Half a Century

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Half a Century, by Jane Grey Cannon SwisshelmThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Half a CenturyAuthor: Jane Grey Cannon SwisshelmRelease Date: April 15, 2004 [EBook #12052]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HALF A CENTURY ***Produced by Shawn Cruze and PG Distributed ProofreadersHALF A CENTURY.BYJANE GREY SWISSHELM.* * * * * "God so willed: Mankind is ignorant! a man am I: Call ignorance my sorrow, not my sin!" "O, still as ever friends are they Who, in the interest of outraged truth Deprecate such rough handling of a lie!"ROBERT BROWNING.1880.PREFACE.It has been assumed, and is generally believed, that the Anti-slavery struggle, which, culminated in the EmancipationProclamation of 1862, originated in Infidelity, and was a triumph of Skepticism over Christianity. In no way can thiserror be so well corrected as by the personal history of those who took part in that struggle; and as most of them havepassed from earth without leaving any record of the education and motives which underlay their action, the duty theyneglected becomes doubly incumbent on the few who remain.To supply one quota of the inside history of the great Abolition war, is ...