"Holograph, signed. William Lloyd Garrison writes that bronchial trouble prevents him from attending the convention in Bradford, Vermont. He has pleasant memories of his visit to Vermont two years ago. Wherever he travels, he has found friends and hospitality. If those people who were prejudiced against him listened to his speeches, they would have found them to be repetitions of the words of the prophets and apostles. The only abolitionism he has ever advocated is embodied in the 58th chapter of Isaiah, the Golden Rule, and the Declaration of Independence. Garrison's religion forbids complicity with slavery. His patriotism prescribes the motto: \"No Union with Slave-holders!\" The pro-slavery church and government are incurably corrupt. The principles of liberty \"may cost property, reputation, life itself, but without them there is no hope of human redemption, and Christ will have died in vain.\" Garrison salutes the Bradford Convention. See Ms.A.1.1 v.5, p.111 for an earlier draft of this letter by Garrison to Johnston, Oct. 15, 1860."
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"Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Nathan Robinson Johnston, Oct. 15, 1860"
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creators
"Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 (Author); Johnston, N. R. (Nathan Robinson), 1820- (Addressee)"
