sts of your country, by denunciation, persecution,
or the fear of death. You have lived to stand victorious and
honored in the very stronghold of slavery; to see the flag of
the republic, now truly free, replace the flag of slavery on
Fort Sumter; and to proclaim the doctrines of the _Liberator_ in
the city, and beside the grave of Calhoun.

"Enemies of war, we most heartily wish, and doubt not that you
wish as heartily as we do, that this deliverance could have been
wrought out by peaceful means. But the fierce passions
engendered by slavery in the slaveowner, determined it
otherwise; and we feel at liberty to rejoice, since the struggle
was inevitable, that its issue has been the preservation, not
the extinction, of all that we hold most dear. We are, however,
not more thankful for the victories of freedom in the field than
for the moderation and mercy shown by the victors, which have
exalted and hallowed their cause and ours in the eyes of all
nations.

"We shall now watch with anxious hope the development, amidst
the difficulties which still beset the regeneration of the
South, of a happier order of things in the States rescued from
slavery, and the growth of free communities, in which your name,
with the names of your fellow-workers in the same cause, will be
held in grateful and lasting remembrance.

"Once more we welcome you to a country in which you will find
many sincere admirers and warm friends."

EARL RUSSELL and JOHN STUART MILL, M.P., at the close of the address,
followed with most eloquent speeches, conferring on the honored guest
the highest praise for his life-long and successful labors in the cause
of freedom. After these gentlemen had taken their seats, the Chairman
proposed that the address should be passed unanimously.

The Chairman's call was responded to by the whole assemblage lifting up
their hands; and Mr. Garrison, presenting himself in front of the
platform, was received with an enthusiastic burst of cheering, hats and
handkerchiefs being waved by nearly all present.

SPEECH OF MR. GARRISON.

Mr. Garrison said:--Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,--For
this marked expression of your personal respect, and
appreciation of my labors in the cause of human freedom, and of
your esteem and friendship for the land of my nativity, I offer
you, one and all, my grateful