The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-11-16

In whiting, on the Goth ult. Mr.. Barnard
X. Whitmorr, in the 23d year of his age.
In MiddIebury on Saturday evening Nov. 4th,
Mr.. Frederick b. Morton, aged q, son of Mr.,
William Morton, ofM.
In Northampton, Mass, Anne z. Benson,
daughter of the late, venerable George Benson Of
Brooklyn, Conn, and a sister of Mrs, W. L.
Garrison in the l2d year OF her age.
In boston Mass, recently, Isaac Knapp, aged
80. Friend Knapp commenced in company with
W. l.. Garrison the publication of the Liberator,
and during many years and many trials, was one
Of the pillars Of the anti-slavery cause.
MIR. Garrison has paid an afectionate
and honest tribute to his memory, from
which we extract the following:
In an evil hour he was led, by ad-
versity and business acknowledgements, to
put the cup of intoXication to his lips;
and for the last three or four years sus-
tanned Il wretched existence, though he
made several attempts (alas! how inef-
fectual!) to return to the path of rec.i-
tude. + II Il
But let the veil of oblivion be drawn
over this short period of an otherwise
useful lfe; for even in this particular.
he deserves pity rather than ensure,
and never can find it in my bre asst to
say a bitter word of him. He was nat
uralIy amiable, kind, and obliging even
to excess; and had a benevolence that
was ever gratiied in relieving the me-
cessities of others, though not always
regulated by sound discrimination and a
strict regard to his pecuniary abililv.--
He never hesitated to share his last
morsel Of bread with those who wele in
distress, and he cherished the strongest
adherence of a coyetous or mean dis
position. lie was alto ether too aener-
Gus to chatter in trade; and having no
business adaptation, he consequently in
VOWED himself deeply in debt while
attempting to carry on business. It was
thus he became depressed in spirit, and,
instead ofcalnly submitting to the stroke
of adversely, valnly sought to find relief
from his SORROWS ias millions have done
before) in the intoxicating bowl. For
the first six or seven years after the
Liberator was started, he was a faithful
coadjutor in the anti-slavery cause, and
greatly is that cause indebted TO him for
what he did and suffered 10 its behalf
during that stormy and p%erilous period
of its history. l am not sure that l
could have commenced the printing of
the Liberator, had it net been for his
uniting with me in partnership, and par
ticipating in the labors and necessities
of my lone situation. And a most low
ing, faithful, devoted friend and brother
was he TO me! Gratefully and exult-
ingly do | proclaim it, that at no time
did | perceive in him either a thought
or wish to dilute or soften tho truth on
the subject of slavery, or to lower, even.
to the slightest conceivable extent, tho
anti-slavery standard; no, not even in
%gloomiest hour Of our cause, when
we were in daily expectation of falling
victims for our advocacy Of the rights OF
our enslaved countrymen, and when a
different kind of policy might have given
US bread and safety, but at the expense
of humanity. Dropping a tear of pity
over his sad fate, let us associate his
name with those who never turned their
backs upon a great and good cause, be-
cause it was unpopular"