. Histoire du chemin de fer souterrain de Chester et des comtés voisins de Pennsylvanie . h-hors du pays. Il a été uni avec dans cette étape advancedstep dans leur quartier par James T. Dannaker, un penseur radical et anintelligent, puis résidant avec lui, et qui était son collègue dans la cause de tempérament. Suchwas l'opposition à ce nouveau départ de JamesLewis que certains de ses clients ont retiré leur âge de patron. Mais cela n’a ni changé ses convictions de droit ni ne l’a poussé à se départir de son cours strictement ultérieur, ce qu’il pensait être un devoir moral. Comme spiritus congenial attirés vers

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. History of the Underground railroad in Chester and the neighboring counties of Pennsylvania . h-out the country. He was united with in this advancedstep in their neighborhood by James T. Dannaker, anintelligent, radical thinker, then residing with him, andwho was his co-worker in the temperance cause. Suchwas the opposition to this new departure of JamesLewis that some of his customers withdrew their patron-age. But this neither changed his convictions of rightnor caused him to swerve from his strictly onward coursein what he felt to be a moral duty. As congenial spiritsare attracted towards each other, so James Lewis soonfound gathering around him new friends whose intel-lectual and moral worth he highly appreciated ; and hisfeeling was reciprocated by them. Among these werethe younger members of the Sellers families, in UpperDarby. They held private meetings at each othershouses for counsel and encouragement. Finally theydecided to have a public meeting, and secured an ablespeaker. After considerable effort they obtained theprivilege of using Marple school-house, No. 1. This. JAMES LEWIS. UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. 345 caused much excitement, and when the appointed timecame the house was crowded with friends and foes, alarge number being unable to gain admittance. A gangof twenty came for the express purpose of breaking upthe meeting when anything should be said that theycould use as a provocation to carrying out their plot.The speaker, Thomas Earle, arrived, accompanied by S.Sellers, and moved through the crowd to the platform.After a few moments of impressive silence, ThomasEarle arose, and in a quiet, dignified manner, said thathe had come there for the purpose of talking upon thesubject of American slavery, but having heard on hisway that there was some opposition, he did not wish tointrude and proposed that James Lewis take the senseof the meeting whether or not he should speak. Thevote was almost unanimous for him to proceed. Hespoke nearly two hours, and held

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