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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3, Chapter 1: re-formation and Reanimation.—1841. (search)
uted, that at Nantucket in August was a conspicuous Aug. 10, 11, 12, 1841; Lib. 11.130, 134. example of the glad renewal of anti-slavery fellowship (the sectarian spirit having been exorcised), and was otherwise memorable. No report is left of the social delights of companionship between Bradburn (a sort of Geo. Bradburn. island host), Quincy, Garrison, and Collins; but the significant incident of the public proceedings has been recorded by the chief actor in them. This was Frederick S. J. May's Recollections, p. 292. Douglass of New Bedford, formerly a Maryland slave, and only for three years a freeman by virtue of being a fugitive. His extraordinary oratorical powers were hardly suspected by himself, and he had never addressed any but his own color when he was induced to narrate his experiences at Nantucket. It was, he says, with the utmost difficulty that I could Life of F. Douglass, ed. 1882, p. 216; Cf. Anna Gardner's Harvest Gleanings, pp. 17-19. stand erect, or t
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3, Chapter 2: the Irish address.—1842. (search)
it, and she told all the little incidents of the last few hours with the utmost tranquillity. Her sisters were not all as calm as she, but they all felt the power of her peace upon them. At the funeral, she evinced the same tranquillity. Samuel J. May was invited to perform the usual services, at Chapman's request, not as a priest but as a friend, out of regard to the feelings of his father and mother. After he had made a prayer, S. J. May. Garrison, who had been told by Mrs. Chapman if S. J. May. Garrison, who had been told by Mrs. Chapman if he had any word to utter not to withhold it, made a very excellent address, to the no small astonishment of certain of the relatives, who had not looked for an anti-slavery lecture at such a time. Neither Mrs. C. nor any of the family put on mourning, which was a M. W. Chapman. strange thing in a community where the chains of custom and public opinion are like links of iron. A day or two afterwards, I went to town to see her, apprehending that when the excitement was over, a reaction might
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3, Chapter 5: Texas.—1845. (search)
graphy seemed a long stride towards the desideratum, as promising to render each national dialect simple and exact, and make easy the transition from many rectified languages to one pure language. With millennial hopefulness, he repeated his belief that some then living would witness a world's convention either to devise a common language, or to provide ways and means for the universal propagation of such a language. The fancied every-day uses of the art he thus pictured in a letter to S. J. May: My attention has recently been drawn to the subject of Ms. July 17, 1845. Phonography and Phonotypy, and I want you, as a friend of universal reform, to look into it; for I am persuaded you will be delighted with it, as I have been. It is a new system of writing and printing, invented by Mr. Isaac Pitman, a teacher in Bath, England, by which the ignorant masses may be taught to read and write in an almost incredibly short space of time— compressing the labor of months into weeks,
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3, Chapter 6: third mission to England.—1846. (search)
ncy in Faneuil Hall on Mr. Garrison's return, touching these coincidences of Clarkson and Wilberforce (Lib. 16: 202). It is a fact for a poet to celebrate, wrote S. J. May to his friend on his return, that you should have been in England to attend the burial of Clarkson, as you were of his co-worker Wilberforce. Lib. 16.194. But inism is as odious in this country as infidelity is in ours; but, thus far, those who have most zealously espoused my mission have been the Unitarians. Ms. To S. J. May Mr. Garrison wrote from Boston on Dec. 19, 1846 (Ms.): I am under great obligations to Francis Bishop, William James, H. Solly, Philip Carpenter, George Harris, his morning, dear Helen presented me with a new-comer into this breathing world,—a daughter,—and the finest babe ever yet born in Boston! On Dec. 19 he informed S. J. May (Ms.) that the little girl had been named Elizabeth Pease. Wendell Phillips wrote to her namesake on Jan. 31, 1847 (Ms.): Garrison's child is a nice, healthy, d
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3, Chapter 7: first Western tour.—1847. (search)
he Rev. Samuel May, Jr., Mr. May—a Unitarian clergyman residing at Leicester, Mass., and universally esteemed and beloved in his own denomination; a cousin of S. J. May, and worthy to be such; a graduate of Harvard College in the class of 1829 with Wm. Henry Channing, J. F. Clarke, and other men of national and world-wide reputaA thousand kisses for them—as many for you—on my return. Should you have written to me at Syracuse, I shall get the letter, as I intend to spend a day with dear S. J. May. Douglass left here on Sept. 14. Tuesday noon. Your improving husband. Nothing but the indiscreet newspaper report of Mr. Garrison's condition could have jit not strange that Douglass has not written a single line to me, or to anyone in this place, inquiring after my health, since he left me on a bed of illness? S. J. May wrote from Waterloo to Mr. Garrison (Ms. Oct. 8, 1847): Frederick Douglass was very much troubled that he did not get any tidings from you when he reached Syrac<
