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

the scripture story OF f1anlan ana MoTdecal
Taking into consideration the past association of this
man with the noted Garrison and the abolitioniss in this
and other places, the manner in which he escaped from
Lynch law in Virginia, can be excused only on the
of dire necessity for it involves substantial false
hoods any meaning to be villain, could utter.
But il he he excused in this instance, where, SEEMS
he dsavowed all connexon with Garrison and the aoo-
tonist elsewhere, how his bctore-nameo leter 70
the abolition society in New York be reconciled win MS
pre- yious of conduct In that letter ne says
he never thought that the abolition society would urge
on their Sin advance popular m anu
general rpeness for action Oh the part OF az te Pec
of the Rcpubic To show oil tile mendaclty OF Tie
man, we need only state few facts and copy few SEN
fences from his own pen - ~. ,r
About year and half since: this same os deliver
ed what was published and circulated in pamphlet FORM
and bore the title of Skctck Of tie character and DE
FENCE OF THE PRINCIPLES OF WILLIAM
LLOYD GARRISON, beng a" @ad'eSs delsoeTed Oefors
The Board of .NanagerS ofMe MAINE ASTI-SLAvERi So
rember. 1888 BY one OF THE BOARD On the
counter side of the above title page, (the pamphlet IS
now before us) is the following, showing oho The ad
! dress.muker, being ONE OF THE BOARD, 'oas. o.
AT meeting Of the Board OF Managers OF lne Male
tan Chapel on Friday, Nov. !, 1885, Gen. FEssESDES
| in the Chair,
Noted-That JAMES F. orss, Esq, be requested II, to
furnish copy of The Address just delivered before tins
| Attest. DANIEL c. CoLEswoRrHY,
| Recording Seeretary.
The following, which extracts from said address,
will show what bae.taced fasehoods this gentleman has
uttered in his New York letter of renunciaton in which
he charges the whole AntiSlavcry Society with having
cheated and deceived him, and further says, that he
never contemplated approving any other Anti.sia.ey
proceedings, except such should be mad, Pdc.)ea
torv tolerant and toteruLc TO udieiOus temper
etc and prudent course, &cAll know the Chief lncen
diary to be the abovenamed Gafris0n Hear what GUS
said OF him and his principles, in the address ceu:
(fron p. 3, Of Olis .4ddress)
heru To tell what kHOlp to- be true or
mucl-inured and deeply caumnated man; and know
as well as any, that Of all men, he need not fear that
the truth should he told.
awe were natives of and long corcsdens in the same
town." (tr0m p. ), Of the s"me)
His (Garrisnns) next remove was 10 Baltimore
whittier he went in September, lS29, to assume the ed
toral department Of the "Genius OF Universal Emanc-
patton" in conjunction with the phanthropic Lundy
Here he remained another half year, during which time
his attacks upon the monster, against which he had
year before declared unyieding uncompomislng war,
firm uninterrupted, and interchangeable. 1t was in the
columns of this admirably conducted journal that Mr.
Garrison articles animadrertng upon the
duct of Ncwburyp"rt merchant, in being concerned
with others in fitting out vessel from Baltimore with
slaves for the New Orleans market Ills language was
pdR his rebukc stern and dtrec and his allegations
mistukeabie Garrison selishiy weighed
quences: he did according to the dictates Of pure
conscience ever guided manand lett the results to
the author of Truth. process issued attaching
the body Of the Phantlropis at the suit of the
chant he had rebuked, and after trial by stnreoding
jurors in a siacehodiag court. within sare.accurscd
county .haraad, he sentenced TO be punished
the author of libel by the payment Of large fne-and
to be imprisoned until it was paid But he was poor IN
purse, though rich in good works, and he powed his
head upon the dungeon floor, and fell to sleep with
calm and quiet spirit that his prosecutors, trenblng at
sound which upon the breeze, if it
football of roLber assassn;) would have enved,
could they have seen him in his prison home
(From p. 6, of the samc.)
He established the Liberator press in Boston, and
has since been stately and unwearicdy engaged in its
edltorshp-This paper and its editor identified
throughout our land with the subject Of Emancipation
Their names ring from Northern Maine to Southern
Georga:te universal heart OF the coored population
Of the republic throbs with Joy at the mention OF them
the wary calculating, selfish supporters Of the C0loni
zgtion pot strengthened by array Of the Of
influential men who have been cheoted into its sup
port by the deusve promise of advantages that
can accrue traversin the land from North South
from East West, countcract the influence they
calculated obtain while at the urticulatons of
these words Liberator Garrison,O the guilty,
science stricken Shareholder bowls forth maedctions
upon both, and offers his blood stained gold price
| for the Liberators head
On the same page he describes, what he TERMS the
persecution of Garrison at n. York and Boston, his
return from an Ants!ayery mission to Europe, and then
adds:
After the scenes in New York and Boston, our friend
returned the discharge of his editorial duties and
far learn, prosecuting hS noble tc0Tk with
his usual zeal and ability.
Such is 4 rapidly executed sketch Of the manner Of
MIR Garrison life from the beginning to this day Bear
with me. my friends, for few moments longer, while
say something OF his principles, and the manner in which
he has supported them.
"Never, in the whole Of my experience in human ma
ture, had met with man more purely conscientious
than William Lloyd Garrison Scrupulously regardtul
of the right, may truly say that never knew him TO
do wrong His intercourse with his fellow was al
ways marked by nice respect to the laws CT courtesy,
as far as these did not conflict with that than para.
mount duty moral obiigatOn He was devout wor.
cb of 1rui as Il ne
missed it from fear or favor. Ills INSTRUMENTATION
with his fellowczens was thus constantly character.
lied by lofty independence, which seemed rather that
Of the intellectual than OF the physical His rcli
gon, to whose acquisitions he always chcerfuy
obcdient aught him humility; and he humble, wheE
contemplating his relation to his Maker and his fellow
men.
"These remarks will have led W." 20 suppose, that
1igor perseverance, 7oompromising holiness, ind hgh
pr1 ica zeal. would necessarily characterize any
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
correctGarson has evnced the possession of all these
traits in the Of his advocacy Of the great question
of Slave Emancipation
faith that is in hun. What more his revers desire:
Alas they love darkness rather than light Because
! their deeds erd"
Now, what is this faith of which speak, as that of
| Mr. Garrison?
Gle looks over his native und-hc sees millions of
his fellow heredtarily doomed to degradation that
is worse than that Of brucs; he that humanity
lgon, principle, JUSTICE and ut cTPedicncy which is
fr-sighed, and fore thoughtful and deep calculating
all outraged and stiaed and contavencd, by the sup
porters of the system, Of which three millions vic.
tins therefore, obvious cor"llary from
the trOt poetur. that what wrong should be rigted
and what should be, be, if the public will be but the
voton of pure heart within the public bosom,-tha,
efforts should be made to purify that heart-and that
the accursed doctrine Of Erpcdicncy at plausible SER
pent within world that were else paradise } is the
only obstacle TO success in such work Feeling there
fore all this, like phlanhropst,- dsn,eresedly con.
sclen,iousy: and from the bottom of his heart what
shnnd man like (,arriSDn-(you have hpa rd h;s char