The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-08-04
Vol. XIII.

W. wendell HhlllpS, VINO, from MS Sur-r
eminent, transcendental standpoint looks dow
with blighting scorn or melting pity upon The
lower strata Of Anti-Slavery men, who in tbe,
blindness think that the best thing they can 4,
is to cooperate with the Republican party e,
the overthrow of the slave power, thus alludes
to the Era in a recent letter:
Shall we say Slavery is a sin, and ouo,a
Claiming On the dignity of human nature
The nearer will say, True, but the II iJuue =,
the Era will allow that, and yet show us a rovsj
road to duty, with no thorns in it, and no sacri.
fees to make
1t is not enough that the Era and the R.
publicans oppose Slavery on every ground If
justice, morality, religion, and policy, which tls
fertile fancy of Mr.. Phillips could suggest T.
is not enough that we combat Slavery, on sl,y.
soil, while he keeps at the safe distance Of fy.
hundred miles from the hated monster. O,.
sin is, that we differ with Mr.. Phillips He h..
written book, and he will stand by it. Heb.
demonstrated that the Constitution is a Pr.
Slavery instrument, "a covenant with deaf,
and league with hell, j" and hence all wbor.,,
under it, or hold office under it, enter jp,o ~:
covenant.
We may remark, BY the way, that this book
of Mr.. Phillips's is the only one in the whole
range of Anti-Slavery literature which fndsa,r
favor among the Slavery propagandists. l. e.
tablishes their theory to their entire satisGc,,,
as well as to his, upon the high abolition ON
thority of the Boston orator We incline q,
suspect that many Of the more ultra demand.
of the slave power were suggested to the lead
ers Of the oligarchy by the study of Mr.. Phil
lipss book. He is so intensely Anti.SIaverv
that he will not even cast his pure. unsulI;eJ
Abolition vote into the same pollock which
contains Pro-Slavery votes He will not suuv
his ballot by the foul contact Mr.. P. Is q,
ferocious in his hatred of Slavery and Of Pro.
Slavery people, that he viii have nothing 10 d,
with them, or against them. He will NOT ss-
sist the Republicans to put them down BY The
ballot, nor the Radical Aboltionists by IN.
bayonet. His sole weapons of war are denim.
Citations, winged with transcendental wit and
elOquence, and hurled distance of five hmm.
dred miles at the devoted heads ofthe oligarcb.
If they are not completely withered, wilted Or
melted into a sense of their guilt, it will no, be-
his fault, but theirs.
Mr.. Philips's non-voting non resistant meth.
cd of extinguishing Slavery reminds rs Of the
story of the honest anti-bank man, who burn,
up the bank bills as an infallible method of de-
stroying the credit of the institution. He SAY,
to the friends of Slavery, /" 1 wash my hands Of
all connection with you. will not vote against
such set of miscreants. | am also a man oi
peace, and will not resist you by arms or
otherwise Go ahead, vote yourselves into
Congress and the Presidency, buy, steal. or
conquer Cuba, establish a slave code for the
Territories, revive the slave trade, but do What
you will, denounce you in the name of God
and Liberty" Such is substantially the plat.
form and the policy of Mr. Wendell Phillips.
He is welcome to enjoy, all alone, the harvest
OF glory it may prodcce.