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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3, Chapter 7: first Western tour.—1847. (search)
i-slavery men, for bringing in and mingling with the cause so many exciting topics! Lib. 17.106. In explanation of this passage, Mr. Fessenden wrote to the editor of the Liberator (Ms. July 13, 1847, Lib. 17: 106,117): When I saw such men as Birney and Goodell, claiming Gerrit Smith as a coadjutor, mixing up with the simple principles of the Liberty Party a variety of extraneous topics, I confess I was mortified at what seemed to me to be gross inconsistency of good and great men, and calcu Hampshire, J. P. Hale. already the Presidential nominee of his own select little Lib. 17.186. party of Independent Democrats. As an opponent of slavery, his claims fell far short of those of many a Lib. 18.18. Whig—for example, of Giddings. Birney's claims, too, J. R. Giddings. whether for perpetual nomination, or for incense, or (now that he was physically disabled) for sympathy, Lib. 17.186; 18.14. were wholly ignored by the Convention. All this furnished food for conversation betwe