Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-03-03
BRITISH CHART1sM.
LECTURE OF wENDAL PHILIPS BEFORE THE
BOSTON LYCEUM.
Correspondence of the N. Y. Tribune.


Correspondence Of the N. Y. Tribune.
BosroN, Dec. ID, 1912.
The Lecture before tho Boston Lyceum, on
Thursday evening, was delivered by WENDAL
PHILIPS, Esq. who ranks among the very hest OF
public speakers. His subject was British Chdr-
iism and so interesting and valuable, in my es
nation, were his remarks, that nm induced to
present Your readers with an abstract.
My subject said Mr.. p. in commencing, is the
Chaiust OF Great Britain stepped in poverty to
the very lips, nneducated, The ecorn nj his coun-
lrymen, most OF whom, in The proud conscious
ness OF strength, heed not, stealing over the troub-
led mirror OF The present, the shadow of the COM
ing despolism the Chsrlist irnmpled under foot
by the wealth Of the Island princes hIs appeals,
lila sutfcrings, his rights, nike forgotten in the
mut OF military proves, or the dazzling army of
Luxury suspected by the middle classes, as little
better Ibnn plunderer utterly disdained by the
higher ranks, and desplcable in his want of re-
sources; oiien falling into the hands Of dema.
goghes, who lead only To bslrsy, or falling prey
to his own passt M, from whose excuses he wakes
only 10 find himself more helpless than ever;-
the poor Ch1rtis nlmos, paupcr battling against
nrstocrncy, Oh whose mercy he is dependent Tor
the rcapty means OF subsistence. The Char,isi
said Mr.. p. is Tho spiritual child of the Puritans
who has caught from their sepulchres The uu-
quenchrd torch Of civil liberty, to bear it onward
amidst The dark abuses OF Tho old world: aud VET
ut tho mention of his name American lips curl in
scorn, and the American press pours upon him
the hot walls OF lis contempt. lie is yet to receive
almost the first word of sympathy and encourages
lnen from this side Of the Atlantic ; and although
his soul was kindled at The beams of that star
which shot up in our horizon, he finds in almost
every American who visits Great Britain bitter
and con,emptnous foe. Kings look at him us u
disorganizer, while Republicans despsc him as n
bastard brother. He is bearing TIE of Truth
with no God bless you" from the lips of those
in whose fathers steps he is ueading. His only
strength is in the omnipotence of his principles !;
aud although he Is hopeless OF triumph in his own
day, his aI'h is strong that his children will unite
in tie glad shout which is yet TO hail the advent
of Liberty To- the ocenn isles.
1t is TO the condition ard prospects of such n
party, said Mr.. +. that wish to call your aten-
tiou in the brief hour allotted 10 me this eve
ming and lest You should consider such Il theme
unworthy even OF this Slight notice lei the remind
you that il is often wisu to question the current
pinlons ct men and things ihat the martyrs aud
heretlcs OF one nge are sure 10 he the Saints md
heroes of the next; und That 10 the slrines of
those whom the fathers treated with exile aud ag-
got, the sous are proud to go in pilgrimage The
traveller remembers Ms he pa,ses before the mon-
umeuI of Dante at Santa Croce, that, four hun
dred years ago, Florence ihru-t him from her
walls ~ scorn but at last the very children of his
prosecutors cried shame on their fathers memories,
and piled before The world n monument 10 him
whose steps their fathers had followed with cou-
fsculion and the sword Florence sued with all
HE eoqnence OF her Angelo aud her Aledic for
the legacy OF his bones, and History, Sculpture,
Eoquence and Poetry, buy the rich reward Of be-
ing his eulogsls
| Puritan! now the wits of Charles III. rinsed
their mouths with rich wine, aier u,tering the
| disgusting nnlne! little thinking that Liberty
| wou1 crown ihe despiset pnriy ns her chieiest
! apostles. To "crop cared KNIVES" of 1919 ma.
tons are proud TO trace their lineage and Genius
| has never scared higher in her singing robes
Than while ministerng at The altar OF lielr memo
res.
DESTROYS, then, TO discover The pearl even in the
DUST TO arise above The miss of the time and hail
the rising sun, let me ask you to feel brolhery
interest in the cause of the Cbarsl, ind TO recog.
| nZe the prophet in his peasant garb.
he Charists, as party take their name from
paper styled the Charter, drawn up in 1888 by
n dozen mechanics, probably assisted by member:
of the House of Commons. II has since been n
dopted 10y the whole body in England and Scot
lind In Ireland there nrc few Charsls; tha
whole nation is ag'ialed with disputes between
Protestant and Pupi>t aud blinded to everyihin!
but Repeal The Charter above alluded to claims
l. The Right OF Universal Suffrage, g Annua
Elections. 8 Vote Ivy Ballot. q. Payment o
Members of Parliament. 5. That every man shal
be eligible Office. The thrones of Europe ur,
startled nj these demands but an American cal
only he surprised thai they a,k so iule, and tina
their catalogue of rights embraces only things $,
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