Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-12-24
ELIZABETH MARGARET CHANDLER

In a recent No. Of the LiJcrotor, Mr.. Garrison
pays the following tribute to this early advocate of
Universal freedom.
Arriving at Adrian at o'clock in the evening,
we found kindly waiting for us our beloved friend
TnoNAs CHANDLER, who took us into his vehicle,
and drove us to his quiet but exceedingly pleasant
residence, about five miles from the city--a city
only in embryo as yet but growing rapidly, aud
full ot the spirit Of enterprise Or course our re-
cepton under bis hospitable roof was very cordial
ON the part Of his excellent wife and all the house
hold. lie has productive farm Of enc hundred
and sixty acrcs as fair 10 look upon as any TO be
found, whiah hc has redeemed lroma wilderness
state by overwhelmingly. lie was formerly OF
Philadelphia, aud some twenty years ogo-then
young mau--wcnt to that place to make a perman-
cnt settlement. a hrthright member OF the Society
Of Friends true to all that was really precious in
primitive QupScrism he has long since transccndcd
the narrow limits Of sect, and. throwing aside its
cxcusiycnoss, is ready to join heart aud hand with
any and all who are seeking 90 establish the world
rctonciliug doctrine Of human Brotherhood. lie Is
highly Intelligent, well-rcad. coulcmplatiyc and
phils ,plica and, In point Of moral worth, one ol
those men who are as precious and almost as rare
a. the Gold OF Ophir Thomas is Tie brother OF
the lumcn,cl ELizABEru MArGEEET CHANpLrR,
whose memory deserves to be kept green to the
latest prostcriiy. Her Pootical Works, with a
Memoir Of her Life and Characrcr, by BENJANlN
LuNDY, were published a few years since in Phila
dclphia by T. j. Chapman, making very neat
volume of 800 pages rs full Of genius rs the sun IL
of light and heat, and as deeply imbucd with tho
spirit Of philouthrophy as the universe is with The
divine presence and which, for it's literary worn
alone would have quickly found u wide circulation
and elected universal praise, had it not been for it,
oycrllowing sympathy with the owntroddcn slave
She was born near Wilmington Delaware, Dec 9Th
1907, and died az Raisn (tc residence Of hci
brother Thomasl Nov II, 1884, in the 9th year o.
her age. She began to plead the cause OF the On
shaved in the columns Of the Genius Of Universal
Emancipation as early as the year 1896, and in
1879, was an associate editor Of That periodical will
Mr.. Iundy and mvsclf--contributiug to its pages
many Of hcr choicest oiiusiun, and adding greatly
90 its interest and usefulness. She was equally
successful in the prose and poetry. As the earliest
Oi hcr sex publicly 10 COusC3ratc hor life To the
auti-saycry struggle, aud perhaps the most gifted
she ig worldly TO he associated with ELizALErn
liEyECg Of Eag'and, and the foremost woman OF
The world. Dying at o. period before The land was
shaken by the conflict between Liberty and slavery,
still going ou Go be settled when or in what mau-
ncr. who can tcll9 her lalorH and merits are com
parl,!ycly lillc, known but they will be properly
appreciated when thc history Of our cause is i'm
partially written. Her mortal romans lie crtomlr
ed ON a commanding elevation Selected by herself
for that purpose near the spot where she died q
neat white railing enclosing thCn, and some hllt Il
dozen young and thrifty oak trees standing in a
row ON one side Of it. visited the spot scycro
times alone 10 me It was 'all-hallowed ground
1t was pilgrimage that had ycarncd 10 max,
many years. The heart Of Thorn as was wcll-nigl
buried in her grave, and his reverence for he
memory carries analro" solemnity withit, a8 thoug
she had really been (what she almost seemed to l.
to all who knew herr al angelic visitant from an
other sphere. | found Tint my friend Miss SAL
LIE IoLLEr, had preceded me in visiting the burial
place, and inscribed with her pencil upon one ofth,
posts u touching tribute TO her mcmory. Anothc
INSCRIPTION had been made by fugitive slave.
could do no less than pay my homage in the fol
lowing lines, written iaLsomptU on the spot:--
TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY.