William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879 : the story of his life told by his children . pre-sent ourselves and our cause before the august committee, & gallery of the Senate was filled at an early hour with achoice and crowded assembly of ladies, who had got informa-tion that Paul and King Agrippa were to have an committee seemed, for some time, to be resolved that ourmeeting should be a failure, as they kept us waiting for anhour and a half longer than the appointed time. However,they at last concluded to allow us to go into the spacious haUof the House of Representatives, and our
William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879 : the story of his life told by his children . pre-sent ourselves and our cause before the august committee, & gallery of the Senate was filled at an early hour with achoice and crowded assembly of ladies, who had got informa-tion that Paul and King Agrippa were to have an committee seemed, for some time, to be resolved that ourmeeting should be a failure, as they kept us waiting for anhour and a half longer than the appointed time. However,they at last concluded to allow us to go into the spacious haUof the House of Representatives, and our audience soon becamelarge and highly respectable, many members of the Legislaturebeing present, and also the Westons, the Chapmans, Miss Mar-tineau. Miss Jef£ery,i Mrs. FoUen, Dr. Channing, &c. I wasintroduced to Dr. C. on the spot, and shook hands with him,but had no opportunity to converse with 1 Miss Martineaus travelling companion. 2 It was this handshaking that prompted Mrs. Chapmans remark:Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. It was, says (5u^ e^ rroi^ ^T. 31.] GEEMS OF CONTENTION. 97 Mr. May began the defence, and spoke pretty [well?] for MavsRec-nearly an hour, but was frequently interrupted by the mem- olUchms,bers of the committee, who, with one exception, behaved in an Ebenezerinsolent and arbitrary manner. Mr. Loring then spoke for °^^ ^^about fifteen or twenty minutes in a very admirable GoodeU then foUowed at some length, very ably, but wascramped by the committee. I succeeded him pretty warmly,but without interruption.! Prof. FoUen began next, with greatboldness and eloquence, but had not proceeded far before he Life of Fol-was stopped by the chairman of the committee, very imperti- ^^ ^ ^nently,2 who said it was a mere matter of favor that we werepermitted to be heard at all. We resented the imputation, andasserted our right to be heard — and finally told the committeethat we should petition the Legislature for leave to be
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