, 1874-06-12
objeotof ,aln'lratonr ofrsspect, nor oven of H.

touluChtlou' HHu nppufulnB OF Zig ploHd Oil LIE
jtloclcl and lio nor they oyor. dreamed that the
h,adow bio was titus Weighing md sounding wan
ina God of, any Bort Nor will attompt to oxtract
and draw out tho 1cason, or a,ty moral, profit
abls Or other. of, Mr., Gidd,nga' life.
ronld ii I might outline him against the
background Of Lis time, aud In its light anl
atmosphere, that, old friouds would rccogutzo,
andxhich straugors might soe something Of tho
man Ia lo WIS !. md to whom he would oxpound
tho moral and1cason OF Lila own lifo.
That this mny DO nttomptoa tho recent yoara
with their now structures must disappear; and
WE MUTT TURN HACK
baok to TINT timo when tho foobo Statea undor,
the gentlo pressure Of tho new Constitution
began that wondrouu growth, whose fruitago In
our own tnlo H. nalfon.
i TIE .BouTnEnN HALF or OUR uHIoa
had ita QUO institution Of slavery. which gaye 1t
unity mud Developed might. 1t III Tho nrohlom
Of popular government to make tile personal ILL.,
forest Of tho mon who govern ono with Tho goy-
ornod, 80 tAst the lnos Of intorost antl ambition
may draw with tho limos Of tho public interest.
anu along tho road Of advance The raro nd
vantage Of thi1 tho South, in the infant struggle
| Of tho: nov-born nation, lad. 1t began Que,
I while the rest wore many.
Is se aaln y. o hue %prognatSSa ara
cnlent anl tauder loaf uf tlLo Constitution, and
t1row its juice aud life to its own growth sud
ulointanai,ce.
/ 1t sns aiaticinntcd by tho frn!ners Of tho III
atrnment TINT tho Bouthern bonamen would
escape to Northern freedom; and they nado 1t
| tho duty OF tho Statob OH dolnand 10 give tho.n
up. s1 ycara aflor tho protnu1g.tion Of that in-
t Htrilmont, Hlnyory procured by national lcginn.
tion tho trauEfer Of this duty and obligation to
tho National Governments, with the plodgo of NIL
itspowur to its performance.
1t secured stipuiationa with all tho bordering
tribes Of 1ntlianH fora capture a,d roturn Of all
L. ifc ali 70 fI.otr md
faBtnossos for cover; aud fought With tho naton-
al armies the intorlninnblo war or alnust scuro
ofy ycara in tie Everglades Of Floriaa to, on-
torco them: It purchased ss! NJ, Lo%lslnaa' It
California. for the fields in, which to extend it.
pocica, oloctod prcsidents and appointed thoir
canets I ptsGnage 9na Msx teS
it eutored Congress, aud wol~nigh openly rulod
; from the first. It elected tho Speakers Of tho
lIouse,- appointed standing committees, and
J dictated and fashiouad its legislation. It abol-
and excluded Anti-Sayery papers, from the
mails. It attempted to lnterpola!e itscIf into
tho tcxt Of International law, aud moro than ono
: whom tho breath Of God waited over tue soaa
from the yauuted shores Of tho ou1y hume ot
human freedom.
: The Constitution was formed to protect aud
cherish the institutions Ut tllo States slayerg
MAS the one institution. of the South, aut ence
was cherished mud protected till it became M.
tionul, md ITO longer loca, and all tho strength
Of tho Union funced 1t abont.. To opposo it wus
i violation Of tho Constitution to war neaiils
it WIS 4 threat to dissolve tho Union. It became
tllo Constitution, vas tho Union, was tho Ma
} ton.
The diabollsm with which 1t inspired lta vota
rios aud propaganda, aud by. Which it poi
ion bccanlo wholly diseased and darlsoned, vi!
| | remain wonderful monument Of manf
,, power to generate. snd propagate q disoaao o
:, morals aud pestlsnca Of the mimi.
, From All nblurrent wrong only to be temporarily
: endured it secured toleratiot, thon favor, the
! protection, and finally loyo and vonerntioi
:, Neom crime to bo punished with doutll, 1t wa
: transformed to tho sum Of human good, an
= decroud eternnl.
