But Garrison was unyielding, refused to budge an inch to conciliate friend or foe--not even such stanch supporters as were Sewall and Loring, who supplied him again and again with money needed to continue the publication of the _Liberator_.

No, he was right and they were wrong, and they, not he, ought accordingly to yield.

The contention between the leader and his disciples was not what was expedient, but what was right.

It was on the part of the leader the assertion of a vital principle, and on this ground he was pledged against retreat.

The mountain could not go to Mahomet, therefore Mahomet must needs go to the mountain.