New-York tribune., 1879-05-26

h,btsr ,yi.b the lapse Of time For at least year
and half he and his partner Mr Isaac hnSspp
were compelled by poverty to mako tneT pe9 paaa AZ
night ON the floor in the printing once
which Harrison Gray Otis Mayor OF Bos-
ton, in a letter to tho Mayor OF oayan,
nah II belicvel. called an obscure hole.
aud 10 subsist on bread and milk cakes fruit etc,
obtained from a ncighborinE bakers shop but
they murmuTed not, nor were they tor one non,ghl
discouraged. Many n time IN visiting thcir once
did lind them partaking OF their hnnbIe repasl' .
which they seasoned with laughter, song llu g.'o'l
fu talk. friendly cat cheered thclI Ioheiu.,sS
and protected them from the dcpredatous oi mi'e;
Mr. Garrison was fond OF hs feline companion hh'i
! remember seeing her more than once uousteu
upon his writing-tabe and caressing bis Ddiu ~ LII AIe
bead in the most aficctlOnate way, Whllc nc was
spinning editorial yarn. Many times TOO, uln SCI
MT Garrison and his partner busy al 7{PeIcl,lns
in working off their paper on a nsnu-in Ill,
" their only visible auxiliary negro 1Oy' @ ~
has emhalmed the memory OF those Gays III ohe VI
The most striking OF bls poems
' In q small chamber friendless Gnd unseen ...
Tie place was dark, uufuriitured and me"n'
YET there the freedom OF race 0cgaI.
o. small beginnings, ye are great and strong
Based on a faithful heart ana Weeriess BRAIN
Ye build tne future fair, ye conquer vi OnE' ..
Yc earn the crown. ana wear Il uoi III VAIN
VIOLENT THREATS FROM THg SOUTH.
7, those davs Mr. Garrison was IN the constant
recent of anonymous letters from the South post
ace unpaid but kindly remitted 10y the Democratic
postmaster of Boston,. threatening hIm win Vio-
lent death if he did not at once cease the puDhca-
ton Of his paper. Many of these letters, some OF
them filled with profanity ana illustrated Dy pc
lures OF coffins or Of men dangling from galio"s
with ropes about their necGs, were submitted 10 my
inspection: but though they filed with terrible
appIehensions of the danger he incurred, nc was
himself apparently unmOved by them. hls friends
often besonvht him. especial " while lodging every
night in printing Office distant from any dwelling
and easily accessible to men of violence, to arm
himself for his own protection; but he held himself
hound by the precepts a5 well as the eNaIlp,IT o.
Christ 10 tOrCgO the use OF caIlai WedlHifS, - - ~
cOuld have spoken 20 the slaves ne Wouid nave ae-
monisbed them to commit violence, but to wait
patiently for their deliverance by
''The mid arms Of Truth ana Love,
Made mighty through the ilYhg Coo
II these yveapous in hls hands were not always as
mild as they mi ght'have been, and as many thoughi
they should he they az least carried no posoIeu
birbs. Though he with marYeL0us citatheS> 'h5
siu of making merchandise OF men, ana described
n an fitting terms Tor exactly what lt was ne was
oIlco1-s cbarfghle toward nuvdual transCreSsOrs,
and willing 20 make every reasonable allowance lof
eyfenuating ciTcums t3nces ana tuesless OF ienpta
fiOu Contemplating slavery as a system, ms hllhQ
and heart were deeply stirred hy remembrance or
ir, horrors, and he poured upon II uniE'lsh ut
nunciatiou but If he met au ihGlYlGual sdye-
holder he was sparing otlnVeclYe, 'housh ~Mr,En,F ~
and convincing in argument On one occdSioh
when returning from dnii-slaYerN convention III
pbiladelphIa he fell into cOuVtrs3lO ION on Ooaa Jhe
steamer with q Shareholder The whole sublect oi
slavery was discussed between them Mr.. Garrison
keeping perfectly cool Dut plying thc
stranger with convincing logic and strong
appeals 10 conscience MI. Garrison re-
tired at length, and by-'tander OF ltss
discretion. Tcsumlng the argument on the dht-
slavery side, WaXed hot and denuhcialoiy Wheh
tla slavebolGpT said WHY 90 you NOT lalh
cooIv and cautldlv as thai other gentleman did
IL is pleasure 10 discuss the question With Itd-
