, 1865-11-17
WlLllAM lloYp aARRlsps. <.
His Life and Servioes Ia tie Cause Of
tie Abolition Of Slavery.
The LIbetntcr-xts Mlss1on Fulfilled
Lecture Last Eveui8x-The Past,
Present aAA FRtAre o{ Our
EountxTs


IN this century, stsnds WiIHam Lord Gs.T1sou, .
nan who DOW en)oys the rsre hsqptness Of sensng
h1a l{e-lorg edoxta crowned With sucresA, and II
The Hpe 81 Of three scoro yeasz, looks back upon
most eventual history Of combat with 4 powerful
wToue, feeling thai the right he has yindieted has
1t length conquered. and it, defenders t1ve grown
IN numbers from q lew psseeutod scores 10
nation, ihat nation the meat powerful IN the
world. OF TlH!an Lloyd GarFisou+ 1t naay be
well said thst he was nothing II not N Abolition
1T To the advocacy Of the policy md night Of the
abolition OF slavery be earnestly devoted al the
bert Year, Of his manhood. and although often
rnobbsd, reyt1cd As fanatic: md subject 70 ere5
portefu Of sl1resy could nelch forth aea1nAt him,
be ne.sr rxesEed run hls noble pn1Tose, ,-that Of
9st9. % e "a ~ 10. b. 1es @
ior yes5h been his organ, win be suspended with
the dose Of the current year, not for vant OF sac
eess bnt 5ee:nse It has achieved all for which Ii
Wtillsn AoId Carbon vas born In Newbu,J-
port Mhss-, DEC. 10Th 1906. 1t the spe Of nine
ycs5s be nss apprshticcd to a shoemaker in Lynn,
ancient and honorable profession. but the business
It wsh soon estdent wks unsuited 10 him, and be
Went through senes Of petty occupations to eke
out lEeihood Tor himself And his widowed
mother. becoming saccehstsely woodsaSyer,
cboTe- boy apprentices 10 cahtDetmaker. and last
Of Ill he WIS tnaentured 70 Ephram q. Allen.
e9,to5 q he Z. M.ah To- learn tne art
10 pe-tdckfDe, he began contributing sttlcleA 10
the piper on which be worked when only sixtceu
S S.d e Ell .ase hs n 9ed e,d
much as he Ercr up, and II WAS not long before be
was a regular contributor to hs1l dozen Of The
md % ht ersieics esiiid unisetaa pr.ise and Inter
est, In 1895 Ills apprenticeship closed and b at
once became edltora4d proprietor Of he fFes Ess
WEE afterHaius jontneyEnan PRIMER IN Boston,
and thea editor of the hsaiona Raianatrppsst, Of
tha y h ;1 1s ss b. Xth sns ppn,!shsd I,
nngtun, v, but 1t also thiled. II wss in this en-
tctpi1.e that he rst entered boldly into the arduo
eeee q The ssase g ef M which hss sen
'ses' s;a ''S'n A9sa z 'he BsssaRR :,
,a a1l'o5s asa,,5 T. THIS ssaR h. Iii f0nsy
psrsnef was an advocate Of gradually eaeet1ns the
liberation Of tho slaves. In 1880. for having DE-
nounceo an act in tue domestic slave trade, he was
unable 70 discharge The Judgment, and was conse-
qnensly imprisoned IN :he Balumure jail fosty-nlne
aaye, when Arthur 1appan, Of Nets York, noble
was eet zt liberty lmediateiy upon his liberation
he Ne1t about through al The E1ste1n ciuef, lee
turing IN behalf Of a1ti,siaseE,:, Then on Januarr
the Lil7utoT. which bore for its motto !" My coun-
tr II the world, ny cnunsrynec are Ill mankind
laboring - few men coRla labor. both physically
tions. tal1sr.ed By pnenniafy dldicuides, and
almost aasty threatened With mobbine Of azsassina.
