Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-07-27
gps Augeles Arratil,
Historical Lstter.

Of the Greenback Party at the last
election for President of the United
etatss, writes . deeply interesting
historical letter to the editor OF
THE Rights of Man. pub.
lisbed at Salem, Ohio, from
Newburyport. Massachusetts, and
other places In that historic re-
slon. We make the following ex-
trAcls:
NEWBuRYPoRV, June 22.-In
ihi. town of Nswburyport, Gar.
sison wss born, and here they shut
the doors Of their temp Piles when he
wished to plead for Liberty. Verify
the world moves. I was accorded
better treatment.
"Wednesday morning.-Have just
returned from q ride sball ever
Remember. Drove within short
distance OF the poet Whittier, and
Was within sight Of the Summer
rasidsnce Of Sir Edward Thornton,
the British minister.
But the sights which most inter.
ested me were of more ancient
fame. visited the house In which
William Lloyd Garrison was born.
l got out Of the carriage and rev.
ersntly took hold of the door posts.
The next house beyond Is where
the Immortal George Whitfield
died. We nsxt entered the grand
old church In which be preached,
erected In l75e. held the old
Bible IN my arms from which he
read to bts entranced hearers the
Word OF Life. The remains OF this
wonderful servant of God lie buried
In . vault just beneath the pulpit.
I descended into his tomb; and al.
though he has been buried for
mnrs than one hundred years.
(siuoe 1770) his remains, though
noe embAiIned, are Ia wonderful
state Of Preservation. Some Of the
silk. --surplics In which be was
buried stiIl enshrouds his sacred
dust. The cotI1n lies open. and
there you look upon the bones aud
dust Of one who, when living, was
the greatest pulpit orator on earth;
indeed, It .is doubtful II his equal
has ever lived siuce. I laid my
hand softly and rsvsrently upon
the sainted head that preached
over la 600 sermons In ministry
OF thirty.four years. He died at
the sge OF 6fty-six, having crossed
the Atlsnttc thirteen times on his
missions Of mercy.
To this town stands an old alm
planted by Pike-suthor of Pixies
Misunderstanding the Revolu.
tions saw the horse In which John
Adams, Robert Treat Payne and
Rufus King studied law under
Theopholus Parsons. just across
the street. disgonally, stands the
house In which John Adams first
oourted the young lady whom he
declared he loved to the latest day
Of his life. Her parents would not
allow her to marry John, because,
they said, The was not rich, aud
had not much prospect In life"
The young man carved out a pros
pect-apdA = fortune. That same old
arlstocratic crust is thicker now
and harder to break than it was at
that day. But we will drill
through 1t and by the crowbar of
truth we will upiift 1t.
The old Whitfield church Ia the
one in which the parson raised t he
company of soldiers for the Revo.
l0ttonary service. Here Is the
same old bell that rang that day.
And sssry note its ardor Hung
From Oh its jubil ant il on tousls
Was: War war II warili
In this pulpit the parson threw
back his surplice and exhibited to
his sstonishsd auditors his soldiers
uniform and exclaimed, as the poet
tells us
"Who dares ce me out with mo
In FREs poM's amsl
For her to i've, for her to diel
4 hundred LaLds dun up re- ",
hundied vvtcss answered, II IL! I!l!"
And you r. member how the cant.
ing Berkley ciied-
"'Csase. fr,itor, oesssI
0od's temple b the house Il psaos'i'
hS other .nswe. cd. Nay; not sos
eiues oodt with our zig tsGus cause,
His Lol est places are ours
His temples Q our forts and towers
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In THE old church also is one Of
the famous s'whispering galleriesu
Of che world. You know they are
never constructed purposely, but
discovered by accident.
DANvERs, June 28.-Had q grand
meeting last night. The people
seem. d 10th to leave the hall after
the speech. They received the
truth gladly. This Is aao ther his-
terle spot.
During yesterday afternoon I
visited the birthplace of General
Putnam; was In the room wht re
he was horn; the i'm mense old tim.
befs and rough logs forming the
france work Of that old room were
flt witnesses Of the birth of that
rugged. refolute character. Isaw
there . mortar-log-in which the
Indians ueed to pound their corn
ON this very farm In the days gone
BY. Here 10 preserved also the
quaint Kitchen outfit of the Put
mans. am the guest of one of
his descendants during my stay In |
the city. He keeps up the reputa=
tion Of the family, and, Of course,
10 an ardent Greenbacker. This
town, DaDvers, was formerly a
part Of old Salem, and here witch
craft had Its origin. I saw the old
switch house" More than twep-
" persons were punished with
death under that terrible persecu-
tion.
One Of the persons accused made
suob . noble defense that be ex.
cited greatly the sympathy of the
people, when Mather exclaimed,
ssrbe devil always appears as an
apRel Of light" This was enough
to turn the tide Of sympathy aud
reason. and bigotry and prejudice
held riot opos more.
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