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Quaker (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
hat very able woman, Mrs. Lydia Maria Child, always differed from Garrison and his more intimate followers in the view they took of the Rev. Dr. William Ellery Channing, to whom Whittier had written, of his own impulse, in early youth, a serious appeal urging him to enter strenuously upon the antislavery agitation. Whittier was, it must be remembered, addressing one incomparably his superior at that time, in prominence and influence, as in years. It was a bold letter to be written by a shy Quaker youth of twenty-six to a man more than twice his years, for Channing was then almost fifty-four. A yet unknown man, Whittier was offering counsel to the most popular clergyman in Boston. Written in 1834, the letter long preceded Channing's Faneuil Hall speech of 1837, which first clearly committed him to the antislavery movement; and it still farther preceded his work on slavery in 1841, which identified him with the enterprise and made him, in the minds of the more moderate, its recognis
Bennington, Vt. (Vermont, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
briefly my testimony to the tribute to the memory of the great Reformer, whose friendship I have shared, and with whom I have been associated in a common cause from youth to age. My acquaintance with him commenced in boyhood. My father was a subscriber to his first paper, the Free Press, and the humanitarian tone of his editorials awakened a deep interest in our little household, which was increased by a visit which he made us. When he afterwards edited the Journal of the Times, at Bennington, Vt., I ventured to write him a letter of encouragement and sympathy, urging him to continue his labours against slavery, and assuring him that he could do great things, an unconscious prophecy which has been fulfilled beyond the dream of my boyish enthusiasm. The friendship thus commenced has remained unbroken through half a century, confirming my early confidence in his zeal and devotion, and in the great intellectual and moral strength which he brought to the cause with which his name is
Kansas (Kansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
ntislavery Convention at London (June, 1840), but being cautioned by the well-known physician, Dr. Henry I. Bowditch, he forebore to take the risk, his heart being at that period the point of danger. Of the later tests which came to abolitionists and sometimes separated them into opposing ranks, little need be said, for Whittier was never personally combative, and though he was severely tested as to his peace principles, yet the Quaker principle carried him safely through. When I was in Kansas in 1856, in the times of trouble, I could hear of but one of the theoretical non-resistants who had gone thither and who had adhered faithfully to his principles. I did not agree with these views, but went out of my way to call upon him and express my respect, a feeling I could not quite entertain for those who had backslidden, and could then give as an excuse that they never imagined there could be such people in the world as the Border Ruffians. With all Whittier's Arab look and his admi
Haverhill (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
anite boulder and flinty shard. Ever the Virtues blush to find The Vices wearing their badge behind, And Graces and Charities feel the fire Wherein the sins of the age expire. It is too late now to dwell on these differences. I choose rather, with a feeling of gratitude to God, to recall the great happiness of labouring with the noble company of whom Garrison was the central figure. I love to think of him as he seemed to me, when in the fresh dawn of manhood he sat with me in the old Haverhill farmhouse, revolving even then schemes of benevolence; or, with cheery smile, welcoming me to his frugal meal of bread and milk in the dingy Boston printing-room; or, as I found him in the gray December morning in the small attic of a coloured man, in Philadelphia, finishing his night-long task of drafting his immortal Declaration of Sentiments of the American Antislavery Society; or, as I saw him in the jail of Leverett Street, after his almost miraculous escape from the mob, playfully in
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
s now his memorial home. His service to freedom, after ill health had driven him from Philadelphia, was irregular in place and form, but constant. He passed from Amesbury to Boston and thence to New York, to Saratoga, to Albany, and to western Pennsylvania, and wherever there was to be an antislavery convention; which meant, in his case, a convention based upon the ballot, aiming at political action, and still holding to the faint hope that Henry Clay might yet become its leader, and that Caleb Cushing might espouse its cause. At one time Whittier and Henry B. Stanton were deputed by the American Antislavery Society to go through Pennsylvania and find, if they could, seventy public speakers who would take part in the war against slavery. Pickard's Whittier, I. 250. He had at one time planned, when he felt himself more in command of his bodily forces, to attend the World's Antislavery Convention at London (June, 1840), but being cautioned by the well-known physician, Dr. Henry
