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NATHAN OALBREATH.Tlit following nolle# of tho lift and death ofl\thin ontimixblo man it from (he Anti-Slavery Stand!'Ul: AlrinntA NoBLK and VrvrKAiiLi Man DarAltTCD.—Tid-. tags have just reached u* cl iht dentil of one oil the truest and noblest friend* of huinanitr with|p« •n | whom it it haw cvor been our privilege to beome in te I acquainted. Nathan Ualbreath, of New Garden.\ Columbiana Count/, Ohio, hit** ended hit •arlhl.v . i pilgrimage in the penoefultjcssofn serene mid beau-’ | liful old age, leaving to hit obil Iren and a numerous P*jcircle of friend* rich memorial* lt;»f a long life con* ii‘ nfcrated to noble endt. He died on the 7th inst.— lliw daughter, i.i a letter now lying before ut, givo#(ho following account of hit last momenta:Father lookod hit last on earth last night nt t» u'ct'k and patted away in the full potteetlun of hie faculties and on ardent interest in reform ; ip abort all tlmi mado him what he wav here nnd will give him a saint’* halo in tho world where ho hat gone. After he lout hit ability to read, wlnoh wot only n few duyt before hit death, ho continued to inquire with earnest iriterctt into all of good or bad that R 1 our paper* contained relative to (be great struggle* of freedom and right in Kao tat and evorywbere oleo, up to the day before hi* death.A friend, whom be bat kown tome twenty year* ago came on Monday night from attendance a( Progressive Friends’ meeting in 8alem. Ho took a candle. looked into hit face, to see if he wit still •old I»tmo'incendiary and rebellious as ever—talked o! old times' inquired riiriivstly about the meeting. nsknd hit opinion of Free Love, Spiritualism, and u variety of other things, giving his own with i,r | as much dearness and puritv as I *'v©r knew him in to do. On Wednesday, that friend prepared him •l0. lor death, and sow him receive tho last stroke,. calmly and w ith sweet childlike trust.” i if Xiithan Ualbreath was a in an of rare intellectual and moral qualities. In IiU- early manhood he am-l,r igrntod from North Carolina to Ohio, Ilis *enti-I** menu nnd feeling* on the subject of slavery ut bY that curly day wero those of a genuine Quaker, and on hence when the Anti-Slavery Movement arose he ( . welcomed it with all the earnestness of a man in* n* etirictivcly alive to ovory thiog that promise# relief iu to so lb-ring hmnnuiiy. He was from tho first a de io- voted friend of Benjamin Li.ndv, and no man was moro prompt lo recognise aun respond to the clarion tone* of Garki.son whan he proclaiuiod the **• i: tart ling watchword of I ust loiatb F. mancipation.•ir- Ho Ijved at his own life the pRiscm.xs of tho So* the cioty of Friends, but. discarded its sectarian bun an l testified bddly against the oouipmuiising • pirit which lias e lung ruled it* course, lie DX‘,cheered the organisation of the Progressive ( da Friends and cooperated with them so far as the 4 51 increasing infirmities of age permitted On every j „p que*ttun of humanity and morals I10 instinctively . t and spontaneously took tho side of justice and ,v ’ truth, regardless of consequence*, ana woe never lh** known falter or turn back under any temptation, ial Without conventional plt;li*h. he was yet a g »od j specimen of the fine old Quaker gentleman,” and . - wen tho respect and vcuoruliou of all who met him. His childlike modesty often made him si-!,d lent in public assemblies when bin friends would *. I Imve welcomed the expression of bij views, but io (he social circle, in the presence of those who ! knew him well, he displayed rare clearness of judgment, a winning pemuaaivene#s of voice and manner, and trenchant wit. Ho ear nod hi# daily ted bread to the last in tho avroat ot bis own noble tab brow, being rich only in tlmse manly and ^Christian qualities which fitted him ulike for life and death, and the memory of which is a far bettor in nn iheritance for hi* children than any amount of sil- \aM ver and gold.• I
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The Anti Slavery Bugle
Salem, Ohio, US
Sat, Oct 24, 1857
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