, 1865-01-11

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duty Of 20 per cent, payable on the Liverpool |
1nice in gold. This is Just the margiu the
Government and ourselves ind all publishers
and readers are now ,scing to Sustain this
PAPER monopoly, which would be inftrnal If
i. had enough Of argument in its FAVOR to sus-
tain that dignity, but which lacking in every
thing bnt plain nbsurdity and fraud on The
rights Of the people, sinks to the level Of
common nuisance.
BENJAM1N LENDS.
T1obably not enc man Ii tLouEaa3 IN t1e
S,atc Of Illinois, can give any Of the data Of
the life Of BENJAMIN LcSDr. THEY are not
many who have ever heard Of his name, and
yet he was the pioneer Of direct and distinct
i've antl.slavery in America. Born in New
1e~a4r~ nf Ou.j1er narenlaee. lie removal
when quite Il lad, 10 Western Virginia, where
he Ind opportunities Of witnessing the cruel
lies Of the 1aan- selling Institution. lie subse-
queutly removed to Ohio, aud in 1915 organ
ICED an anti.slaycry association known es the
Union Humane Society. In 1921. at Mount
Pleasant, Ohio, he started monthly, called
Tie Genius Of Ln:xrsal Emancipation the only
distinctivcly ard exclusively anti slavery PC
riodical then issued In the United States He
spoke in Pennsylvania, in Maryland, in Ten
ncsscc, and in North Caroline, in the c.usc Ct
lie slave. Alter engaging il several coloniz-
alton schemes, in pursuance Of which be visit
cd Hayti, Mexico md Canada, after rem W.
i,:s his paper from place oplacc-afler speak
ing, wcfl.ing and acting with rcsislless ener-
ey, he removed 10 Lowell. La5ale county, in
this State, purchased printing office, and
rcnrv.d tLc Issues Of the Gtnias, He died
1he same ycsr ns3S.} He was not man Of
vea1th nor clouucnce, nor loity abilities, but
his courage. nc. severance and devotion adtni-
.abIy fitted lin for pioneer in phllauth7o-
nv. and rendered him oae OF tAe most fos1ui-
1,ailc antagonists with which slavery has had
10 cone.
w bnvc rrintcd these brief memoranda for
4,.o r,oson 1,,f tho f,nfr,ro Historical IA.
ciety is now engasea in the pleasant dnty Of
bringing 10 light all the details Of the life
and lebors of this remarkable man, and prc
serving them in proper shape for historical
record. An imperfect life Of him has been
published at Philadelphia, from which Mr..
Greeley, In his American Conflict" :" has con-
arnscd some material, Each of these. how.
ever, arc very general and unsatisfactory.
The faithful secretary Of the Society, Rev.
Vm, Ba,1y, las entered npou the work Of
discovering all that may be learned OF his
crcnt,r] life. Some important facts faye been
o;ta;ned from WIN, Lewis. IN elderly Quaker
,,cn,,c,na,, living af Maouotie. H.. and letters
haye bc.n addressed 10 A sister Of the de-
ceased rionccy. living in this State. and to
nv51,;o,, I,ord Garrison and T-d;o s1,,3o
child w;.,, zach Of s.Aotn Mr.. Iundy was an
intimate co-workcr. In conncctioa with this
interesting topic. n letter has been rccci7,d
fran Mir. Eastman. our Consul at Bristol,
England, stating tia. movement is on foot
a.non:. the an1islsrcry sy:nra,lizc-s in that
country 10 erect a monument to the memory
Of the deceased We tl,al watch with ,lea-
s,::c the 1rcsress Of The Society in completing
tic rcco;l OF life 80 devoted, 50 coa,agcous
aud 80 consccratcd 10 humanity.
-- 15c1E1@1o~@Sor r.r
LtSE DITCtl.s,
The rebels four wears ago, set out for Eu-
,o7,5a. They were going 10 overthrow .he
Government. cut OF New England, CONQUER
c1,,,:, and N,cxtc2. extend slavery n:onnd The
cr,f cna ,n,c the E:orld.
Tl,cv find themselves instead. In dilemma.
Ont Of Missouri, out Of Kentucky, on: OF Ten
ncescc out Of Arkansas, out Of Georgia, out
of fmoncy. ont Of elbows, ont Of friends, out Of
G,od and ont of wind.
11,cy sunposed JEFF. Davis WIS hero, but
,hcv declare linn an ass. They arc sorrg. They
ovc,,t IN reflect that It is only because he WIS
a., oss that he con1d lead them into rebellion.
Ina drove Of asses nothing but length of ears
con dis,fnpnIsl, the leader from the followers
They are indebted for his leadership to the
rcrv nnn1,,v they condemn. They are sorry
tbnt in geDaratine they Didn't recite their
1r;crsnces They cannot tliuk why It was,
md ,,ronoae now to rcci.e instead the griey-
nnces @ snffercd since the war. Wen tell them
wig n wos for The same reason the school
,oT 6.t1cd To rcc1te his lesson, because he did
not knowit. he might Just as well al1cge as
h1s excuse thc whipping he got In consc-
-,uoncc as far fhc rebels to plead the dcspotic
.,e:,cts Al. ,rar 40 n ,ustficatsou for antcr-
ing lnto 1t.
They got up the rebellion 10 snsIaln slavery
NoW fhry nrnnDSc to abolish Slavery 10 6nS-