, 1874-06-11
BENJAMIN LuNDY,

BENJAMIN LuNDY.
y. Eastman, formerly Editor Of the Western
Citizen, ard now Secretary Of tho 1so,,nion Com
mlttoo, road tho following:
ENote.--AH 1t foil to MY lot to DO th SUCCESSOR
Of Benjamin LunAy In lilo publication Of lis own
journnl, and to follow 1t for numb or OF yoars
with another Anti-s'aTory paper In tho State,
and az waH engaged with him III tho lattor part
OF his lifo, aud WAS with him when ho died, and
hiH friends lavo requested that should do so,
1t Inns become my duty, aud 1t Is plcasant task,
to proaent to this Reunion the momoria1 gkotoh
Of him whom we onll the Ponoor.l
In commencing tho Borios Of biographical
sketches mud momoriala Of distinguished por-
SONS, generally Of thoao who aro dead, who vert,
prominent in tho Antf-Slayory oauac which THU
Reunion Is designed to commemorate II Il,
eminently proper TINT 1t bllould DO introduced
by the lifo Of tho man who III properly styled
THE ANTr.shAvEnY rloHEEA--nEHJAatfNL LuNDY.
Ho Is callod tho Pioneer because he is admt +
ted to be tho frat man who devoted his lifc, at ID,
mado voluntary offering Of himself, his labo +,
lIia property, his reputation, and wnatovor q
nlau might do, and be- ard hope for, IN tho gra nd
impulse Of his being wllile In tho body In tilis
world to that cnuBo Which VIC now stylo modt rn
Abolitionsm.
We may defino modern AboIitionism to bo that
work Of agitation md concentrated enorb for
tho abolition Of slavery, begun by few, in that
period just after tho dormant and apathetic
state Of public feeling following tho shameful
concession known as tho Missouri Compromise,
aud prosecuted with vigor by thom with ranks
and columns rapidly augmcntng resisted on
tho part OF slavery supporters intonBifylng Oil
opposition that culininatod In aggressive
acts Of violence, aud In usurpiug ,inex-
anplod powora for ono generation in tho
lives OF onr people, till tho contest was
closed by civil war, and proclamation Of tho
President In 1868 enancipating tho slaves TINT.
Ind increased from 1000. .010 to a00o, QUO during
the conflict.
THE TEN AND THE TosauE AND THE BALLOT
wore tho voapons uHod by tho oarneHt fow who
would havo elayory end. Dy tho opponents,
weapons 1laod we're rihad Bneers, tho otlorous
coutompt OF woud-be morality, responsibility
and leconcy, tar and fcatLera eggs OF bad odor,
accommodation from churches, exiln 10 ull-
tito pistol md bowlo-krt|te. tho fsgaot, tho prt-
o1l, and tho halter. Foilcu at theAo wcnponH Of
unholy warfare, they at ast in desperation seized
tho sword, scaling thor fate, under the divine
adago that "Thoso who tnko tho sword sLall por~
iah by the Bword."
Tho contcst proved tho modern poets gushing
words "Tlio pen IL mightior thnn tho sword, Is
and also thoso Of another oil tho ballot, ns
weapon tlr,ner set
TAau thut of thu bayonct.
Benjamin Lundy waA ono Of those who woro
mighty With tho pen. Ifo IL called tho Pin, ,ccr,
becauao llo wAs Tho first to make the Abolition
cnuHo single object OF hiz pursuit in 1ifo. If
not loader, he walked by hilnsolf alone In THAI
ruth and, OH tho same road as Pilgrim in i no-
somo tourney xaH aoon Joined by Faithful, G, cat
~ o}ft III If,t1 Il {1ft,
BY Goudcli, now bore with uy aud Garrison lid
Whittier, I'LL still in tho flesh; aud Lcnyi tt,
Loyo}oy. and others, who layo gono on beto; 70,
drnwn ,lp, Elija-liko, from tho pilgrims pat !;
l,oulall Of Juno 0, 1874. Ealnt-1Icart, World IT,
Love. aud Mr.. Formally. aud tho IL ".
