[85] a lethargic public sentiment, but it is continuing the life and usefulness of the paper. As soon as the sum is completed, I [will] write a letter of thanks to each of the subscribers, in behalf of friend Knapp and myself. . . . If we can get along without E. M. P. Wells's subscription, I shall be glad; because I wish no man to pay money for the support of the Liberator, if such an act goes against his conscience. It is true he justly owes the money—but he says he now dislikes the paper. . . . Let me know whether friend K. has got into his new office.1 Tell him to make everything else give way (communications, editorials, and all) to the debates in Congress upon the petitions for the abolition of slavery in the D. of C. The sooner we2 publish the debates, the greater will be the interest in their perusal. Let him select the best reports he can find. It is important, too, that we should publish all official documents, in opposition to our cause, instanter, that we may not be anticipated by other papers. In the next Liberator (i. e., Jan. 23), if possible, insert the accompanying extract from Gov. Marcy's3 message, and also the correspondence between him and Gov. Gayle, of Alabama, respecting Williams—especially the latter. Give as good an account of the annual meeting to the readers4 as the time will permit. Probably E. M. P. Wells would prefer not to be one of the officers of our Society. Let the Vice-Presidents be as influential as possible, without relying too much upon names. We can select them from all parts of the Commonwealth. The Managers should be the truest of the true. I should be glad to see our brother Wright5 one of the number.
W. L. Garrison to Samuel J. May, at Boston.Brooklyn, January 17, 1836.Accompanying this I send a letter, which, if you think proper, you may read to the meeting on Wednesday next, and then6 hand it over to friend Knapp for publication in the Liberator.7 Boston is yet a stronghold of slavery. By Henry's letter 8 received yesterday, it seems you have applied in vain for the use of a meeting-house or hall in which to hold the annual meeting. Sixteen refusals successively! And yet the people of
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