Baltimore, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
eply (who does not?) for the noble-hearted, selfficing old man. But as friends of peace, as well as believers in the Sermon on the Mount, we dare not lend any countenance to such attempts as that at Harper's Ferry. I hope, in our admiration of the noble traits of John Brown's character, we shall be careful how we encourage a repetition of his rash and ill-judged movement. Thou and I believe in a more excellent way. I have just been looking at one of the pikes sent here by a friend in Baltimore. It is not a Christian weapon; it looks too much like murder. God is now putting our non-resistance principles to a severe test. I hope we shall not give the lie to our lifelong professions. I quite agree with thee that we must judge of Brown by his standards; but at the same time we must be true to our settled convictions, and to the duty we owe to humanity. Thou wilt see how difficult it is for me to write as thou request. My heart is too heavy and sorrowful. I cannot write no
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 7
ng had made greater sacrifices for the antislavery cause than any one, in view of the height and breadth of his previous influence and popularity. The letter addressed to him may be found in Pickard's Whittier, I. 137. In November, 1837, a small volume of Whittier's poems was issued in Boston by the publisher of the Liberator, Isaac Knapp. It was first printed without consulting the poet himself, and was entitled, Poems written during the Progress of the Abolition Question in the United States, between the years 1830 and 1838, by John G. Whittier. This was the first edition of his works; but the first authorised edition did not appear until a year later, in November, when a small volume, entitled simply Poems, was issued by Joseph Healy, financial agent of the Philadelphia Society. This consisted of one hundred and eighty pages, and was not limited to his antislavery verse; including fifty poems in all, only eleven of which are retained in the permanent edition of his works.
Amesbury (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
Truth should be spoken at all times, but more especially at those times when to speak Truth is dangerous. In 1840 Whittier's health had become impaired anew; his father had died, and his mother, sister, and aunt had removed their residence to Amesbury — partly for the sake of nearness to their meeting-house; and he joined them there and made the house his legal domicile, as it is now his memorial home. His service to freedom, after ill health had driven him from Philadelphia, was irregular in place and form, but constant. He passed from Amesbury to Boston and thence to New York, to Saratoga, to Albany, and to western Pennsylvania, and wherever there was to be an antislavery convention; which meant, in his case, a convention based upon the ballot, aiming at political action, and still holding to the faint hope that Henry Clay might yet become its leader, and that Caleb Cushing might espouse its cause. At one time Whittier and Henry B. Stanton were deputed by the American Antisla
Elizabeth Whittier (search for this): chapter 7
ement was of course Garrison, and he had been Whittier's especial guide and source of influence in horgan of the whole antislavery body, of which Whittier happened to be one? There was the Bible qu to one cause alone. On most of these points Whittier was as radical as Garrison, but he was by temitude, in itself logical enough, went against Whittier's whole temperament; and it ended in their bed a great wrong. Hence came his power; while Whittier, equally sincere, proved to have, unlike Garrnterview showing the cleavage between him and Whittier is in a letter from Lucretia Mott, written on Garrison did justice to the real strength of Whittier's nature will perhaps always remain somewhat certainly a phase of detached relations, when Whittier freely endorsed the prevalent criticism of Ga Chapman, used the phrases she employed about Whittier. But it is needless to explore these little of the American Antislavery Society, spoke of Whittier as known and honoured throughout the civilise[5 more...]
C. F. Adams (search for this): chapter 7
d to keep rather shy of a non-voting sex. All this I say, although observation has taught me that all these differences of policy, which seemed such a life-and-death matter at the time, are now as uninteresting to the younger generation as is antimasonry or any other cause which once shook the nation. It is, moreover, the actual fact that though the leaders such as Garrison and Whittier opposed and distrusted each other for a time, they ended after many years in renewed friendship: just as Adams and Jefferson, after years of far bitterer contest, could spend their old age in the friendliest correspondence, and even death found them in such a hand-and-hand relation that it took them both on the same day, and that day the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. In the meanwhile, each of the abolitionist leaders followed the path that belonged to his temperament. Garrison had no gift for personal organisation, in the politician's sense; but no man ever excelled him in the s
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