The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-03 00:00:00

Mr. Gladstone of social progress during the past
quarter of a century.
" THE ANGLO - AMERICAN TIMES " ON MB'
WENDELL PHILLIPS AND RECONSTRUCTION.--
There must be leaders. And there must be
pioneers who lead the leaders—who go forward far
in advance of the rank and file, groping their waY•
through storm and darkness, floundering in Vag-
mires, sinking in quicksands, struggling aracn.g
treacherous rocks and yawning gulfs, treading tiro
devious way through appalling dangers and trials
to the clear path beyond. And these pioneers are
they who face all for a cause—uncertain of the path,
but certain only of the bourne, theypush on, regard-
less of every obstruction, mindful only of the
Beyond where the road is clear and the sun shi▪
nes'
They walk as through a tropical swamp ; their fect7
prints fill at once behind them with black stagnant
water ; what appears most solid to the foot is often
the most treacherous place of all ; there are trunks_
of fallen trees, and deadly fungi, and black bog
quaking at every step ; there are deadly reptiles
hidden in the jungle which start out upon them'
flickering tongues of flame and breathing pol▪
sTili
and often stinging them to the death. But st
they trip and stumble forward, bridging over the,,
dangerous places, or pointing them out so Oa'
those who follow may avoid them. And by and 131
the great army comes up on the path trodden 139
these adventurous pioneers, to find the treacherous
spots all indicated and mapped out, the waylaying
briars and entangling ropes removed, the gret
stones of obstruction broken into fragments.
is thus that all reforms have been commence.
There have ever been a few intrepid, impatient
spirits who could not brook the slow pace of th eir
fellows, but who have pushed forward till they weriej
almost out of sight. It was thus that the Church
groped its way out from darkness into light, led by
men who walked so far in advance that their voices
at first could scarcely be heard. The great men
of the Reformation; Luther, Melancthon, Bei!'
Calvin, Knox, were all far in advance of their,
day and generation, and many a hard blow an
buffet they received ere they had educated ;
world up to their own advanced standard. Se.:a
come down to our own century and terarT
affairs, we find that this nation has progressed
slowly and moderately towards Reform, led 11
moderate men, but pioneered by a few zealot
earnest reformers, who were content to suffer Poi'
tical martyrdom for the sake of the cause so dear tct
them. England is not yet quite prepared to aceelL
John Bright and his creed, but John Bright
the prophet of England's political future, allr! Pf
toward his standard of political freedom is -r-cb;
land slowly but surely and steadily advalleilt:
We have been led into this train of thought by
position which certain prominent public men ill the
United States have lately assumed with reference
to the reconstruction. policy of President Johnstii
The. President finds himself opposed by the advance
wing of the Republican party ; and the goof
leaders of that party begin to stigmatise his acts,
leniency towards those lately in arms against
nati▪
onal authority, as acts of one who symPathises
with the rebels. It is not forgotten by these W
leil
that President Johnson is himself a Southerner
that up to the very outbreak of the rebellion 11„,e r
acted with the South ; that he has been in tinl
past on terms of personal as well as political in
macy with many of the leaders of the late Code°,
racy ; and these facts, they declare, taken in con,
nection with his recent proceedings, make it aPrt
rent that he is likely to desert the party whi„,9„
elected him, and go back to his first love. 0"d
Wendell Phillips, the oracle of the advanced
Republican party who, with William 1,100
Garrison and a few other earnest and able rae,
indirectly precipitated the rebellion and acrlcul s
phshed the final overthrow of slavery—is out in
speech in which he declares that President Johns%
has made himself three-quarters rebel in order thaa
the South might become one-quarter Union, 313,g
denounces the endorsement of the Preside%
poli▪
cy by the Republican Convention. v.'
cannot agree with Mr. Phillips in his denuncl3;
tions of the course of the President, but vie,atro
nevertheless bound to respect his opinions, and i 5
pay serious attention to his complaints ; for be, r
the spokesman of that party which has done .°l,
America what the great leaders of the Reforraati:p
did for Christianity. Twenty-five years ago 'in
party of freedom in America was contemptible
to
numbers, but as uncompromising in its enmity r..
