Date:1852-06-14
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 14, 1852
action: sent
sender: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location: Auburn, NY
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Washington D.C., US
transcription: sts
revision: crb 2019-02-21
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Monday Morning
My dear Henry
The morning is so
unpropitious that I cannot
let Fred
well – We have a cold
rain this morning –
I sat up after all had returned
last night to read Dr
Channing
full of true and beautiful
sentiments – "He who can-
not see a brother, a child
of God, a man possessing all
the nights of Humanity, under
a skin darker than his own,
wants the vision of a Christian.
To look unmoved on the
degradation and wrongs of
a fellow creature, because
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burned by a fiercer sun,
proves us strangers to justice
and love, in those Universal
forms which characterize
Christianity – The Spirit
of Christianity is universal
justice – It respects all the
rights of all beings – It
suffers none however obscure,
to be wronged, without
condemning the wrong doer.
Impartial, uncompromising,
fearless, it screens no favorites,
is dazzled by no power, it
spreads its shield over
the weakest, summons
the mightiest to its bar,
and speaks to the conscience
in tones under which the
mightiest have quailed –
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It is also universal love,
comprehending those that are near
and those that are far off,
the high & the low, the rich
& the poor, descending to the
fallen, & especially to those in
whom human nature is tram-
pled under foot – Such
is ^is the spirit of^ Christianity, and nothing
but the illumination of this
spirit can prepare us to
pass judgement upon Slavery" –
I can think of but few indeed
just now of but one
person who seems by
action to feel the influence
of this spirit –
Fred has concluded to go –
Wont you send me Charles
& Clarks
Monday Morning
My dear Henry
The morning is so
unpropitious that I cannot
let Fred
Birth: 1830-07-08 Death: 1915-04-25
go as he is notwell – We have a cold
rain this morning –
I sat up after all had returned
last night to read Dr
Channing
Birth: 1780-04-07 Death: 1842-10-02
on Slavery
Author: William E. Channing Publisher: James Munroe and Company Place of Publication:Boston Date: 1843-1845
– It isfull of true and beautiful
sentiments – "He who can-
not see a brother, a child
of God, a man possessing all
the nights of Humanity, under
a skin darker than his own,
wants the vision of a Christian.
To look unmoved on the
degradation and wrongs of
a fellow creature, because
burned by a fiercer sun,
proves us strangers to justice
and love, in those Universal
forms which characterize
Christianity – The Spirit
of Christianity is universal
justice – It respects all the
rights of all beings – It
suffers none however obscure,
to be wronged, without
condemning the wrong doer.
Impartial, uncompromising,
fearless, it screens no favorites,
is dazzled by no power, it
spreads its shield over
the weakest, summons
the mightiest to its bar,
and speaks to the conscience
in tones under which the
mightiest have quailed –
It is also universal love,
comprehending those that are near
and those that are far off,
the high & the low, the rich
& the poor, descending to the
fallen, & especially to those in
whom human nature is tram-
pled under foot – Such
is ^is the spirit of^ Christianity, and nothing
but the illumination of this
spirit can prepare us to
pass judgement upon Slavery" –
I can think of but few indeed
just now of but one
person who seems by
action to feel the influence
of this spirit –
Fred has concluded to go –
Wont you send me Charles
Birth: 1811-01-06 Death: 1874-03-11
& Clarks
Birth: 1789-04-01 Death: 1870-11-23
speech –