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Elias Hicks (search for this): chapter 6
r even, Smiles the reviled and pelted Stephen, S. S. Foster. The unappeasable Boanerges To all the Churches and the Clergies, The grim savant who, to complete His own peculiar cabinet, Contrived to label with his kicks One from the followers of Hicks; Elias Hicks. Who studied mineralogy Not with soft book upon the knee, But learned the properties of stones By contact sharp of flesh and bones, And made the experimentum crucis With his own body's vital juices: A man with caoutchouc enduranceElias Hicks. Who studied mineralogy Not with soft book upon the knee, But learned the properties of stones By contact sharp of flesh and bones, And made the experimentum crucis With his own body's vital juices: A man with caoutchouc endurance, A perfect gem for life insurance, A kind of maddened John the Baptist, To whom the harshest word comes aptest, Who, struck by stone or brick ill-starred, Hurls back an epithet as hard, Which, deadlier than stone or brick, Has a propensity to stick. His oratory is like the scream Of the iron horse's phrenzied steam Which warns the world to leave wide space For the black engine's swerveless race. Ye men with neckcloths white, I warn you— I. e., the clergy. Habet a whole haymow in cornu. A Ju
John G. Palfrey (search for this): chapter 6
16.194. assuring Webb that— There are many more A. S. Whigs and Democrats than Ms. Mar. 28, 1847. Third Party men, and many more Whig papers, especially, which are more thoroughly anti-slavery than any of the Third Cf. Lib. 17.170. Party ones. There is not a Third Party paper that compares in thoroughness and usefulness with the Boston Whig, or even the N. Y. Tribune. And they have not a man who comes near Charles F. Adams (son of J. Q. A.), editor of the Whig, Charles Sumner, J. G. Palfrey, S. G. Howe, Stephen C. Phillips, and others of the A. S. Whigs, in point of character, talent, or social standing. These gentlemen are high-minded, honorable, well-educated men, who would compare favorably with any public men you have in Parliament. And they have actually sacrificed political prospects and caste by their A. S. course, which is more than can be said of a single Third Party man—because I know of none who had anything of the sort to lose. Yet we cannot admit these men—t<
William Lovett (search for this): chapter 6
ss. Ashurst welcomed him Lib. 16.146. anew to Muswell Hill, and there made him acquainted Ante, 2.377. with W. J. Fox, the eminent Unitarian preacher, and Lib. 16:[155]. with the exiled Mazzini. He came to know and to esteem Lib. 18.61. William Lovett and Henry Vincent, the leaders of the Lib. 16:[155]. moral-suasion Chartists [as opposed to the violent course of Feargus O'Connor]—the friends of temperance, peace, Lib. 16.146. universal brotherhood. They are true men, vouched Mr. Garriscountry, and confined therein (the former one year, the latter twenty months), for pleading the cause of the starving operatives in this country, and contending for universal suffrage. Such men I honor and revere. At Newport, Wales, 1839-40. Lovett, in his Life and struggles (London, 1876), speaking of his new American acquaintances in 1846, says, p. 321: During our friends' visit, I recall to memory a very delightful evening spent with them and other friends, at the house of Mr. J. H. Parr
Jesus Christ (search for this): chapter 6
ib. 14.87. O'Connell thundered against it before the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Lib. 14.102. Society. A memorial to the nonentity known as the Churches of Christ in South Carolina, as representing those of other provinces, confederated in the United States of America, was drawn up and signed by more Lib. 14.67, 77. than 1hold the Declaration in their hand that all men are equal; then they enslave their brother, and whip him, and hunt him with bloodhounds, and profess the gospel of Christ. Now, no man can be excused for enslaving another, whether he be savage or civilized. (Great applause.) God has put a witness in every man's breast which protesting, for his Sunday's sowing, In the next world to go a-mowing The crop of all his meeting-going;— If the poor Church, by power enticed, Finds none so infidel as Christ, Quite backward reads his Gospel meek, (As 't were in Hebrew writ, not Greek,) Fencing the gallows and the sword With conscripts drafted from his word, And makes
Maria Lowell (search for this): chapter 6
heistical? Yet, after all, 'twixt you and me, Dear Miller, I could never see That Sin's and Error's ugly smirch Stained the walls only of the Church;— There are good priests, and men who take Freedom's torn cloak for lucre's sake,— I can't believe the Church so strong, As some men do, for Right or Wrong. But for this subject (long and vext) I must refer you to my next, As also for a list exact Of goods with which the Hall was packed. Referring to her husband's Hudibrastic production, Maria Lowell wrote from Cambridge to Maria Mott Davis (Ms. Jan. 8, 1847): ‘I wonder if you enjoyed his description of the Fair as much as I did. I saw Garrison the other day, and he seemed to be especially pleased with it, and the account of Stephen Foster delighted him. Of that and Maria Chapman he spoke most particularly. Miller made one error, and only one, in his copy, and that was sweet instead of swift eyes. Mrs. Chapman's eyes are not sweet, but swift expresses exactly their rapid, comprehen<