preacl.-for-pay, Squire stsnd-by-tho-parl y,
md Demon also, and Con. aroeubacks, Z 10
modern, Baw Lulidy Htait on hiB pionoor patti /.
hucklng Ills knarsack on hiH buck, at,d ohoore 4
him with their laugAtor, pitad him for his folly
ons M wit T roa hn ,a for a mS FRI turned sxo ba
kind advice aud wise instruction. ad1nonis!lt d
him to have Bome regard 10 worldly reputation !;
begged him to look after lis famfly told him to
look upward aud follow tho glorious aud hhinil 'g
paths Of politics: Office, military glory; bosou 1t
world, aud loop tho arik Of Ills .Qua'scr fail Il
iighs eido up; md to crown nlE, offoroa ut n
woalth, Eilyer md gold, aud honora. But l. o
hoedod none Of those, but firmly trod hia jo,u :
uoy on to tho end. ovor mountain aud tls0ug h
yale hard and laborious path. boset by mobt :,
and ruana, md false friends, past the lions let l.
and cTon through Vanity Eur, spurnlng I'll! thea
nlIurementB, as moro baubleB of d frivolous life -.
tell you, mi, good old compcors. many Of whot
know him weil, aud osir young people. who dl
not and do not hear much Of him through th 0
popular newspapers of tho day-our ficn i
tulldy, poor ab ho Was, aud as little known M Q
was, cot1rtod as littlo III ho was: by tho gru It
people OF the country--our friend Lundy mRde IL
rood pilgrimage in llis lifs-his Journey va -
profitable, it enucd vol. Wo uro now to folio Y
linn more particularly in this morally rol1lanti Q
Journey and inn lfo tillod with tho onchant1neo
Of good deeds, mollowod with the hope aud faiE b
tint led him to work in pntlonce without hopo IL
expectation Of praise or reward.
BENJAMIN LuSDY WAS NORM
q Quaker III Sussex County. N. d., on tho 4tl y
June, 1885, aud died ut tho littlo town Of Lowel
Il miles suuth Of OTTAWA, III tho State Of Illinoh l.
On tho 22d day Of August, 1850. At the tue q
of hiH death hia agod father was allyo, liyin s
in the State whore ho was born, and at tt 10
rural piace known rs tho post-Ohico Of llano D.
Gus. Ho died at tho ago Of about 50-not ;us
you eco compared to most who are hero as y,
borers III the cauHa with him, Rn old man. Ill ~
lo livod to tho day Of emancipation ho wou ID
haya bncn but u, and to tho present time but U.s.
nut much older tlan nolno wo havo with ua.
lie WAS NAED FARMER.
but. leaving His fathers house ut tho age Of 10
probably to look for tho opening door Of his
fortune in life, he wandered oil to Whoe'ing. ln
Virginia, theru for time to find rest. 1t should
bo iomombered TINT l,o was barn among thu
Friouds. aud into the faith Of those wo Gull
Quakora a large part Of tho crocd OF that
faith who 1lnve NO creed IL that ,of humanity;
Tho spirit Of this denomination III tue world
ehows that thoy worship God not mado aftor
the imagination Of thor minds or Tho dchlrpB Of
MI unBanctiticd hoart, anl Tint they boliovo i'll
the truo God, tho Divine Being, tho
and that the evidence Of n proper lto md God
in tho Honl. IL III goodwill mud &c od~dolng TO-
ward our fellow mon. such, bell ovo, was tho
sort bnt intimato acquaintance With him. I
Buy this to show ho lad q heart md n trimming
of life well to prepare him for what ho aaw III
Wheeling, Va. There ....-
lie FluKr GAME IN CONTACT W1TR SLAVERY.
IIo aAw something, but not comparati' 'oly much
Of ono Of its common aud necessary cot"ltios.s-.
thai Of cruelty. Dut he Judged from tl.e hle Of
III. application to himsolt. IL thoro Q 3oy more
right lying buck anywhere, tn maize tli'h black
.,nranr 0f vnars uf nHa 3,AynCl lit t-Dflaulutl