J[ames] R[awson] Johnson to Frederick Douglass, October 29, 1856
PREPRAE FOR FUTURE CONTESTS WITH SLAVERY.
NEWFIELD, Thompkins Co., Oct. 29, 1856.
FRIEND DOUGLASS:—This paragraph will probably meet your readers, while they are watching telegraphic reports and trying to reconcile conflicting accounts and hoping that the non-extension banner has triumphed.
Some say—"If FREMONT is not elected we will give up." That will not do. God may permit the pro-slavery power now to triumph, to insure its more speedily and more complete to overflow. God is against Slavery; and he will not suffer its advocates to gain any temporary advantage, only so far as such apparent conquests shall be made subservient to the glorious work of the Abolition of American Slavery.
Yours, in strong hope,
J. R. JOHNSON.
Creator
Johnson, James Rawson
Date
October 29, 1856
Description
J[ames] R[awson] Johnson to Frederick Douglass. PLSr: Frederick DouglassP, 7 November 1856. Argues that even if John C. Frémont loses the election, God will not allow slaveholding to continue.
Publisher
This document was calendared in the published volume and has not been published in full before.
Collection
Frederick Douglass's Paper, November 7, 1856
Type
Letters
Publication Status
Unpublished