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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1, Chapter 13: Marriage.—shall the Liberator die?—George Thompson.—1834. (search)
he slaves in the District of Columbia and the Territories is to be made A test at the Ballot-Boxes, in the choice of representatives in Congress; and no man who is a slaveholder will receive the votes of conscientious and consistent abolitionists for any station in the gift of the people—especially for the Presidency of the United States. This was in full accord with the official views of the New England Anti-Slavery Society, witness the following extract from the third annual report, Jan. 21, 1835 (by S. E. Sewall); But while, in voting for candidates to offices in which the persons elected are likely to be called on to act on important questions in regard to slavery, it is earnestly recommended to abolitionists to support those only in whose principles they can confide; the Managers would caution their friends against making anti-slavery opinions the test of qualification for other offices, where similar questions cannot arise. Thus, though no representative to Congress should b