The Northern Abolitionists are implicated — at the bottom of the Harper's Ferry conspiracy. They raised large sums to carry it forward. Garrit Smith gave one hundred dollars; Fred. Douglas, ten dollars. The prominent Republicans may well have known what was going on.
Original passage & context
"It will be seen from the telegraphic dispatches that the Northern Abolitionists are implicated and are at the bottom of the Harper's Ferry conspiracy. They raised large sums of money to carry it forward to a successful termination. GARRIT SMITH gave one hundred dollars, and FRED. DOUGLAS ten dollars. [...] It is very possible that GIDDINGS and the prominent Republicans of the Western reserve knew what was going on, if they were not active participants in it."
The conspiracy-charge line of Northern reaction: a Democratic daily names Gerrit Smith and Frederick Douglass as paymasters three days after the raid — the accusation Douglass answers from Canada later in this feed. Period misspellings 'GARRIT SMITH' / 'FRED. DOUGLAS' preserved as printed.
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