Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-20

government ideas 7 onOte from tho s.Wr;t;noo
Of Garrison -" nnbIisbad at Rostor in 1850 nnder
his own snnsrvision On nooo 20 e. dooia-
ing that FOREIGN army INVADING this conntrv
"to commit rapine and destroy life NAV not he
resisted by the people or magistracv" and that
no resistance should s.be offered to domestic
troubles of the public peace or of private
security -" he Continues. fA-'"'o
GAS every human oovernment =. urbe,d hv
physical strength and its laws are enforcsa
virtually at the noint ~ IN. hovonat 90 a.t
hold any office.'' 40.
I'VE, therefore, voluntarily exclude ou,.
selves from every ieeisative and ;nJcia1 bodv
and repudiate ali human nolitics worIJiy
honors and stations Of authentic t. 10 conuct
occupy a seat in the leeIsiature or on the bench
neither can we elect others IN act aa our snhst;
tutes in any such capacity. II follows that we
cannot sue any man at law" &C. and so on for
quantity.
This is nihilism pure and simple. II abol.
ishes all voting, ali Offices legislatures. con.
gresses, courts and in its plain logic. ali ;aiis
penitentiaries and penal statntes The a6oi;,
ton of governments implies no money chr.
rency. no protection of nronertv riohtS or -
the weak against the strong. This anarch;cai
doctrine was founded upon the nronnait;on
that the use of physical force ia sinfnI even
in resisting a ruffian's attack on ones vito ~
daughter. It meant that the Oppressed must
not resist tyranny. that sIaverv shonId Loot 90
long as any one might choose to act "a ssv 90
condemned American
ton, the defense of liberty in Kansas and tho
war to preserve the Union.
THE SrAR in not large enouob IN contain thu
proofs that from Is36 To IS44 Garrison nreacbaS
nihilism. calling il non-resistance Won Hoist
the great historian, saws that Garrison was not
less distractions" and desired ito wiring the
sword from the hands of all governments !"
He charges Garrison with trading his beresies
in open market and adds:
''1he abolitionists generally were held re.
sponsible for every word uttered by Garrison.
small extreme wing" (pp. 223- 225.)
Having replied to the denials by Garrison's
newspaper advocates, let me notice few of
their loose statements Of matters of tact. DR..
Purvis calls Benjamin Banneker a Garrison
ian abolitionist." As Banneker died in 1906, a
year or two after Garrison was born. the doctor
will hardly claim accuracy in this assertion.
Mr.. Crane says that Garrison was .stwenty-
three years of age' in December, 1888. If
Garrison's sons are right, Mr. Crane has missed
by six years. Mr. Crane says that John g.
Whittier remained Mr., Garrison's steadfast
friend from that day Q833) until his death"
Now, it is a notorious fact that no abolition
ist was more severe in his rebukes of Garrison's
heresies than the Quaker poet. In a letter
written August IA, 1887, to the Sisters Grimke
Whittier said:
ITO employ an agent who devotes half his
time and talents to the propagation of no hu-
man or no family government doctrines in con-
nection-intimate connection-with the doc
trines of abolition, is a fraud upon the patrons
of the cause. Brother Garrison errs, think
in this respect He takes the no church aud no
government ground as, for instance. in his
Providence speech" (The Grimke Sisters, D,
2O3) A hard rap for a friend!
Mr.. Crane thinks Lundy and Garrison were
good friends. He can correct his error Inv read.
ing "Garrison's Life" by his sons. After the bus
mess come ton between the two Ceased Car.
rison alienated Lundy's esteem Inv matino
false charges against him. which Imnd9
strongly resented After Lundv's death b;s
relatives rejected indignantly Garr,son's offer
to write his biography. They tbouobt CARR.
son would profit by the opportunitv to elevate
himself bv denreciatinp f.pndv