The Twin City star., 1913-03-14
TRUE MEANING OF
eARR|Is0N's1W0Rk
FlftIeth Year Of Freedom Occa-
sion. For Comparison
REFORMER AND BENEFACTOR.

REfORMER AND BENEFACTOR.
Pea FOR Supreme Recognition Of serv.
loss Rendered by William Lloyd Gar.
rlson In Great Fight to Overthrow
Moral Sin of siavery-Frsd Douglass
Alec Played Fine Part.
Dy ANTHONY R. MAYO. -
Jan. /. 1913, was the fftieth an
nivsrAaTy Of the proclamation OF
emancipation. The event was celebrat
ed throughout the nation, largely by
the colored people. 1t was celebrated
. q boon conferred upon the Negro BY
Abraham lincoln and, II we arc to
Judge by similar celebrations in the
past, with little or no reference to the
real factors which wrought the over.
throw Of slavery.
This the writer believes to be an un-
fortunate defect In all such celebra-
txOu6s IL 0UVWd q 6ou i0SA VA uAo AoSOkAAo4
perspective, fatal ignorance Of the es-
sential factors in the making Of his
tory. For that reason. and In a meas
ure to cause the race to atone for its
neglect Of its real iberators, this ar
ticle IL written. -
lean lab0rs necessary to pave, the way
for and to render effective proclama-
tion of: emancipation. Our Hercules,
however, was not Abraham Lincoln,
great and good that he was, but VIII
liam Lloyd Garrison. When Garrison
began his moral agitation against slav-
cry, denouncing the nation for having
made a covenant with death and an
agreement with HE'LL It was intrench-
d insvery section ofrthes nation.
Not that the northern states were
slaveholding states, but public senti-
n,ent at the north approved slavery
and strongly disapprovedt the agitation
Of Mr.. Garrison and others to bring,
shout its abolition. Mr.. Lincoln, sad to
relate. was among the. millions Of
northern men who bowed In submis-
sim to It and saw in this new Lernaeap
hydra beast too formidable to con-
Qusr. ........ .s..r..
Il was to be endured, to be coddled,
never aroused, for fear Of the evils,
which would befall the union Of the
states. Fortunate for the Negro and
most fortunate indeed for civilization
and freedom In the new world. the
opinion of Abraham Lincoln, the states
man. was not the opinion Of William
Lloyd Garrison, the reformer. He saw
In the situation the duty to call ma
ton to repentance, to arouse its slum-
bering conscience, deadened by the
poisons of perfidous wrong.
For more than thirty years his voice
and pen thundered his Jovean denunci-
ations Of the moral sin Of slavery. He
raised the banner of immediate and un-
conditional emancipation, upon which
was inscribed the motto, my country
n the world, my countrymen all man.
kind" and host Of kindred spirits
came to his support, slowly at first, but
In great numbers later, as the cause
bscame more popular. No single force
Of public life did so much for human
fnDedom.
No human being has placed the, Ne
gro upon such obligations to him and
to that great host which followed his
lead, many of whose names are house
hold words In the literature Of our
country. It was he who first discov.
cred the poetic talent of John Green
leaf whittier. the "poet Of freedom"
whose songs awakened sympathy In
the hearts OF millions for the outraged
slave: Il was he who took the untutored
Douglass from the shipyards of New
Bedford and focused. the eyes Of the
world upon him as one In whom man
kind might behold the infamies of slav-
cry and the latent possibilities Of the
slave.
Garrison began the publication Of the
Liberator, the organ Of the Abolition
ists, Jan. /. 1881. He stopped its pub
hcation Jan. I, 1896. Just thirty-dve
years later, after he had accomplished
his purpose. the overthrow of chattsl
slavery. He founded the American
Anti-slavery society Jan. l. 1882. Jan.
q, therefore. day Of more than ordi-
nary significance to the Negro.
We shall not. however. demonstrate
our appreciation Of the significance OF
the events we celebrate on these recur-
ring anniversaries until as race We
became. deeply conscious Of the MORAL
courage. steadfastness Of purpose and
sacrifices of our real Hberntors. white
and black, who gave to the cause their
Gsvction. their means. their talents and
ia.m.ny instance. tns.r nysA
sMokE THE RELlAsLE
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