. Alexander Campbell, leader of the great reformation of the nineteenth century . iberty, of truth, of righteousness by thetreatment of myself in the relations I sustain tomankind as a Christian and a Christian teacher. For ten days he suffered the inconvenienceand hardships of imprisonment. Though castdown, he was not forsaken, for friends vied witheach other in ministering to his comfort, and let-ters poured in upon him from everywhere, ex-,pressing the kindliest sympathy. As soon as thematter could be brought before the court he wasacquitted of the charge made against him, andpermitted to c
. Alexander Campbell, leader of the great reformation of the nineteenth century . iberty, of truth, of righteousness by thetreatment of myself in the relations I sustain tomankind as a Christian and a Christian teacher. For ten days he suffered the inconvenienceand hardships of imprisonment. Though castdown, he was not forsaken, for friends vied witheach other in ministering to his comfort, and let-ters poured in upon him from everywhere, ex-,pressing the kindliest sympathy. As soon as thematter could be brought before the court he wasacquitted of the charge made against him, andpermitted to continue his tour. But his friends,not satisfied to have the matter drop with hisrelease from jail, brought suit against his chiefpersecutor for false imprisonment, and secureda judgment of ten thousand dollars in Mr. Camp-bells favor, to avoid the payment of which thought proper to abscond; thoughwith characteristic magnanimity Mr. Campbellhad declared beforehand that should damagesbe awarded him he would not accept them. After a tour through Ireland, shortened by. TRAVELS AT SOME AND ABROAD 199 the delays of his imprisonment, Mr. Campbellagain turned his face homeward, arriving at Bos-ton on Oct. 19, 1847. His reflections upon near-ing the shore of the land of his adoption he thusrecords: We can desire for ourselves no bet-ter political or temporal birthright or inheritancethan we now possess, and we can pray for nogreater honors or privileges of this world for anyliving people, greater or better than those guar-anteed by our institution to every American citi-zen. May we act worthy of them! The joy which he experienced at home-coming,after an absence of several months, was speedilyturned into sorrow by the announcement of thedeath of his second son, Wickliffe, a promisinglad of ten, by drowning; but, as upon otheroccasions, he met affliction with a resignationand fortitude that attested the power of hisreligious convictions. He reverently submittedto the will of
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