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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3, Chapter 19: John Brown.—1859. (search)
Whipple. Seeing the strongest bond of the Union of the States in the chains upon four millions of slaves, with tyrants at one end and hypocrites at the other, Lib. 29.92. he desired the trustees to expend his bequest by employing such agents as believe and practise the doctrine of no union with slaveholders, religiously or politically, and by the circulation of such publications as tend to destroy every pro-slavery institution. Our glorious cause, said Mr. Garrison at the New England May 26, 1859; Lib. 29.87. Convention, has been before this nation for thirty years, challenging the sympathy and aid of all classes. Many rich men have died during that time;—men of property are dying every day, and are making liberal bequests for charitable purposes. But, mark you! always for those purposes which will be sure to receive the approbation of everybody, but never to promote an unpopular movement. So calculating, timid, and conservative is wealth. Charles F. Hovey is the very first m