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Maria W. Chapman (search for this): chapter 7
ch the Life of Garrison by his sons gives a thorough and laborious record. It would now lead into a labyrinth were I to follow it up; it is enough to say that Mrs. Chapman's view as to Whittier-so the latter himself told me at one time — was this, As to that, the only question is, whether Whittier is more knave or fool. Now Mrs.Mrs. Chapman was, as I have already said, as distinctly the leader among the antislavery women as was Garrison among the men. In short, the question of union or disunion drew a sharp line of cleavage among those already enlisted, and it was impossible, I suppose, for the originators of the whole movement to do otherwise than they ded relations, when Whittier freely endorsed the prevalent criticism of Garrison as dictatorial; and when Garrison's foremost counsellor among antislavery women Mrs. Chapman, used the phrases she employed about Whittier. But it is needless to explore these little divergences of the saints, and it is certain that Garrison, at the t
Samuel E. Sewall (search for this): chapter 7
e organisation which became the Free Soil party, then the Republican party, and in that form finally controlled the nation. It must be owned, however, in viewing the attitude of these two dividing factions, that the Disunionists were in general the more interesting class personally and more eloquent in speech than their voting brethren, precisely because they could speak without the slightest reference to policy or organisation; that the very leaders of the latter, such as Whittier and Samuel E. Sewall, happened to have no gift of platform eloquence, though much faculty of organising and conciliating; that the very fact of the entanglement of voting abolitionists with party leaders who never thoroughly belonged with them, such as Clay and Van Buren, was an embarrassment and a hindrance; and finally, that the immense and unflinching weight of the women, as non-voters, was thrown on the side of Garrison and his party, whereas the voting abolitionists were often tempted to keep rather sh
Lucretia Mott (search for this): chapter 7
el a sober and real interest. I have repented of it a thousand times, especially as it gave those who were not intimately acquainted with me a false idea of my character. . . . Pickard, I. 218-19. The only record in the Life of Garrison by his sons — perhaps the most thoroughly executed biography ever written in America, though it could hardly be expected to be the most absolutely impartial — of any final interview showing the cleavage between him and Whittier is in a letter from Lucretia Mott, written on Feb. 25, 1852. She says: Maria W. Chapman wrote me that he [Whittier] was in the [antislavery] office a few months since, bemoaning to Garrison that there should have been any divisions. Why could we not all go on together? Why not, indeed? said Garrison; we stand just where we did. I see no reason why you cannot cooperate with the American Society. Oh, replied Whittier, but the American Society is not what it once was. It has the coat, the hat, and the waistcoat
William Ellery Channing (search for this): chapter 7
s 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 appeetter 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 precedednds of the more moderate, its recognised leader. The fact is the more interesting, inasmuch as Channing himself, in spite of his vast influence with a class whom Garrison had as yet scarcely touched,ourage, nor firmness. Whittier, on the other hand, always maintained, that after Mrs. Child, Dr. Channing had made greater sacrifices for the antislavery cause than any one, in view of the height and
Isaac Knapp (search for this): chapter 7
aria Weston Chapman, as one who had neither insight, courage, nor firmness. Whittier, on the other hand, always maintained, that after Mrs. Child, Dr. Channing 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 eigh
Oliver Johnson (search for this): chapter 7
utation; I love, perhaps too well, the praise and good will of my fellow-men; but I set a higher value on my name as appended to the Antislavery Declaration of 1833 than on the title-page of any book. Looking over a life marked by many errors and shortcomings, I rejoice that I have been able to maintain the pledge of that signature. The lesson thus conveyed is so fine that I linger further upon it, to give some extracts from Whittier's own review of the matter in his introduction to Oliver Johnson's William Lloyd Garrison and his Times. I do not know that any word of mine can give additional interest to this memorial of William Lloyd Garrison from the pen of one of his earliest and most devoted friends, whose privilege it has been to share his confidence and his labours for nearly half a century: but I cannot well forego the opportunity afforded me to add briefly my testimony to the tribute to the memory of the great Reformer, whose friendship I have shared, and with whom I
John Greenleaf Whittier (search for this): chapter 7
untry for the abolition of slavery as John Greenleaf Whittier. Whittier, in his letter, made thiWhittier, in his letter, made this companion tribute to Garrison:-- I must not close this letter without confessing that I cannor further upon it, to give some extracts from Whittier's own review of the matter in his introductior instance, because very characteristic, that Whittier, like that very able woman, Mrs. Lydia Maria the Rev. Dr. William Ellery Channing, to whom Whittier had written, of his own impulse, in early you strenuously upon the antislavery agitation. Whittier was, it must be remembered, addressing one ins then almost fifty-four. A yet unknown man, Whittier was offering counsel to the most popular cler had neither insight, courage, nor firmness. Whittier, on the other hand, always maintained, that aer 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 f[2 more...]
Henry I. Bowditch (search for this): chapter 7
eb 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 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 go
Tristram Shandy (search for this): chapter 7
time, of money, of reputation, of health, of ease, with the answer of a good conscience, and the happiness which grows out of benevolent exertions for the welfare of others. It has led me to examine myself. It has given me the acquaintance of some of the noblest and best of men and women. It owes me nothing. So, then, two of the youngest members of the Women's Society are to hold forth. . . . Shade of the Apostle Paul! What is this world coming to? Never mind, I like it hugely, as Tristram Shandy said of Yorick's sermon, and would like it better to see them wield in their delicate fingers the thunderbolts of abolition oratory. As the author of John Gilpin said of the hero and his horse :-- And when he next doth ride abroad, May I be there to see! Seriously, I see no good reason why they should not speak as well as their elders. Let the daughters prophesy, agreeably to the promise of the prophet Joel, and let the doors be thrown open to all without distinction of sex, and
Henry B. Stanton (search for this): chapter 7
d 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 I. Bowditch, he forebore to take the risk, his heart being at that peri
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