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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3 3 1 Browse Search
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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3, Chapter 13: the Bible Convention.—1853. (search)
asure, though not without clerical disturbance. Joseph Barker, having maintained that the Bible was opposed to woman's rights and was therefore to be got rid of (Lib. 23: 174), was fallen foul of as an infidel and a renegade priest by the Rev. Edwin H. Nevin, already known to Mr. Garrison for his assurance and duplicity (Lib. 14: 90; 23: 182). Nevin's outrageous behavior at length drew from Mr. Garrison the open remark: He is manifestly here in the spirit of a blackguard and rowdy ( Hist. WNevin's outrageous behavior at length drew from Mr. Garrison the open remark: He is manifestly here in the spirit of a blackguard and rowdy ( Hist. Woman Suffrage, 1: 140). This led to a laughable vindication of the clergyman at the hall door after the session, where his younger brother concluded to take an apology from his [Garrison's] nose, as he could not obtain one from his lips—to quote the reverend gentleman's own account of this undesirable affair (Lib. 23: 178, 182). The first of seven resolutions from his pen read as follows: Resolved, That the natural rights of one human being are Hist, Woman Suffrage, 1.818. those of every