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Letter from Oliver Johnson, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Jan[uary] 17, 1873

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Oliver Johnson assures William Lloyd Garrison that he should not want for "liberal offers" for the publication rights to his autobiography should he choose to undertake the work, and advises him to consult a selection of quality autobiographical works so as to capture "something of their spirit and style" prior to commencing the writing of his own. Johnson defends his previous declaration of criticism of Garrison's positions on Horace Greeley, arguing that Greeley no more represented the "incarceration of the spirit of American compromise" than many of the figures routinely praised by Garrison, including Giddings, Lincoln, Wilson, and Sumner. Johnson elaborates on the nature of Greeley's opposition to compromise as relayed by Garrison, offering several examples from American political history.
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Annexation To The United States
  3. Antislavery Movements
  4. Clay, Henry 1777 1852
  5. Compromise Of 1850
  6. Correspondence
  7. Democratic Party (U.S.)
  8. Dominican Republic
  9. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  10. Giddings, Joshua R. (Joshua Reed) 1795 1864
  11. Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) 1822 1885
  12. Greeley, Horace 1811 1872
  13. History
  14. Johnson, Oliver 1809 1889
  15. Lincoln, Abraham 1809 1865
  16. Polk, James K. (James Knox) 1795 1849
  17. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854)
  18. Slaver
  19. Sumner, Charles 1811 1874
  20. Territorial Expansion
  21. United States
  22. Whig Party (U.S.)
  23. Wilson, Henry 1812 1875

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