New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-08-23
GENERAL POLITICS.
GARRISON ANSWERED.


MASSACHUSETTS TAKES HIM IN HAND-hR.
GARRIsos's HATRED OF THE CONSTITUTION
AND ZEAL FOR ECEssION-I6CossISTEsOY
OF HIS COURSE '...ft't -
challenge Mr.. Garrison's right to read TO
Charles sumner Horace Greeley lectures upon
tica statesmanshiP For thirty yesrs or more he was
Of one wing the Aboltionists North the other
SDf k esnS ss pa 5 PAP the
breaking out OF the war; the fundamental article OF his
death and an agreement with hell" and there
fore no honest anti-sayery man could take
vote unaer IT, and a the only remedy for The evils Of
Slavery was the dissolution OF the Union. His coad.
IutGrs were men and women o. tne highest culture OF
nsss sSd for ses As S .
gate their dogmas and the 5 a hs
have ali honor. But Mr.. Garrison never had any con-
d ySps on account Of their agreement With
Mr. 0arrson's dogmas. Such was the estimate whiea
the intelligent conscientious, Christian sentiment OF hs
North put upon Mr. Garrison's practical staesmanship
/ quote from The Lfberator a few extracts from
form teachings up to 1861 The first Is from speech At
nQham the 4th of July, 1856 copied from TIE
To nc the path plain To-Day H.o-u the American Gag the
sS q P9ssSaa SP ana @ ,s o 2 S e
bloody stains To-day rene. accusation gas The Amsnsn Cgs,
"Rs ought = Be- snacd now and forever sT
Amsnean vnO 81 ~ % ssioaE Col Todsy arm %.
Higher Law be the gul and paramount law Of the land % 70.
freedom To-day sad outside q as YIsnc. GS,sIn@ me =.
bu. apOa broader platform With ier 'gri with better "e.Vsn'
The existing guiou the certain s9%ph 2, ne sI.-:
sDys an s9ts . o. may p fSs :; s po% Tier.
thousand veghuer reasons Why the North should separate rom ne
country Let then to-day rejecting y Wild AND sss ,.
IT, present limits extending constitutional protection to n -
he 81 register ese sosw es.Gs Dsicn snn 20
i. bioodssinsd Unoa tGs, eo.aysi ooun'g%s.
% n :G S:s.r.s. sure for Is1 blood sha Let
s sIsSf G e S 1s iss i'l siaa 1Ss :sns
which ne root e. all our trouble, Hs s1S
Concessions compomses eIpess's roGes aI1 so YHs
Sri mast spsa ron SoS her Institutions
on a sure basis enabling Of Us TO shout:
0, the land for me- the land TOT me- 80
Where eyery living soul Is free" &C."
At birmingham on tho 4th july. 1885, Mr.. Garrison
read the following resolutions: ~. - .,,.,,,
With s H%ST1 nS 5 SPs2 ns5 d % shame s % bsr
unhawet Union peI,, wbeyer and that conc s
MAJ, she ought to organic ,b on ' r"S ssyus s M
immediate downfall By making Il geogsPhes @ a,s Dooa
VIII Rsora That tie asg under millions Of slaves are
kept securely IL their chains beyond all peaceful dsyeran
na S' Sau si a e. 70 % es
be abhoei dsowne and tron under foot BY every true neea
sS,n SH S sfsSi ss S SI ad H.
AID Is not press. S 81 n" 1on he esg @
but he begged leave read another sene Sh nc o' nv
In 1851 The I5eTGto after reporting speech with ths
aamn
holding up the United States Constitution ne braided
10 as the source and parent Of all the o.ner AZ
and consumed 1t TO ashes on the spot exelalming 81,
perish all compromises with tyranny ana let an tns
went mn 70 heaven in ratification OF the deed. mingled
with few Misses and wrathful EXCAVATIONS rom "a,
some. who were evidently i'll a rowdyish state OF
mind, but who were at once coWed py the popular
feeling" ..,,....,
this holocaust in the newspapers at the time VIII re-
member more of the dramatic surro,undlngs Oh sns
Transaction than Mr.. GarrisOn's wellknown modesy
allowed him to give in The Ltoerdtor anu tnat Ine aS
performed not only for artistic eject pqs ans
foreshadowing an inevitable event. s,..,, Nth
held public advocacy these extravagant dognas su
lie has given evidence OF practical poItcaI Wisus
superior TO that of his whole previous lie Is William
IJoyd Garrison the man to question the wisdom OF
Charles Summers acts and 70 expect tne people Oh
sachusett follow his teachings IN matters OF prao'c
The impartial historian in nquring for the causes OF
the sayeholders' Rebellion, will be compelled 20 ueeaIo
that no man and no OF men were more responsible
for the war than Garrison and DIS Iolo"ers' % @ a
they with wonderful power had a1ored LOT 80 years W
convince the country and the world that the CSnStI
anteed its perpetuity and made 10 the duty OF he Noo
maintain 1t. This the burden Of all their eio-
quent barangues. Logically following out the pTOpo-
ston they urged that under the Constitution the North
had no right 70 interfere with Slavery; that IL Was
than the South had TO do with the care schools
and roads, with this exception In favor OF slavery that
the North was especially bound to suppress slave nsu
rections Following the logic OF the the North had
right to NEEDLE with Slavery by unfriendy
ries by doing any acts which should disturb righs
Constitutional guarantee. such was the teaching
of Garrison such were the claims OF the saye-power;
and ultimately the two great political parties the pubic
press and the pulpit accepted this doctrine Inc same
accursed teaching poisoned the public opinion OF all
Europe Our best friends abroad were compelled TO
say II this be pulpit and press and politicians.
and even Garrison and his followers all admit that
Slavery under the special protection OF the Consttu-
t0n then the North is the ag2ressor the South rght
is only defending her rights under the Constltu-
ton" II was this terrible delusi0n that hung ike
upon the neck OF the North during the entire
war Seward acted upon it, and Lincoln and the RepuD-
can party; and for the untold caamities which grew
out fatal theory of the Constitution, Garrison 10
more responsible than any other man In this country
After having sufficiently ectured Mr.. sumner, Mr;
Garrison his to Mr. Greeley Inc original
Disunonlst and Secesionist expresses MS leas OF the
dreadful result OF Greeeys election IN tho following
language:
In had been chair when the Rebellion broke
the Confederate state might have
whole TO the erten OF recognizing
their independence leaving the slaves to their iate
THIS Is ludicrous enough The man who had been
preaching secession and dsunion for 80 years Ito the
extent OF recognizing the independence OF the slave
States and leaving slaves to their fate" reDuBes MI
Sumner for supporting Mr.. Greeley! 80
submit that IL i'll becomes man, with Garrlsons re-
cord OF superior political wisdom, and to
unite with the most progate scoundres that ever Ia
tested the White House In depreclang the services and
impugning the motives or Charles SUMNER
East WalpOIe, Aug. 10, 1872. f. W. BIRD