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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4, Chapter 6: end of the Liberator.—1865. (search)
ib. 35.81, 82, 85, 86. Frederick Douglass, Robert Purvis, S. S. Foster, and Anna E. Dickinson, while Samuel May, Jr., Oliver Johnson, and William I. Bowditch favored continuing the Society only until the Thirteenth Amendment should have been officialessentially, and with him withdrew from the Society. A resolution of thanks to the retiring editors of the Standard (Oliver Johnson and Edmund Quincy), with especial commendation of their conduct of the paper during the war, was introduced by S. Maythese views, I cannot consent, by accepting this Resolution, at once to deny them and to stultify myself. See, also, Oliver Johnson's farewell to the readers of the Standard (Lib. 35: 88), and pp. 387-390 of his Garrison and his Times, for a full a Lib. 35.159. in its Constitution. The disloyal element at the South were encouraged by this, and by symptoms that President Johnson regarded them with less disfavor than formerly, and desired their readmission to representation as soon as their le
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4, Chapter 9: Journalist at large.—1868-1876. (search)
Chapter 9: Journalist at large.—1868-1876. Through Oliver Johnson, Garrison becomes a regular contributor to the New York independent, and writes much for that and for many other papers, chiefe now addressed sixty thousand readers instead of twenty-five hundred. You will speak, wrote Oliver Johnson, who had become Ms. Jan. 27, 1868. the associate editor of the Independent, to a great audicemetery. In the following letter two more instances are recorded: W. L. Garrison to Oliver Johnson. Roxbury, Dec. 28, 1873. Ms. Last Friday, I attended the funeral of our old anti-slaveron was earnestly besought to write his autobiography, and an appeal to that end, inspired by Oliver Johnson, was addressed to him by many of his old associates. Edmund Quincy and others to W. Lite an Ms. July 23, 1868. address to the freedmen, urging them to vote for Grant— Greeley to O. Johnson. believing himself too little known to the beneficiaries of his life-long endeavors in behalf
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4, Chapter 11: last years.—1877-79. (search)
tly modify the appearance of my eyes, and my general expression of countenance. In fact, when I lay them aside, I am almost another man (Ms. May 1, 1858, to Oliver Johnson). She succeeded admirably, however, and the bust, when completed, received the emphatic and unanimous approval of Mr. Garrison's children and friends. With n anti-slavery and kindred reformatory movements, The pall-bearers were Wendell Phillips, Samuel May, Samuel E. Sewall, Robert F. Wallcut, Theodore D. Weld, Oliver Johnson, Lewis Hayden, and Charles L. Mitchell. and with these were present many of the race to whose redemption he had consecrated his life, and others who, formerlylished in a small volume, Tributes to William Lloyd Garrison at the Funeral Services, May 28, 1879. Mr. Phillips's address is also printed in the Appendix to Oliver Johnson's William Lloyd Garrison and his times. See a striking article from him on Garrison in the North American Review for August, 1879. The closing scene took
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4, Chapter 12: Inner traits. (search)
is Jackson, or Henry C. Wright, or Samuel May, Jr., or Oliver Johnson —in singing hymns in his own parlor, or wherever they roducing proofs of the charges he makes. . . . And Oliver Johnson records, in his Life of my father: He was not, irazor. Here may belong an anecdote related to me by Oliver Johnson. A good abolitionist in the rural districts of Massac; and thus it was that he endeared himself to all. Oliver Johnson, more than once an inmate of our family, Ante, 2.329;bility of being reached by any clamor about him. And Mr. Johnson again: He was always courageous and hopeful. Never , and whose presence is ever welcome, wrote my father to Mr. Johnson in 1857, with reference Ms. Apr. 16. to the difficulty known to have been drafted by him was (on request) for Oliver Johnson's use in preparing the article Garrison in Appletons' er group of closer attachments consisted of S. J. May, Oliver Johnson, and H. C. Wright. But, taking one degree of nearness
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4, Corrigenda and Addenda (search)
burn. Page 176, line 2. It is literally incorrect to say that the Massachusetts A. S. Society continued the Standard. This paper remained the organ of the American A. S. Society after the schism of 1865. Nevertheless, as previously, the main support of the paper (through the Subscription Festival and otherwise) came from the Massachusetts organization, or what was left of it. Page 324, second paragraph. In reading our remarks about our father's title to be called a Christian, Mr. Oliver Johnson reminds us of the following passage on p. 366 of his Life of W. L. G.: Several years since, a clergyman, bearing a name of great eminence throughout the Christian world, said to me in substance: I should not dare to call Mr. Garrison an infidel, for fear of bringing Christianity itself into reproach. For, if a man can live such a life as he has lived and do what he has done,—if he can stand up for God's law of purity and justice in the face of a frowning world, and when even the pr
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 38: repeal of the Missouri Compromise.—reply to Butler and Mason.—the Republican Party.—address on Granville Sharp.—friendly correspondence.—1853-1854. (search)
