Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2

[278] had been instrumental in revealing the clerical plot, and who, as General Agent of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, was presently to play a role of the greatest importance. The utmost harmony and good feeling prevailed at this gathering, fresh from the triumph of the battlefield; new subscriptions were made, and donations and pledges offered, to a significant amount, and resolutions of hearty support adopted. These quoted the magnanimous words of Gerrit Smith, in a recent letter enclosing fifty dollars to Mr. Garrison: ‘Among the¹ many things in which the abolitionists of our country should be agreed, are the two following: 1st, The Liberator must be sustained. 2d, Its Editor must be kept above want;—not only, nor mainly, for his own and his family's happiness; but that, having his own mind unembarrassed by the cares of griping poverty, he may be a more effective advocate of the cause of the Saviours enslaved poor.’ ‘With an instinctive sagacity,’ continued the resolutions, ‘which has anticipated every danger and defeated every plot, whether of open enemies or hollow friends, it [the Liberator] has been the first to summon, with trumpet tones, the friends of humanity to the rescue.’ Further:

3. Resolved, That, so far from looking upon the expression² of the peculiar views of its editor on other topics as a fault, or esteeming it a hindrance to the progress of the abolition cause, we value the Liberator for its fearless toleration and free discussion of all truth; and though we do not hold ourselves