, 1874-06-12


to proclaim tho goapol OF froodom. congrosn
was flooded with a,itiblavory pot!tionB; ecclcni-
AHtica bodies weto forced to discuss the subject
aud political pnrtlos folt tho power Of tho move.
MONT until, ut length, thu whole la,ad was tillod
It,rlth an cxoltemont Which mon III powor anu n.y.
supprosa. .
| TAXING TART IN ro11T1Cs.
Until $780, tho Aholitiohsts wero united body:
-saFory so1iotlea vore gtcatIy m,,ttm,eo, ~ aa
religious sect md ovory religious party. -, me
quostioh Of organizing ~, anti.s!avory' political
party aroso, aud upod thip thoro was division
that tho organization Of eaeh pnrty was lsuue-
oBaary. and nuwiuo. lIo Thought tho Abolition.
isth should STAND shoulder to Shoulder In moral
hostility to bayors anl in tloir efforts TO- On,
pArttcs to 10 trno to freedom. 1lo doubtless be-
lioves NOW tint this wonld lfago boon the wiBor
oonrse; but ho has alwayH comnaondou evory
Of n as1 0sy y savsfy o . aa l2n4fsa o oo
dom With weapons they thought most effective.
Some yoara aftor tho for1nntion OF tho Liberty
purity. Mr. Garrison catno to tho conviction TINT
"tho colnprom,Hca Of the Constitution" by
which IL was naado power for tho protection OF
Il HIavory, ycro OF such nature that tho fnsttu-
nont itaeIf ought to DO repnlIntod' and tile qoy-'
ornt,out organized anew under provisions which
should make Blavory in,posnblo., The Anorcan
Anti-Slavery Bocioty adopted this doctrine, mid
i from TINT time forward Mr. Garrison antt Ills
ffionds denounced tho Constitution Us ~ ooyc.
nant with death aud m agreement wissIhcll',"'
tnking aa their watcllword, No Union with
6lnveholderH." Mnny OF those who did not unto
with thon, iu this moasuro bnt sought to givean
anti-slayery Interpretation to tho Constitution
hive yot Expressed the highest admiration for
riHon'a patty, aud acknowledged tho value
of their services to- the oatlHo in stirring
up the conuclenccs Of tho peoplei md: in
Constitution md tho' Union which had SO long
And whom tile War of tho Rebellion was over,
the friends OF freedom instluotivoly saw thu. tho
tion "a II :han stood, would BIO unsafe, and, ae-
cordingly, now provisions wars adopted which
rendered imperative mud nugatory the old COM
promises.
1 CLOSE or HIS WORK.
Tho work for Which the Ldd9ator had boon
established l1nving bacn thus achieved Mr.. Cur
risouy at tho end Of 1906. discontinued II, de-
claring that lis career as en- Abolitionist waa
proclamation Of the socretary' Of State
: announcing tho adoption Of tho Fif-
toonth Amendment Of tho Constitution,
forevor prohibiting sinvory In the United States.
Garrison erected III 1881 was, in inconformity with
his promise recorded at tho time, kept .un-
furlod till overy chain waB broken and overy
bondman set free, slavory having been ut
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labiltaion rendered impossible, ho advised tho
Immediate dissolution Of tile Anti-Slavory So
clothes, holding that thoir further continuance
would be IN anach5ronsm, at ',,,,t,', oncs, ~
MONT OF all that remained to be done for tue
enlunoipased negrooa he'held that new nBsocia-
tions, iii which the Abotionsts Should minglo
freely with their feilow-ctizons Of every class,
forgetting all The profudioos mud nnnimositIess
enGentorod by tho anti i-sinvory conflict, would
be fdr moro useful and effoctivo than the Old
onoB. ...,.-,,
TIE GnAnaE OF rSF1pELlrY.
/ Attempts, have been Mado to- oxcuBe tic
churches and ministers for their refusal to es-
pouBc tho anti-slavory cause, on the alleged
ground that Mr.. Garrison was an "infldel." On
ihiH point the truth Of history must bo vlndt.
Gated. Afr. Garrison was at tat time and fol-
i've years afterwards thoroughly orthodox
man. Tho proofs Of this fact may, be found III
great abundance in the files Of tho Iaberafor
lie was o constant worshper at frat in tho COLI
gEegation Of the Rev: DR.: leechor, a strict OBJ
server Of the Sabbath and champion OF; re-
viyals. Ho relied upon the churches and thu
ministers for tho triumph Of his ca!1se, aud waE
GLOW to behave tllat their opposition had any
deeper nourco than q temporary mistake Fol
o long time ho clug to tho hopo tba!
they would discover thoir b1nndor aud
givo the oa,so their h.o powerful ,e ot support o
ho was constrained to donoluco them for thell
recrouncy to God and Christianity in londing
thoir inilueuce to thwart the Auti-Savory m1yo'
tic groat body Of the Abolitioniss Of every sect
up to 1889, holding tho same grountl mud Mr.
Jamoa G. Birnoy, a nlau Of high standing in tue
Presbyterian Church, writing pamphlet with
; warks Of Amoricun Slavery" It was not !" in
fidelity" on the part Mr. Garrison and Lii
. friends that led tho churches and ministers t(
, ropudiate the Anti-slayoiy movement !, it was,
aud humanity tint led Arr. Garrison and other.
to Ais,mle their claims to he regarded aa tho ron