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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4, Chapter 2: the hour and the man.—1862. (search)
his country in 1834, and have ever since used it with all possible skill, diligence, and success . . . . There are few Americans who are so well posted in the history of this country as yourself, while there is scarcely any one in England who seems to have any intelligent knowledge of it. Almost all your writers and public speakers are ever blundering in regard to the constitutional powers of the American Government, as such, and those pertaining to the States, in their separate capacity. Mr. Bright, in his masterly John Bright. speech at Rochdale, evinced a power of analysis and correct generalization worthy of the highest praise, and has secured for himself the thanks and admiration of every true friend of free institutions. His case is as exceptional, however, as it is creditable. These letters no doubt helped to illumine the clouded minds of some of the anti-slavery friends in England, but the same steamer which bore the last of them across the Atlantic, carried also a messa
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4, Chapter 7: the National Testimonial.—1866. (search)
owing note: J. R. Lowell to W. L. Garrison. Elmwood, 29th Dec., 1866. Ms. my dear Sir: In sending me some subscriptions by friends in England towards the Garrison Testimonial, Mr. Thomas C. Ryley copies a passage from the letter of Mr. Bright, John Bright. enclosing a £ 5 contribution. As I am sure the extract must give pleasure to you and yours, I recopy it: It is true I have ten times more applications for subscriptions than I can comply with, but I gladly send you £ 5 towardhas lived to see the great day of freedom than I do. I hope he will believe that our small contributions to the fund but faintly express the esteem and affection which his English friends feel towards him. Allow me, my dear sir, to add my own hearty sympathy with Mr. Bright's words, and to say that nothing could have been more in keeping with the uniform wisdom of your anti-slavery leadership than the time you chose for resigning it. With great respect, Very truly yours, J. R. Lowell
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)
shed for intellectual and moral worth been assembled in London. Mr. Bright presided, with Mr. Garrison on his right, and the Duke and Duchesicularly the chapter on Brazil.) Those who were familiar with Mr. Bright's oratory averred that he had never spoken with more grace and siis imprisonment at Baltimore, the Boston mob, and the Georgia law—Mr. Bright continued: Now, these were menaces and perils such as we ha worthy to be filed? The enthusiastic plaudits which followed Mr. Bright's peroration were renewed when the Duke of Argyll came forward toadmirers and warm friends. Earl Russell, at the invitation of Mr. Bright, now came forward to second the Address. Remembering his unfrienby Mr. Stansfeld, Mr. Vernon Harcourt, and Mr. E. Lyulph Stanley, Mr. Bright closed the meeting with a few words in acknowledgment of the voteost had only words of praise for the speeches of Earl Russell and Mr. Bright, and for Mr. Garrison himself. The Proceedings of the Breakfas
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)
nversation turned on war and the recent imminence of complications between England and Russia. The danger is past, said Mr. Bright, for fortunately we have now no allies. How would it do, said Mr. Garrison, to place this interrogation above the doorp with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? Psalm XCIV. 20. I used to quote that in the Anti-Corn Law Days, replied Mr. Bright, with a smile. Then he alluded to Lewis Morris's recent poem, The Epic of Hades, which had greatly impressed him, and tance of Henry C. Wright's Ante, p. 253. post-mortem suggestions about his burial-place. The story greatly interested Mr. Bright, who had known the author of A kiss for a blow thirty years before, and he speedily repeated it to others. The thirdlad at last to leave the great metropolis for the rural quiet and beauty of Somersetshire, whither he now went to visit Mr. Bright's daughter, Mrs. Helen Bright Clark, and her husband. With them he spent a delightful Sunday in William S. Clark. the