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Lydia Maria Child, Letters of Lydia Maria Child (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier, Wendell Phillips, Harriet Winslow Sewall), To Mrs. Ellis Gray Loring . (search)
To Mrs. Ellis Gray Loring. New York, August 15, 1835.
I am at Brooklyn, at the house of a very hospitable Englishman, a friend of Mr. Thompson's. I have not ventured into the city, nor does one of us dare to go to church to-day, so great is the excitement here.
You can form no conception of it. 'Tis like the times of the French Revolution, when no man dared trust his neighbors.
Private assassins from New Orleans are lurking at the corners of the streets, to stab Arthur Tappan; and very large sums are offered for any one who will convey Mr. Thompson into the Slave States.
I tremble for him, and love him in proportion to my fears.
He is almost a close prisoner in his chamber, his friends deeming him in imminent peril the moment it is ascertained where he is. We have managed with some adroitness to get along in safety so far; but I have faith that God will protect him, even to the end. Yet why do I make this boast?
My faith has at times been so weak that I have started and tremb
Lydia Maria Child, Letters of Lydia Maria Child (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier, Wendell Phillips, Harriet Winslow Sewall), Correspondence between Mrs. Child , John Brown , and Governor Wise and Mrs. Mason of Virginia . (search)
Lydia Maria Child, Letters of Lydia Maria Child (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier, Wendell Phillips, Harriet Winslow Sewall), To Miss Eliza Scudder . (search)
To Miss Eliza Scudder. Wayland, 1864.
Another encouraging thing is the marvellous and constantly increasing change in public opinion on the subject of slavery.
Only think of George Thompson's speaking in the Halls of Congress, and of John Brown's Hallelujah being performed there!
Captain ---of the United States Navy, has been a bitter pro-slavery man, violent in his talk against abolitionists and niggers.
He has been serving in the vicinity of New Orleans, and has come home on a furlough, an outspoken abolitionist.
He not only says it in private, but has delivered three lectures in town, in which he has publicly announced the total change in his sentiments since he had an opportunity to know something on the subject.
A few days ago he was going in the cars from Boston to Roxbury, when a colored soldier entered the car. Attempting to seat himself, he was repulsed by a white man, who rudely exclaimed, I'm not going to ride with niggers.
Captain W., who sat a few seats farthe
Lydia Maria Child, Letters of Lydia Maria Child (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier, Wendell Phillips, Harriet Winslow Sewall), To Mrs. S. B. Shaw . (search)
To Mrs. S. B. Shaw. 1864.
I suppose you will hear of George Thompson while he is in New York, if you do not see him. How wonderful it is that he should be received in this manner, when twenty-nine years ago he had to hustle away privately to Halifax to take passage for England, because his life was in danger in our cities!
Now a great deal of the respectability of Boston unites with us to give him a grand reception, and his entrance is greeted with hurrahs!
To-day abhorred, to-morrow adored, So round and round we run; And ever the Truth comes uppermost, And ever is Justice done.
I met Mr. Thompson at the Anti-slavery Office.
In talking with him, I told him how wrathy I had been with England.
You should remember, Mrs. Child, said he, how your cause was made to appear in the eyes of the world.
First, your President's inaugural was largely taken up with assurances that fugitive slaves would be returned to their masters, and that those who attempted to interfere would be
Lydia Maria Child, Letters of Lydia Maria Child (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier, Wendell Phillips, Harriet Winslow Sewall), To Miss Henrietta Sargent . (search)
To Miss Henrietta Sargent. 1870.
I promised to send you the lines I wrote about George Thompson in 1835.
Here they are. Perhaps they will recall to you the feelings with which you used to listen to him in those old stirring times. I've heard thee when thy powerful words Were like the cataract's roar, Or like the ocean's mighty waves Resounding on the shore.
But, even in reproof of sin, Love brooded over all, As the mild rainbow's heavenly arch Rests on the waterfall.
I've heard thee in the hour of prayer, When dangers were around; Thy voice was like the royal harp, That breathed a charmed sound.
The evil spirit felt its power, And howling turned away; And some, perchance, who “came to scoff, Remained with thee to pray.” I've seen thee, too, in playful mood, When words of magic spell Dropped from thy lips like fairy gems, That sparkled as they fell.
Still great and good in every change, Magnificent and mild, As if a seraph's godlike power Dwelt in a little ch
Lydia Maria Child, Letters of Lydia Maria Child (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier, Wendell Phillips, Harriet Winslow Sewall), chapter 177 (search)
Mrs. Child's reminiscences of George Thompson.
Read by Mr. Garrison at a meeting in commemoration of George George Thompson, Boston, February 2, 1879.
My most vivid recollection of George Thompson is of his speaking at JuliGeorge Thompson is of his speaking at Julian Hall, on a memorable occasion.
Mr. Stetson, then keeper of the Tremont House, was present with a large num the merchants.
Their presence seemed to inspire Mr. Thompson.
Never, even from his eloquent lips, did I hear we had you down South, we'd cut off your ears.
Mr. Thompson folded his arms in his characteristic manner, lo al Street, employed by the Southerners to seize George Thompson and carry him to a South Carolina vessel in wai ored driver, who of course will do his best for George Thompson.
Now as soon as Mr. Thompson ceases speaking, Mr. Thompson ceases speaking, we want the anti-slavery women to gather round him and appear to detain him in eager conversation.
He will l wenty-five or thirty of us women clustered round Mr. Thompson and obeyed the directions we had received.
When
Lydia Maria Child, Letters of Lydia Maria Child (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier, Wendell Phillips, Harriet Winslow Sewall), Index. (search)