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3, Chapter 8: the Anti-Sabbath Convention.—1848. (search)
between us. We agreed to differ as to the measure, as far as we did, in the most catholic and merriest spirit. There will be fun at the Convention, I doubt not. The movement has made a great stir in the community, and especially among the devouter sort of Unitarians! Lib. 18.22. The Call for an Anti-Sabbath Convention in Boston had Ms. Jan. 8, 1848, Thos. McClintock to W. L. G. Ms. Jan. 10, 1848. begun to be sent out for signatures late in December, 1847. The author of it advised S. J. May that it had been drawn up with great care and deliberation, and sanctioned by a large committee of our best reformatory spirits; but Mr. May could not yield entire sympathy or allow his name to be appended. I am sorry, he responded on January Ms. to W. L. G. 15, 1848, you are going to have a Convention, because it will help rather than hinder the project of the Sabbatarians. Opposition will give importance to their doings. He thought the Sabbath laws were a dead-letter. Theodore Parke
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3, Chapter 11: George Thompson, M. P.—1851. (search)
of Plymouth, John T. Sargent of Boston, or Samuel J. May of Syracuse, N. Y., the companionship of wison, accompanied by his Ms. Apr. 20, 1851, S. J. May to W. L. G. wife, rejoined Mr. Thompson under the hallowed roof of Samuel J. May. The meetings, which began on May 7, seemed like a revival of newcomers to the citizens of Syracuse, asked Mr. May to read the Declaration of Sentiments adoptediam Lloyd Garrison; to you, George Thompson! Mr. May answered for the antislavery sentiment of the the apostate Webster. Ante, P. 331 Samuel J. May to Miss Charlotte G. Coffin. A sister of Mrs. May. Syracuse, Oct. 15, 1851 [Oct. 16]. Ms. I am too busy to write you a long letter, acts (or the rumors) I have given you. Samuel J. May to W. L. Garrison. Syracuse, Nov. 23, 1 more plainly and earnestly than ever. Samuel J. May to W. L. Garrison. Syracuse, Dec. 6, 18sts in talking about the Jerry Indictments. S. J. May. I take a deep interest in them; and I enter[1 more...]
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3, Chapter 12: Kossuth.—1852. (search)
t more than 290,000 in 1848. Mr. Garrison's special activity during the last quarter of the year is imaged in the following correspondence. The first letter relates to the celebration of the Jerry rescue at Syracuse: W. L. Garrison to S. J. May. Boston, Sept. 16, 1852. Ms. In being at your rescue anniversary on the 1st of October, I was hoping to be able to kill two stones with one bird (as some one has said, in Ireland or out of it),—i. e., to make it incidental to my visit to. But it was introduced by Elizabeth Smith Miller, the daughter of the great philanthropist, Gerrit Smith, in 1850 ( Hist. Of Woman Suffrage, 1: 127; and see also pp. 469, 844). Theodore is at home on his farm. T. D. Weld. W. L. Garrison to S. J. May. Boston, Sept. 27, 1852. Ms. Thanks for your letter. You say, come, and the travelling Ms. Syracuse, Sept. 21, 1852. expenses shall be paid. . . . I will be with you. My plan is, to leave Boston on Wednesday morning, and lecture in Alb
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3, Chapter 13: the Bible Convention.—1853. (search)
this restless year. The second decade of the American Anti-Slavery Society called for Lib. 23.170, [194], [195]; Pamphlet Proceedings Am. A. S. S. at its 2d Decade. commemoration, in Philadelphia, on December 3 and 4. Mr. Garrison presided, Samuel J. May read once more the Declaration of Sentiments of 1833. Noticeable was the number of women speakers. Not less so was the drift of the remarks towards one topic—the public estimation of the abolitionists as infidels. On this head the followl. If H. Wright is not an infidel, what is he? I inquire honestly, for if anybody had asked me if he was one, I should have answered yes without a moment's hesitation, in the same manner as I should have said that May was a Unitarian. . . . S. J. May. I find the following numbers missing from the Liberator of this year, and should like to have them sent me: 27, 28, 29, 30, 39, 41, 49. Harriet Beecher Stowe to W. L. Garrison. [Andover, December, 1853 (?).] Ms. no date. I see you
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3, Chapter 16: Fremont.—1856. (search)
ive policy. Like Demosthenes's unskilful boxer, the party covered the place last hit, exposing the rest of its body to fresh blows. Hence, not a word in its platform about the repeal of the Lib. 26:[142]. Fugitive Slave Law, or urging abolition in the District of Columbia, against which, by the way, Fremont, during his Lib. 26.114, [142]. brief Senatorial career, had twice voted. Kansas was the sole vital issue put forward. The tone of the Republican Party, Ms. wrote Mr. Garrison to S. J. May, on March 21, 1856, is becoming more and more feeble and indefinite, in order to secure a large vote in the approaching Presidential struggle. At Pittsburg, Feb. 22, 1856; the convention which paved the way for that at Philadelphia on June 17 (Lib. 26: 38). they resolved to vote for the admission of Kansas into the Union as a free State! Wonderful! Put not your faith in —politicians! His cherished correspondent, like many another Lib. 26.122, 170, 171, 174. abolitionist, was swept
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