Reading Garrison's Letters

Sept 5, 1835

Garrison writes to Otis, responding with a strong attack against him for his Faneuil Hall speech.   He includes a mock gravestone for Otis’s grave, including in part:  “Reader, weep at human inconsistency and frailty!  The last public act of his life, A life conspicuous for many honorable traits,Was an earnest defence of THE RIGHTS OF TYRANTS AND SLAVE-MONGERS to hold in bondage, as their property, The bodies and souls of millions of his own countrymen!  This was made in ‘THE OLD CRADLE OF LIBERTY’ ….He has gone to the judgment set of Christ! ”    ¹

¹ Letters of William Lloyd Garrison – Volumes I – VI