Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-03-26
From the Peoples journal.
Memoir of William Lloyd Garrison.
CONC uaed. J
BY MARY HowITT.

we give DelOW tue conclusion oil MIS-.
Howitrs Memoir of w. l.. Garrison. Ow-
ing to some delay in England, the number Of
the Peoples Journal containing it was only
received within the week.-A. s. Standard.
The life Of this truly great and good man
has been so entirely devoted TO the Anti-Sla-
very cause, that we cannot give a sketch of
the one without tracing, in sone measure.
the progress of the other. The patience.
the torbedrdnce, the steadlast perseverance
through good and through evil, the s~plt.sac.
riice, and self-renunciitlon, of the martyrs
Of emancipation, had drawn upon the cause
the eyes Of the who'e country and sympathy
and conviction sweIled their ranks every ddy,
not with merely enthusiastic pdrtisans, but
with the most noble, the most Intellectual.
the most morally great men and women of
the land.
In 1886, therefore, a new impetus was
given to the Anti Slavery movement. by the
public lAbors of two remarkable women, who
had become convinced Of the guilt of slave
holding. These were Angelina and Sarah
Grimke, the daughters of the Honorable
Thomas ). Gfimke. an eminent citizen of
South Carolina. BY the death of their father,
they inherited a large amount of slave pro-
perry. In opposition to the laws of their
country, in the first instance, they endeavor.
ed to improve the condition of their slaves,
by establishing schools amoug them, and in
Producing the habits Of free society. But all
their efforts were f~fuitless the state of Sla-
very around them could neither permit nor
make availing their humane libors. Sacri-
fcing, therefore, their worldly interests to
their conscientious sense Of duty, they libcr-
ated their slaves, removed them to a free dis
trict, where they would be able to maintain
fhnu,coltaC anJ ,l,oa 9th H. Ill ----.-
of their once noble fortunes, came TO Phila
delphia; where, naturally allying themselves
TO the emancipation cause, they became the
most active and influential of its movers
They had also embraced the religious opin.
ions of the Society Of Friends, which, among
other things, gives TO woman moral RESPONSE
bility hardly acknowled ged, at least, as far as
action goes, by other religious bodies. They
had thus been accustomed TO speak in pub
lie, and their style of speaking was singular
ly impressive. Angelina, in particular, was
a close reasoner and most eloquent declaim-
er. Before long, they conceived that duty
called them to speak publicly on the subject
of Slavery-that system which from expert
ence they knew to have horribly imbruted
more than a million of their seX-and they
consequently began 10 travel, and deliver
their public testimony, both as Christian wo-
men and repentant Shareholders, against the
enhancement of any portion Of the human race.
They came to Massachusetts,, which became
the principal field of their IaborS. At first,
they addressed audiences composed exclu-
sively of women; but SO general became the
curiosity to hear them, that immense Assem-.
bIies of both sexes gathered wherever they
spoke, and the most electric effects were pro-
duced by their energetic and powerful elo-
quence.
Alarmed at this strange innovation, and
deeming it a dangerous precedent to be set
to the women of the United States, the Cal
whistle clergy of Massachusetts, connected
with what is called "The General Associa-
tion," issued a bull against them, in the name
and by the authority, of the apostle Paul, and
warned the churches to give them no counte-
nance in their unscriptural course! They
defended themselves with signal ability, and
Sarah Grimke published an ably-written Sc
ries of letters on the subject, enlitled-"Th The
Equality Of the Sexes which was the ori.
gin of what is called, in America, the "Wo,
mans Rights Question:" and which has be
come, as will be seen, mixed up with thu
emancipation movement. OF course, it wa.
now necessary for the Abolitlonists either Il
justify the course these powerful co-laborer
were taking, or to Join with the pro-slavery
clergy in condemning and rejecting them
The great body of Abolitionists, with CARR
son at their head, babe them God speed /! anC
thus established the principle of women be
ing morally and politically equal to men,
The clergy Of the orthodox" stamp still
continued to show the most hostile spirit +
the labors of women and used every mean
in their power to get the management of tn,
abolition cause into their own hands. The
poaAa n VALIANT aftanpt ~ this il h,y 10 %
at the annual meeting Of the "Anti-Slaver
Society," in the city Of New York, by DENY
ing that female members had a right to tax
part in the proceedings but in this they wer
fortunately defeated. They then announce
that, if the question was still carried in oppc
sition TO their views at the next annual meet
ing, they would secede from the society alto
geiher.
The time Of that meeting came, and vii
ever be memorable in the annals OF the Anti
Slavery cause in America. The Clergy ha
.exerted every influence in their power to in
sure an overwhelming attendance of such a
held their views of the question. The NEE
ing was immense. The question immediate
ly came on. Abby Kelley's name was pro
posed. She was a member Of the Society q
Friends, one of the most gifted and %self-saC
rifcinr of women, a noble creature in the nc
'blest sense of the word, and one who has
since then, done more by her public lectures
and extraordinary labors, towards the ovel
throw Of Slavery, than any other lecture
whatever. She is one Of those who, in tn
unshrinking achievement of good works. dc
served, and will obtain, immortal HONOR
Such are the glorious women who have com
forth in this extraordinary movement, cIearl
d proving their own moral and intellectuf
greatness, whilst they undermine the strong
holds of Slavery, prejudice, and self-interes
The question was-should Abby Kelley 81
on the committee A large majority Of vote