Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-01-08


1t was a supreme happiness to him that the
5rst gentlemen Of the town, and grea. polit.
clans IN the country, took notice Of his voung
Frotege. Nor was it Ezekiel Bartlett alons
who rejoiced in his well-Jeiug. Through his
whole course his mother, the poor sick nurse
OF Baltimore, was his counsellor end friend.
From his letters she wa aware of the moral
and intellectual advance Of her son, and her
spirit became his onward and upward COM
ptnlon. Like Il guardian angel. she was eY-
er with him; her letters were as td;snl1s
about his heart. The mother. at the distance
of six hundred miles-the poor W1nan-,ae
sick-nurse. whose Offices Of love had not.
even for her. the luxury Of free gjHs-vas
forming the while the spirit Of org of the
noblost. puresl, trucst disciples who ever troj
in the footsteps Of Him who died for man
kind. Blessed be such mothers, for they
make the benefactors ofthe world
a short time before young Garrison's term
Of apprenticeship expired, his mother, who
had long spoken of her falling health, wrote,
begging that she might vet once more see
him in the flesh before she died; aud his mas
ter kindly gave him permission to make this
long journey. The mother and the son met;
but what a ch ange in the appearance Of that
mother! When he parted from her she was
in her full strength aud ~beauty-now he did
not recognize her: sorrow for her unhappy
son James had brought her to the brink Of
the grave. II was a h~eart-rending meeting
to him; the effect upon her, however, was
otherwise, and scarcely had he been five min
utcs with her when she seemed his own beau
tiiul mother again; for the glorious mind was
not dimmed-her noble heart was not chilled
and the countenaHce again beamed with
the light as of youth. His visit seemed to IN
fuse new life into her; and the few days they
spent together were days of unclouded happi-
ness-days which left an influence upon his
being that time could never eildce. Scarce
ly had he left her, however, when the flame
OF life, which had for a moment frightened
into such clear splendOr, again sunk to revive
no more, and in six weeks sh1 died. His
sister, who had been sent for by his mother,
had died also of the yellow fever, twelve
months before her Owl death.
After leaving Mr.. Allen, and probably in
duced to the step by the great success which
had attended his writings whilst with that
gentleman, he purchased, and mainly through
the pecuniary assistance of his friend, MIR.
Allen. a newspaper, the name of which he
Immediately altered to that of the Free Press,
altering at the same time its politics to those
held so conscientiously by himself. This
WAS great undertaking for so young a man;
and ifindustry and ability could have ensur-
ed its success it must have succeeded. The
whole Of the editing and the greater part OF
the manual labor, were performed by himself
alone he worked through the whole OF most
nights, and his editorial articles were set up
in type without ever being committed to pa
per. This. great as was the labor, was OF
infinite service to him, by compelling him
to a rapid and clear style of thought. The
character of the paper soon attracted the at
tention Of the editorial fraternity but they,
unfortunately, could not alone support the
paper. Various adverse circumstances war
red againstit agents were dishonest, and the
young editor could command no capital tc
meet losses in six months, therefore, this
first effort of his laudable ambition was Civ
EN- up, and he found himself burdened by
what was to him a large amout of debt.
Life had now assumed a gloomier an(
more earnest character; ard the first page o
this new chapter opened with a snrrowlu
leave-taking OF his dear kind friends Of New
buryport, and the setting ont to Boston t
seek employment as a journeyInan, who's
earnings, alas could no longer be consider
ed his own. To Boston he came, with hig'
and honorable aspirations, but still with
depression of heart which was not lightly I
be overcome. Ii was humiliating to the pGld
of one who had been a successful editor I
solicit work as a journeyman; and then tn
debt, and the iourneyman's small wages
were for ever associated in his mind. II
was no longer the free and happy youth tina
he had been!
In Boston he knew hut one person, a prin
ter, who kept a boarding-house but he fol
mnately was a kind-hearted man, who CO.
daily received him under his roof, and assld
uously sought for employment for him. SeN
eral weeks, however, elapsed before any EN-
ployment was found, and then he was eng
ged as a journeyman by David Lee Chi,
who at that time conducted a tri-week!y P,
per. Here he labored with unTemittlng al
siduity, again working both by night an
day, and had at length the happiness of dit
burdening himself Of some Of his debts. |
the course of 1927 he was engaged on III
National PhiIanAirogist, a paper devoted
the subject Of total abstinence, ana The hr
paper in the world which was the adyoca'
of this cause; and here 1t was that he b'
came himself, from principle, a tee-totaiIe
After working upon this paper Tor some TIN
as a journeyman, 1t passed INTO anolhtr pt'
prietorship, and he became its editor. Will
occupying this situation, Providence wa
gradually leading him through a chain
circumstance to the commencement OF tn,
great labor of love in which he should stan
forth like his great Master, to preach Ilberi
10 the captive-to bind up the broken-hear
ed, and let the oppressed go free.
A little Quaker, hardly beyond a dwarf
+ stature, labouring likewise under the inhln
ty of deafness, benjamin Lundy by nam
was the first man in the United States wi
devoted his life to the abolition of Slavery
Small as was his outward frame, he posses
, ed a soul of large capacity; he was gift
, with great power OF endurance, unquencf
BILE zeal, wonderful perseverance, and
utmost disinterestedness of purpose. II
man was the editor Of a paper called I
: Genius ef Universal Emancipation, publish
i. in Baltimore, and devoted wholly to the al
lition of Slavery. Garrison read this pap