New-York tribune., 1879-12-23
THE 4yTrsLAgERY DISCUSSION.

A LETTER FROX TUE SOW or TaE REV. C. I. T0ESEY.
ToIks Edtfor or The TrfOans
SIR: 1t is bat justice to the memory of my
father tie Rev. c. I. TOrrcy, the antsayery martyr.
that you sheud allow n small space in your vauabs
peper 70 the attacks OF some men who seem TO
be 4. x.ous to bring themselves into prominence at the
expense Of The due to others refer to Messrs
Johnson aud Cogeshau IN their controversy about tho
or.an Of Snti-savery belief and action. Let me say
here that It matters little who the first in tns
country to speak locally the snheet but tue first
public speaker engaged by TIE hrsi society ever
organized with the emancipation Of the eolored man AS
the only end and object In view was my honored
father the Rev. C. I. Torrey. One other point
I must speak Of Dr. C. says my father was
a sturdy opponent OF Garrison" Again he
4, wrong They we're lifelong friends and In all essen
al POINTS OF the antavery creed they were perfectly
~ accord. When Mr. Garrison began to show nshttie
pecuiarities have d0dbt that my father had sense
euou xh to express his ideas and drenee OF opinion IN
a loscal and convincing manner, as he always dd
whenever he opened his mouth You might as well say
thar my fathers Is a sturdy opponent OF Wendell
Phillips in that cause because sr. Phillips believes
different eoarse OF acton will the Justice due the
ealarvd peaple now rom that which Dir. Torrey The
Younger believes will accomplish the best results
pe,sans tbese gentlemen have forgotten that Mr.ar
rou was the streets OF Boston with halter
round his neck and only saved ron hanging TO lamp
& ex inc principles flaw andordsr that tue basls
~ society IL that time. II 20 tell You the whole
srsb might stir up dry bones that would make
even DR. Coyeeshas knee quake. He had better thank
God for been done toward the elevation OF Hc
olored race than waste his breath IN trying TO provo
sno was the open the nght the subject. He
"or any LIVING dares To deny my statement with
rrefd 10 my father Doubtless there OF oral
ame who spokr the subject years before that but
tnousands IN this country, and I've met them from
Mare 10 California. that father was the rst 20 pub
cv devote himself to the fight. IL not many years
spca the letters that passsd between my father ana
Gerritt smith and Mr. Garrison aud others OF that
stamp on the subject DESTROYED by me: regres
now that dd so for they would have settled this mat
| ter beyond caviL Hereafter iei NO man say that
nav father was an opponeit or Garrison IN the
ssase Of antisavery. Outside of that he may have
had differences OF opinion. bat there theY were
arm and fast fsisDds aud worked together Tc show
that az the tmc my father died he bad the bitter
enmrfy OF whole South nced only refer % tho
esrdeuer AZ Mount Auhuru whe Will tell shat for
Years people the south, and Northern Rebels too
voud tale pa,ns 20 drive Mp tbe mound round his
grave and % destroy tho hesaty Of the place BY tssir
mrnls the head and mont Of the nghtf I trow not
Asnu. say. people hsd better let the pad sogo
n they can't read history CORRECTLY SPEAK thus
positively from my own persenai knowledge ci tno
| hcfA Rrspectfsllv, CuARLks H. fokhht
WasAindton. d. O.. Dec- TO- ts1a