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C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., Xiii. (search)
gton correspondent of Mr. Beecher's ,Christian Union— This house of his was as wonderful and as curious as the man himself. It was so crowded with all things rare and beautiful, and so many of them bore on their faces or carried in their hands a story they seemed longing to tell, that he must have little of feeling or culture who did not find the very walls an inspiration. Over the mantel in his dining-room, hung the painting he has singled out from the rest and willed to his friend, Mr. Smith, of Boston. It is called The Miracle of the Slave. Mr. Sumner's own words, as nearly as I can remember them, will tell its story better than I can. Said he, at a breakfast party one morning, I suppose that picture, or its original, did more than any one thing toward my first election. I saw it first on my first trip to Europe, but it made no great impression on me. Still the picture remained in my mind, though I thought no more about it. When I was a candidate for the Senate, they wante
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2, Chapter 1: the Boston mob (second stage).—1835. (search)
ton St. B, City Hall (old Statehouse). enlarged from Smith's Map of Boston, 1835. Preceded by my faithful aeps is that by which Mr. Garrison was taken in. From Smith's Map of Boston, 1835. attempted to protect me by hiHall, State St., to the City jail, Leverett St. From Smith's Map of Boston, 1835. seeks to whelm the adventuroce now or a few days hence. . . . Tuesday, 27.—A Mr. Smith has just called to see me from Boston; says he wrs understanding adjourned to Peterborough. To Gerrit Smith's home, on his invitation. There an additional nhatever. Judge Jay was elected President. . . . Gerrit Smith made a speech of one hour and a half; said he habidding or request of any man or body of men? Gerrit Smith has at last waived all his scruples and joined oing of the Colonization Society, in January, 1834, Mr. Smith moved the raising of a subscription of $50,000, hen with you in high commendation of the speech of Gerrit Smith before the Convention at Peterboroa. It will be
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2, Chapter 2: Germs of contention among brethren.—1836. (search)
dealt more faithfully or severely than with Gerrit Smith, as to no other had he more liberally granton had a letter yesterday with a check from Gerrit Smith (for thirty dollars), who may read in the L These animadversions had been called out by Mr. Smith's formal leavetak-ing of the Colonization Sotime of the Utica mob had been reprobated by Mr. Smith. The letter of withdrawal was pronounced non, February 25, 1836: Your Ms. remarks on Mr. G. Smith have given uneasiness, I learn, to some abo sequel showed that a magnanimous mind like Gerrit Smith's could well endure his critic's inflexibleractice and a part of the antislavery creed, Mr. Smith said: I acknowledge with pleasure that I am n. In December, there was fresh evidence of Mr. Smith's personal regard: I have received, writhe above sense. The gift was spontaneous on Mr. Smith's part, on learning through the Liberator it his attitude is the same as in the case of Gerrit Smith: an unyielding purpose to expose and refute[3 more...]
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2, Chapter 3: the Clerical appeal.—1837. (search)
on. Bro. May and Phelps will be there—the Grimkes —Alvan Stewart, An eminent lawyer of Utica, N. Y., who took a leading part in the formation of the State Anti-Slavery Society in 1835 (ante, p. 42). He was not present at Worcester, nor was Gerrit Smith. The Rev. Joshua Leavitt, editor of the Emancipator, alone represented the American Society. and perhaps Gerrit Smith, and many others. The meeting will probably hold two days, but perhaps only one. . . . The course of reasoning marked out iGerrit Smith, and many others. The meeting will probably hold two days, but perhaps only one. . . . The course of reasoning marked out in your letter, to be given at Worcester, is very good and conclusive. I have not time or room to suggest any points. As I shall not go to Worcester myself, perhaps I may find time to send you a few suggestions by bro. Phelps. Mr. Garrison's scruples about attending the Worcester Convention were overcome by his friends, who naturally Lib. 7.163. desired that he should manage his own cause. He was, however, much engaged on the business committee, Towne was placed upon the same committee
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2, Chapter 5: shall the Liberator lead—1839. (search)
Not far to the west, at Peterboroa, lives Gerrit Smith, anxious, as we have seen, to convert the manton, who was shortly to marry a cousin of Gerrit Smith, and who now, with less tolerance than the s, to strike out the elaborate criticism of Gerrit Smith's plan Lib. 9.18. for the political converted. These quoted the magnanimous words of Gerrit Smith, in a recent letter enclosing fifty dollarsrs, together with Birney and Lewis Tappan. Gerrit Smith, who was in the chair, and voted for the adight to address her fellow-delegates, while Gerrit Smith gave her a place in committee. This autherence to the Executive Committee, and here Gerrit Smith's large-mindedness was again conspicuous inim. That this was understood to refer to Gerrit Smith, appears from a sentence in a letter from Jrrison (Ms. Aug. 21, 1840): Look at. . . . Gerrit Smith: he is fairly saved from the dam of non-re for June, 1834 (10.126). of Pennsylvania. Gerrit Smith was already prepared to support Lib. 9.198[1 more...]
