46 IN MEMORIAM : 



"The roiighesl handling we received anywhere was in the Stale of 

 Indiana. Many of its inhabitants were from Virginia and North Caro- 

 lina, and they felt that in loyalty to their native States they nmst sup- 

 press the anti-slavery agitation. So we were met everywhere with oppo- 

 sition and often with mobs. In Pendleton, Indiana, now a leading anti- 

 slavery town in Indiana, we were attacked and driven off by the fiercest 

 and most detennined mob that anywhere confronted us in our five 

 months' campaign. In this mob our friend and co-worker, Micajah 

 White, who kindly piloted us through the country, was severely bruised 

 and beaten, and two of his teeth knocked out. William A. White, one 

 of the speakers, was felled with a heavy bludgeon. I, also, was knocked 

 nearly senseless and had my right hand broken. I believe all who held 

 these conventions, except Professor Monroe, of Oberlin, and myself, 

 have passed away. Yet they all, with the exception of William A. 

 White, lived to see the public mind enlightened, the anti-slavery senti- 

 ment take the form of arms, emancipation proclaimed by Abraham 

 Lincoln, the slaves made free, the country redeemed, and its possible 

 future thereby made cloutUess." 



Upon the platform with other women of Pendleton sat 

 Rebecca Fussell, with her infant son in her arms. Frederick 

 Douglass was speaking when the attack of the mob was 

 made. A large man, wild with excitement, who had forced his 

 way to the platform, with raised clttb was rushing toward the 

 speaker to strike him down. On the impulse of the moment 

 she held up her child between the two. The man hesitated, 

 looked ashamed, and with a muttered oath said, "We are 

 not here to fight women and babies," and turned aside. 



This was the first time in history that the future Dr. 

 Linnaeus Fussell was instrumental in saving a human life. 



The blow thus warded off fell afterwards, and Frederick 

 Douglass, bleeding and senseless, was taken to the residence 

 of Neal and Elizabeth R. Hardy (who was a sister of Dr. 

 Edwin Fussell), and by skillful nursing broitght back to 

 health, strength and usefulness in the anti-slavery cause after 

 an illness of nearly two months. 



It may be mentioned in passing that Dr. Linnteus Fussell, 

 during the trip to China in 1867, had the pleasure of meeting 

 Professor James Monroe, and of extending to him his father's 



