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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)
ciation of German Noyes's Am. Socialisms, p. 135. communists and highly improved. We held several meetings at Leesburg—attendance small, but much interest manifested on the part of those present. A Methodist priest wished to know whether I believed in the inspiration of the Bible. This led to a rich scene. Stopped with Mr. Millisack, an old subscriber to the Liberator, who has a beautiful situation. On the way from Leesburg to this place, stopped for the night at a miserable tavern in Augusta, and arrived here yesterday Sept. 4, 1847. morning, and had the happiness to obtain a letter from you, giving me the assurance of all being well at home. Of course, I devoured every word of it greedily. We have held four immense meetings here—two yesterday Salem, O. and two to-day—five thousand persons on the ground. Our friends are in the best possible spirits. The tide of anti-slavery is rising daily. Everything looks encouraging. This afternoon, while a vast concourse was assem<
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3, Chapter 9: Father Mathew.—1849. (search)
9. again to this honored and dear sir, with profuse apology Lib. 20.15. for not knowing he was a high and mighty judge and so addressing him before. He renewed his solemn declaration [to Mr. Garrison] of being firmly resolved not to interfere, in any the slightest degree, with the institutions of this mighty Republic. More, he pleaded, should not be asked of him in this emphatically free country. And thus placating Georgia, he earned the torchlight procession afterwards tendered him in Augusta. Lib. 20.24. The Apostle had not performed his last act of servility in this direction when he arrived in Washington in December and (even on the very day he was dining at the Dec. 20, 1849; Lib. 19.207. White House) a motion to invite him to a seat on the floor of the Senate was offered by a Northern member. The Lumpkin exposure and the luckless Address were alleged against the proposed courtesy by an Alabamian Lib. 19.206. fire-eater; but Clay nimbly came to the rescue, repaying t