Charles Sumner (search for this): chapter 6
right in Lib. 16.194. assuring Webb that— There are many more A. S. Whigs and Democrats than Ms. Mar. 28, 1847. Third Party men, and many more Whig papers, especially, which are more thoroughly anti-slavery than any of the Third Cf. Lib. 17.170. Party ones. There is not a Third Party paper that compares in thoroughness and usefulness with the Boston Whig, or even the N. Y. Tribune. And they have not a man who comes near Charles F. Adams (son of J. Q. A.), editor of the Whig, Charles Sumner, J. G. Palfrey, S. G. Howe, Stephen C. Phillips, and others of the A. S. Whigs, in point of character, talent, or social standing. These gentlemen are high-minded, honorable, well-educated men, who would compare favorably with any public men you have in Parliament. And they have actually sacrificed political prospects and caste by their A. S. course, which is more than can be said of a single Third Party man—because I know of none who had anything of the sort to lose. Yet we cannot ad
Drs (search for this): chapter 6
endship, which they appear heartily to reciprocate. By a letter just received from my dear friend Bishop, he informs me that, since I left, his wife has given birth to a daughter, whom they have named Caroline Garrison Bishop. This is an indication of their personal regard for me. James Martineau was absent from Liverpool when I was there, and I did not see him. I was told that he is considerably prejudiced against the true anti-slavery band in this country, and sympathizes with such men as Drs. [Orville] Dewey and [Francis] Parkman. I meant to have visited Harriet [Martineau], at Ambleside, before my return; but she left for Egypt a few days before I sailed, and I missed the coveted opportunity. I saw her mother and sister at Newcastle [Lib. 16: 187]. As to the second of the American divines here mentioned, the Rev. Samuel May, jr., wrote to Mary Carpenter on July 15, 1851 (Ms.): Years ago, Dr. Parkman declared to me, and others, that no resolution, or action of any kind, about
Estlin (search for this): chapter 6
g. 24-28, 1846. himself to Bristol and Exeter. At the former place he was the guest of John Bishop Estlin, an eminent 47 Park St. surgeon and oculist. W. L. Garrison to H. C. Wright. Bristo myself. I thought he would greatly disturb the Mayor and our cautious and considerate friend Mr. Estlin—the former, by his severe remarks upon slaveholders as vagabonds and villains (for you will re cannot say; but he concluded the meeting with some commendatory remarks, and, to my surprise, Mr. Estlin took exception at nothing that was said, but seemed to be very much pleased, and declared thatvening, we had a large circle of persons, of various religious denominations, convened at friend Estlin's, and a most animating conversation followed, on a variety of topics, but chiefly on non-resistow (Thursday) evening. Thus, you see, our way is fully Aug. 27, 1846. prepared before us. Mr. Estlin thinks there ought to be an auxiliary to the League in Bristol. This will probably be agreed
William Goodells (search for this): chapter 6
n-stealers— no Union with slaveholders! We might end here, if it were not instructive to remark on Liberty Party endorsement of the Mexican War, even Lib. 16.115; 17.14. Gamaliel Bailey, in his Philanthropist, praying for the safety of the noble Taylor and his brave army. There were other proofs that the party was in a bad way. In the spring of 1846 one of its thirty organs affirmed that its present position is inaction—a perfect standstill. Lib. 16.57. Almost at a dead stand was William Goodells report of progress, speaking both for New York and for Massachusetts. In Maine the State Convention admitted that the party there merely held its own, and looked forward to certain death for the party at large if the stationary stage were not quickly escaped—Joshua Leavitt himself Lib. 16.57. being present, and discounting the impending catastrophe by denying that the party and the ballot-box were the sole Cf. ante, 2.310. means of abolishing slavery. Bailey gave a discouraging acco<
Orville Dewey (search for this): chapter 6
hey appear heartily to reciprocate. By a letter just received from my dear friend Bishop, he informs me that, since I left, his wife has given birth to a daughter, whom they have named Caroline Garrison Bishop. This is an indication of their personal regard for me. James Martineau was absent from Liverpool when I was there, and I did not see him. I was told that he is considerably prejudiced against the true anti-slavery band in this country, and sympathizes with such men as Drs. [Orville] Dewey and [Francis] Parkman. I meant to have visited Harriet [Martineau], at Ambleside, before my return; but she left for Egypt a few days before I sailed, and I missed the coveted opportunity. I saw her mother and sister at Newcastle [Lib. 16: 187]. As to the second of the American divines here mentioned, the Rev. Samuel May, jr., wrote to Mary Carpenter on July 15, 1851 (Ms.): Years ago, Dr. Parkman declared to me, and others, that no resolution, or action of any kind, about slavery, should
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