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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4, Chapter 4: the reelection of Lincoln.—1864. (search)
dorsement of all the abolition fanaticism and incendiarism with which I had stood branded for so many years. The time for my complete vindication had come, from the Atlantic to the Pacific—the vindication of all who had labored for the extinction of the sum of all villanies, whether through evil report or good report—yea, the vindication of Eternal Truth and Justice! W. L. Garrison to his wife. Baltimore, June 8, 1864. Ms. I arrived here in the evening train on Monday, and met with June 6. a very kind welcome from the Needleses, who were expecting my coming, with George Thompson as my companion. Since then, I have been constantly occupied in seeing the city, which has almost wholly grown out of my recollections. It is ahead of Boston in population and extent, but has not as many good residences or handsome stores. The old jail that I once had the honor and happiness to occupy for a time has been torn down, and a new and handsome prison erected upon its site; so the charm
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4, Chapter 8: to England and the Continent.—1867. (search)
rks and along the boulevards, or of excursions to St. Cloud and Versailles. The shop windows had an especial fascination for him. He had never before shown any interest in diamonds or precious stones, but the great jewelry shops in the Palais Royal arcades fairly dazzled him. Every day brought its novel experience, and was so fully occupied that he found scant time for recording his impressions; hence, his letters present little that is quotable. He saw the great military display of the 6th of June, when Napoleon entertained his guests the Czar Alexander and King William of Prussia (accompanied by Bismarck) with a review of sixty thousand troops in the Bois de Boulogne. As a spectacle, he wrote, it was the most gorgeous and Ms. June 7, to H. E. G. the most imposing of any I have ever witnessed, or ever expect to witness. The sun shone clearly out, adding to the brilliancy and effectiveness of the scene. . . . Of course, in a moral point of view, this mighty warlike display
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4, Chapter 10: death of Mrs. Garrison.—final visit to England.—1876, 1877. (search)
ive up to, the principles we profess or love. To me, his influence is that of a visit to a fortifying mountaintop where a strong, pure breeze is blowing, and where mists are cleared away and one gets above the strife of earth for a moment, though still, and more widely, beholding all that strife. From Liverpool, where he passed pleasant hours with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Crosfield. his friends, the Crosfields, Mr. Garrison went to Manchester for five days, enjoying the society of his hosts, June 6-11, 1877. Dr. Louis Borchardt and family, and of the Steinthals, Rev. S. A. Steinthal. and other friends. Thence he made a trip through Derbyshire, visiting Chatsworth and Edensor, and spending June 11. a day or two amid the lovely scenery about Mayfield and June 12, 13. Ashbourne, and at Dovedale, the favorite haunt of Izaak Walton, whither his friend and host, Joseph Simpson, drove him. At Oxford he was too late to see the throngs June 14-16. of graduation week, but enjoyed all the mo
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4, Chapter 12: Inner traits. (search)
to her at school). He promptly responded: No, my darling, you have had a good bath every morning, and that is a great deal better, —which being reported by the little girl to her inquirers, Oh yes! they cried, you are the daughter of an infidel. The childish age had a peculiar fascination for my Ante, 2.115, 118. father, who often told his wife that if there was one thing he was fitted for, it was to tend babies. I found several babies at Longwood, he wrote to her in 1870, and so Ms. June 6. have not been wholly disconsolate on account of the absence of the dear little ones at Rockledge and Linwood Street. I can stand being a grandfather to an indefinite extent, Ms. Mar. 5, 1867, to F. J. G. he wrote after he had become one. Instead of feeling older, I shall feel all the younger for it. Other people's infants, like his own, came to him without fear and of their own motion. Seldom indeed was it that a sick, tired, or fractious child, once held in his strong and sympathetic