slavery as it is now. It was led then by Mr. lea
rison and Mr. Phillips, and these men bad t
for an unpopular cause with a zeal which could nvt.
be shaken by opposition nor dismayed by fiefa
In those days Mr. Wendell Phillips was regard
as a. fire-brand and an agitator. He spoke then a
aq
plainly as now, but his opinions were ridiculed, 3./I,i,
inor than once was he subjected to personal
dignity by those who could not see what he Of mg
namely, that there must in the very nature of thin
be warfare between the two principles of FreedoT
and Slavery, till one or the other finally conquered'
But public opinion advanced in America, led 11
Mr. Phillips and his coadjutors, till at last, afteer
a war of unprecedented magnitude and a saerificse
of four hundred thousand lives, we see his calla
triumphant, and know that the starry flag .re.
free America waves not over a single ela'
For the opinions of the party which has acecililg,
plished so much—for the opinions of the man /14,4,
has accomplished so much—we cannot fail tc.,??7,,..
tam respect. There is a show of justice P.. 13 -a
dignant remonstrance against the restoration
et
political rights to men whose hands are not But
washed clean from the guilt of the rebellion., d,
we believe that Mr. Phillips is yet too far in ;tie
va nce of the beaten road of progress to escaPed;at
pitfalls and quagmires that lie in his way, and. his
it is unsafe and unwise to follow too rapidly 111_w,
footsteps. The Federal Government is not ai.cji
gether guiltless of complicity in the sin of Ito
the South stands convicted. The rebellion 'of
born of slavery. Slavery is dead. The cause
Ili,
rebellion is for ever removed. Those who took 4,
arms in defence of slavery have seen the instituti.,ua
destroyed, and, submitting to the inevitable ael'i
expressing their cheerful acquiescence in the, floe
order of things, they knock at the door 01
Union for readmission. It would be impossl,"
because unconstitutional,•to impose upon theta .°',Z.
conditions beyond obedience to law and emancirlo
tion. This much the war has achieved. But
war has not destroyed the constitution under v0",.0,
the Republic has grown to its present collossal P 0
portions, and so long as the constitution exotticl
the supreme law of the land, the President co
not, if he would, impose negro suffrage upon To
of the States. Mr. Phillips may be right when le,
claims the suffrage for the negro, but the Peci,gor
and not the President, must decide the point. ro
the present, the people have decided against tl,egor
suffrage.. Twenty-five years hence, perhaps, Liar,
will reach the advanced point occupied by r
Phillips. to-day ; but by that time Mr. Ph
lki:6
if he live so long, will have advanced in the 'of
ratio, and will still be found a quarter of a cent
ahead of the public opinion of his time.

BREAKFAST BEVERAGE.—Homceopathic practitioners'
the medical profession generally, recommend cocoa as be of
the most healthful of alt beverages. When the dootrinepto
homoeopathy was first introduce.' into this •country, th;or
were to be obtained no preparations of cocoa either sittigr
tive to the taste or acceptable to the stomach ; the nut ;0.
either supplied In the crude state, or so unskilfully ma doff,
featured as to obtain little notice. J. Epps, of 1.°11:00
homoeopathic chemist, was induced in the year 1839 to ito
his attention to this subje t, and at length succeeded' `to
the assistance of elaborate machinery, in being the fired ri
produce an article pure in its composition, and so renueoo
the pert et trituration it receives in the process it P"-so
through, as to be most acceptable the delicate Frllligr
For general use Epps' cocoa is distinguished as an 1t.,1 ios
rating, grateful breakfast beverage, with a delicious fir' ibf
Dr. Hassell in his work, "Food and its AdulteraVile
says—" Cocoa contains a great variety of important DU"' to
principles ; every ingredient necessary to the grovitll,oos
sustenance of the body." Again, "As a nutritive, "'trey
stands very much higher than either coffee or tea." ~.001/,'
tions :—Two teaspoonfuls of the powder in a breakf4B;ineo
filled up with boiling water or milk. Secured in tin"— 9of
i-113 , and 1:b. labelled packets, and sold at le. AA
•
lb. by grocers, confectioners, and chemists.