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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1, Chapter 9: organization: New-England Anti-slavery Society.—Thoughts on colonization.—1832. (search)
obstacle to science, and one which must be removed at all hazards, we should have some idea of the consternation produced by the Thoughts on Colonization. This book, its author correctly anticipated, will doubtless Thoughts, p. 38. increase the rage of my enemies; At a meeting of the Massachusetts Colonization Society in Boston, the Rev. William Hague was present when the great pamphlet of Mr. Garrison, fresh from the press, was brought in and placed upon the table. . . . The Hon. Alexander H. Everett was thoroughly incensed, and said that the author should be indicted for libel (Boston Watchman, June 7, 1883). but no torrent of invective shall successfully whelm it, no sophistry impair its force, no activity destroy its influence, no misrepresentation defeat its usefulness. I commend it particularly to the candid attention of the two most powerful classes in this country—editors of newspapers and the clergy. It is not a light matter for either of them to propagate false doc