), Il 1patencd itself upon tho American Churc1
. md was sanctilod by tho laying on OF hol
: hands, War1sel Scriptures, wore callod to 1t
= naiio % until to question lis divinity vas
= : blaspheme. Aud 10 elnyery hocama Church ell
y y State.
!, IN THE rULLSEss or TIME
!, f0r men OF the North atoBo in Mi atrnosphor
:. bo hoard, aud dodon,lcod it.. They denounced
- as Luther aud Molauethon denounced til
!, = papaoy. They found it the enthronua rulor q
- the nasion,- aud mon charged them With troaHol
= 1,hoy found 1t enmostled in the Constitution, an
! men denounced thom as riolators of it, lilo
u found It fenced about and hedgcd in by the Uno,
. and ware charged with eeeking to dissolve tia
:. bond. Nor werc thcso charges without founda
- tion. They struck at slavery wherever tile
! found 1t, and they struck full. armed, vengoful
aud ponlerou8 blows at everything tlint stood be
3 tween them and it,-righscoua blows, aod-di
J.. rected blows,--bIows Which, resounding throug1;
all tho land, finally awolio the leavy-eyod poopl
from tho poisoned lcthargy of death.
4 Ono form there was, and is that comes to me
o cloao my eyes aud sec
q WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON,
e. - %artr
"a Of slavery as did the Dlack Knight with his pom
{ derous battlo-ax tho postorn OF the Castle Q
q Front do Bout, standing ulone unmoycd ami
u descending. fire.. raining stones, and falltn
:. battle those awful blows wore hoard. carryiu
/. terror to the defenders Oh the battlements.
It Not in this direct assault, wounded ind bruiae
/, as it was, was slavery to fall. Something ther
- n had grown, and In the Constitution which mo
IL hal nlado, that was to bo savod. Allies with!
- tho Union linos within tho Constitution VII
s. loved and aerveh both, zoalous aofanderB Of IL
Il nation, called into action perhaps by these ou
IT sido assailants Of ALL wore to arise, who wero
T. join arms iu an assault upon slavery, and vi
:. Vero at tho same tlmo defenders Of tho ConBt
IN tuition and Union against them. Strange al!'
t, were these hating friends, these loving enenie
il aud memorable vas tho three-coruercd vi
re which followed.
)" During al the early years Of those times,
q. THE MAN WAB onow1Hn uP,
to fclltnE the trees, and living IN tho 6lAdoWe
Bc | tho Uondroua maple forests Of Northo
Ohio: who III Gods good time would, wtho
wounling fibre Of tho nations organic Ia
patioutly dissolve and d'sentangle slavery fro
a, tue Constitution; and 60 clearly separate the
~ ~ that no pann should mistake what wRa slave
- - for what was tho Constitution; aud 80 that
~ ~ who would might see tha1 s1ayory could deri
~ ~ no hop from that instrument, could hnd 10 rea
n | ing-p1ace even in lta shadow.
~ ~ Droad-browel broad.Bhoulderod and lofty
eu sal stature lie WAS, with domo-lke haad, 1oor
'a md ample, In which to search out, turn over,
70 yestigato. separate, and anayzo deop, subtl
,a aud difficult Problems and oarry forward iol
to 10 / and great tyAu,s OF continuous thought to ul
10 10 mato concluniops; with power to compel othe
~ to adopt them AZ convictions and to ombo
~ theso convictions IN actions and lives. Ono
~ The Kings OF Men, In primitive race 10 VI
~. Not conqueriug by striking power, and bin
~ ~, lug with dazzling brilltancy; but creati1l
~. forming nlodlng, and loading, with u far-seor
u deep.reaohing, politio sRgacisy; backed mud III
ia tanned with massive physical power, under
IL, COOL wary courago, which, In its sorenc repo
an Oh God, uey6r hAnched In the faco OF mortals
~ BIRTH AND EDUCATION.
.na Born two yearb after tho first Fugitive sla
nf law, ut Athons, Bradford Co., Pa; his fathe
". name was Joshua and lie hadn Unolo Elisha, an
r. know not what old Bcriptural rotations 6oal'le
sfo Puritan In his ancestry on both BUGS. !
~ Roendod from mon and wOlnen Who ca!oe oVos
~. ~ the first half century after plymouth. Noni
nl1 IT, ut ono or two points III MASSACHUSETTS,.
hv stopping ut Connecticut; ana thon 70 tohns