Lotteries
February 8, 1827
In a letter to the Boston Courier, Garrison discusses a proposed lottery for the benefit of the Jefferson family. In a few phrases, the reader gains a view of the young Garrison relative to poor people, morality, vice. “As a friend of the poor, as a lover of morality, and an enemy to vice, I hope this bill will not pass. Whatever has a tendency to create an unnatural thirst for gain, or to excite unhallowed appetites and desires, must make men vicious and is injurious to public morals. This position alone is sufficient to determine the dangerous influence of lotteries…” 1