Sumner:— The elevated tone of its moral teaching cannot fail to do good, though this result may not be immediately manifest. You will go soon to Washington. I shall learn something of your external life while you are well and prosperous. This would do well enough. Should the sky grow dark and your spirit be troubled, will you not tell me something more . . . I am stronger, but still write with difficulty. May God continue to guide you! Sincerely and affectionately yours. Oliver Johnson wrote, November 18:— I have read your lecture with deep interest and admiration, not alone in view of its merits as a literary performance, but on account of the genuine courage manifested in seizing upon such an opportunity to illustrate and enforce the great principles of righteousness and freedom. From my very heart I thank you. The larger portion of the lecture will appear in the next Antislavery Standard. Sumner wrote to Dr. Howe, Jan. 15, 1854:— With your note came<
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 39: the debate on Toucey's bill.—vindication of the antislavery enterprise.—first visit to the West.—defence of foreign-born citizens.—1854-1855. (search)
re to say, without a conviction, never to be removed from his mind, that the antislavery enterprise was most truly necessary, practicable, and dignified. Coming out I met Mr. Garrison, who said, Well, Mr. Sumner has given us a true, old-fashioned antislavery discourse. Rev. C. E. Stowe wrote, April 9:— You are happy in having stood for the cause at the lowest point of depression and in the imminent deadly breach. The Lord give you many days and the strength corresponding! Oliver Johnson wrote from New York, July 9:— People here have not forgotten the triumph of last May. You made a deeper impression in this city, I believe, than it was ever the good fortune of any other antislavery speaker to make,—an impression that will last till the final jubilee. Oh, how I wish we might hope that you might strike another blow for us the next session! Sumner wrote to John Jay, March 3:— I send you a copy of a bill To protect personal liberty. now pending in Mass
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 43: return to the Senate.—the barbarism of slavery.—Popular welcomes.—Lincoln's election.—1859-1860. (search)
patriot. On his return, while at Mr. Furness's in Philadelphia, he called with Mr. Allibone on an old friend, Henry D. Gilpin, an invalid with but few days in store, cheering him with a report of the kind inquiries made concerning him by the Grotes and other English friends. He declined at the time two invitations in New York city,—one to address the New England Society, dressed by Mr. Evarts; and the other to speak in the Academy of Music, given by Greeley, C. A. Dana, H. C. Bowen, and Oliver Johnson. Warned by physicians and friends to enter slowly into the excitement of debate, Among bills and resolutions offered by him, not elsewhere noted, were these: for the substitution of simple declarations for custom-house oaths (Works, vol. IV. p. 441): for the promotion of the safety of passengers on steamers between New York and San Francisco (Works, vol. IV. p. 455); for limiting the liability of shipowners; for preventing violence and crime on board of the merchant marine; for abo
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 3. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier), Anti-Slavery Poems (search)
of slavery? He whose voice Hath called thee from thy task-field shall not lack Yet bolder champions, to beat bravely back The wrong which, through his poor ones, reaches Him: Yet firmer hands shall Freedom's torchlights trim, And wave them high across the abysmal black, Till bound, dumb millions there shall see them and rejoice. 10th mo., 1847. The slaves of Martinique. Suggested by a daguerreotype taken from a small French engraving of two negro figures, sent to the writer by Oliver Johnson. beams of noon, like burning lances, through the tree-tops flash and glisten, As she stands before her lover, with raised face to look and listen. Dark, but comely, like the maiden in the ancient Jewish song: Scarcely has the toil of task-fields done her graceful beauty wrong. He, the strong one and the manly, with the vassal's garb and hue, Holding still his spirit's birthright, to his higher nature true; Hiding deep the strengthening purpose of a freeman in his heart, As the gregr
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 7. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier), Zzz Missing head (search)
tion of time. A state with such a record will, I am sure, be true to its noble traditions, and will do all in its power to aid the victims of prejudice and oppression who may be compelled to seek shelter within its borders. I will not for a moment distrust the fidelity of Kansas to her foundation principle. God bless and prosper her! Thanking you for the kind terms of your invitation, I am, gentlemen, very truly your friend. William Lloyd Garrison. [1879.] An Introduction to Oliver Johnson's William Lloyd Garrison and his times. I do not know that any word of mine can give additional interest to this memorial of William Lloyd Garrison from the pen of one of his earliest and most devoted friends, whose privilege it has been to share his confidence and his labors for nearly half a century; but I cannot well forego the opportunity afforded me to add briefly my testimony to the tribute to the memory of the great Reformer, whose friendship I have shared, and with whom I hav
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