Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-02-20
THE SLAVE CURSE.
Abolition "reminiscences Philips ana
Interesting RecOliecuons Of
an Anii-Siasery Cow orkcr.

NDoRktlOn tetytiublSeetbNeA -n'hiItDS At1O
Garr:son- Interesting Reco,iecuons Of
"a Anii-sia,ery Co-Worker.
Sioux CITY journal
Elk POINT, ID. T., Feb. II, SITE
the Editor of the Journal: Your no.
tice Of Wendell Phillips, was substan-
italy correct. The bold charge
against the union with the articles OF
confederation, which sanctioned sla.
very, that it was q covenant with
death, and an agreement with HE'LL
was made by Mr.. Garrison. | well
remember the time. 1t startled us
all. This was before Mr.. Phillips
took his position as an anti-slavery
advocate. But we all we're obliged
to acknowledge the justice Of Mr.. Gar
rison's position, and Mr.. Phillips, in
his able advocacy of the abolition
movement, made good use of it.
After slavery was abolished, Mr..
Garrison took ground for the union,
and gave it his full support. While
making a speech in New York City,
for the union, after The proclamation
of emancipation by President Lin
coin, a voice from the crowd: "You
have declared that the union was
based on a covenant with death, and
an agreement with hell How can
you sustain it now?' Oh, said Mr..
Garrison, that is all plain; death
and hell have seeded. All right
now This brought down the house
with great applause.
| was intimately associated with
Mr.. Garrison and his faithful, self
denying associates in Boston and
elsewhere, from the first, in 1880, to
the end of the great conflict. And
q more faithful, self-sacrificeing and
noble class of men and women, new
er lived, in any age. But they have,
with Garrison and Phillips, mostly
passed away, What we might term
Mr.. Garrison's body-guard, the board
of managers ofthe Old Massachusetts
Anti slavery society, at Boston, are
now, about all gone. / only have
| in mind John Greenleaf Whittier and
Oliver Johnson, with myself among
the living.
Being a resident pastor in Boston, l
was Il member of the board most OF
the time of its existence, before | re-
| moved west in 1868. We stood at
the front, with Mr.. Garrison, and
were more feared than any other or
ganization, for many years. A stand
ing price OF 5000 for our heads, by
southern shareholders, was well un-
derstood, and Il photographs We're
in the hands of interested parties.
At the time of the first visit of the
Hon. George Thompson to this coun-
try, he stopped with Mr.. Garrison,
on Grove street. | had occasion to
call, II morning at an early hour,
and | found a gallows before the
door. Soon after, Mr.. Thompson,
one Of England's most noble, honored
and eloquent advocates Of the slave,
was taken to a place Of saftcy, by
Mr.. Fuller, who was y member of
our board.
did not think to say so much.
Since Mr.. Phillips death, the history
OF the long years Of toll, suffering
and sacrifice in the anti-slavery
movement has come before me in all
their freshness, and | am filled with
wonder and admiration at the plans
and wisdom of divine providence,
that allowed us, a few feeble folk, to
sow and reap, in the same generation,
so grand a harvest as the enamel
patton Of 100000 ofhuman beings.
JosHUA V. HINES.
WILLIAMS and Blackburn were the