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2, Chapter 6: the schism.—1840. (search)
in mind the facts: (1) that Holley, Stewart, Birney and Gerrit Smith proposed to convert the existing anti-slavery (immediatical candidates seems the great object of Myron Holley, Gerrit Smith, Wm. L. Chaplin Of Farmington, N. Y., formerly of Gre is to be made, under the auspices of Myron Holley and Gerrit Smith, to form a great national political party. I expect Gotern New York. They are not willing that Myron Holley, Gerrit Smith, Wm. L. Chaplin, and Wm. Goodell should any longer be r county convention at Arcade, near Rochester, they (Holley, Smith and Chaplin) got a resolution passed to this effect. Therem. But our office-seeking abolitionists are desperate. Gerrit Smith has lost much of his moral influence by the stand he hal in the Friend of Lib. 10.47, 49, 51, 57, 65. Man, by Gerrit Smith—whom Mr. Garrison expressly disavowed having had in miney and Elizur Wright members of the business committee, Gerrit Smith and Goodell of the committee on correspondence. Will i
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2, Index to volumes I. And II. (search)
n, 470, programme for it, 473; feelings about G. Smith, 2.89, towards clerical appeal, 139; inspiresence, 450; loses church collections, 450, and G. Smith, 1.299, 2.87; renounced by Clarkson, 2.388. ham, Octavius Brooks, Rev. [b. 1822], Life of G. Smith, 1.300, of T. Parker, 2.143 Fry, Elizabethproval from A. S. societies, 87: criticism of G. Smith, 87, 88, 90, and praise, 88, first meets him,s to A. S. political party, 245, and censures G. Smith's plan, 246, 275; character slandered by cler; at N. Y. A. S. S. meeting, 2.42, opposed by G. Smith on free produce, 88; opposes amendment of A. opposes Borden's reelection, 437.—Letter from G. Smith, 2.319. Le Bosquet, John, Rev. [b. Haverhi2.130; joins plot against Lib., 263, supports G. Smith's A. S. reorganization, 275, slanders G., 289f assassination, 490, 517; on G.'s censure of G. Smith, 2.88; liberality to G. and family, 115, diss0; opposes Third Party, 312, 313, reviewed by G. Smith, 319; aids Amistad captives, 326; assignment [4 more...]
Wendell Phillips, Theodore C. Pease, Speeches, Lectures and Letters of Wendell Phillips: Volume 2, The Purtian principle and John Brown (1859). (search)
ose who sat at his side,--they judge us by our associates; they criticise us, in general, for the loud word of any comrade. Shall we take the scholar of New England, and drag him down to the level of the brutal Swiss of politics, and judge him indecent because his associates were indecent? I thank God for the opportunity of protesting, in the name of Boston decency, against the brutal language of a man,--thank God, not born on our peninsula,--against the noble and benighted intellect of Gerrit Smith. On that occasion, too, a noble island was calumniated. The New England scholar, bereft of everything else on which to arraign the great movement in Virginia, takes up a lie about St. Domingo, and hurls it in the face of an ignorant audience,--ignorant, because no man ever thought it worth while to do justice to the negro. Edward Everett would be the last to allow us to take an English version of Bunker Hill, to take an Englishman's account of Hamilton and Washington as they stood be
Lydia Maria Child, Letters of Lydia Maria Child (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier, Wendell Phillips, Harriet Winslow Sewall), To Francis G. Shaw. (search)
Things are going on at a terrible rate on the slavery question. They are trying in Congress to vote payment to the piratical claimants of the Amistad, and to abolish the obligation of Southerners in the Missouri compromise. Think of that! Gerrit Smith is in Congress now, and has made a noble speech. He was interrupted by a member from Maryland, who tried to put him down at the outset by saying, It appears that the gentleman from New York intends to give us an anti-slavery speech. With dignified courtesy, Mr. Smith replied, I do intend to make an anti-slavery speech; and if the gentleman from Maryland wishes to make a pro-slavery speech, I shall listen to him with all courtesy. He is the first one that has stood up like a man, and boldly professed to be an abolitionist. The Southerners respected him, in spite of themselves; for honesty and boldness will be respected. It is reported that one said to another, We have not only got an honest man among us, but the best debater of
Lydia Maria Child, Letters of Lydia Maria Child (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier, Wendell Phillips, Harriet Winslow Sewall), To Miss Lucy Searle. (search)
To Miss Lucy Searle. Wayland, 1862. So you dispute Gerrit Smith's testimony about my being wise and candid ? I cannot say I have much respect for my wisdom. I think less and less of it every year I live. But when I write for the public, I think I am generally candid. I do not profess to be so in my talk, because that bubblne its spirit. We all present different phases of character, according to circumstances, and I think I do so more than most people. It is natural enough that Gerrit Smith should deem me wise. When I approach him, I don't go dancing on a slack rope, decorated with spangles and Psyche-wings; I walk on solid ground, as demurely assitors. Dear Sarah Shaw likes to see fanciful dancing on moon-beams, and when I write to her I sometimes caracole in a fashion that would make good, sensible Gerrit Smith wonder what had become of the wisdom of his sage friend . . I suppose George's indignation against England is not abated by her recent manifestations. I th
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