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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2, Chapter 5: shall the Liberator lead—1839. (search)
and this without any effort or wish on his part to be a leader, or any disposition in abolitionists to be led by him. Wendell Phillips said, they might talk as they would,—if Mr. Garrison were sustained, all the distinctive principles of the anti-slavery cause would be sustained also. Both in Boston and in other places fairs were held Lib. 9.119, 163. for the express benefit of the Liberator, and its exigencies were not overlooked in the county society meetings. Thus, on June 13, at Topsfield, when the Essex County Society had baffled the final endeavor of its Secretary, Lib. 9.99, 106. Torrey, to commit it to the New Organization, it was ready to receive Mr. Garrison with plaudits, and to second the praise of his paper from other lips than his own. Charles Burleigh dwelt upon its free discussion. Another speaker Lib. 9.106. testified to its keeping abolitionists awake and helpful. But he liked the Liberator for another reason. He liked it because it contained the archive