Archibald H. Grimke, William Lloyd Garrison the Abolitionist

“ [295] annoyed at sitting by his side.” But when the artist approached Garrison on the subject it was wholly different. “I asked him,” Haydon records with obvious pleasure, “and he met me at once directly.”

Thompson was not altogether satisfactory to Garrison either during this visit as the following extract from one of his letters to his wife evinces: “Dear Thompson has not been strengthened to do battle for us, as I had confidently hoped he would be. He is placed in a difficult position, and seems disposed to take the ground of non-committal, publicly, respecting the controversy which is going on in the United States.”

Garrison, Rogers, and Remond in the company of Thompson made a delightful trip into Scotland at this time. Everywhere the American Abolitionists were met with distinguished attentions. “Though I like England much, on many accounts,” Garrison writes home in high spirits, “I can truly say that I like Scotland better.” An instance, which may be coupled with that one furnished by Haydon, occurred during this Scottish tour, and illustrates strongly the kind of stuff of which he was made. On his way to the great public reception tendered the American delegates by the Glasgow Emancipation Society, a placard with the caption, “Have we no white slaves?” was put into his hands. Upon acquainting himself with its contents he determined to read it to the meeting, and to make it the text of remarks when he was called upon to address the meeting. He was presently announced and the immense audience greeted him with every manifestation of pleasure and enthusiasm, with loud cheering and waving of handkerchiefs.