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February (search for this): chapter 11
ptoms of trouble at first—and took W. P. home afterward, with quite a crowd around,—so that all went well. Gov. Andrew brought a good deal of pressure to bear on the Mayor and he sent police after all—but not in uniform so that it was not generally known till afterwards. As there is to be an Anti-Slavery Convention next Thursday and Friday it was thought important to have a good organization and make sure of carrying the meetings all through—but I think everything will go well now. In February, Mr. Higginson spent another Sunday in Boston, to help protect Wendell Phillips, and wrote that a thousand people or so waited on Winter Street to see him—friends, foes and idlers —while we quietly walked him out by the Bumstead Place entrance. When the war-cloud burst in April, 1861, and there was alarm about the safety of Washington, Mr. Higginson conceived the daring scheme of recalling Montgomery and his men from Kansas and going with them into the mountains of Virginia to diver
February 12th (search for this): chapter 11
d I partly believe the whole story. In this letter, he asked aid for what he called secret service, stating that he should need from five to eight hundred dollars within sixty days, for the perfecting of by far the most important undertaking of my whole life. Mr. Higginson asked if this project was connected with the underground railway and received this reply: Rail-Road business on a somewhat extended scale is the identical object for which I am trying to get means. This letter, dated February 12, contained an urgent invitation to meet John Brown with Sanborn and others at Peterborough, New Hampshire. Not being able to do this, Mr. Higginson met Brown in Boston in March. The impression made on him as described in Cheerful Yesterdays was that of simply a high-minded, unselfish, belated Covenanter. The plan which Brown proposed was to get together bands of fugitive slaves in Virginia and either colonize them in the mountain fastnesses or guide them to Canada. In this project M
March (search for this): chapter 11
, for the perfecting of by far the most important undertaking of my whole life. Mr. Higginson asked if this project was connected with the underground railway and received this reply: Rail-Road business on a somewhat extended scale is the identical object for which I am trying to get means. This letter, dated February 12, contained an urgent invitation to meet John Brown with Sanborn and others at Peterborough, New Hampshire. Not being able to do this, Mr. Higginson met Brown in Boston in March. The impression made on him as described in Cheerful Yesterdays was that of simply a high-minded, unselfish, belated Covenanter. The plan which Brown proposed was to get together bands of fugitive slaves in Virginia and either colonize them in the mountain fastnesses or guide them to Canada. In this project Mr. Higginson and his friends were willing to cooperate and to help raise the needed money. I am always ready, Higginson wrote to John Brown, to invest money in treason, but at pres
April (search for this): chapter 11
Howe and found that things had ended far better than I supposed. The Kansas committee had put some $500 in gold into his [Brown] hands and all the arms with only the understanding that he should go to Kansas and then be left to his own discretion. He went off in good spirits. In October, 1858, Sanborn wrote to the Worcester clergyman that Brown was anxious about future operations, and asked if Higginson could do anything for him before the following spring. In March, 1859, and again in April, Sanborn appealed to Higginson for more funds; and May 1, the latter wrote to Brown that he had drawn so largely for similar purposes in the past few years he could raise no more money. My own loss of confidence, he added, is also in the way—loss of confidence not in you, but in the others who are concerned in the measure. Those who were so easily disheartened last spring may be deterred now. . . . Did I follow only my own inclination, without thinking of other ties, I should join you in
May 1st (search for this): chapter 11
pposed. The Kansas committee had put some $500 in gold into his [Brown] hands and all the arms with only the understanding that he should go to Kansas and then be left to his own discretion. He went off in good spirits. In October, 1858, Sanborn wrote to the Worcester clergyman that Brown was anxious about future operations, and asked if Higginson could do anything for him before the following spring. In March, 1859, and again in April, Sanborn appealed to Higginson for more funds; and May 1, the latter wrote to Brown that he had drawn so largely for similar purposes in the past few years he could raise no more money. My own loss of confidence, he added, is also in the way—loss of confidence not in you, but in the others who are concerned in the measure. Those who were so easily disheartened last spring may be deterred now. . . . Did I follow only my own inclination, without thinking of other ties, I should join you in person, if I could not in purse. And he declared that he
