New-York tribune., 1879-12-08

untitled TO criticise the action OF Church He was
an ignorant nan. IneIe were leaders Among tne e
than he couid In week IL was prtpoeterous TO call
him pioneer.
REPLY OF OLIVER JOHNSON.
Oliver Johnson received permission To make few re-
marks In reply. He the propretes OF the OCCASION
he said and should be brief nut he wished TO protest
strongly against being misrepresenied.
1t has been stated here tonight. said Mr johnson.
that deny this old ant-savery aEiiauon; why
our Li5ergfors Standards were full OK IT,
(Dr. Coggeshal, who had retired behind the
pulpit" Why don't you say 80 iheni" The
very first beginning OF the modern Anti
Slavery Society was in the writings Of Hopkins. We
put ourselves behind those old authorities and cited
them. And took passages from The Meihodist de
cplinc and n he viii read my .st chapter lDr Cogges
hall" Yes shall read ditl he Will find thai begin win
distinct recognition Of al that history Every history
must begin somewhere. We cannot go bicK 10 m We
first forenoon Of time" 1 undertook 10 wire r
a series OF sketches OF the moNemsht I'D %. M eI'
Garrison-the movement that orieiuaied with MN
did not undertake To write history OF tue move
menis which existed before that time. This country,
after the Missouri Compromise, felt asieep OF
the slavery question. Hardly newspaper IN The land
hand l: was in That hour that Garrison cane ior'"
and raised the standard OF emancipation -.
Now 10 has been represented mere Tonight that Garr-
dread uy out ~ favor vita the Republicans.
Let remind you that after this contest was over
Massachusetts, and other eminent men ~ the Republican
parry, led movement IL raise for Mr Garrison the
recognized 10 him the man who had liited Iins AZ
standard OF emancpatiOn and called this country
around y. loud applause Abraham Lincoln was a q
friend OF Garrison. Garrison criticised the pla ~
form OF the Republican party IN 1850 because It's only
ground the ensiOn OF slavery he was Tor
abolition the interests OF liberty lie criticised
their platform. Was that wrDnRf He made the
capital out OF which the Liberty parry vas
made. In regard the Methodist Church know u
the determination of tine who founded II that
it should be AnJ-slavery, and II ITS iaDors
had not been Interrupted by the invasion, and
the noble men in England cut of from H..
the church would been consistently antislGvery
hut he fact il that the Garrison sounded the
Of immediate emancipation. III 1881, the Methodist
Church sunk deeply into the sin Of slavery lDr
Coggeshall-" No, no. brother."l There were many
thousands of MethO1ists In tne south who owned slaves
Member of the ConCrcgaton-Any miniSert
Mr.. IOhnson-Ycs, after n time the minister's. wnen
they could afford to buy slaves did So do not WISH
io do Injustice the Methodist and don
wish TO represented DONG But
those who read my book will find that toe gentleman
who Just spoken wide OF the mark as II ne hdd
aimed Boston and Int Cincinnati. lie does not tOuch
staterreuis at an.
NJ. COgresha-YOu that number left our
ranks IN 1913 because had become pfo-sayery. Now
the year hal million the South cf US because
we were au;i-slavery. Which was correct
Mr. JOhusOn-Oh. think the South right.
Mr. Taylor the pastor then SAID few words. aud the
meeting, which had lasted nearly three hours, termi-
mated.