sOuable man like him, but you aye a- heIce ana uh-
reasonable as Garrison himself. Dli YOU ever
Soc Garrison ~ lndured the inteTlOCut5r OF Une
STAKEHOLDER No. bat have .Ieaa ms paper and
know hin, to be a Wild fanatic Le' me teh YOU YOU
then. that IL was William LLOYD VarrisOh WIN
whom You were talking Just now. ana WnO YOU
saw was so candid and sweet-.emperrd-' Inc
slavcbolder would not believe it tl he was con-
vIuced of the truth by the captain OF the steamer
who assured him that he had llceea hech cOfci5lhg
with the fanaticai editor of The LibTa'Qr and nad
commended him for his sweet-reaoonaOiehe7S III
HIS POWER As 4 SPEAKER
And this leads me 10 say that the personal pres
euce of Mr. Garrison always disarmed preJudice'
however violent and he never failed TO WIN the
respect and admiration OF all who looked into his
face and heard him plead his cause. His intense
tut calm earnestness his constant Identification OF
himself, in thought, principle and feeling, with
those IN bonds as bound with them," the clear
moral insight that enabled him to comprehend prln-
cjples and penetrate every disguise OF sophstry and
false pretence and his strong appeals to reason ana
conscience, gave him great power over men, Doth In
public speech and private intercourse. II he used
strong epithets they were never stronger than the
argument warranted, and he made everybody feel
that he spoke not from passion, but from deep con-
vicIiOn.
During the irst few years Of his career be could
hardly be persuaded to trust himself to make an
extemporaneous speech every word must be writ
ten, every comma IN its place He wearieG at length
of al this labor, and finding much TO say resolved
no longer to be slave 10 hlspen his act OF SELF
Il sl, lfafan md nH nl-
came. Us is we-kuown, most effective sXtemDo-
raneOus speaker. the peer OF any other man on the
anti-slavery platform, where, as Emerson used 10
sav elOuuence was dOg-cheap. II be lacked the
resources which n classical culture alone can FUR
rIsh he possesSed others of the very highest I'M
nortance and which such culture often fails 20
suDDly If ne did not please the imagination OF
tickle the fancy of his hearers, he did Wlat was
hettcr-he emil lightened their minds, stirred tner
cousclences and swayed their Judgments. The
cause in his hands was never put 70 shame Dy any
nasty or ll-cOnsideTed word. In dealing with op-
Douents his tact and skil Were untaillng lh0ught-
ful people especially heard him with delight, ana
tbe largest audiences felt the power OF hls logic
and the magnetism Of his voice and presence.
There was about him 10 taint OF self-segAng, no
assumption of the hOnOIs of leadership. In all my
intercourse with him, extending over period OF
more than forty years l never heard hlm uttera
word implying a consciousness that he wasa leader
ia the cause or that he had done or achieved any
thing worthy of praise. He untelgnedly
modest with not touch o. affected humility. tie
had the highest appreciation of the services of
others and loved to do item honor. whether they
worked by his methods not. he held that the
Constitution of the United States. by viTtue of its
compromises with the slave system, was an unholy
compact from which the North was morally bound
To release herself; but be had the highest respect
for men who differed from hIm on this subject, aud
WAS always glad 10 give them credit 11T anti
sIayerv work With such men as Wilson,
sumner Parker. and Others like them, who found
a way to reconcile theT cOnSclences to the support
of the Constitution, lie on terms of the closest
intimacy commencing them constantly for their
vigorous assaults upon the slave power. And on
their part. they had the utmost respect ioI his
scrr1ples and ofieu confessed that he was dong
rrand work in exposing the guilt Of those who made
tbc Constitution The bulwark of slavery. His esti-
mate moreover, Of the debasng character Oh the
s H. Vinaipateu