May 7th (search for this): chapter 11
always ready, Higginson wrote to John Brown, to invest money in treason, but at present have none to invest. At this juncture a certain Hugh Forbes, who had drilled John Brown and his men in guerrilla warfare, threatened to expose his plans unless unreasonable demands for money could be met. Thereupon, the majority of Brown's Boston advisers advocated postponing the whole affair until the next winter or spring. This proposed delay made Mr. Higginson very impatient, and he wrote to Brown, May 7, I utterly protest against any postponement. He also wrote in the same vein to Theodore Parker, saying, If I had the wherewithal, I would buy out the other stockholders and tell our veteran to go on. To Brown again, May 18, he wrote, I, for one am willing to leave the whole matter to you. . . . The sum raised by me was all I can possibly provide, but I have written to the others, strongly urging them not to give up the ship. When Mr. Higginson talked this matter over with Brown, meetin
May 18th (search for this): chapter 11
expose his plans unless unreasonable demands for money could be met. Thereupon, the majority of Brown's Boston advisers advocated postponing the whole affair until the next winter or spring. This proposed delay made Mr. Higginson very impatient, and he wrote to Brown, May 7, I utterly protest against any postponement. He also wrote in the same vein to Theodore Parker, saying, If I had the wherewithal, I would buy out the other stockholders and tell our veteran to go on. To Brown again, May 18, he wrote, I, for one am willing to leave the whole matter to you. . . . The sum raised by me was all I can possibly provide, but I have written to the others, strongly urging them not to give up the ship. When Mr. Higginson talked this matter over with Brown, meeting him in Boston again about June 1, the latter sympathized with this opposition to delay, and said, to quote a letter of Higginson's describing the interview, If he [Brown] had the means he would not lose a day. At my wondering
June (search for this): chapter 11
ly for similar purposes in the past few years he could raise no more money. My own loss of confidence, he added, is also in the way—loss of confidence not in you, but in the others who are concerned in the measure. Those who were so easily disheartened last spring may be deterred now. . . . Did I follow only my own inclination, without thinking of other ties, I should join you in person, if I could not in purse. And he declared that he longed to see Brown set free from timid advisers. In June, Sanborn wrote to Higginson that John Brown had set out on his expedition, having secured some eight hundred dollars; and September 4, he again wrote, beseeching him to raise fifty dollars if possible. After the sudden defeat of Brown's enterprise, followed by his arrest and imprisonment, most of the friends who had been active in assisting his project went temporarily to Canada or to Europe to avoid threatened prosecution, but Mr. Higginson stood his ground, declaring it a duty to at leas
June 1st (search for this): chapter 11
any postponement. He also wrote in the same vein to Theodore Parker, saying, If I had the wherewithal, I would buy out the other stockholders and tell our veteran to go on. To Brown again, May 18, he wrote, I, for one am willing to leave the whole matter to you. . . . The sum raised by me was all I can possibly provide, but I have written to the others, strongly urging them not to give up the ship. When Mr. Higginson talked this matter over with Brown, meeting him in Boston again about June 1, the latter sympathized with this opposition to delay, and said, to quote a letter of Higginson's describing the interview, If he [Brown] had the means he would not lose a day. At my wondering that the others did not agree with us, he said the reason was they were not men of action. But the sly old veteran added he had not said this to them. A scrap of paper pasted on the letter adds: I went to see Dr. Howe and found that things had ended far better than I supposed. The Kansas committee h
August (search for this): chapter 11
t if drafted I shall go. Yesterday it grew obvious that the number of 9 months men might be raised without a draft and it suddenly became clear to me . . . that I ought to go for that time, even without a draft. I have not mentioned it to M——and may not have strength to carry it through, but it seems to me that if I do not I shall forfeit my self respect and be a broken man for the remainder of my days. I have sacrificed the public duty to this domestic one as long as I can bear. In August he wrote to his mother:— I have something to say which may surprise you. . . . I have obtained authority to enlist a military company for 9 months, I go as Captain . . . . I do not think I should ever have made up my mind to go for 3 years—but those recruits were raised slowly here, and I decided that I never could hold up my head again, in Worcester or even elsewhere, if I did not vindicate my past words by actions though tardy. It seemed to me also, which is more important, tha
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