Money thus acquired was a sacred trust to this child of Providence.

"After deducting the expenses of traveling," he goes on to say, "the remainder of the above-named sum was applied in discharging a few of the debts incurred by the unproductiveness of the _Genius_." Garrison returned to Baltimore, but he did not tarry long in that slave-ruled city.

Todd's suit against him was tried after his departure, and the jury soothed the Newburyport merchant's wounded pride with a verdict for a thousand dollars.

He never attempted, however, to enforce the payment of the same being content probably with the "vindication," which his legal victory gave him.
Before the reformer left Baltimore he had definitely abandoned the plans looking to a revival of his interest in the _Genius_.

He determined instead to publish a sheet devoted to the abolition of slavery under his sole management and control.