tion, be ioncht steadily his good light At the
influence Of nls eaInesness, and 20 bitter were his
oppontuts. that the Legislature Of Geongia offered
rexaI Of f5UO0 for hls arreet snd bringing to ial
ohels, o1ssn,sd tie Rev nslspd d. AntsbvsF9 @ f,sss9
Society, End during the Hpr1ng OF that year he pub
ltshed work against the calonlzattun scheme. he
then visited England, md secured the cooperation
OF ihe abo1ttioutsts Of England in opposition to
colonization and IN favor Of immediate eDAnctps-
t1on. Al that :imc he hdnced Ar. Geo. Thompson
TO come to this country as IN rnu+laver5 lecturer.
American Anti-Slase.y Society. From this time
on, for ycart. mohy attacked every entl-slAsesJ
meeting he'd, and again aad again ". Gas7ison's
I5e xas endangered: In 1893 be orrsntsed he New
eleced President OF the American Ant-SlAverv So
cie1y, and has held that o!ce almost all the time
cse1 since. 1n 1873 be published . volume Of po-
writings and speeches: and hia Lsbe.z9tor, with
very tnany vcstltudc* in it, existence. has -four
4hed up 70 the present 1tme-a period Of twenty
staied In conson1nee with this ides he soon aftes
the close o. the wnr moved the dissolution Of the
Aholition Society Of which be was President
70 slavery by means Of so,denes, eab,n9 The Labe.
rotov, delivering ant.ayey addresses IN all parts
Of The country, and publiahing the volumes men.
publications Of the American Anti.slsve7J
u1cts+ md contributed almost tuurmet1bIt
s.ts, sos d al s e g gssans ss III z sssa -
more fpdefatigable worker never Lived, and With al
nie exetttons be las always remained poor. His
worked tor prineiple, not for ealn. surely = mon
eeltFauideine, noble scfoEner never lived thal
William Lloyd Garrison.
1uk IEcTCnx.
Smith EtIon's Ball was CROW ded last evening
on ihe oceaHton Of M Gantaon'e lecture before III
Ionng Mems Association. ReT. Robert Coltyer in
troduced him TO The audience, md atzted bis fub
Sect at The Fass, Present AID Future Of cur Gown
Mt. Garrison, tn opening, remarked that ~ thii
wak hit sk visit here be would be glad to appear Il
bis best light but was IN bad condition for pnbflt
aE ssns n oS e. e. 1
prophecy Of Victor Hngo in 1852, that In q ahor
line the United s11es would repudlate slavery
sa e e ha, ssuasa e 5
sid, .eentnEly very tnrrobbe that thus propbee,
q si sat sd 99'
sisnd9ns 81 eeto1s = ise '1s snd,eaes M saaauae,n:
In ,hal respect he va Ike his f7end Thomas o.!
| sett oI Wilmington, Delaware, ! Nc-iong aboh
uonitt. who bad passed not ICES than $40 fuElttve
und.IEround 1ailruxl was broken up. Thespeake
ezH.eated hit gIeat 1oy Al bang no Longer n oppf
]
tn opposition to any nan but he had iclt II q ma
been, &c had ielt himself In the rgbt, ard he woul
raker be with the nin0t1i5 right Than the 1uNot1t
wrong. Referring 10 the triumph or thls eeutlme1
all through the country, be eaid that ouiE yea,
sipce, moi Town, village Of hamlet in the land bu
proposition Tor The abolition OF slayer
while bow there Is not . loyal village 9
TOM that viii; not vote down foreEeT an
reverted 10 his experience in ba1tInore, thirty
scasE sfDce, when be waE locked up In jail an
lined for preaching nbollttcpfsta. Lust epz.ng h
four yezrs, and cond MOI find The old jail II whic
he Waa 1ncatct,nted. II ~1s gone :Mentionm
this 10 President Lineoln* the PEeetdcnt Mirttl
pears to be this, that In 80 you eonsd not get on
Id proven hy speaking ID ,over Nasyl.nd IN fase
I'd, T. % sefo1mea@sae ia ses tree hez 5000 tiase
md ordered juet what ehe had punished him #
ssndice'ing tbinI-f9nr xears aeD-ltnmedt!a' m a
anH-sla.esy meeting IN Aassachnsetts 1t Thle
| dag captnrea BY the 18th Massachusetts {colore
icelinrs % II Dssid lid when he danced before i
Lord, he had read i telegram from Secreta1y S'a
ton, inviting him to b. preteut to witness the ri
MeJmboliziuR ri his time universal emancipation. !
