, 1869-03-01
BOSTON.

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NOTABLE LAWSUIT
rather curious case representative of
division OF opinion In a class OF people long
very nrnly united together. In. lAle1y, not
tar the 1rs+ ttr,r h.en t.ro-e AZ. ~ onr
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courts arises Out o. the "p1 q. f.auca
jackson, q lending and wealthy Abolition
ist, who, dyfrc hf3.c tho WAT hsd
s.eon,n,i'nad sn,rcin.t,on left \ enm
a'"p,sn ~ pnna1 AD'' ~ ne derotcs to
the purpose or cseating pno1c se.nnent
that would rat an end to negro slavery IN
thr 1rn,tsd States, The amount was eu
.ho,sana 11o11.,e Rcfore one thon.ana of
.np a.t ~ 10 -, 49,. w. ~a. y.
an end. Like nearly all oi his co-workcrs IL
the agitation for freeing the negro, Mr.. Jack
son had no thought that the end might he
REACHED within the ur eteut generation. Such
,nna :. ~ e-airarr tr,.,es. r,,oht 10 =,
!unu 49,. ~ osul.as trustees m.su' ~ ~
danger OF per'eIslon; bus Win 4 board com.
posed OF these lifelong allies and faithful
| comrades, William Lloyd Garrison and Wen
| de1l pb,t,Ins. with others on1y less nrnm,-
ncn,1v Idsnf,acd viii tbe san,e ,dea, % .
seemed that there could not, while these gen
agreement u TO the fsghtfna Interpretation
| Of their rieFf, whatever change might come
oser the affairs Of the nastou-
But the eequei has Eisen another proof how
little power dy.ug men can hare over their
money. Even Benjamin Frank1in's careful
provision Tor tbs accumulation OF the fuud be
lett 1or tho assistance Of honest mechanics
apprentices In Boston aud Philadelphia hAs
not 1een 70 If1sfated as % mas me Wlii .,
tEaIch jackson, ihsIe no longer exists any
American slavery Tor his dollars 10 under
mine. ihe question comes upt hoF shall The
rearest approximation BE- made TO the wish
Of the ttstasor. Wendell thillipa and Lilo :
Garrison GO LONGER move arm ID afm
Hardly on speaking terms, they
!oek u eTerF question from point:
OF view as haTcrse Is their common
ground ntea 70 70 rom EyeIctts or Webster.
Mr. Ga1 tsoh thinks the fund should propcrl
Sioa 5esa I'd sxsnfy &
the tdncation aud elevation Of the eman ci
pated people. 5lr. Phillips insists that at
least bali shall be given 70 the cause Of a0t
on tha eex n h hs
falz.m1nded newspaper, bis own persona
organ, the dnts-1IdWTy 4S1nddrd, Like
set OF boy playing "F "Follo".my-Lsadcr," ;" th
, Other Trustees divide IS equally as the.
one, and Mr. Phillips md hi
: demand have majority Of one: TIE conI
, before whom the matter was first bron2h
r decidedfor the Garr1son TieM Of the dutle
OF the TFusteet, but Mr.. Phillips acd tts sur
porter contest 1t tbs Judgment e9nsideFR Dc
), AMI sisre11s &aadard would se the abandon
y mcnt OF q eacred trust on their part. and pr
q Ier1ing 10 be removed from their places
!, order from the bench than to 4cqulesce
, IS up again for further legal argument, au
: tie end Is not ret. The iirst hearing Of II
case will be had at the March term Of Il
= Supreme Court.
y Mr. WHITTIER IND Ills WORKS.
n The encouragement Of a poem by Jol
Greenleaf Vhittirr Will hsye lis eti.ct in i
II creaslur the sale of the March number OF /,
= 1,Iontte ,NonfAlu -; sud vet The poem ls not
~ yery good one. ana II ii had ben sent In
u BEow1, Jones Or Robinson ! think ,ye
l. micht have rejected 1t. Yet IL 1t vi
IN much worse than It Is It would be nothi
~ more than the nodIinc Of Homer anc
~ apy American poet can afford at this day
III rubbish poor poem, Whit
[c- Is the man for hls reputa1l
"a rests up.n n rock. Do you kne
Ia not think nearly so well Of bis ballads a
NJ id;ls and igl,cs rs The public docs, md In
h . heart prefers his prose writings to hls poet
ua r. ihe nstion al readers that In, 1akeu
cir n,anv thnn.ande ri copfes of bis q 81
he Tom1a y nni - 4mnnr fhn riiils- u and
" NV NJ the handsomc edition OF bis Ut
OF Enrss Issned by his puollshcr, three OF Il
en worthy IA te clsssed win tie proyet,
49, faii,ts and hlindnesses Of authf
+ne Rnt when oue forrtts Whittier
TO noet and reada The volumes OF
on nrose writlrcs, written mostly when the
- Tne AmesbnrT Quaker vas a much youn
oe1 man than now. Il is p,aiu that i
TO stnr;es and essays would have Won him I,
iii. as wr;ter. had he never oycrthado
nd. them by venturlrc tdto yerse. Ills styl
ery aS peiane'aM ~ 81 aaach aa as It't a,,n ~
the hard tn bring any oiher writer of our
with Ehose f, match it, thcse two b
au. estonned frorn the compar1Eon. His
OF noycl. Margaret Smlthts Journa1," Civ
hNth FrrJAnu
ing the seventeenth century with vivid
csi- a1a sfapn.s esnnsor ,e a,,nt, Tn'sn emp "
RELY sans theme so iar that il seems VOID,
per- Mr.. L: 1gtelloW should have attcmptet
Ion, Iet, as. 'ts oo, usuS d,e,.a mtu ~, ,as r
II o1 MISSION nr nrr;ud,ce in his narrative.
,oc,a scknoTIedres t5e outrageous proyoca
ena- ousIea ~ the qah 1heGa1 " hnt,tna ,n1 ~
the pretcct day would desire bin to, The
riea, OF Mr. Whlttier's prosc works are
deJ, shctcues' a1e, % s.oss auu , p.os.ap @
recenilv Gom hts peu than lourteeo
State $50; but their Interest Is not transient
ctti- come q .as sto.,es ,,ta. snt M pnensn, ~
,tton any snsniclc al theIr authenucity. and
A.. historical stud,ts a. that Of The
70 a lpsw;ch Fright" are quite unique Il
n vSt.t;srs. nr"se ~ ocs csn sar ,hs. nv az,
nth liking for IT Is ine1p'lcablc for il is OF .
49, with the tdndness Of many writers for
sag- productions which do not meet the spp
'aol- uon they deserve ifon pu1le sto
ey !" believe :hat one man can oc c!eFer III
~ branches Of lltEF1tufc' ..-.
why raAsa AND HIS PICTURES. i,
speaking T. 45s1 1s' : soS ,ss ;nsss ssz
~ b beF. set bis lively style 10 the task q
% tiTc15 advertising nc snfom9,s , OF ;sa.t aa,
IN Inc y a,osy Tx ~ tGS iith,rranhcr Is rs intcr
,.s@ .ae, rs = fomaaec; set every Bo.tonisn
'ains thRt the truah = substaotiali5 Is nc ~ :.
,mant ! frutfye adv. rising. when, as In thi.
'nsns the hing advertised Is really SO good, q
te be- dIssenipation an actual beueht to tt
lie as well as the deaier@ J INN