The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-03

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Wendell Philips has given ~ tho .ou.aponea
version or the sentimentsof William Il. b wafo'
The address Of the abolition orator on Tuea'v
evening in Henry Ward Beeohers churoh u
the free expresslon Of tho brutal and blss1v
ideas that were clothed with sophistry BY ~
republican demagogue at Rochester, Little
over year ago.
We are not surprfsed at the greater franln6ss
or Phillips; he does not want Office, and -
speaks pointedly-his fellow abolitionist seoaw
onioe, and 80 endeavors TO trim his sails a. =
cstch every breath. Phillips admits that "tAe
lesson OF the present hour Is insurreotion.S
Seward asserts that 1t b ian irrepressible CO..
fict;" PHILIPPE acknowledges that "lnsurreotipa
Of thought always precedes instruction Of -
miles," Seward breaches moral insurrecsssA
emitting the point that It inevitably leads u
Phillips gives US the behests Of God az he ~
derstands them; Seward reveals the "hlsasr
law" PHILIPPE tells Va that the governments r
slaveholding communities are ''pirate ships;s
Seward proclaims that they must be over
thrown aby constitutional means;r Phillihs
exults that insurrectlon eis the re-
suit Of antLslavery teaching;" Seward
cautiously endeavors 10 hide the result or ~
teachings; Phillips rejQlces that the msas
which once pelted him now turn the tables
Seward exults that hundred representative.
and twenty-six Senators now cling to the "irrs-
pressible conflict" where he once stood alone
Phillips rejoices over the self attained freeden
Of Hayti, and looks forward to the time whea
we shall have accomplished one-half Of what
has been done by black nation !" Seward
hopes for the day when no slave State shan
exist in this broad cosfsderacy. Such Is I'd
perfect union between the two orators union
which proclaims the selfsame sentiments ana
in nearly the same language. The only difBb-
renee between them is that one looks the No
suits Of his doctrines boldly in the face, and
the other tries to hide them from his hearers.
The great basis Of our political system Ia oe
right Of selfgovernment. II is the requisite
which the federal constitution imposes upon
every State seeking admission to the Unisa !;
1t Is the foundation of all political theories
amongst us 1t Is the sentiment dearest to the
American heart. Yet these teachings of Pin
lips and Seward are in direct antagonism win
this truly American sentiment. They do nOt
advocate that we should change our OWE
social and political forms-that We shall
remove any evil among ourselves; but they
urge that we shall force other communities and
other States to throw aside their own convic-
tons as to what is best for their own commx-
nifty, and govern themselves according to eur
preconceived notions. It Is in such cause that
Phillips labors to provoke insurreotion, aad
Seward exhorts to carry on the "irrepresslbls
conflict" Day after day, and night after night,
they and their followers endeavor to rouse
the Northern people to violate the very prlnoi-
pie Of selfgovernment, which they esteem q
their own best and dearest birthright and b
enter upon an "irrepressible conflict" of In
surrection and bloodshed, In order to impose
upon the South social and political system
incompatible with the Heterogeneous elements
existing there.
The men of New York are now called upoa
to determine If they will abandon the cultiva-
ton Of their fields, the productive labors Of
their workshops, and the rich scenes of their
peaceful commerce, and, obeying the teachings
Of Seward, and the exultant urgings of Wea-
dell Phillips, initiate the example Of John
Brown at Harper's Ferry. Political demagogues
like Seward may endeavor to hide the ends to
which such course must lead, but fearless f.
natics, like Phillips, proclaim them; and reli-
gious rufdans, like Brown, exhibit them practl-
cally In their true light. This Is the 'irrepres-
sible conflict which they are called to carry
on; and In another week their votes will be
counted at the polls, which the right Of selfgo-
vernment erects. We ask every man in New
York to reflect, what would be his own feeling
if any other State or section of States were to
seek to impose on US some new form Of social
and political organization Letus suppose that
the New England States were to adopt the So
cialistic ideas Of Horace Greeley, and that
Senator Wilson and Wendell Phillips were
to proclaim there that property is theft
and preach an irrepressible conflict and q
cruscde against the people and the State Of
New YorS, because it recognized the rights Of
property, would not the citizens Of New York
reject such dictation, and fight to the last
against it? Undoubtedly they would; and &C.
cession from union with such tyrants would
be the active sentiment of every patriotic clti-
zen Of New York. Yet Seward and Phillips are
preaching worse war than this against the
South, for they preach insurrection and massa.
Gre. Let the men Of New York bring the case
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