{"id":107,"date":"1835-11-07T11:30:52","date_gmt":"1835-11-07T11:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/107"},"modified":"2014-01-25T23:05:47","modified_gmt":"2014-01-25T23:05:47","slug":"garrison%e2%80%99s-description-of-the-mob-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/garrison%e2%80%99s-description-of-the-mob-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Garrison\u2019s description of the mob action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">The introduction to the piece gives a summary of the some of the issues which Garrison sees raised by the mob action:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTriumph of Mobocracy in Boston\u00a0 &#8212; Prostration of the Civil Power \u2013 Supression of the Liberty of Speech &#8212;Ruffianism of the Press \u2013Public Insult to Female Benevolence and Piety \u2013 A Citizen, guiltless of crime, ignominiously dragged through the streets , and for self-preservation committed to jail, and finally obliged to leave the city to save his life &#8212; &amp;c.&amp;c \u201c<\/p>\n<p>At one point in his description, G tells of an abolitionist brother who, under the pressure of the crowd, vows that he will henceforth give up his non-resistance\u00a0 principles.\u00a0 Garrison says to him,\u00a0 \u201cHold, my brother!\u00a0 \u2026. This is the trial of our faith, and the test of our endurance. Of what value or utility are the principles of peace and forgiveness, if we may repudiate them in the hour of peril and suffering?\u00a0 Do you wish to become like one of those violent and blood-thirsty men who are seeking my life?\u00a0 Shall we give blow for blow and array sword against sword?\u00a0 God forbid!\u00a0 \u2026..If my life be taken, the cause of emancipation will not suffer.\u00a0 God reigns; his throne is undisturbed by this storm\u00a0 &#8212; he make the wrath of man to praise him, and the remainder he will restrain \u2013 his omnipotence will at last be victorious\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The introduction to the piece gives a summary of the some of the issues which Garrison sees raised by the mob action: \u201cTriumph of Mobocracy in Boston\u00a0 &#8212; Prostration of&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" 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