This Of
Clarkson's Was Handsomely Engraved On A Large, Old-Fashioned
Carnelian; And Surely, If We Look With Emotion On The Sword Of A
Departed Hero, - Which, At Best, We Can Consider Only As A Necessary
Evil, - We May Look With Unmingled Pleasure On This Memorial Of A
Bloodless Victory.
When I retired to my room for the night I could not but feel that the
place was hallowed:
Unceasing prayer had there been offered for the
enslaved and wronged race of Africa by that noble and brotherly heart.
I could not but feel that those prayers had had a wider reach than the
mere extinction of slavery in one land or country, and that their
benign influence would not cease while a slave was left upon the face
of the earth.
LETTER XXV.
DEAR C.: -
We returned to London, and found Mr. S. and Joseph Sturge waiting for
us at the depot. We dined with Mr. Sturge. It seems that Mr. S.'s
speech upon the subject of cotton has created some considerable
disturbance, different papers declaring themselves for or against it
with a good deal of vivacity.
After dinner Mr. Sturge desired me very much to go into the meeting of
the women; for it seems that, at the time of the yearly meeting among
the Friends, the men and women both have their separate meetings for
attending to business. The aspect of the meeting was very
interesting - so many placid, amiable faces, shaded by plain Quaker
bonnets; so many neat white handkerchiefs, folded across peaceful
bosoms.
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