New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-07-16
LIZ of BENJAMIN Lundy.'

realized IN tlc 49, ~
champion Of African Emancipation whose Lie
Travel. and Opinions are embraced IN me very
readable volume now before us exhibiting case
Of the mosi disinterested perseverance, 10 'ue Ho
hest Of human pursuits lusder discourasetneHS
which few could have withstoodl united WIN
cs,slesspe.s Of health wealth. personal comfort
and even life itself if set against the great OBJECT
~ ri. mission. such as might entitle him to take
,.,t xi,b those venerable patriots and martyrs Of
ether times whose memories Will ever De onefisn'
e. BY the wise and good.
prxs.MfS LUNDY vas native Of Sussex Coun-
Nj Of Quaker psrentsge, and Enghsn ana
Weeb origin. He was the only child Of his mother
who was taken from him in bis infancy BY deatn-
HI, form was slender his size small his Strength
very moderate and bis temperament sangaine-
he lo,t bis hearing, 10 considerable extent uy
working hard on his fathers farm served Jour
wears apprenticeship 10 saddler and al the
so5oo1irg he got was few weeks when eight years
old q few more at sixteen and some lessons IN bis
mothers lifetime while under i've.
sspprenticeship was served at Wheeling Va
where he lived FIVE years with regular gamblers,
among frivolous worldly minded people ms asso-
ciates being Wild fashionable youths All this time
he kent on hi. Quaker dress. attended regularly
the religious meetings Of the Friends and spent
his Leisure time in the ardent pursuit Of useful
knowledge. There it was that be saw and pited
the slave. Page -. Wheeling was thorough
fare for the detestsble traHc-the slave cofies
passed through it frequently-he heard the wall OF
the captive felt the pang Of his distress, and
What can do 10 relieve him p was the great
unsoved question on bis mind for years.
Mr. Lundy began business in Ohio, esPoused
Esther Lewis gentle Quaker maiden Of Penn
sylvania. acquired over g 900 worth Of property
by his labor in about four years, bought lot built
house. had loving wife and two beautiful little
daughters. and would have been perfectly happy u
he could have forgotten the sad condition Of the
African race. In sl5 at the age Of %, be called
five or six friends 10 his house at ST Clalrsyille
they organized an AntSsvery Association which
soon increased to nearly 500 members. He devoted
his whole energies 10 the cause opposed the intro
duction of Slavery into Missouri in 1919, gave his
time and all his means to the cause OF Emancipa
ton considering it the cause Of liberty to all, and
after travelling thousands Of miles on foot and suffer
ing innumerable hardships, established at Mount
Pleasant Ohio, in January, 1921, The Genus 81
Unirersal Emancipation the first Anti Slavery
newspaper in America. This he did without a dol
lar Of funds, although he was no printer He strug
eed on, and in four months had many subscribers
then moved his printngoffce to the Slave State Of
Tennessee, where he performed the duties OF Edi-
tor and served at the same time an apprenticeship
u type setting receiving the instructions Of his own
workmen.
In 1924 we find him publishing the " Genius in
Baltimore. and lecturine against the sin Of Slavery
in North Carolina Certain Shareholders offered to
givehim their slaves The would take them 10 1ayti
and the generous phanthropist at once set out for
the West Indies on his mission Of love. When
ready to embark homeward for Baltimore news
was brought him that his babes were motheress'
and his beloved wife, who had aided and encourag-
ed him in all his Efforts till she became a cripple
with the rheumatism, in her grave. Arrived
at his dwelling he found it desolate, his five little
ones were scattered, and their father was home
less Who can describe his anguish-who picture
his griefl H. solemnly renewed his vow to spend
the rest of his earthly pilgrimage in seeking liberty
for the captive. and truly kept it His anchor was
in Heaven, his hope in his God.
In the Winter of ls2s. Lundy described in his
GENUS the cruelties Of the Domestic slave
Trade Twenty nine Slaves were transported in
schoonerto Georgia they rose for theiriberty when
at sea threw mate and captain overheard and tried
to reach Hayt but couldn't. The dealer Wool
folk who OWNED them used brutal language to one
Of them at the gaows foot Lundy reproved him
through his press the dealer met Lundy IN the
street, threw him on the pavement, cursed him.
checked him, stamped on him, hit him in the fore
head with his heel. and almost killed him. for he
made no resistance Lundy applied to the Courts
OF Law for redress, the Jury convicted Voolfolk
and Judge Brice sentenced him to pay DOLLAR.
and babe hip hand The Genus to the Grand
Jury Il Pages POO to 2O9.
Lundy travelled twice through Texas and Mexi-
co, often penniess, working at his trade to get
food, and having solely in view the happy settle
ment OF the freed Slaves in these countries so that
Rice, Cotton and Sugar might be raised by Free
Labor. OF what he saw he took interesting notes
aud a considerable sum was left him soon after by
friend-but when Pennsylvania Hall was burnt by
a pro Slavery mob instigsted by the power that
controls the Union for evil, all Lundys worldly pro-
perty was deposited in one OF the rooms. and was
consumed, including his valuable manuscripts. the
Mexican Journeys excepted.
In 1885 when in his 5Oth year, he espoused
Quaker damsel Of Pennsylvania, and they removed
to Illinois. where his children were He was poor,
but purchased a small printing office, and once
more issued his interesting newspaper one OF his
sons aiding him in the office and the other working
on the farm. His issues, for want Of funds were
irregular and one day in August 1899 he was
seized with violent pains which ceased next night
when his ply stefan told him he was dy ing. He re-
piled that he felt as If he already IN Paradise,
aud calmly resigned his breath. For twenty three
years be had braved poverty, hardship butetnss,
fatigue hunger, the contagion OF pestilence. and
the efiuva OF iusaubrous lands pressing onward 70
one great object Light and Liberty FOR The Stare-
He first introduced Anti Slavery Societies. Lee
lures and Newspapers approved OF ELIZABETH
HEYRIcKs doctrine Of Immediate, not Gradual
Abolition and urged political action by the PEG
pie as a means toward that end but he did not
advocate the plan now acted on OF an Abolition
party, nominating Presidents Judges and Members
OF Congress on that one idea only.