New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
z-7r7JAN LLOYD GARRISON.

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1t Garrison at one time held the first
NJ ,,,-.- the Abolitfonists. He was the first
Pc E, fine. or one ~ the first. He had had
o. ~ ~ fortune TO be mobbed and led through
tV 7sss of Boston with Il rope about his
u T. had founded \ weekly paper, The
po.s Georgia had offered $4,000 reward
- s--cst He had un7fnching courage and
II al in the 20's and later. But he had
Moderate abilities. lis force was moral
He had convictions and would go any
rather than surrender any one az them.
=. had almost no other OF those gifts and
..5-ies which make a leader He had no
3virr power. He was not good writer
.-5,--as not q good speaker. He could not hold
u ,,z5zrre. He could not keep the attention
= he rublic which he had won in the begin
-. He did not attract to the Abolitionist
IS +17e ablest Of the naell WAC We're ready to
re- 2 fsht against slavery. They did not
20 serve under Garrison-under a leader
,rbo could not lead. They went into politics
;. bsrnened that the Abcltionists had be
No duindlinE force. Il Phillips had not
.--.ss-a7 on the scene. with his wonderful ora
~ his natural authority on the platform and
= his brilliant love Of battle. his temperament,
= once commanding and sympathetic, his per
r,.sve char-n-the Abolitionists would have
- rreu ri-h forgotten. He had all the moral
80 ~ Garrison and the intellectual force
vhict Garrison had not
phillips himself would never allow this 10 be
-.i5 + he could help Il. He recognized Garrison
.s lea5z~ and was perfectly loyal to him. So
.s- as ne could. he imposed his own view on the
r1fc L was SO abroad as well at home
w. Garrison came to London a meeting was
bsl5 in St James's Han in MS honor. Mr.,
Right sroke and others spoke. hailing the worn
art champion as the herald Of American Eman-
,4rarion. which perhaps he was. Boston, which
has perioGs Of generous uenitence, gave him
ss60fA. others than Bostonians paying part OF
rba money: and accepted q bronze statue ana
-, =r uD-I forget where. Il has ever since been
he fashion to recognize Garrison as the moral
ss-~stor Of The North on the slavery question:
The schoolrnaster Of his period Very possibly
my liking for Phillips warped my opinion Al tn
tf1a But now. after all these years, I think
-r--seIf ir15rartiaI. and my view i what 1 hear
ron others had knowledge Of the sltIa-
-ion # il IS d wrong view. why was Phillips
md mt Garrison the shining mark at which the
7~n-slaverv people aimed IL those critical years
rom 1874 to 1862 No other view VIII explain
that
Wben ! used To express an impatient opinion
~ Garrison. ard q Phillips's submission to him,
WAS rebuked fer il Said Phillips:
~you are unjust and you do not know the
4s-,s er Won DO not make allowance for them
Like other young men. you are Of to-day Car
rfson's work had been done before you were
old enough 70 know anything about it. and he
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