New-York tribune., 1872-06-05
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON ANSWERED.

WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON ANSNERED'
HORACE WHITE DEFENDS SUMNER AGAINST GAR
RIsON-HE CONTRASTS GARRIsONs ANTI
SLAVERY LABORs WITH THOSE OF GREELEY
AND BROWN.
PHILADELPHIA, June 4.-The Philadelphia In
o,,jrer will print tomorrow morning. the following:
A wEsTERN. ABoLIIIONIsr TO WILLIAM LLOYD GARBfsoS
The signature 10 the following letter will be recognized
as that Of one Of most effective coaborcrs with VIM
Lloyd Garrison in the OF ausayery resistance IN
the Western states. M Horace White is looker-on in
Philadelphia the Convention, with which his inflen-
tml Republican journal, The Chicago Tribune has, we
do not need to say, no lot nor part.
10 the Editor OF The PHILADELPHIA Enquirer.
Mr william Lloyd Garrison has written letter IN
teuded TO break force Nj summers recent speech
mat ii was intended for purpose and merely TO
express 10 Mr his dissent from the latter, Is
shown by the it mediatey given to the
press by the writer We authorized, therefore, 10
examine il something addressed 10 the public 10 view
either in the light OF an argument refutng Mr. sum
ners arguments or expression OF the authors Obd
racy impervousues 70 the facts and arguments ad
The impartial reader viii search Mr Garrson's letter
in vain TO md any aempt 10 dispute one OF the facts
asserted by Mr. sumner To the whole Indictment there
fore he plea OF guilty and seeks escape under
demurrer. He says in effect We admit al you have
alleged bus what OF 1T Ihis Is antan0unt 70 saying,
candidate for the Presidency has violated the Con
sutuuOn and the laws; he has declared war against
neiChoorng republic without the assent OF Con
Cress he has taruished HIS own fame, and brought
the Presidency into disrepute by course Of nepotsm
uneXampled 10 the history OI uOlefh governments lie
conferred high offices upon those VINO had previously
made him valuable presents, tnus setting ptrnclous
example TO his 6Os0 subordinate once hOdefs lie mas
quarreled with everybody who dissented from these
practices and attempted sujugate them by tyrann
cal Tarty discipline. In 80 doing be has divided the Re
publican party, and put its national supremacy in
The mere statement Of this case is a sufficient an
swer TO it, MT Garrison holds an honorable position
among the Antlsavery agltators OF this country, but
so than Mr. sumner Neither of them s 80 ex
alted that he substitute COgmatlsm Tor truth.
Neither OF them whistle a fact down the wind
Neither of them say that 10 violate the Constitution
and the laws Of no account mat to denoraze the
pensated is slight thing. To imply that these
unworthy Of attention at time when the whole Ameri
their aggregate morality and respect for law Is 20
write ones self down at least 70 The level Of the guilty
never have done OF those things But 20 take notice
Of such things, says Mr Garrison. VIII assuredy serve
the purposes the worst foes the Of impartial
freedom has most TO fear" Here, If anywhere the
reader must find the moral prop or excuse which s to
sustain Mr.. Garrisons oDhVousness OF Mr. Summers
In Mr. GaFrson's view then the election OF Greeley
and Brown Will assuredly the purposes OF the
worst foes the Of impartial freedom has most %
fear Now Il IS matter OF historical truth that Greeley
and Brown fought side by side with Garrison for
the cause impartial freedom during the past Is
Win them there mas been neither variabeness nor
shadow OF turning. do not exaggerate IN saying that
tbsI sause than Mr. Carr! ,on during that period
They took up the battle where he laid II down. that
his less earnest than before but that the time
had tben come for pioneers sappers and miners 10 fall
hsct and for captains 10 come forward. 1 think Mr.
Garrison will admit that after the year 1854 he was
than Mr.. Greeley. When, few years since, he
declared that the principles Of the AntiSlayerY
socety were accomplished, and that 10 should
now disband, and the attack Of Wendell Phillips,
who declared that those principles were not accom-
nishsd and that the society ought not 10 dlsband.
what under Heaven was Mr.. Garrison think
ing or Did he have in his minds eye
condition OF things scale OF rational mag
nitude precisely similar 70 that which he described
m MS controversies with Wendell Phllipsi Has
the Endorsement OF the Cincinnati platform BY the former
oDpOnents OF Impartial Freedom IN Tennessee and New
York and California changed the complexion OF the
battle for Impartial Freedom so changed II for the
worse that the AnSavery Society ought TO reOrRaDize
dust of lts old banners, sound the alarm anewt
To my mind the most hopeful 1gn Of the present day
disappearance OF al organized opposition 70 lm-
partial Freedom. 5uch opposition can only be made
effective when political party is bold enough 10
declare and avOw its opposition. Secret opositOn t
81 xists aud l not disposed 70 ds.iy that II
does exist in quarters, viii De as i'm
potent the psgsnsm which lurked In
Obscure places the Roman Empire after Constantine.
uness aroused activity by some such spirit that
winch pervades Mr. Garrison letter. THIS spirit unlike
that which characterized his controversy with Wendell
Phillps over the honorable urn OF the Ant-Slayery
society tends Willingly nwittingy, 70 keep in com
pact force and steady discipline underthelr Od traditions
900 900 Democratic minority indeed, bit MI
porty which any accident may turn into majority
mis- does 70 be the patn leading 10 the
permanent triumph Of the OF Impartial Freedom
which ought be- high above the reach OF political
STRIFE as sereney composed and unquestonec, as its
bronze representative ON the summit Of the Capitol 10
NIGH above the tumults which rage beneath 1t.
PhitIdelphtd, June A. 1871 HORACE WHITE