Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-05-27
From Mc Boston Post,
An Anti-Siavery Orator.

by Mr.. Wendell fhlllPs' a' ''o TO-" ~
| nv meeting. held on thursday. May II. In the
Chinese Rooms, Broadway, New York. Any
| comment would be out of place. Folly may be
laughed at, insanity piled and restrained; but
| the fendish malignty the implacabe treason Oh
| this Grafton, should he condemned to immor'a'
| infamy.
Philips. as a member of the "American ANTI
slavery Society,"" is explaining the difference
between the society to which nc belongs ana
The american and Foreign Antl-slavery
Society"-the latter, though quite as insane as
hat presided over by William Lloyd Garrison,
not quite cup TO the mark" in ferociiy and re
| bellious zeal:
I "Wiih those who meet to serve the cause OF
! the slave at The Tabernacle to night. The Union
| is glorious; with US II is accursedl With them
/ the character of Washington is heroic; and they
| love to look on the beautiful symmetry ofits
| proportions; | dare moi thank God that he
! gave him to Us. for we know that thousands of
| greis are hidden behind the glory Of this re
| public.
| lfMr. Philips were sane man on this sub
ject, we would ask him, sis there any human
institution behind the glory of which many
griefs are not inevitably hiddeni" We might
further urge that Washington did not establish
slavery-lhat he found it planted here by that
very England to which Mr.. Philips must look
for the applause and reward of his labors, he
certainly can expect neither in this country.
He goes on:
What has this Union done! do not DENY
that there are some slight merits the Emperor
Nero had merits!"
And these are the words ola man born in the
States of New Eng andl He says that Nero
had merits" but does not dare to thank God
for the character of Washington. How read
lily the live donkey can fling his heels in the
face OF the dead lon
The anti slavery orator proceeds:
ITO the men who stand al the head of t,and
have sworn to defend it. this is glorious u.
mon. We aoash our hands ofH."
Would to Heaven, Mr. Phillips, that the u
Mon could wash its hands of you'll We are
proud to say that the m .n who stand at the
head of the Union are prepared TO defend what
they believe to be the most glorious and bene
fcial form of government that the progression
of humanity has yet arrived at.
Further on he SAYS:
I'VE should have commerce, manufactures,
and agriculture without the Union. Our strong
arms and energetic hearts would secure Thorn
10 u; but il has lowered over US with nothing
but curses on its wing"
he only Course our Union ever waited on
It's wing Is that absolute liberty, perverted into
license under the guardianship of which any
rttiians tonguei is allowed to spit spit its venom
upon all that is sacred in history, priced by
manhood,or dear to national honor. We should
not have commerce, manufactures, or agricrl
ture, without the Union" We should have a
collection of petty States inimical to each other
torn by civil brols, harassed on every frontier
wreIched internally, and lying at the mercy of
every foreign foe or domestic traitor;thc repub
lie OF St. Domingo would become paradise
to any one OF our States. and military chiefs
distinguished in civil wars would unsurp impe
rial power where no federal executive could
restrain the prompiings Of local ambition Mr.
Philips, probably, :: pleased with the prospect
of war; he even says."Itis idle to talk of peace
with the slave power!' He cooly says. 4 hate
the Union" and adds;
"Our American abroad is a constant apollo
elst; he is obliged to apologize continually or
MS christianity ana MS repuDllcanlSm.
The American abroad is very different be
ing, and holds position widely apart. from
that which Mr.. Philips assigns him Amongst
the idiots and hypocrtes of Exeter Hall. DIES
pissed IN their own country even-he may hea r
some fanatical rant similar to but less virulent
than this which the American aholitionis, dis.
charges. By the sensible and thinking portion
of the British, French, German, Spanish, and
Italian people the American citizens is regard |
ed as an organic force in favor of liberty-as a
sovereign power, and the destined redeemer
OF The political freedom oC humanity.
The resolution to which this precious speech
was an introduction reads briefly thus:
hes0/0ed' That we reafhrm original prn
eiipIes-immediately and unconditional eman-
cipatlon on the soil; and we refirm our con.
vic'ion that there is no hope of gaining this
except hy the dissolution Of the union, and the
overthrow of the American Church.
we have devoted more space to this person
than he deserves; we have spoken calmly for
the irgidiiy Of contempt Restraints the ardor &C