But the Abolitionists appreciated that it was the Union and its power
that stood as the strongest barrier against the success of their
instigations to servile insurrection, and held in leash the giant form,
Slavery, with its pike and brand. Long ago Mr. Garrison had said:
"What protects the South from instant destruction? Our physical force.
Break the chain which binds her to the Union and the scenes of St.
Domingo would be witnessed throughout her borders. She may affect to
laugh at this prophecy but she knows her security lies in Northern
bayonets. Nay, she has repeatedly taunted the free states with being
pledged to protect her."[328]
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Footnote 307:
_William Lloyd Garrison_, by his children, Vol. III, p. 88.
Footnote 308:
_Idem_, p. 100.
Footnote 309:
_Idem_, p. 414.
Footnote 310:
_Wendell Phillips_, Martin, p. 207.
Footnote 311:
_History of United States_, Schouler, Vol. V, p. 319.
Footnote 312:
_William Lloyd Garrison_, by his children, Vol. III, p. 457.
Footnote 313:
_Idem_, p. 463.
Footnote 314:
_Idem_, pp. 456-7.
Footnote 315:
_Idem_, p. 412.
Footnote 316:
_Idem_, p. 184.
Footnote 317:
_Speeches, Lectures and Letters_, Wendell Phillips, Lee & Shepard,
1892, p. 48.
Footnote 318:
_William Lloyd Garrison_, by his children, Vol. III, p. 503.
Footnote 319:
_Theodore Parker, A Biography_, Frothingham, p. 431.
Footnote 320:
_William Lloyd Garrison_, by his children, Vol. III, p. 280.
Footnote 321:
_Idem_, Vol. III, pp. 489-491.
Footnote 322:
_Theodore Parker, A Biography_, Frothingham, p. 463.
Footnote 323:
_Speeches, Lectures and Letters_, Wendell Phillips, Lee & Shepard,
1892, p. 279.
Footnote 324:
_William Lloyd Garrison_, by his children, Vol. III, p. 489-491.
Footnote 325:
_Theodore Parker, A Biography_, Frothingham, p. 475.
Footnote 326:
_Speeches, Lectures and Letters_, Wendell Phillips, Lee & Shepard,
1892, p. 291.
Footnote 327:
_Causes of the Civil War_, Chadwick, p. 84.
Footnote 328:
_William Lloyd Garrison_, by his children, Vol. I, p. 309.