[67] and it requires of us about as much, in fact, as do our Southern opponents. Probably I shall not commence my review until the second edition appears.
W. L. Garrison to his Wife, at Brooklyn.Without accident or detention, I have safely arrived in Boston, having been only eight hours on the journey. . . . Dear brother Henry was at the depot, and clapped his hand2 upon my shoulder as soon as I put my foot upon the soil, giving me quite a brotherly welcome. We then rode to Miss Parker's3 (where I am to remain), and were just in season to take tea. 4 It was quite refreshing to see familiar faces once more. Mr.May and Mrs. May sat at my right hand, propounding many questions about the Brooklynites, to which I responded as rapidly as possible. As soon as I had finished my supper, I came down to the office, and having first chatted a little with brother Henry and friend Knapp, then read the last Liberator, I have5 now seized my pen to write to one who is dearer to me than any other earthly object. . . . Brother Phelps has been mobbed in Farmington. A large6 brickbat was thrown through the window, almost with the velocity of a cannon-ball, and narrowly missed his head. Had it struck him, undoubtedly he would have been killed on the spot. He went on with his lecture, however, and told the people he would not cease to plead the cause of enslaved humanity in that place, until either mob law was put down, or he should fall a victim. The next evening his meeting was slightly disturbed, but the third evening he carried his point triumphantly. About twenty of the rioters have been arrested —all ‘men of cloth.’ Rev. Mr. Grosvenor has been mobbed in Worcester County.7 Charles Stuart has been mobbed in the western part of the State of New York. A brickbat struck him on the head, which made him senseless for a time; but as soon as he recovered, he began to plead for the suffering and dumb, until he was persuaded by a clergyman to desist. Rev. George Storrs has been mobbed (according to law) in8 New Hampshire. In the midst of his prayer, he was arrested, and violently shaken, and carried before a justice of the peace as a
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