Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-10-13

citizens involved in the regular administration Of JUS
tce tina, would prompt our Misrepresentation IN the ex-
thority OF the laws that has surely right
plain who, with his associates have produced this very
person, the Scripture story of Haman and Mordecai
Taking into consideration the past association Of this
with noted Garrison and the abotonists in this
and other places, the manner in which he escaped from
! Lynch law in Virgnia, be excused only on the
of dire neeessity for it involves substantial false
hoods as any man meaning TO be villain, could utter.
But ii he be excused in tho instance where, it seems
he dsavowed all connexon with Garrison and the abo-
lonst ELSEWHERE, how eau his before named letter to
the aboi ION society in New York be reconccd with his
own vous of conduct In that letter he says
he never thought that the abolition society would urge
on their cause SIN advance of popular enlightenment and
general ripeness for action the part of all the people
of the Republic To show off the mendacity of the
man. need only few facts and copy a few sen.
fences from his own pen.
About year and half since this Otis deliver
ed what published aud circulated, pamphlet form,
FENCE OF THE PRINCIPLES OF WILLIAM
LLOYD GARRISON, benny an address deiice,ed before
The Beard of Managers of ne MAiyE AxrrSL,vERY So.
Getty IA Portland, Me the eseaig OF He LIST Of No
render. 1888. By ONE OF THE BOARD On the
counter side of the above Title page, (he pamphlet
dress-maker being OF TIiE BOARD tc0s
"At meeting of the Board OF Managers of the Maine
AntiSavcry Society, holden ut Portland, at the Chris
tan Chapel on Friday, Nov. l, 1888, Gen. FEssESpES
in the Chair
voted-Tha, JAMES F. oris, Esq, be requested to
furnish copy Of the Address just delivered before this
Board-ior publication.
Attest. DANIEL c. CoLEswoRrmY,
=. Recording Seerefary'
The following which arc extracts fro1, said address,
will show what bare faced iaschoods this gentleman has
uttered in his New York letter of renuneation which
cheated and deceived him, and further says that he
never contemplated approving any other Anti slavery
proceedings, except such should be sBid, pdcicd
tory tolerant and foieraJe, judicious temper
ate and prudent course, &c.All know the chief ncen
diary to be the above named Garrison Hear what Otis
SAID OF INN and his principles in the address cited:
From ID ofO OILS 4ddreSs
al here then to tell what kuo,o to be true of
mach.injured and deeply -calumnated man; and know
as well any, that of all men, he need fear that
the truth should be told.
1--WE were natives of and long coesidents in the same
town. (from p. 5, Of the same
"His (Garrisons) next was 10 Baltimore
whittier he went in September 1920 TO assume the ed
toral department of the Genius of Universal Emanc
patton, in conjunction with the philanthropc Lundy
Here he remained another half year. during which time
his attacks upon the monster, against which he had
year before declared UNFOLDING uncompr omisIng war
were firm uninterrupted and interchangeable 1t was in the
columns OF tins ddmraJty conducted journal that Mr.
Garrison wrote two articles animadvertng upon the
duct OF Newburyport merchant, in being concerned
with others in fitting out vessel from Baltimore with
slaves for the New Orleans market ts language was
din his rcbuke stern and direct and his allegations u
misdkeaJte. Garrison never selishly weighed conse
quences he did according the dictates of as pure
conscience as ever guided manand left the results to
The author OF Truth. process issued attaching
the body of the Philanthropst The of the neF
chant he had rebukcd, and after trial b
jurors in sideeh0iding court within sare occyrscI
county ia Naryand, he sentenced To be punished as
the author of libel, by the payment of large ne-and
TO be Imprisoned until it paid But Inc poor IN
purse, though rich in good works, and he piowed his
head upon the dungeon floor, and fell to sleep with
calm and quiet spirit that his Prosecutors renbng at
every sound which rose upon the breeze as if it were
football of robber assassin,) would have enyed
could they have seen him in his prison home"
(From p. 6, Of the samc)
He established the Liberator press i'm Roston and
has since bcen s,atedlv and unwaax;adI d , '. ~;
editoshp-This paper and its editor are now identified
throughout our land with the subject of Emancipation
TIeIr rim H.,.
Georgiate uiiceTS0i heart of colored population
of the republic hrobs with Joy the mention of them:
the wary, calculating SELFISH supporters of the Coioai
cation plot strengthened by array of the names of
some influential who have been cheated int It's sun
port by the deiusve promise of advantages that never
can acerue are traversng the land from, North South
from East West to counteract the influence they arc
calculated to obtainwhile the authorizations Of
these words & Lbcraor' Garrison the guiltv con
science stricken slave holder bowls forth rnaedetions
upon both, and offers his blood stained gold as price
Tor the Llberalors head
On the page he describes what he terms tho
persecution of Garrison at n. York and Boston, on his
return from an Anslavery mission Europe and then
adds:
After the scenes in New ork and Boston o,y f;snJ
returned to the discharge of his editorial duties and as
TAR as we can learn is prosecuting his noble ,cork with
his usual zeal and ability
Such is rapdly-executed sketch of the manner of
Mr. Garrison life from the beginning to this day Bear
with me, my friends, for a few moments longer while
say something OF his principles and the in which
he has supported them.
"Never, in the whole of my experience in human ma
than William Lloyd Garrison. Scrupulously reaardfIl
OF the right, may truly say that never knew him TO
do wrong His intercourse with his fellow men was nj
ways marked by nice respect the laws of courtesy
as Tar as these did not conflict with that than para
mount duty, moral obligation. He devout wor
shipper OF Truth, as principle and he never compro
missed il from fear favor His intcr-comnunicaton
with his fcliow-cItzen5 thus constantly character
tZed by lofty independence, which seemed rather that
OF The intellectual than of the physical man His rel
gon, TO whose acquisitions he always cheeruliy
obedient, taught him humility; and ieas humble when
I" These remarks will have led you to suppose that
etgOT perseverance, HHcOmprohuisg JoineSs and H;Oh
pTnePfd -eat would necessarily characterize any nea
sues which the subject of them would feel called upon
to take, the advancement of cause like that which
binds this association together And this inference is
correct has evnccd the possession of all these
traits in the course of his advocacy of the great question
Of Slave Emancipation
" He is sincere. He give good reasons for the
faith that IS IN HIM What his revers dcsire
Alas they love darkness rather than light Because
their deeds e1HF
Now, what is this faith of which speak, as that of
Nr. Garrison?
Gle looks his native land--hc sees millions Of
his ieHoUAleQ heTedarlly doomed degradation that
worse than that of brnes; he that humanity re-
lgion PrlRcpic JUSTICE and Mat e1pedicncy which is
far-sghted, and fore thou hu and deep Calculating
ali outraged, and stbed and contravened 0y the SUP.
Portes OF the system OF which three millions VIC
tmsbe sees, therefore, obvious corollary from
the hrs position that what is wrong should be riqhed
aud what should be- be, If tho public will but the
voi,ion of pure heart within the public bosom-thot
efforts should be made to purify that heartand that
the accursed doctrine of ExDcencY THAT plausible ser
Pent within world that else paradise Is The
only obstacle 10 success ~ such work FeeiinQ there
fore, all this like Dhllan con
rnfaftot ,cIy and r1., a.