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It was common even in the first year of the Liberator<\/em>, for Garrison to put on the front page, top upper left, \u00a0quotes from well-known people, in support of his immediatist position on Abolition. \u00a0The April 23, 1831 edition carried these words from George Bourne, an early “immediatist”, and mentor to Garrison. \u00a0 “Is not the plea, that emancipation is impracticable the most impudent hypocrisy and the moss glaring absurdity ever propounded for contemplation? \u00a0Can any supposititious expediency, any dread of political discord, or any private advantage justify the prolongation or corruption, the enormity of which is unequaled, or repel the holy claim to its extinction? \u00a0The system is so entirely corrupt that it admits of no cure but a TOTAL AND IMMEDIATE abolition. \u00a0For a gradual emancipation is a virtual recognition of the right, and establishes the rectitude of the practice. \u00a0If it bed just for one moment, it is hallowed for ever; and if it be inequitable, not one day \u00a0should be tolerated.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was common even in the first year of the Liberator, for Garrison to put on the front page, top upper left, \u00a0quotes from well-known people, in support of his…<\/p>\n

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