Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-02-15


III eommemoraiion Of The Ticentieih .4nnirer-
Sdry Of ihe Liberdtor.
BOSTON, JANUARY LIST, 1851.
Mr.. Thompson having placed the gin in
Mr.. Garrison's hand, amidst the enthusiastic
pInudits of the assembly, said:
Beloved Friend-ln asking that you will
accept this watch, and wear it as our gift,
must assure you that IFS intrinsic value is 10
index to the afieciionate regard in which we
hold you--for that is without measure or
I,ong; q Accept il as the pledge and proof
ttiA a have espoused with all our hearts
s;3siSfssislcs an which you have conducted
the Llberator newspaper, and ti1at we Hiis
night renew our vows before God TO stand
by those principles through evil and through
good report, for better aud for worse, 10 the
end of our lives. Loud cheers.) Accept il
as our testimony TO the exalted moral hero
ism, the unswerving fidelity and seli-sacri-
fcing constancy which through twenty
wears you have exhibited in the advocacy
of the claims of bleeding and outraged hu-
mnni,y in this country. (Applause.) Accept
il as n small token OF our gratitude. know
you lave, tonight, discaimed all personal
merit, and have confessed TO the doing of no
more than your duty. But, in the doing of
your duty, you have taught us ours You
have been the instrument of mculcuable
good to Us, by your holy, devoted and con-
sistent life; aud though we can never hope
10 Iiquidate the debt we owe you, we tender
you that acknowledgement OF our sense of
obligation, which we wish also should speak
our gratitude. 1t is the duty of every man
TO labor for the benefit ofthe world in which
lie lives, and it is the duty also of the world
which his labors have blessed TO be mindful
of its beneiac!or. (Cheers.) Accept our
gift as pledge that we will not only stand
by the principles you advocate, but that we
will stand by you, their honored champion
lnppluuse and that we will deem ourselves
unworthy to profess those principles when
we become ashamed of YOU Loud cheers.
We wish, besides, that you should accept
our offering us something more than an indica
ton Of our appreciation of you in your pub
lie, exalted, aud responsible position, as the
leader OF the anti slavery hosts of America.
We wish our gift TO express our unqualified
and profound admiration of your character
in all the private relations of life. Those
who, like myself, have been privileged 10
enter the sanctuary of your home, and have
had the opportunity of studying your char
acter there, have often for awhile forgotten
the editor of the LibTator, while contem-
plating the husband the father, and the
friend. Enthusiasm. And now, may the
God who first put il into your heart to conse-
crate your life TO this holy cause-who has
so often covered your head in the day of bat
tle--who has so greatly prospered you while
you have been pleading for his oppressed
chidren-continue to guard, guide aud bless
you! May He be your strength in the work
that lies before you the defender and keep
er of those who are dear TO you! and finally
crown your efforts and your prayers, by
granting you the desire Of your heart m tile
consumniation of the great cause OF UniVer-
sal Emancipation The distinguished orator
sat down amid the reitirated plaudils OF the
assembly.
Mr. GARRIsoN,-taken wholly by surprise
at the proiiered gilt,-rose with much en-
barrassnent, aud said-
MR. PREsIDENr-If this were rotten
egg, [holding up the watch or brckbat,
1 should know how to receive II. li4nughter
aud cheers.) If these cheers were the yeilSI
of a frantic mob, seeking my life, should
know precisely how to behave. But the
presentation of this valuable gill IS as unex'
', pected by me as would be the falling OF the
stars from the heavens; and feel lndescrib,
ably small before you in accepting II. gold
, watch Why, have been compensated III