The weekly loyal Georgian., 1867-08-24
Personal.

William Lloyd Garrison received at
Edinburgh, the ancient capital of
Scotland, OIL the 18th of July, an
honor reserved exclusively for the
most illustriouS British subjects and
for foreign visitors Of the highest dis
tInctlOn, viz: the freedom of the
city"-an honor conferred one hun
dred years ago upon the immortal
John Hampton. The ceremony took
place at the Town Hall, in the pres
ence of the magistrates, the members
of the council, and large company
of ladies and gentlemen. The Lord
Provost presided and made the pre-
sontation speech, at the conclusion of
which he handed to Mr.. Garrison a
velvet covered box, bearing the arms
9F the city and enclosing the record
Of the honor thereby conveyed. In
the course of his address he said:
eve thank you, slr, for your noblo
efforts in the cause of negro emancipa
ton. We see you here to-day as an
augury of the future good understand
ing hetWixt this country aud the
United States. 1t affords us all great
satisfaction, in the name of this old
community, to confer upon you the
privilege of burgess of this city.
Take this home with you as an augury
of the good feeling that exists between
US trust 1t may be, as it were, Il
holding out Of the olive branch toward
| America"
Mr.. Garrlson's speech in reply was
exceedingly icllcitous. lie said;
'I should be something less or more
than human not to feel deeply i'm
pressed by the marked honor aud
| privilege you have now conferred uron
me. If, in this instance, | am mot to
| the manner born''-if, as | am told,
am the first American upon whom
this distinguished token of respect
has been bestowed-I have at least
labOred unselfishly and devotedly,
against tremendous forces, for nearly
two score years, in the cause of i'm
partial liberty and universal emancipa-
ton. And that cause makes me cos
mOpoitan-for it Is not simply Ameri-
can. but belongs to the world And,
though no man can surpass me in Il
genuine love uf native land, yet,
where the principles of justice, the
rights of suffering humanity, and the
obligations of common origin ard
destiny are concerned, have no
other rule of action than this my
country is the world, my countrymen
arc all mankind. BY nativity 1 be-
long to the United States of America
that is accidental. BY human sym
pathy and affinity | belong to the
whole human race that is both my
choice and my destiny. The interests
of al men and of all nations arc to
me alike; their liberties are equally
sacred.
"Coming to Great Britain quietly to
SEE old friends and coadjutors. and
seeking neither personal conspicuity
nor popular cOmmendation, but rather
privacy and recreative Enjoyment, |
have been taken by surprise at the
cordial and flattering manner i'll which
have been publicly received III vari-
Gus parts of the kingdom by those
high i'll position, rich i'll culture,
foremost i'll reform, and last. not least,
by the laborlng masses and also at
the generous aud eulogistic tone of the
press, without regard to sect or party
---.-- am happy indeed to be thus
tavorably regarded by you, and thus
hOnOrcd by the large and growing city
you represent. 1t is Il tribute which,
If properly bestowed, is undoubtedly
elected more by the fact that | first
led the way in the mighty conflict for
immediate abolition, and thus sub
jected myself earliest and longest to
popular wrath and scorn. than that |
labored with any more zeal, persever-
ance, courage, or self sacrifice than a
multitude OF others, without whose
cooperation | had peradventure
achieved no success, and who may
fairly be classed with those ancient
martyrs and confessors "of whom the
world was not worthy" Assuredly it
is not your purpose to separate me
from them, nof to crown me at their
expense; but, on the contrary. IN me
and through me to express your re
spect for the long. bitterly tiaduced,
but now triumphantly yindicated anti