, 1874-06-12

ground railroad know only ono man boailo my
Helf e.. Z. Louis) who livos in those
conductor, or onginoor. Tho sool which Jon
nnd L1uly scattered n thoBo parts will
boar fruit for ycara to como. Ottawa has tov
o1d-lino Abolitionists loft-neddiok. Stout, and
Of them nro with you. Tho "sthtion agent, at
Lowell, woat, and Dewey's Grovo oaat, arc clthor
doad or have removed to othcr parts.
O. my @ brothar Imagine imagine thst ron hsye Tnrd1 With
E. ?. tovejoy,. Bailey, Sumner, aud others, and
their spirits will give dignity md anterost to your
reunion.
What mas begun in vonknoHs. though in groat
plate victory. Respectfully aud fratcrnaly,
A. ii. EDEnaoL.
CHARLES A. WHEATON.
The last wns from Charles A. Wheaton. for
morly OF Syracuse, N. Y. who waH known In tho
oar1y days nj faithful, valuable and aottve
supporter of tho causo Of freedom.
70 tho Convention to asssnabls at Chicago u. ga fs,
eal.ed q Re,tnisn ef tas old A'ot't'o"i'n" If Our
DEAn fnlENps: c,nuot DO with you in per-
son, but I will in bplrit Atl sympathy.
began to be m Abolltioniat in 1886, md bo-
canc fully enlisted and identified with thcn in
1857.
As remintsoencc which may intereBt somo Of
you, let mo eiyo ono fact which led mo to take
my stand with the hnted AbolittoniBt.
A call WAS issued In tho fall Of tho yoar 1877,
inviting nll who folt any Interest," III tho question
Of Anti-siavery to meot III Syracuse, n. Y, on
mn appointed day to organize an Anti.sla1ory 40
ciety for 0nondnga County.
Whom 1t bocamo known, several Of tho loading
cittzons OF syrncuso, styling. themselves tho
friends Of lav-nnd-order. Issued call for moet-
ing to DO hold in q large room In tho Syracuse
House, TO devise vaya aud mcans to prevout tho
Introduction of any such disturbing clement In
their lnidnt.
This is substantially whnt tho cali stntod, anil
fn t1}n6
Bsant to the Gull. OF course attended,. After
tho meeting was organized and tho object
stated. large committee was appointed
t. to sese Of to moea s
report as soon as possible: y. ". Smith, editor
OF the Syracuse journal, 4. ". .Leavenuorth, Jo-
siah Wright, II. ". Van Buren,, and others whose
tha mi n r sth @pa lad ys roa or tho
occasion series OF resolutions sovoroly do
nounoing my attompt to organize such l. society
as the few Anti-Slaysry mon contemplated. My
Esprit was stirred within me" at any such at
utmost, in committee, to prevent tho adoption
OF tho resolutions, or, il T could not do that,
to aoenro such . modification an to render
them harmless. The "odds" were too much
nority report, and did 80; and wcll remember
tho scornful cpithets and snooring looks OF my
trionds at my. tomcrity i'll attempting TO stom
the current Of prejudice and hnte which OK
bored occasion.
From that hour WAS branded fanatical A1oo-
litonist. (Dut hore let mo nay, paronthotically,
that Anvo lived to soc tho "curee ramoyod;"
vortexl to tho doctrines, yea, aud more radical
doctrines than wero hold by The AbolitiouistB)
This attempt OF these "friends Of lnw and
order" no-calloa, did not auccoed in preventing
tho gathering Of the friends OF freedom on the
day appointed.
Tho lr,oeting assembled in tho Baptist Church
in tho forenoon, amid groat excitenont. Gorrit
Smith. William Gootoll. n Mr.. Stewart (not
who foil in tho harness, fow days sinco, at tho
ripo ago OF BOY, aud ono or two others, wore
thoro to spoak for tho truth, the right. aud the
alavo.
And tho .oppoaers rore there too,-Judgo
Pratt, tho Hon. John Wilkinson, mud otlers,
who. with their utmost vigor, opposed tho
object Of tho meeting. Tho o1citomont was 80
great, tho general nBpe,t 30 threatening, tint it
was decided not to hold meeting i'll tue oyon-
ing.
This was the first orga nlzcd conflict and yoto-
ry for Anti-Slavery in a city which Afterwards
threatened to pull up THO railroad track TO pre-
vent n slaye.catcher from coming for, Or leaving
| With, his prey.
thoso. eary days. syrsscnso afterwards bedamo
proyorhial for her philn, ltropy aud Anti-Slavery
| character. Here that ntb]o philanthropist, Sam
! uel J. May, devoted s.o this cause many Of
to onr,v IA" W;t1;am Tnvd Gorriaon waa nas,hoJ ~
! md aftaywnrJa Tradcr;c1s nn,r1aea. ~ nnt1 he1s
ton 1.ier Jorrr" n r,,nawn1 a,nva N'' nftcr ar'
| rest, examination and delivery to his claimant,
ma1 s''1 r,;soa IL wos aont ~ ,aruarlu ~
Tamadn Iosno;iinn thn can:or of 3,ia vicfm tho
onas, ~ ,s,i1 t;,,r,sl ~ rnart,' Wv aa
1 ~ "t1sn sanra thar,a Star Was
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na' tnesa uso,ss -. ~ .1aa ,n " t4u IT,
aier 1no IL t,o ;u1 @ ~ ~ as nns1
@ neon Nsnao HILL ~ f"t Jv.: sAo AoA o'o n"'o e"'0o
'neM 70 y9qi Hstoss..on. 1Ianat ,,,u H. ar ,,,,,
~ won'u oo efeas p!oasn1e TO-, 20 mo ., M couid ~
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pasnet!o sno'oa "oien p'no no"iss
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