had often been asked why he did moi 70 down Sou
and preach his Abolition doctrines there. He
| bad. he Eoo. many Eood se4sooe lo1 1ot E1t5ne,
tie south. When, msuy 5ea1 since, he Pnhlisa
the n1tt numbers Of The Ltrtxto!. IN Maasacn
se,ts. then little thect, ccntemptih1e In appeaiae
and without tnnecnheEs ne Less9le e Q! ~ e1l ~
sand dolla.s reward for his abduction End presen
ton On he soil Of Georgia The people Of +
ed ~ aSo1ion aSs 'ns Ths, Hn tiled u
! lind IN It's. favor. but punihhed With de-
. whoever dared to 90 among thcu and oppose the
ia. ~ W,shoat ssarnphsn. armies, when slaserJ
. 4Eoltehed, hut thet. wns nobody to pay h1n thst
. ward, md 20 violence Nas oiIsrsd hin. But
o North were greeted bT procession. a mile
be begun hik career a. an aboll,ionet in Masaac.
o eE1ts amid bfckhats and rotten Eggs. 4ud c0de<
+ In South Carolina nearly smothcEed In dowE
II | Eeapcd upon him Dy emandrated bontncn:
n Charge that the abolitionists werc Responsible
u this Wsr, be branded a. satauic fnlsehood. T
iftheIr efforts had not b<rn made there might b
of been no division Or mar, 20 soou, but The nat
would have gone doWni 10 ~. out nsnon "a naa
10 duty Of abolitsonitts to awake them to
,e The south were very sn1ions % have grad
NJ emancipation advocated al over the land; u
X The future lut they had horror Of that word -
le mediate" before EMANCIPATION They wished
1t | make The termination o1 slavery h9e The appo'
a 1the day afteE The day OF Judgment Against
Is power Of the South. maintaining the night Of
speech md nesss fielding 10 any psesff1re r res
T. q
D. aud womcu. The aboltuonists and their seFvtcc.
os maintaining the principle Of tne 1ight oI ee spe
ID port OF thir, The speaker qnoted lht euthusia
D. ten,ence of Dr. ElieE, Chanting. OF boston, 70
se south hsd BEEN the, dominant po
re for many years, and tnat y
e, | he very influence Of slavery and nothing
IL. which hhd driven he1 10 her black pcrddy
i, ncason. her bitter hatsed Of freedom and het
20 Temps to u1trh ont free Speech The Advocates
=. t he tyrsnny Of he Spnth were always allowed
ae I9ocan lheir doetr1nes all o.er the North ever
is plymouth Rock and in Faneu.l Hall, md were a1m
epoken OF and tosdied 10 ,as. htxh.toned Chris
e. ! md patriofn gentlemen. So long Is rheY only
I'd pljeo their ,prtutes TO anothcr race, and the
ID fhe auction block and the taeot Uese not apple
~ NJ, we would not, people, recognize thetr G
b but shey. belde1ed b i@pnnlty. datsa to at
t. tLen we not only poured ont On them the hard ri
u.ed q old By lhs Aoo'iti9nt:i1 nut snot I'd
de 10 their hcar1s' content. They h2d not any fes
~ to expect f7om the experience Of the past
III ue would ever dire 10 fight ahe
We had 20 long bowed lhe knee to Il
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