The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-18

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But Liberty kind o thing
That don't agree with ringers
CoYwin and Phillips.
vas very much pleased and amused on
Tuesday evening, In Mr.. Beecher's Church,
ia watching that wonderful face Of Mr.. Cor
win, ~ he sat by the side OF Wendell Phil
lips, during his Lecture "On the Lessons Of
the Hour, = Is he Was speaking his own ultra
thoughts, in his own beautiful and eloquent
way.
There were two men, in the fullness Of
manhood-with ripe experience, and large
observation, and varied and wonderful and
great requirements, and both eminent Amer
loan citixens-the one, born and reared Sin
the Groves OF the Academy" and whose teach
ers from early life were cages and philoso-
pliers, and whose ssvalk and talk" through
life has been with men OF rarest culture, and
with poets and historiAns-a man OF rare
learning and most persuasive eloquence; who
has been justly styled, "him OF tho goldan
tongue''--the other man born in the wilds OF
the far West, Of pioneer parents-whoss ear
ly years we're those OF hardy toil--whose
teachers were nature--the ssdim old woods"
clond-old books Of history elementary text
books OF law-the Constitution--Homer and
Shakespeare, and Burns and Miton---the ora
tions OF Cicero and Demosthenes--T aeitus
and Caesars Commentaries, and the Bible
without teachers and without schcole-- and
yet a hard student on bic town hook, ]" CLEAN
ing from every quarter STOOD for thought,,
and riches for the mind--working his way BY
the native energies Of his own intellect, from
sslife's lowly vale," up to it's highest honors
and widest rennHn-and these Two men, met
for the first time, vet each were known to the
other, az each has made his mark in his coun.
try's history, and will live for aye on it's re-
corded page. Phillips took his standpoint
on tho Rock Of Truth and Eternal Right, and
struck his blows against oil laws and consti-
tntions which ignore the God-given Rights Of
Man. Human laws and human constitutions
are nothing with him If they ignore man.
With him, oman ID more sacred than Con-
stitutions." From this elevation he hurled
javeln and spear at unjust laws--and iron
statues, nor living men, escaped bis honeyed
invecsive and his terrible denunoiati ions. -
Corxin sat besides the eloquent and accom-
plished "arch- traitor"--now charmed with
the classic beauty Of his periods--delighted
with the ready wit, and pleased with the ele-
canoe Of the speech Of the most gifted ia
matte he ever. heard. But when our good old
Consultation was denounced ~ "a covenant
with heH''-when "W ebster and Clay were
charged with getting up the Mexican war"
Corwin shook his head, and his face looked
darker than ever, and be seemed "like god
made wroth," and ready TO demolish with
bis own fiery eloquence, the orator, who,
without fear or remorse, and without feeling
"by your leave, Sir" pitched into every hu-
man wrong, and spared not the dead, and
seemed to kill the living by the ferceness Of
his indignation. In his mind John Brown
was one Of the greatest Heroes; noble mar
tyr for the Right, and deserving Of a golden
statue.
Wendell Phillips is accomplished, bat be is
entirely impracticable. In the present i'm.
perfect state Of human nature, laws and con-
| situations are necessary for our protection
and guidance, and they cannot be violated,
nor disregarded with impunity. We must
obey them, or take the penalty OF our diso-
bedience-e il that penalty be death.
Mr., Phillips said, ssthe age or bullets 10
past" The lesson at Hsrper's Ferry does
not thus teach. Would that the age OF bull
lets was past. Ii 10 true that thought 10 more
powerful than cannon, but men will give
more heed to cannon than to thought, occa-
sisnally, and bullets help men to think.
We have only to "work and wait" and all
will be we'll. "There'sa good time coming
If men will only wait for it to come.
John Brown may hang on the gallows.-
The old mans insane enterprise may cad in
death on the scatiold but is it more crimi-
nal to steal Africans from Africa, or to run
| Africans from Virginia7 People viii think
and that is very unsafe kind OF property,
that can think, and plan, and execute.-[ Cor
respondence Cleveland Leader.