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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4 2 0 Browse Search
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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4, Chapter 5: the Jubilee.—1865. (search)
d did not now attempt to dabble in political wire-pulling or Cabinet-making. His only intercourse with the President was the social hour he spent with him Ante, p. 117. in June, 1864, and the only favors he ever asked of him were the careful consideration of charges against an officer under arrest, whom he believed to be innocent, but who must nevertheless stand or fall by the evidence that might be adduced; and the acknowledgment of a painting Waiting for the Hour, an oil painting by W. T. Carleton of Boston, representing a Watch Meeting of Slaves on the night before the Emancipation Proclamation, Dec. 31, 1862. presented to Mr. Lincoln by citizens of Boston several months before, no word from its recipient having ever reached the donors. The officer in question was released, and the following ingenuous and appreciative letter of thanks sent for the picture: President Lincoln to W. L. Garrison. Executive Mansion,Ms. and Lib. 35.27. Washington, 7th February, 1865. My d