The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-31
SOCIALISM.
THE ATTEMPTS 70 EsTABBIsH 1850
GATED HOMES FIFTY YEARS AGO.

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scene Oh An 'htoiectuhi hR,tat'oh mat NOT
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gan win INC antl's.s'ery mosemen. an NJ
TACK upon q u INSTITUTION iort'neu W 'no oons.-
tution OF the onitea STATES ana conneoteo WIN
tne great commerc'ai ihterosts OF tne country,
amounting u pocuh'sIy sa'ue 70 .no" NOV
no" many tnousanus Oh mii''ons vi aoi'srs' anu
Nns,urs'v ihnamoo ops's,ons . u peop'e'
psrt'ouis.iS tho southern ''s.os
were held' ibis ssl'stion was carried on WIN
great intons'ty ana norcenoss OF icshnf On ootn
sioe,. ana WIN = .errio'e alsturoAnee OF tne
m'nd IN almost inc whoie popuia'oh Oh tne
country. To DO called an aooiitionist was
IN many places almost the greatest stigma
tnA' couid 90 put upon : man. "ss accused
OF attempting 10 Destroy tns ioundsuons OF
tine republic; NO was isuncn'nf Us into An I'M
known ana dreadini strufRie' ne WAS sppeAi-
ing 10 moral sentiments "non no ques'ioneo
what auocted more or Tess tne properly OF tho
whole land; ana the violence OF the indisna-
ton which ne reused was equaiied only ov the
steedlness OF MS own purpose ana MS deter
m'nsuon 10 STAND oy = movement oesed on the
deepest ioundations OF human nature ana the
Feelings and the mind OF every intsiiifsnt
person Thst was q great seitaton' oat IL was
accompanied oy many others. They sprung up
around IL asA thioket OF plants may surround
sgrest tree.
mo ant'-sia.ery Agitation was carried on In
TWO ~Ays' principaiiS' oy pubic meetings.
conventional ana lectures neio 10 dincrent parts
on inc country anu oy tho Newspaper press.
inc newspapers that were engaged In 1t
~ nrst were worry row. Thore were not
many men who had the moral nerve
70 enlist In this mighty battle. The
most conspicuous OF them all was William
LLOYD Garrison OF Boston. and his principal
associate was wendell Philips. also OF Boston.
Tnsy were OBJECTS on the one side OF great ad-
were ssssiisd with . degree OF vituperation
which l have never seen surpassed In any politi-
cal contest or IN any contest whatever: They
were mobbed; their meetings were broken up;
they were assailod with every insult: they
were sometimes In danger OF being lynched,
and harm OF every sort was threatened
against them. Nothing, certainly. but the
most indomitaoio motives OF conscience.
aud the ciearest conviction OF right and
auty could ever have carried them through
their campaign. FINALLY tho question that
they had raised was settled BY war. and
We can all remember tho horrors OF that
awfui' that bloody struggle. whose tre-
mcndous features were relieved only by the
glorious circumstance that the hnal decision
was In favor OF freedom. that IL struck the
letters from every slave, and that In conse-
ausnce there Is now In this broad land no such
tn'ne Is oonoaxe' no such thing as q man who
10 merely a chatuei ike the beasts that perish.
was q genuine Emancipation. 1t was accom-
phshed oy war. Ana wheni IL was done even
those most bitterly opposed TO the abolition
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