Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2, Chapter 7: the World's Convention.

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[394] previous efforts in the cause of West India emancipation, I honor and praise you. Be not weary in well-doing, and you cannot fail of success. The case is one of great urgency. Let no time be lost, therefore, in laying all the facts respecting India before the people. Those facts can never be listened to with indifference by them, but will cause their hearts to burn like fire. They will rally en masse under the broad banner of universal emancipation, and their motto will be—‘Justice for India! Freedom for the American slave! Prosperity to England! Good will to all mankind!’

Almost the last glimpse we get of Garrison and¹ Rogers in London is at a juvenile concert on the evening of July 9, in accordance with the following invitation from the director, which gives the genesis of a wellknown stirring song:

W. E. Hickson to W. L. Garrison.

July 8, 1840.
² As you will naturally feel interested in whatever relates to the³ improvement of society, and to the efforts making for the moral regeneration of the humble classes of the community, whether white or colored, I take the liberty of sending you two of our reports, that you may see what use we are making of one of the most powerful levers by which the masses have ever been moved.
It occurred to me, the other day, that perhaps even your own peculiar cause, the cause of the extinction of slavery, might be served by means of music, and therefore I composed a song (which I also enclose) calculated to sustain that moral courage without which the object will never be effected.
The chorus is very simple, but very spirited and pleasing, and if, when you return to America, you can induce congregations of two or three thousand persons to sing “God speed the right” after the close of a powerful address on slavery, you will find a spirit of enthusiasm created, not, perhaps, easily excited by other means.
I further take the liberty to invite you to one of our popular local concerts, at which “God speed the right” will be sung. I hope, also, Mrs. Mott will be able to attend with you, though I am rather doubtful whether she would allow music to be used as a means of influence even in a good cause.⁴

1 Herald of Freedom, 6.116.

2 12 Park Lane.

3 Ms.

4 Mrs. Mott's absence was better accounted for by her having an engagement to tea at Dr. Bowring's ( “Life,” p. 166).

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