The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-26
Nos. 21s and 22O SOUTH 'FRONT.' ST.

cial praise for anything have done. have
s9ilnPiy trled to do my duty; to maintain in
eIeth me integrity of my soul before God.
reused 10 go with the multitude to do evil,
ana nave endeavOred to save my country
rom ruin: But then, ought to have done it
IL; and, having done it, ] feel that there is
Othlng 10 speak OF, nothing to be compli-
mented upon. We ought TO do our duty
always; we ought to rejoice If, even through
persecution, even through the Cross. we are
'ompelled to look duty in the face" The
peech breathed that sincere and unaffected
piety towardstGOd which all who know hun
know to have been the inspiration and support
OF his labors. The hostility which his faithful
dealings with the American church, because of
! shortcomings towards the slaves, aroused
against him, found its expression for long
years, ignorantly in some cases, Indignantly
in more, in the mad-dog cry of infdel But
what intidel ever gave himself to the cause of
despised and rejected truth as he did
Nothing but the strongest religious faith could
have sustained him in the face of all the oppo-
sition he had to encounter. If there was ever
man who walked with God, and with single
eye to the doing of Gods will, it was William
Lloyd Garrison. And, standing up in the pre-
sence of that splendid and illustrious COM
pany, assembled to do him honor, he dis
claimed all personal merit, and gave the glory
where alone it is due. ''It is all of God
5eeN me- IL las Doo4 uOu6 the LrHLn
which is OF God, and to no mortal shall there
God % - ..' - 80. - w.
The unanimity with which the press of
England spoke the feelings of the English
people in just appreciation of Mr.. Garrison's
services was striking and suggestive. The
Times, indeed, endeavored to diminish the
credit due to his services by the affirmation
that it was not the moral, but the political
and yet more the military movement that
had compelled the emancipation of the
slaves. As If the military movement would
ever have been called for had it not been
for the political movement, of which the
first election of Lincoln was the crowning
point; or as if the political movement
would have had either beginning or conti-
nuance had it not been for the moral move
ment to which Garrison first gave form and
pressure But even the Tines gave him
the highest praise for courage and pluck,
and justified the tribute paid him as one
due TO him and honorable to those who offered
it. Even the Morning Post, the mouth-piece of
the fashionable world, and which had few
words OF comfort for us in the days of our
extremity, was warm and cordial in its express
sions of admiration of Mr.. Garrison and appre-
citation of his services. The Herald, alone of
all the London papers that we have seen, was
bitter and depreciatory in its tone, showing
that it has learnt nothing by the lessons Of
philosophy teaching by the examples of our
civil war. 1t reminded us of some of the Cop
perhead and semi-Rebel presses, whose snar-
ling and yelpings have tried to interrupt the
all but unanimous tribute of sympathy and
admiration which American journalism has
offered to MIR. Garrison since his course has
been justified by its success.
II is perfectly true that slavery would have
come to an end had Garrison never lived. as
American Independence would have been won ,
had Otis never uplifted his voice or Washing
ton drawn his sword. But this is small rea.
son for refusing the credit due to the man who
saw what should be done, and who did it.
God works by instruments and the instru- 4
ments are deserving of the honor due to
secondary causes, to the perception of the
Divine laws, and to the untinching determi-
nation to proclaim and obey them. 1t is curl
Gus how precisely the same tone and the same
line of argumentwere used by the enemies of .
Washington during his second administration
as that employed touching Garrison by the
London Standard and the Copperhead prints /
OF the United States. 1t was denied that he
had any meritorious part in procuring indie
pendence. He was accused of want of mill
tary capacity and of personal courage, and
charged with plotting the ruin of his country,
and even with pecuniary dishonesty We of I
this generation can hardly realize. the fury of |
the storm of calumny which beat on that illus
tIlous mead but the people, in the end,
always recognize their benefactors, and pay
them due honor. The calumny and detraction
are forgotten, and the services are held in ever
lasting remembrance. Neither the backbiting
OF envy nor the ISLANDERS of malice can obscure
the Just fame of the man who first proclaimed
The duty Of immediate emancipation; and the
devout hI.nility with which he ascribes all the
glory OF his success to God alone will make it
only the more pure and the more bright.
... General Grant for President,