Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-02-08


PhiJoisbFopist,i p paper started q
Mount Pleasant by Charles Osborne
and afterwards became an editor an
partner in the concern. In order I
raise ne necessary funds for the publ
cation of his paper he put his stock I
! harness and saddles on fiatboat am
started on commercial enterprise Z
n ST. Louis, which proved a disastruu
failure. 1t was slow trip, and he 1iI
notrealch st. Louis until late in the fal
IsOf l8l9.r He found not only the cit,
but the whole State of Missouri greatly
excited on the question Of admission
into the Union with theeelebrated pro
viso in fnvor Of freedom. Into this con
troversy -Lundy was very naturally
drawn as "a contributor to one of thI
local papers, and Of course he took III,
anti-slaVefy side. This seriously af
fected his business, and disastrous fail
ure was the result. He returned home
onsfo0t In the dead of winter, having
lost everything in his unfucky venture
And here another disappointment
awaited him. His partner in the Phi
td1athrOpist, wearied and disheartened
at the anpromisine condition of affairs
had sold out the establ blishment, and
the type and press had already been
shipped to JoHesboro', tennessee
THE GENIUS OF UNIVERSAL EMANcI.
c.4i ~ lps'-ss. ~ PATTON. .
But Mr.. Lundy was, nottjwilIing to
abandon his anti-Slavery mission, 80 the
vail of the captive which he heard st
Wheeling was still ringing in his ears.
The first issue of the new, pa per was
only Welcomed by ak ,subseribers.
Without any printing appliances at
hand, and practically ignorsnt Of Their
use had he possessed them, he was
obliged toseek printer elsewhere He
st length secured. one. at SteuhenyiIle,
twenty miles Distant TO and from
this place did he trlldge on foot, carry
ing his manuscripts and selections in
his pockets, and returning with, the en-
tire edition of the Genius of Uairersat
Enad'aciBdtioR on his back. He, began
the publication of his pat,er without a
dollar of capital, trusting for success. Sin
the sacredness Of the, eausesp In four,
months he had quite q respectable sub
scription list. Shortly after this time
he was Invited by the proprietor of the
{ sI'hitd1't1rOpist to come to yJonesboro'I
Tennessee, and take charge of the paper
and print his own Journal, the Geeiass,
in the same. Office, 1t was a journey o.
800 miles (much of it to be performed
on foot, but Lundy went, and there he
remained three We rs, AS may he sup
posed, the people of Tennessee did not
take kindly to the abolition paper, sIiig
THE FIRST 1ANTI-sEAvERY coNyEN-
500 bi43t iTIoN.IilfJ 81! iiie4i 90
In the winter Of IS2S-24 the first
Anti-Slavery Convention met In Phiia-l
delphia. Lundy Travelled / ss0miles tol
attend 1t, ahd while there he was en-
couraged to transplant. his newspaper
from the West to the East, and he fl
nally determined to locate in Baiti-
more, although he had no encourage
ment to IcotHe here from the few
he had formed. He
reached here about October 1st, 1924. |
On the 10th Of October, 1924, the first
number of his paper Baltimore series)
was issued. Shortly afterwards he went
North to secure homes for some colOretl !
people whom their masters were Wilt
ing to einancipate, and he was detained
longer than he anticipated. On his re-
turn. to Baltimore he encountered al
sorrow. His wife had become
the mother of twin babies in his ab-f
sence and died. The lecturer gave an
account of Lnndy's life in
In 1923 he went on a lee
turing tour to the East and met VIM. !
Lloyd Garrison in Boston, who was a /,
boartler at the house at which Mr.. Lun-
1ystoppe;I. Mr.. Garrison was convert
I'd to aIlti-slavery views by Mr.. Lundy Il
and soon became an active worker in
the cause. @ii- i -H' h
GOOD Wo.,K3 AND PROSECUTIONS. L
Mr.. Lundy frequently sent emanci-
oated slaves to Hayti Cat one time as
many as eighty-eight), and he visitedt
hat island in 1929. He also visited
Canala.. to look after the condition of
he fugitive slaves, and one ocCasionn he
naClea trip - Texas, to negotiate with
he Mexican Government for a grant of
and whereon emancipated slaves might Z
ettle., although he was always guard
d in his language touching slavehold- y
rs, he did not escape the malevolentI
re of the b fillmore slaye-dealers. II In !
he winter of 1879 he was assaulted ihib
he street by Austin Voolfolk, a we'll Il
,nown -negFo-trader ofthose days, and :
'eaten : nearly to death. The iJadgeld
'eforeJ whom Lundy Was arraignedl !.
Nichols Brice) said that sLundy had !,
.ot no more than he deservedv His Z
honor directed the Grand Jury to in Z
Iiet Mr.. Llndy for publishing an. in 10
enaiary paper, but the Grand Juryic
hose to disregard the Courts instruc- Ia
ions. After this no serious interfers b
nee was encountered till Mr. Garrison p
anne, September 2, 1929, and. entered J
n duty as associate editor. 80 l7iii7i5 .
Soon afterwards Mr.. Lundy, findingi Y
he: spirit of tyranny" as he expressed g
!, too strong for him.. left Baltimore y
nd went to the West, where he died, u
8 much from broken heart as from p
isease. -2;,sa .sgfo! ). 19n -iti --iis. Fl
The above is only mere outline of q
Dr., Snodgrass' lecture. ra3 no s e
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